You have these great moments and then you have these less great moments in life and in Los Angeles and we see it happen in the story. And it kind of goes back-and-forth between cadencing in major and cadencing in minor, because I think that’s kind of what the song is about. “I would say the tone is hopeful, but melancholy at the same time. “I was just composing it from an emotional place and thinking about the tone,” Hurwitz said.

15 'City Of Stars (Humming)' Taking place in the credits, this is one song that a lot of people may not have even heard, or truly appreciated overall. Speaking to Variety about the various songs from the film earlier this year, Hurwitz said “City of Stars” had a similar process to the other big emotional number of the film, “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” in that they began very modestly at the piano in the demo stage. Thankfully, La La Land has an incredible soundtrack with a strong jazz theme running throughout, which has audiences toes tapping from start to finish.

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Those who pre-order the soundtrack will receive an instant download of “ City of Stars,” sung by Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in the film. 9, the same day the film opens in limited release. Lionsgate and Interscope Records have announced that the original motion picture soundtrack for Damien Chazelle’s big Oscar-contending musical “ La La Land” will drop on Dec.

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