COMPOSER

Justin Hurwitz

1985 - Today

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Justin Hurwitz (born January 22, 1985) is an American film composer and a television writer. He is best known for his longtime collaboration with director Damien Chazelle, scoring each of his films: Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009), Whiplash (2014), La La Land (2016), First Man (2018), and Babylon (2022). For La La Land, Hurwitz won two Academy Awards, Best Original Score and Best Original Song (for "City of Stars"), as well as the Golden Globe Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Justin Hurwitz has received more than 1,664,220 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Justin Hurwitz is the 1,398th most popular composer (down from 1,325th in 2019), the 13,176th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,908th in 2019) and the 135th most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Justin Hurwitz ranks 1,398 out of 1,451. Before him are Frank Loesser, Oliver Knussen, Edvin Marton, Ludger Stühlmeyer, Robert Ashley, and Kazumi Totaka. After him are Alan Bush, Bernie Worrell, Michel van der Aa, Gus Kahn, Jeremy Soule, and William Alwyn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Justin Hurwitz ranks 273. Before him are Chris Zylka, Caroline Seger, Yevhen Seleznyov, Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Katrina Law, and Nate Diaz. After him are William Chan, Diego Tardelli, Dame N'Doye, Candice Patton, Annalisa, and Aries Merritt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Justin Hurwitz ranks 13,176 out of 20,380. Before him are Robin Lord Taylor (1978), James Weldon Johnson (1871), Glen Rice (1967), Nate Diaz (1985), Sarah Chang (1980), and Ray Price (1926). After him are Al Attles (1936), Brad Silberling (1963), Frances Drake (1912), Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (1969), Pete Lovely (1926), and David Hayter (1969).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Justin Hurwitz ranks 135. Before him are Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884), George Whitefield Chadwick (1854), Charles Wuorinen (1938), William Grant Still (1895), Frank Loesser (1910), and Robert Ashley (1930). After him are Bernie Worrell (1944), Jeremy Soule (1975), Steve Roach (1955), Vivian Kubrick (1960), Walter Murphy (1952), and George Perle (1915).

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