#La la land soundtrack list update#
Keith (John Legend)Īn old friend of Sebastian's from school, Keith is a musician and singer who wants to update jazz and get young people excited about it. By the end of the film he's realized his dreams and is running a jazz club called Seb's. Meanwhile, he veers off course as a pianist in the (albeit successful) band The Messengers. Determined that her talent will be recognized, he encourages her to write a play for herself and drives her to the audition that launches her career. He isn't interested in going on dates or meeting anyone (if they didn't like jazz, what would they have to talk about?) despite his sister's best efforts to introduce him to someone and stop him from living like a hermit. So dedicated is he to the idea, he hasn't even unpacked the boxes in his house, saying he will when he has a club to unpack them in. Sebastian Wilder (Ryan Gosling)Ī pianist for hire when we meet him, Sebastian dreams of owning his own jazz club. Prompted by Sebastian, and after a series of disappointing meetings, Mia decides to write a show for herself, to show what she can do. Her dream began when she was a child in Boulder City, introduced to old movies by her aunt, who was also an actress.
At the start of the film she's stuck in a traffic jam preparing for an audition, which metaphorically pretty much sums up the situation: she's been stuck, trying to break in to the industry for six years, so far with no success. An aspiring actress, Mia works as a barista in a coffee shop on the Warner Brothers lot.