Ryan Gosling played all the piano parts?
Is this true? I read he played the piano parts but does that include the crazy virtuoso parts as well? Is Ryan Gosling that good?
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Yup, intensive training for 3 months...
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38593897
Not true:
“Sure enough, in the last few days he switched gears and did a ton of work on the physicality and attitude of his performances. One of the first scenes in the shooting schedule was his first big piano solo in the club, and I’ll never forget the astonished silence which settled on the room at the end of his first take. It was kind of miraculous. What he played was a very musically intelligent approximation of the difficult sections, with perhaps a few wrong notes here and there, but the basic melodies he had totally down. So even though the piano parts you hear in the film are played by Randy, the visual representation, every single pianistic hand gesture, was Ryan’s. It’s an astonishing achievement that when you watch the movie, you don’t for a second question that Ryan’s character plays the parts.”
https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/inside-track-la-la-land
gosling has a band himself and he knew how to play piano before la la land
shareThis was the first thing I looked up when I got home from the movie today! Ryan did a great job, not that I'm familiar with jazz. But I had also read that Ryan's singing was so-so, I don't agree, he has a good voice. And he and Emma had good chemistry and dancing scenes.
shareI agree that his voice was so so, but mainly because Emma's voice was so good she stole the singing scenes. But Ryan Gosling has such a great charisma and the chemistry with her was just amazing. I'm even more astounded with his piano skills. At time it felt I was seiing Michel Camilo's virtuoso hands going crazy.
No, Gosling played just a few parts, when he's at the apartment or testing if the piano is properly tuned.
All the more complicated parts are played by Randy Kerber.
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shareYou don't actually hear Ryan Gosling. They just didn't use a hand double. There is no possible way anyone could ever reach that advanced of a level in just 3 months.
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