Remember Me (Coco song)
"Remember Me" is a song from the 2017 animated Pixar film Coco, written by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. The song is performed variously within the film by Benjamin Bratt, Gael García Bernal, Anthony Gonzalez, and Ana Ofelia Murguía. Miguel and Natalia Lafourcade perform a pop version of the song that is featured in the film's end credits. Carlos Rivera recorded a cover version of the song, titled "Recuérdame" for the film's Spanish-language soundtrack album. It won Best Original Song at the 90th Academy Awards in 2018.
"Remember Me" | |
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Song by Natalia Lafourcade / Miguel / Benjamin Bratt / Gael García Bernal / Anthony Gonzalez / Ana Ofelia Murguía | |
from the album Coco (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | |
Released | November 10, 2017 |
Recorded | 2017 |
Length | 1:49 |
Label | Walt Disney |
Songwriter(s) |
This song was featured in ABC's 2020 television special The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II.
Context
The song is used in a variety of contexts throughout the film. It is known as Ernesto de la Cruz's (Benjamin Bratt) most popular song written by his music partner Héctor Rivera (Gael García Bernal), and is first introduced in a mariachi arrangement, as a plea from Ernesto to his fans to keep him in their minds even as he tours in other places. It then appears as a lullaby from Héctor to his daughter Coco, when he has to travel far as a traveling artist. It is then used as a nostalgic song to connect an older Coco (Ana Ofelia Murguía) to an earlier time in her life and to reunite Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez) with his great-grandmother. It then appears in a pop version played during the end credits, sung by singers Miguel and Natalia Lafourcade.
The piece is the "tie that binds multiple generations in the shared love of music".[1]
International versions
When the movie was released, the song numbered, together with the film, 42 versions around the world.
Gael García Bernal reprised his role in the Spanish-dubbed version of the movie, recording the song again in Spanish. Disney movies usually number two Spanish-language versions: one for Latin America (produced in Mexico) and another for Spain. But given the location of the movie, no European Spanish version was released, as well as no Catalan version. The Latin American version was used instead.[2]
"Remember Me" worldwide | |||||||
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Language | Performers | Title | Translation | ||||
Ernesto De La Cruz[3] | Héctor[4] | Baby Coco | Miguel[5] | Mamá Coco | |||
Arabic[6] | إلهامي أمين (Elhami Amin) | إيهاب الشاوي (Ihab El-Shawi) | نهى قيس (Noha Qais) | حور تامر (Hoor Tamer) | شادية حسني (Shadia Hosny) | "أذكريني" ("Othkoreeni") | "Remember me" |
Bulgarian | Светозар Христов (Svetozar Hristov) | Явор Караиванов (Yavor Karaivanov) | Unknown | Виктор Скерлев (Viktor Skerlev) | Unknown | "Помни ме ти" ("Pomni me ti") | "Remember me" |
Cantonese | 鄧健明 ("Joey Tang", Dang Gin-Ming) | 許志安 ("Andy Hui", Hui Ji-On) | Unknown | 陳健御 (Chan Gin-Yue) | 謝月美 (May Tse) | "Remember me" | |
Croatian | Đani Stipaničev | Fabijan Pavao Medvešek | Neva Serdarević | Dino Mikla Fabijan | Branka Cvitković | "Ti pamti me" | "Remember me" |
Czech | Bohuš Matuš | Josef Pejchal | Unknown | Šimon Fikar | Unknown | "Vzpomínku máš" | "You have memory" |
Danish[7] | Carsten Svendsen | Pelle Emil Hebsgaard | Aya Ingrid Alber[8] | Lucas Lomholt Eriksen | Vigga Bro | "Forglem mig ej" | "Do not forget me" |
Dutch | Wiebe-Pier Cnossen | Ara Halici | Lux Parser[9] | Thijs Overpelt | Lucie de Lange[10] | "Vergeet me niet" | "Do not forget me" |
English | Benjamin Bratt | Gael García Bernal | Gabriella Flores & Libertad García Fonzi | Anthony Gonzalez | Ana Ofelia Murguía | "Remember me" | |
