The animated feature, Rio 2, will open in theaters this week, featuring music by Sergio Mendes.
The movie is about Blue, Jewel and other folks in the jungles of Rio de Janeiro, according to the LA Times. The movie features the voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Jemaine Clement. Yoni Brenner wrote the screenplay, and Carlos Saldanha directed the film.
Mendes told Billboard, "Any time you do a sequel you ask 'how can I top what I did before? Which is kind of silly, but this story took us to where we should be. We wanted to show the diversity of Brazilian music. It was a chance to bring different textures, different instruments from bands like Uakti who play PVC pipes and (the a cappella ensemble) Barbatuques. The key thing was to be different than the music in the first movie."
Mendes was the executive music producer on the project and worked with Brazilian multi-hyphenate Carlinhos Brown and composer John Powell. The soundtrack to Rio 2 also features new songs from Janelle Monae, Bruno Mars, Ester Dean and others. The soundtrack was released on March 17.
The Fox film, Rio 2, opens in movie theaters on April 11.
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