I always start at the piano before I orchestrate anything, he explained.
I spent about two years composing the music before we even shot the movie.
Audition (The Fools Who Dream) is really special for me, he revealed.

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I really connected with what it was about.
Its the composition that Im proudest of, but it also came out the most quickly.
He added that it was Emma Stones performance of Audition that really transformed it into something powerful.
She sang it entirely live on set, Hurwitz said.
What youre hearing is not a studio recording.
Shes not lip synching.
Reporting by C. Molly Smith.