It’s almost as if we’re given a sneak peek into what is ahead of us and for the characters, and we’re tempted to be curious. Sunny and bright are two words to sum up this song, and it’s the perfect introduction. The tempo slightly picks up, and is unnoticeable until the very last notes, ending with horns blaring. It’s a precursor that summarizes the story and includes every instrumentals piece featured, doing well to encompass jazz with a horn section, piano, and including vocals. Someone in the Crowd (Emma Stone, Callie Hernandez, Sonoya Mizuno, Jessica Rothe) 3. The lyrics exude the message of dreaming that can be seen in every segment and applies to every single character. The track-listing for La La Land: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is as follows: 1. It’s what makes this album one that will sweep all of the awards shows this year.įollowing the plot of the movie, the album starts out with “Another Day of Sun”, an energetic dance number and one of the only cast songs. Music is written for scenes, and scenes are directed to the music.
If you watch the movie, it’s obvious that both the movie and music plays off of each other. Justin Hurwitz, the composer, collaborated with Damien Chazelle, the director, on the movie Whiplash, and their experience together shines through. It’s likes haven’t been seen for a while, and has found a balance to be both original and borrow music ideas already done before.
Multiple genres – most prominently jazz – and musical stylings collide to create a masterpiece of a soundtrack. A movie can’t be successful without its music, and this is especially true for La La Land.