Ondrasik — the 49-year-old singer-songwriter behind Top 40 hits from the early aughts, "Superman (It's Not Easy)," "100 Years" and "Riddle (You and I)" — instead created a brand-new song, "All for One," inspired by the proven franchise. It was something Lenkov admits he never thought would come to fruition. "We got around to talking and the question came up, 'What if he actually wrote an original song?' " he tells The Hollywood Reporter. "In the script I was very specific with what the music would accompany. He basically wrote what I consider almost the theme song to the show — something that really highlights themes of the show and the spirit of 'ohana [Hawaiian for 'family'] and the bonds of friendship. He captured it all in three-and-half minutes."
Lenkov sent Ondrasik a page of the script — a scene highlighting the show's "outlaw spirit" — to aid him in the songwriting process, one that happened unusually fast (just a couple of days). The first demo tape was a hit with Lenkov, so much so that changes were minimal: Ondrasik fixed a few vocal lines, added more acoustic instruments and had it mixed. "Sometimes you don't want to overthink it," he says of the painless process. "All of Me" also marks Ondrasik's first time writing a song specifically for an episodic drama. He previously contributed music for feature films.
Lenkov sent Ondrasik a page of the script — a scene highlighting the show's "outlaw spirit" — to aid him in the songwriting process, one that happened unusually fast (just a couple of days). The first demo tape was a hit with Lenkov, so much so that changes were minimal: Ondrasik fixed a few vocal lines, added more acoustic instruments and had it mixed. "Sometimes you don't want to overthink it," he says of the painless process. "All of Me" also marks Ondrasik's first time writing a song specifically for an episodic drama. He previously contributed music for feature films.
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