We should talk about history-making, Oscar-nominated 'Encanto' composer Germaine Franco

LOS ANGELES — Disney's "Encanto" — a story about the Madrigals, a magical family fighting to save their equally enchanted home in the hills of Colombia — has bewitched viewers young and old. And while the animated film's "Dos Oruguitas" is nominated for original song at Sunday's Academy Awards, and the broadcast will feature the first-ever live performance of the soundtrack's surprise No. 1 hit "We Don't Talk About Bruno," there's someone else we should be talking about this Oscars season: Germaine Franco, the award-winning Mexican American percussionist and composer of the spellbinding score behind "Encanto."

Upon the movie's November release, Franco became the first woman ever to score a Disney animated feature film. Shortly after, she became the first Latina to join the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; then by February, she was