Whiplash: Soundtrack – Various Artists (Vinyl LP)

Varèse Sarabande Records is pleased to offer a vinyl pressing of the original motion picture soundtrack to Damien Chazelle’s Academy Award winning 2014 film Whiplash which features movie dialogue, original score and big band songs by Justin Hurwitz, original big band competition pieces by Tim Simonec and classic jazz standards by Stan Getz (“Intoit”), Duke Ellington (“Caravan”) and Hank Levy (“Whiplash”).

Andrew Neyman (Miles Teller) is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music conservatory. Plagued by the failed writing career of his father (Paul Reiser), Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the greats. Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), an instructor equally known for his teaching talents as for his terrifying methods, leads the top jazz ensemble in the school. Fletcher discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer into his band, forever changing the young man’s life. Andrew’s passion to achieve perfection quickly spirals into obsession, as his ruthless teacher continues to push him to the brink of both his ability and his sanity.