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MIAMI (June 16, 2025) – Four-time Latin GRAMMY® winner Vicente García officially joins the Disney family. The Dominican singer-songwriter is featured on the soundtrack of “Elio,” the new film from Pixar Animation Studios.
Disney selected his hit song “Carmesí” (2016) to be part of the story of Elio, an 11-year-old boy of Dominican descent who is completely obsessed with aliens. On a journey of self-discovery, he is taken as Earth’s representative to an “interplanetary paradise” known as the Communiverse, where he encounters a series of peculiar alien life forms with whom he manages to forge friendships.
“I'm super excited to announce that I'll be part of the soundtrack for ‘Elio,’ the new Disney Pixar movie, with my song ‘Carmesí’,” García said on his Instagram account. “It's an honor for me to be alongside David Byrne and Brian Eno in the music for this film,” the singer added.
The film, directed by Madeline Sharafian (“We Bear Bears”), Domee Shi (“Red”) and Adrian Molina (co-director of “Coco”), and produced by Mary Alice Drumm (“Coco”), will hit theaters on June 19 in Latin America and June 20 in the United States.
García’s inclusion in the film adds a layer of cultural identity to Elio’s story, bringing Dominican music into the narrative.
Released in 2016 as the lead single from his album A La Mar, “Carmesí” is a bachata written and performed by Vicente García and co-produced by the singer and Eduardo Cabra. The song speaks about the meeting of souls.
In the lyrics, García weaves together his cultural identity, highlighting natural elements from his native Dominican Republic within this musical landscape, from the cigüita to the mountain rain.
The track was an instant success, accumulating millions of streams on digital platforms. In January 2017, it reached #15 on Billboard’s Tropical Songs Airplay chart.
Recently, García released Puñito de Yocahú, his first studio album in six years. This is a 13-track production in which García digs deep into the Caribbean’s cultural and sonic fabric, connecting musically with his homeland, the Dominican Republic, through bachata and merengue, while embracing the deities, figures, and stories that have shaped Latin America’s island heritage.
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