Justin Hurwitz

American composer and screenwriter

Justin Hurwitz (born January 22, 1985) is an American film composer and television writer. He is best known for his longtime friendship and collaboration with director Damien Chazelle, scoring each of his films: Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009), Whiplash (2014), La La Land (2016), First Man (2018), and Babylon (2022).

For La La Land, Hurwitz won two Academy Awards, Best Original Score and Best Original Song (for "City of Stars"), as well as Golden Globe Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. He has won two Grammy Awards for La La Land, one for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media and another one for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. He won two additional Golden Globes for Original Score for First Man and Babylon.

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Works

The Long LineThe Long Line
  • A Lovely Night
  • Another Day of Sun
  • Another Egghead
  • Apollo 11 Launch
  • Armstrong Cabin
  • Audition (The Fools Who Dream)
  • Baby Mark
  • Bathroom Mirror / You’re Coming Right?
  • Bogart & Bergman
  • Boise
  • Casey’s Song
  • Chicken on a Stick
  • Chinatown
  • Cincinnati
  • City of Stars
  • Classic Rope‐a‐Dope
  • Contingency Statement
  • Crater
  • Dad’s Fine
  • Docking Waltz
  • Elliot
  • End Credits
  • Epilogue
  • First Man
  • First to Dock
  • Fletcher’s Song
  • Fletcher’s Song in Club
  • Good Engineer
  • Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
  • Herman’s Habit
  • Holy Hell
  • Home
  • Houston
  • I Oughta Be Getting Home / Plugs Out
  • It Pays
  • It’ll Be an Adventure
  • It’s Over / Engagement Party
  • Karen
  • La La Land
  • Messengers Rehearsal
  • Mia & Sebastian’s Theme
  • Mia Gets Home
  • Mia Hates Jazz
  • Missed the Play
  • Moon
  • Moon Walk
  • Multi-Axis Trainer
  • Naha Rescue 1
  • Neil Packs
  • News Report
  • Pat and Janet
  • Planetarium
  • Quarantine
  • Rialto
  • Rialto at Ten
  • Searching For the Aegena
  • Sep Ballet
  • Sextant
  • Someone in the Crowd
  • Spin
  • Squawk Box
  • Stroll Up the Hill
  • Summer Montage / Madeline
  • Surprise
  • The Armstrongs
  • The End
  • The House in Front of the Library
  • The Landing
  • Theme for Harp, Strings & Theremin (From "First Man")
  • There the Whole Time / Twirl
  • Translunar
  • Tunnel
  • When I Wake
  • X-15
  • You Love Jazz Now