Estonian | Lauri Saatpalu | Kaspar Velberg | Unknown | Andreas Poom | Unknown | "Pea meeeles mind" | "Remember me" |
Finnish[11] | Waltteri Torikka | Markus Niemi | Alissa Kovalainen[12] | Luca Elshout | Inkeri Wallenius | "Mua muistathan" | "Remember me" |
Flemish | Wim Van Den Driessche | Gene Thomas | Lux Parser[13] | Abobaker Rahman | Hilde Norga[14] | "Vergeet me niet" | "Do not forget me" |
French (Canada)[15] | Benoît Brière | Adrien Bletton | Alice Déry | William Coallier | Béatrice Picard | "Ne m’oublie pas" | "Don’t forget me" |
French (Europe)[16] | Michel Lerousseau | Damien Ferrette (soundtrack)
Ary Abittan (movie) |
Anouck Petitgirard[17] | Andrea Santamaria | Évelyne Grandjean | ||
German | Alexander Doering | Karlo Hackenberger | Marie Düe[18] | Salvatore Scire | Luise Lunow[19] | "Denk stets an mich" | "Always think back on me" |
Greek | Γιώργος Ζαχαρόπουλος (Yióryos Zaharópoulo) | Χρήστος Θάνος (Hrístos Thános) | Unknown | Λευτέρης Λάμπρου (Leftéris Lábrou) | Unknown | "Θυμήσου με" ("Thumesu me") | "Remember me" |
Hebrew[20] | אסף פריינטא (Asaf Priente) | גילן שחף (Gilan Shahaf) | עמרי שני (Omri Shani) | יובל חופי (Yuval Hofi) | דינה דורון (Dina Doron) | "זכרו אותי" ("Zichri otti") | "Remember me" |
Hindi[21] | Edwin Joseph | Mukesh Pandey | Ivana D'Silva | Gagan Moolya | Urmilla Chatterjee | "न भुलन" ("Na bhulana") | "Don’t forget" |
Hungarian[22] | Vincze Gábor Péter | Szabó Máté | Unknown | Szabó Bence | Szabó Éva | "Emlékezz rám" | "Remember me" |
Icelandic[23] | Þór Breiðfjörð | Orri Huginn Ágústsson | Unknown | Gunnar Hrafn Kristjánsson | Guðrún Ásmundsdóttir | "Mundu mig" | "Remember me" |
Italian[24] | Fabrizio Russotto | Emiliano Coltorti | Charlotte Infussi DʼAmico | Simone Iuè | Giò Giò Rapattoni[25] | "Ricordami" | "Remember me" |
Japanese | 橋本さとし (Hashimoto Satoshi) | 藤木直人 (Fujiki Naoto) | 中村優月 (Nakamura Yutsuki) | 石橋陽彩 (Hiiro Ishibashi) | 大方斐紗子 (Reiko Ogata)[26] | "リメンバー·ミー" ("Rimenbā· mī ") | "Remember me" |
Kazakh | Сайлау Камиев (Saylaū Kamīev) | Олжас Жақыпбек (Olzhas Zhaqıpbek) | Дина Болат (Dina Bolat) | Ақарыс Әшімхан (Aqarıs Äshimkhan) | Құралай Ешмұратова (Kuralay Eshmuratova) | "Ұмытпа сен" ("Umytpa sen") | "Don’t forget" |
Korean[27] | 박정민 (Park Jeong-Min) | 정동화 (Jeong Dong-Hwa) | 안소명 (Ahn So-Myeong) | 문서윤 (Moon Seo-Yun) | 김현심 (Kim Hyeon-Shim) | "기억해 줘" ("Kiŏk’ae chwŏ") | "Remember" |
Latvian | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Eremijs Sējāns | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Lithuanian | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | "Atmink mane" | Unknown |
Mandarin Chinese (China)[28] | 刘世超 (Liú Shì-Chāo) | 彭博 (Péng Bó) | 赵宇熙 (Zhào Yǔ-Xī) | 洪伟嘉 (Hóng Wěi-Jiā) | 李琪 (Lǐ Qí) | "請記住我" ("Qǐng jì zhù wǒ") | "Remember me" |
Mandarin Chinese (Taiwan)[29] | 謝文德 (Xiè Wén-Dé) | 蕭敬騰 (”Xiāo Jìng-Téng”; Jam Hsiao) | 曾詩淳 (Céng Shī-Chún) | 陳律寬 (Chén Lǜ-Kuān) | 李娟 (”Lǐ Juān”; Juan Li) | "請別忘記" ("Qǐng bié wàngjì") | "Please, don’t forget" |
Norwegian[30] | Kåre Conradi | Jan Martin Johnsen | Stella Aksnes-Pehrson | Markus Magne Rosså | Ida Lind | "Forglem meg ei" | "Do not forget me" |
Polish[31] | Bartosz Opania | Maciej Stuhr | Julia Jarema[32] | Michał Rosiński | Teresa Lipowska | "Pamiętaj mnie" | "Remember me" |
Portuguese (Brazil)[33] | Nando Pradho | Leandro Luna | Mia Elisabetsky | Arthur Salerno | Maria do Carmo Soares | "Lembre de mim" | "Remember me" |
Portuguese (Europe)[34] | Mário Redondo | Pedro Leitão | Maria Galante | João Pedro Gonçalves | Ermelinda Duarte | "Lembra-te de mim" | "Remember me" |
Romanian[35] | Adrian Pleșca | Mihai Dăscălescu | Bianca Părvu | Eduard George Ungureanu | Alexandrina Halic | "Nu mă uita" | "Forget me not" |
Russian[36] | Михаил Хрусталёв (Mikhail Khrustalov) | Виктор Киричёк (Viktor Kirichok) | Станислава Иващенко (Stanislava Ivashchenko) | Лев Кошкаров (Lev Koshkarov) | Елена Ставрогина (Yelena Stavrogina) | "Не забывай" ("Ne zabyvay ") | "Don’t forget" |
