“‘La La Land’ was two-and-a-half years of nonstop ... Before even considering any of the movie’s songs, Hurwitz tackled the main theme and then moved on to the subsequent themes for ...

Even before “La La Land” unspooled at festivals and in theaters, people were humming the tune “City of Stars” thanks to early teasers. The melancholy theme appears twice in the film ...

As Seb notices Mia in his club toward the end of La La Land, he begins playing the opening notes of his and Mia's theme song, ...

It was so useful to begin the process with the main theme so thoroughly realised - both compositionally and orchestrationally. La La Land marked Justin’s first time out at anything like this ...

“La La Land,” in theory, is a movie that needs no ... One is that it has the single most haunting theme song in the history of motion pictures (and I really mean that). The opening sequence ...

“La La Land” composer Justin Hurwitz ... of piano demos. “For each theme or melody, I go down a lot of roads, and go through many different demos,” he told the NewsHour, often sitting ...

That’s why it deserves its Best Original Song Oscar. Composed by Justin Hurwitz, with words by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, “City of Stars” employs a standby form from the golden age of movie ...