Episode 25: Composer Justin Hurwitz on La La Land, Whiplash And The Musicals Of Yesteryear
Soundtracking with Edith Bowman
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The Lovely Night and Ryan and Emma
I was really composing for the story and the characters and that carried through. Ryan and Emma when they came aboard they had ideas about their characters and the story. They even had ideas that affected the songs not with music quite as much as lyrics. I think with music you know I did tailor some things to them it was more having to do with the keys to make sure that things would sing well for them. And it's really tough with duets because yeah you have to find a key that works for both of them.
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