The ultimate goal? Memorable melodies that people hum and whistle as they leave the theater. Creating a melody that sticks is the key to building an audience's emotional connection to the movie, he says, so any time spent is well invested. Hurwitz spends hours at the piano perfecting each song's melody, with no time limit or idea of how long it may take.
#Who played piano for la la land soundtrack movie
This songbook features ten songs from the movie in easy piano arrangements with. La La Land is the breakout movie of 2017, winning a record number of Golden Globe Awards, including Best Original Score for Justin Hurwitz, and earning a record-tying number of Oscar nominations. "I realized there was nothing I ever enjoyed more than composing." Series: Easy Piano Folios Format: Softcover Composer: Justin Hurwitz. His diverse interests in high school took him elsewhere, but when it came time to go to college, he knew composing was the right path. A young Hurwitz would spend entire evenings composing, where the hours flew by until his parents convinced him to go to bed. He began playing piano at age 6, composing his own music from age 10. The absolute dedication to melody has driven Hurwitz to new heights as a composer, a career path destined from a young age. “Even if we love a melody, it’s like, ‘Oh, it’s great but I think it can go somewhere else.’ We continue to go down a lot of different roads until the melody is right.”