For Michael Giacchino, that meant finding the right music genres and instruments that would make Coco feel like something truly out of the heart of Mexico — as opposed to some other movies, which apparently often try to pass Spanish or South American music off as Mexican.
The sheer amount of effort that the Coco crew put into creating a truly Mexican movie is nothing short of astonishing.
Coco’s creative team immersed itself in Mexican culture, and then everyone involved in the film blended that intensive research with a story that they wanted to tell.