{"product_id":"various-artists-la-la-land-original-motion-picture-lp","title":"Various Artists - La La Land (Original Motion Picture) (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA musical romance about a jazz pianist (Ryan Gosling) and an aspiring actress (Emma Stone) set in the City of Angels, La La Land was written and directed by Damien Chazelle, the man behind the 2014 Oscar winner Whiplash. He enlisted his former Harvard roommate Justin Hurwitz to write the songs and score for the film. The pair also worked together on Whiplash, about drummers, and on a 2009 student project that went on to receive theatrical distribution, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, about a jazz trumpeter. Hurwitz is joined here by lyricists Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, two veterans of musical theater (the off-Broadway musical Dogfight, TV's Smash, Broadway's Dear Evan Hansen) at the relatively young age of 31 by the time of release. (The latter is also true of Chazelle and Hurwitz.) La La Land's original soundtrack includes both songs and instrumentals, with the songs performed by a cast that also includes John Legend, fresh off his Oscar win for Selma's \"Glory,\" and Callie Hernandez, a musician-turned-actress. Hernandez performs alongside Stone, Jessica Rothe, and Sonoya Mizuno on \"Someone in the Crowd,\" a soaring, uptempo number with swing-era rhythms. Preceding it, the film opens with a big production number set in L.A. traffic that Hurwitz said was inspired by Jacques Demy-Michel Legrand film musicals of the '60s (\"Another Day of Sun\"). While listeners and moviegoers alike will find that Gosling and Stone don't quite have the singing chops of an Astaire and Rogers, their voices are warm and approachable, and their duet \"A Lovely Night,\" in particular, is a bright charmer. Later, Legend delivers the goods on \"Start a Fire,\" a song written in the context of a jazz musician trying to cross over to the contemporary mainstream. Score tracks range from the tender-slash-anxious piano piece \"Mia \u0026amp; Sebastian's Theme,\" to the legit jazz exercise \"Herman's Habit,\" to the Romantic tone poem \"Planetarium.\" The film and the soundtrack wrap up with a second reprise of Gosling's \"City of Stars,\" this time hummed by Stone, which will likely provide a feel-good earworm after the music ends. ~ Marcy Donelson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Stage \u0026amp; Screen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemember, for our lowest prices, always order directly from our official \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eJocoRecords website!\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eTrack Listing:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1    Cast*–    Another Day Of Sun\u003cbr\u003eA2    Emma Stone (2), Callie Hernandez, Sonoya Mizuno, Jessica Rothe–    Someone In The Crowd\u003cbr\u003eA3    Justin Hurwitz–    Mia \u0026amp; Sebastian's Theme\u003cbr\u003eA4    Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone (2)–    A Lovely Night\u003cbr\u003eA5    Justin Hurwitz–    Herman's Habit\u003cbr\u003eA6    Ryan Gosling–    City Of Stars\u003cbr\u003eA7    Justin Hurwitz–    Planetarium\u003cbr\u003eB1    Justin Hurwitz–    Summer Montage \/ Madeline\u003cbr\u003eB2    Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone (2)–    City Of Stars\u003cbr\u003eB3    John Legend–    Start A Fire\u003cbr\u003eB4    Justin Hurwitz–    Engagement Party\u003cbr\u003eB5    Emma Stone (2)–    Audition (The Fools Who Dream)\u003cbr\u003eB6    Justin Hurwitz–    Epilogue \/ The End\u003cbr\u003eB7    Justin Hurwitz Feat. Emma Stone (2)–    City Of Stars (Humming)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joco Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48097584775427,"sku":"NAZ3UQ-Z8WP-00","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/phishstonesproducts.myshopify.com\/products\/various-artists-la-la-land-original-motion-picture-lp","provider":"PhishStones Products","version":"1.0","type":"link"}