Serbian | Милан Живадиновић (Milan Živadinović) | Марко Марковић (Marko Marković) | Ива Брун (Iva Brun) | Никола Брун (Nikola Brun) | Оливера Катарина (Olivera Katarina) | "Ти памти ме" ("Ti pamti me") | "Remember me" |
Slovak | Ján Koleník | Dárius Koči | Unknown | Denis Bari | Unknown | "Nezabudni" | "Don’t forget me" |
Slovene[37] | Tilen Artač | Uroš Buh | Unknown | Leon Rudolf | Maja Boh Hočevar | "Spominjaj se" | Unknown |
Spanish[2] | Marco Antonio Solís | Gael García Bernal | Lucy Hernández[38] | Luis Ángel Gómez Jaramillo | Rocío Garcel | "Recuérdame" | "Remember me" |
Swedish[39] | Anders Öjebo | Jonas Malmsjö | Ester Lejdemyr | Adrian Macéus | Mia Benson | "Tänk på mig" | "Think of me" |
Thai[40] | วิภู กําเหนิดดี (Wiphu Kamnoetdi) | พีรวิชช์ ปุณณะตระกูล (Phirawit Punnatrakun) | นับเพชร หวานแก้ว (Napphet Wankaeo) | เกษมสันต์ ลันโทนรัตนะ (Kasemsunt Lantomrattana) | สุมาลี สุธีรธรรม (Sumali Suthiratham) | "จำฉันให้ดี" ("Jam chǎn hâi dii") | "Remember me well" |
Turkish | Talha Sayar | Arda Aydın | Unknown | Ege Gürel | Unknown | "Hatırla beni" | "Remember me" |
Ukrainian[41] | Михайло Кришталь (Mykhailo Kryshtal) | Валерій Величко (Valerii Velychko) | Єлизавета Сморигіна (Yelyzaveta Smoryhina) | Ярослав Рогальський (Yaroslav Rohalskyi) | Ірина Дорошенко (Iryna Doroshenko) | "Згадай мене" ("Zghaday mene") | "Remember me" |
Vietnamese[42] | Nguyễn Trí Luân | Trần Hữu Tín | ? Gia Anh | Bùi Trọng Khang | Ngô Thị Hòa | "Hãy Nhớ Về Tôi" (Ernesto's version) | "Remember me" |
"Hãy Nhớ Về Cha" (Lullaby & Reunion version) |
Production
Frozen team Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez were hired for the project. Director Lee Unkrich had admired them since they wrote Finding Nemo – The Musical in 2006. The film developed into a musical, but not a "break-into-song" type. A challenge with the song was in crafting lyrics that would pivot in meaning depending on the context in which they were sung. The team researched popular Mexican music, and wanted to write a song that could have been sung by Jorge Negrete or Pedro Infante. They wrote it as a bolero-ranchero style song, knowing that it could also work if performed as a quiet ballad. Robert wrote the music, and Kristen wrote the lyrics. She wanted to explore the idea of remembering people when they are far away, and explained "the power of music to bring people back to life, literally and figuratively".[1]
Accolades
"Remember Me" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song (with this win, composer Robert Lopez becomes the first ever double EGOT winner). The song also won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media.
Awards | |||
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Award | Category | Result | |
Academy Awards | Best Original Song | Won | |
Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Original Song | Nominated | |
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival | Best Original Song | Won | |
Critics' Choice Awards | Best Song | Won | |
Denver Film Critics Society | Best Original Song | Won | |
Georgia Film Critics Association | Best Original Song | Won | |
Gold Derby Awards | Best Song | Nominated | |
Golden Globe Awards | Best Original Song | Nominated | |
Grammy Awards | Best Song Written for Visual Media | Nominated | |
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards | Best Song/Recording Created for a Film | Nominated | |
Hawaii Film Critics Society | Best Song | Nominated | |
Houston Film Critics Society | Best Original Song | Won | |
International Online Cinema Awards | Best Original Song | Nominated | |
Iowa Film Critics Awards | Best Song | Won | |
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | Best Song | Won | |
Online Film & Television Association | Best Music, Original Song | Won | |
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Original Song | Won |
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