Want to hear the real La La Land? Lend an ear to the L.A. composers of the Hear Now festival
The music of "La La Land" is not really the music of La La Land. It may be only in the obvious but narrow sense that this was music written for a film made here and celebrating freeway culture. But the music of Lotus Land, or 72 suburbs in search of a city, or whatever other SoCal cliché you prefer,...