Fil-Am composer of ‘Let It Go,’ wife among Time’s Most Influential People
Filipino-American composer Robert Lopez and his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez, the couple behind the Oscar Award-winning song “Let It Go,” were among Time Magazine's 100 most influential people for 2014.
The couple were joined under the artist category by comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, actor Kelly Washington, and director Steve McQueen.
“They are both completely steeped in the traditions of Broadway musicals, but they’re really smart and would never be happy just regurgitating what’s come before," said “South Park” and “Book of Mormon” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone on the Lopez couple.
They added the song “Let It Go”—used in the hit Disney animated movie “Frozen”— is “catchy and familiar and yet new.”
“It’s that perfect mix where a songwriter can get a song you’ve never heard before stuck in your head in 30 seconds,” Parker and Stone, who had worked with Robert Lopez in “Book of Mormon,” said.
Robert Lope recently performed “Let It Go” with fellow Filipino-American Jessica Sanchez at a benefit concert in New York for the victims of super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in the Philippines.
“Let It Go” won Best Original Song in the recent Academy Awards.
Also included on Time's list are US President Barack Obama, Pope Francis, and pop singer Beyonce, who is on the cover of the magazine's latest issue. –Rie Takumi/KBK, GMA News
The couple were joined under the artist category by comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, actor Kelly Washington, and director Steve McQueen.
“They are both completely steeped in the traditions of Broadway musicals, but they’re really smart and would never be happy just regurgitating what’s come before," said “South Park” and “Book of Mormon” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone on the Lopez couple.
They added the song “Let It Go”—used in the hit Disney animated movie “Frozen”— is “catchy and familiar and yet new.”
“It’s that perfect mix where a songwriter can get a song you’ve never heard before stuck in your head in 30 seconds,” Parker and Stone, who had worked with Robert Lopez in “Book of Mormon,” said.
Robert Lope recently performed “Let It Go” with fellow Filipino-American Jessica Sanchez at a benefit concert in New York for the victims of super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in the Philippines.
“Let It Go” won Best Original Song in the recent Academy Awards.
Also included on Time's list are US President Barack Obama, Pope Francis, and pop singer Beyonce, who is on the cover of the magazine's latest issue. –Rie Takumi/KBK, GMA News
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