Justin Hurwitz is best known for scoring an American musical romantic comedy-drama film that stars who as a jazz pianist?
Justin Hurwitz Justin Hurwitz (born 22 January 1985) is an American film composer and a television writer. He is best known for scoring the film "La La Land". He is a frequent collaborator with director Damien Chazelle and also scored Chazelle's two other features, "Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench" and "Whiplash".
Mo' Better Blues Mo' Better Blues is a 1990 musical drama film starring Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, and Spike Lee, who also directed. It follows a period in the life of fictional jazz trumpeter Bleek Gilliam (played by Washington) as a series of bad decisions result in his jeopardizing both his relationships and his playing career. The film focuses on themes of friendship, loyalty, honesty, cause-and-effect, and ultimately salvation. It features the music of the Branford Marsalis quartet and Terence Blanchard on trumpet, who also plays for the Bleek Gilliam character. The film was released five months after the death of Robin Harris and is dedicated to his memory, and is his second final acting role.