LOS ANGELES (AP) – “La La Land” is getting its overture back.
An instrumental overture that was cut from the hit musical film starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone will be added back in for a touring concert show that kicks off this month at the Hollywood Bowl.
Composer Justin Hurwitz said it’s one of two new pieces of music that fans of the film will get to hear in “La La Land In Concert: A Live-to-Film Celebration.” The overture was written into writer-director Damien Chazelle’s initial script and was the first piece of music Hurwitz created for the movie. It was cut after test screenings so the film could open with the jubilant “Another Day of Sun,” featuring dancers atop cars stuck on a Los Angeles freeway.
Hurwitz said early versions of the film included the overture and then “Another Day of Sun,” which was two big music pieces at the beginning of the movie. “We knew one of them had to go,” he said.
A version that included the overture as the first number was screened for months before the filmmakers decided the elaborate dance number should open the film.