Michael Verre, who takes us into his apartment to watch him tap to the music of Sinatra, Bieber and show tunes from " Star Wars" and " Hamilton," taps away to " Sun." It's wonderful, but at 57 seconds, way too short.
Nicholas Yee & Sam Yang from Edmonton, Canada play a medley of songs from "La La Land," beautifully, on cello and piano. The brothers duetĪnother take on my favorite song from the film, Danish guitarist Daniel Fernandez Holdt-Olesen performs a rollicking " Sun," as a duet with his uncredited brother on two guitars. Seriously, what's more fun to watch than a bunch of high school students spontaneously dancing their hearts off-at a shopping mall? These Australian kids pour it on in Sydney with " Another Day of Sun." Who needs Dancing with the Stars when you have this group?Īnother killer version of the same song is performed on the streets of China, by a group, Ms.theEast, who lip-sync to the soundtrack. Through the magic of endless overdubs, Josef Pitura-Riley sings " Someone in the Crowd," and also plays piano, sax, bass, trombone, trumpet and french horn, and harmonizes with himself. Here are 10 of our favorite "La La Land," covers.
We've caught high schoolers re-creating the opening dance number at an Australian movie theater lobby, musicians performing songs from the film on violin, guitar, flute, piano and other instruments, couples who took to the streets to emulate Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone's dancing, and even a tap dancer who took us into his apartment to tap away to "Another Day of Sun."
The YouTube video community has also chimed in, with some really creative tribute videos, set to the film music composed by Justin Hurvitz. LOS ANGELES - It's not just Oscar voters and moviegoers who love the acclaimed movie La La Land.