{"id":2022,"date":"2016-12-21T01:44:39","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T08:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=2022"},"modified":"2022-05-24T13:11:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T20:11:31","slug":"la-la-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/la-la-land","title":{"rendered":"Episode 92: La La Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">Justin Hurwitz &#8211; &#8220;Audition (The Fools Who Dream)&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/SongExploder92-LaLaLand-600x298.png\" alt=\"songexploder92-lalaland\" width=\"600\" height=\"298\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/SongExploder92-LaLaLand.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/SongExploder92-LaLaLand-300x149.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&#038;ge=846cfbac70ae516ebc094dc2c38d055e\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTUNES<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/3e73fac0-19b9-4f51-ab11-f894cd327945\/SongExploder92-JustinHurwitz-DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p>The film <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt3783958\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La La Land<\/a><\/em> tells the story of Mia, an aspiring actress played by Emma Stone, and Sebastian, a jazz pianist played by Ryan Gosling, both of them struggling artists in Los Angeles. The musical was written and directed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3227090\/?ref_=tt_ov_dr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Damien Chazelle<\/a> in collaboration with composer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3225654\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justin Hurwitz<\/a>. It\u2019s the third film they\u2019ve made together, and the follow-up to the Oscar-winning film <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2582802\/?ref_=nm_knf_i2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whiplash<\/a><\/em>. In this episode, Justin Hurwitz breaks down a song from the film sung by Emma Stone; it&#8217;s called &#8220;Audition (The Fools Who Dream).&#8221; Plus, some thoughts from <a href=\"http:\/\/pasekandpaul.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benj Pasek and Justin Paul<\/a>, who wrote the lyrics.<\/p>\n<p>This episode is part of a series I\u2019m doing over the next few months, highlighting awards-worthy film music. These awards episodes are presented in partnership with New York Magazine\u2019s site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vulture<\/a>. For more, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vulture.com\/awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Buy <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/audition-the-fools-who-dream\/id1175664785?i=1175665447&amp;mt=1&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Audition (The Fools Who Dream)&#8221;<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/la-la-land-original-motion\/id1175664785?ls=1&#038;uo=4&#038;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">entire official soundtrack<\/a> on iTunes.<\/p>\n<p><em>La La Land<\/em> trailer<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0pdqf4P9MB8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/la-la-land-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Hurwitz &#8211; &#8220;Audition (The Fools Who Dream)&#8221; DOWNLOAD: iTUNES \u00b7 MP3 The film La La Land tells the story of Mia, an aspiring actress played by Emma Stone, and Sebastian, a jazz pianist played by Ryan Gosling, both of them struggling artists in Los Angeles. 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