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вЂњI actually didnвЂ™t realize thatВ until years after I was already a fan of вЂCherbourg.вЂ™ вЂ¦ It was like on probably my 10th viewing, I was like, вЂOh my god! One character is named Guy and the other one is Madeline!'вЂќ вЂњNot too many people pick up on that little trivia, but itвЂ™s true,вЂќ Hurwitz said. Sure enough, Guy and Madeline are both names of characters in вЂњCherbourg.вЂќ вЂњThose became two of my favorite movies, two of my favorite musicals, and huge inspirations for вЂLa La Land,вЂ™ as well as the first feature that we made called вЂGuy and Madeline on a Park Bench,вЂ™ which was another musical, almost like a prototype in some ways for вЂLa La Land,вЂ™ but both of those hugely inspired by those French musicals.вЂќ вЂњHe turned me onto these two musicals,вЂќ Hurwitz said.

Those flicks included 1960s French musical classics by director Jacques Demy and composer Michel Legrand, namely вЂњThe Umbrellas of CherbourgвЂќ (1964) and вЂњThe Young Girls of RochefortвЂќ (1967). вЂ¦ We became roommates sophomore year and just spent an enormous amount of time together, watching movies, talking about movies.вЂќ вЂњHe was studying filmmaking, I was studying music and we started talking about how we could put what we do together. вЂњWe took that really seriously for a while, then Damien and I quit the band and started focusing exclusively on movies,вЂќ Hurwitz said. His freshman year, he started a bandВ with Chazelle as the drummer. So, I went into college with the goal of being able to get intoВ that field.вЂќ вЂ¦ I loved movies and the music in movies, and a lot of the best music, especially instrumental orchestral music, is being composed in movies. вЂњThere was no other school subject I was particularly good at or that interested me. вЂњBy the time I was going to college, I started to realize I should go into music,вЂќ Hurwitz said. I was really passionate about it for a couple of years, then lost interest in composing for some reason and didnвЂ™t do it in high school.вЂќД«ut when it came time to go to college, he decided he should pursue musicВ at Harvard University. My parents got me a synthesizer and a floppy-disc sequencer, this basic piece of technology where you can record tracks and layer tracks on top of each other. вЂњI started taking piano lessons when I was about 6,вЂќ Hurwitz said. Hurwitz grew up in nearbyВ Glendale, Wisconsin, getting his public educationВ at Nicolet High School. вЂ¦ I went through a lot of demos on that вЂ¦ but when I finally found that melody, we both knew that it was right.вЂќ I was just home and they have a piano there and I spend a lot of time at the piano when IвЂ™m home вЂ¦В just trying to find the right melody for that point in the movie.

#LA LA LAND SOUNDTRACK PIANO CRACKED#

вЂњIt was during the summer that I cracked that particular thing. вЂњI was actually at my parentsвЂ™ house in Wisconsin,вЂќ Hurwitz said. While вЂњCity of StarsвЂќ has become anВ award-winning love note from Hollywood to Los Angeles, the melody ironically came to Hurwitz while visiting his folks in a very rural part of Waupaca, Wisconsin, whereВ his folksВ keep aВ cottage for summer escapesВ from their current home in CaliforniaвЂ™sВ Bay Area. So to see people responding to it this way and giving us those kind of things, it means a lot.вЂќ вЂњWe worked on this for a very, very long time and were so passionate about it.В I said in my speech, we put so much of ourselves into it, and thatвЂ™s really the truth. вЂњIt was very flattering,вЂќ Hurwitz told WTOP. Sunday is shaping up to be a big night at the Academy Awards for both Hurwitz and his old college roommate, writer/director Damien Chazelle, who won Best Director and Best Screenplay at the Golden Globes while Hurwitz won a pairВ of Globes for Original Score and Song (вЂњCity of StarsвЂќ). So вЂњbring on the rebelsвЂќ like composer Justin Hurwitz, a poet whose вЂњripples from pebblesвЂќ have propelled the musical вЂњLa La LandвЂќ to win a record seven Golden Globes, breaking the record by вЂњOne Flew Over the CuckooвЂ™s Nest,вЂќ and earn a record 14 Oscar nods, tying вЂњAll About EveвЂќ and вЂњTitanic.вЂќ вЂњWho knows where it will lead us? And thatвЂ™s why they need us!вЂќ WASHINGTON - вЂњA bit of madness is key, to give us new colors to see,вЂќ Emma Stone sings.

Business & Finance Click to expand menu.ДЇebru| WTOP's Jason Fraley chats with Justin Hurwitz (Highlights) ( Jason Fraley).

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