La La Land

[5:55] Lyricist Justin Paul, Ben Pasek

[7:27] Accompanying Emma Stone

[9:17] Crafting the accompaniment and use of movement and orchestration

[10:15] Using logic and sample libraries and workflow. Creating mockups the orchestrators brain. Smooth transition from daw to orchestration

[13:24] Contrapuntal independent motion in the orchestration plus pictures of the film score

[17:16] Writing melodic material

[18:43] Working out the main themes

[21:55] Process for La La Land

[22:30] Working with lyricists

[23:30] Structuring music with scenes

[24:45] Recording the session and transcription of solos for the filming and post sync

[30:50] Mistakes and decisions. Always learning