Vinyl Record
Various Artists - La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Various Artists - La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) on LP vinyl. A 2016 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.
LP · 2016
Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.
Buyer notes: 2016 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.
La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the musical heart of Damien Chazelle's 2016 film, where old Hollywood dreaming is rebuilt with modern melancholy. Justin Hurwitz's compositions, with lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul on the major songs, do more than decorate the romance between Mia and Sebastian; they carry the film's argument about ambition, compromise and the cost of becoming who you said you wanted to be. Another Day Of Sun opens in full freeway spectacle, Someone In The Crowd turns hope into choreography, A Lovely Night lets Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling spar through charm, and City Of Stars becomes the fragile melody that follows the film outside the cinema. Audition (The Fools Who Dream) is the emotional hinge, a song about irrational devotion to art sung with bruised clarity. The soundtrack matters because its nostalgia is not simple escape. It knows the dream is beautiful, but it also knows the bill comes due.
The soundtrack matters because La La Land helped bring the original movie musical back into mainstream conversation, winning major awards for its music. City Of Stars and Audition became modern musical-theatre standards, while Hurwitz's themes tied jazz memory to contemporary heartbreak.
For collectors, this is the core audio document of one of the defining screen musicals of the 2010s. Its appeal is both cinematic and song-led: Another Day Of Sun, City Of Stars, Audition and Mia & Sebastian's Theme carry the film's emotional arc outside the screen.
Modern film-musical soundtrack with orchestral sweep, jazz piano, Hollywood strings, cast vocals, romantic leitmotifs, bittersweet balladry and bright ensemble numbers that hide melancholy inside motion.
Recommended for: Collectors of modern film soundtracks and musicals; Fans of City Of Stars, Audition and Mia & Sebastian's Theme; Listeners who like classic Hollywood musical language with contemporary sadness.
When was the La La Land soundtrack released? The soundtrack was released in 2016 alongside the film's awards-season run. Who wrote the music for La La Land? Justin Hurwitz composed the music, with Benj Pasek and Justin Paul providing lyrics for the principal songs. Which songs define the soundtrack? Another Day Of Sun, City Of Stars, Audition (The Fools Who Dream), A Lovely Night and Mia & Sebastian's Theme are the key pieces.