The soundtrack album was released through Interscope Records on December 9, 2016.

The album has peaked at number 2 on the US Billboard 200 and number 1 on the UK Albums Chart.

At the 89th Academy Awards, the film won the Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song for "City of Stars".

[1] The songs and score for La La Land were composed and orchestrated by Justin Hurwitz, film director Damien Chazelle's Harvard University classmate, who also worked on his two prior films.

[2] The lyrics were written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul,[3] except for "Start a Fire", which was written by John Legend, Hurwitz and Marius de Vries.