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"City of Stars"
Song

"City of Stars" is a song performed by Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone from the film La La Land (2016). It won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song and is currently nominated for the Best Original Song at the 89th Academy Awards.[1][2][3] The music of the song was composed by Justin Hurwitz while the lyrics were provided by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.[4]

Context

In the film, the song is first sung by Gosling alone as the character of Sebastian as he sings and dances on the Hermosa Beach pier. Later in the film, it is reprised by Sebastian and Mia (Stone) during a montage of him getting ready to tour with Keith's (John Legend) band.

Inspiration

Justin Hurwitz, the composer of the song, discussed the writing of the song:[5]

[The song] started at the piano with me just working on demos for Damien, sending him ideas until something really sparked. It's so funny that that and "Audition" are the two songs that people seem to be responding to the most, at least so far, because they had similar processes in the sense that they had probably the least amount of fussing at the piano demo stage. [...] I was just composing it from an emotional place and thinking about the tone. I would say the tone is hopeful, but melancholy at the same time. 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. 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. I was thinking about that idea a little bit and just trying to compose a melody that I thought was shapely and beautiful. I guess it has some jazz inflections, because it’s something Sebastian plays on the piano.

Accolades

Main article: List of accolades received by La La Land (film)
Awards
Year Award Category Result Ref.
2016 Hollywood Music in Media Awards Best Song – Feature Film Won [6][7]
2016 Critics' Choice Awards Best Song Won [8]
2016 Satellite Awards Best Original Song Won [9]
2016 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Best Song Runner Up [10]
2017 Houston Film Critics Society Best Original Song Won [11][12]
2017 Golden Globe Awards Best Original Song Won [13]
2017 Denver Film Critics Society Best Original Song Nominated [14]
2017 Academy Award for Best Original Song Best Original Song Pending [15]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2017) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[16] 49
Hungary (Single Top 40)[17] 8
Ireland (IRMA)[18]
[19] 		58
Scotland (OCC)[20] 29
UK Singles (OCC)[21] 53
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[22] 15

References

  1. ^ Nordyke, Kimberly; Shanley, Patrick (December 11, 2016). "Critics' Choice Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  2. ^ "Golden Globes 2017: See All the Winners". Time. January 8, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  3. ^ Atkinson, Katie (January 8, 2017). "'City of Stars' From 'La La Land' Wins Best Original Song at 2017 Golden Globes". Billboard. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  4. ^ Tapley, Kristopher (November 17, 2016). "Listen to 'City of Stars' From the 'La La Land' Soundtrack, Arriving Dec. 9". Variety. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  5. ^ Tapley, Kristopher (August 31, 2016). "'La La Land' Composer Justin Hurwitz Details the Film's Songwriting Process". Variety. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  6. ^ "Justin Timberlake & Alexandre Desplat Among Winners At Hollywood Music In Media Awards". Deadline. November 18, 2016. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  7. ^ McNary, Dave (November 2, 2016). "'La La Land' Scores Three Hollywood Music in Media Nominations". Variety. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  8. ^ "La La Land Leads with 12 Nominations for the 22nd Annual Critics' Choice Awards". Critics' Choice. December 1, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  9. ^ Kilday, Gregg (November 29, 2016). "Satellite Awards Nominees Revealed". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  10. ^ "2016 StLFCA Annual Award Nominations". St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association. December 12, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  11. ^ "Houston Film Critics Nominations for 2016 Films". MovieAwardsPlus.com. December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  12. ^ "Houston Film Critics Society Nominations – 'The Nice Guys' and Rebecca Hall Get a Deserved Boost". AwardsCircuit.com. December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  13. ^ "Golden Globes 2017: The Complete List of Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. December 12, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  14. ^ Tangcay, Jazz (January 9, 2017). "Denver Film Critics Society Announce Nominations". AwardsDaily. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  15. ^ Sheehan, Paul (January 24, 2017). "Oscar nominees list: 2017 Academy Award nominations". GoldDerby. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  16. ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 4, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  17. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  18. ^ "Chart Track: Week 4, 2017". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  19. ^ http://irma.ie/index.cfm?page=irish-charts&chart=Singles
  20. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  21. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  22. ^ "Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
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