Seni dan budaya Los Angeles
Musik

Los Angeles adalah juga salah satu yang paling penting situs di dunia untuk merekam industri musik. The landmark Capitol Records bangunan, yang menyerupai setumpuk album, adalah wakil dari ini. A&M Records lama diduduki studio dari Sunset Boulevard dibangun oleh Charlie Chaplin (yang menulis musik untuk sendiri film-film). Di Warner Brothers dibangun utama merekam bisnis di samping mereka menjalankan bisnis film. Di ujung lain dari bisnis, lokal Rhino Records mulai reissue boom dengan menggali melalui arsip tua recordings dan repackaging mereka untuk modern audisi.
Los Angeles punya semangat Afrika-Amerika musik komunitas bahkan ketika itu relatif kecil: sejumlah seniman musik congregated di Central Avenue, dan masyarakat yang menghasilkan sejumlah besar bakat, termasuk Charles Mingus, Teman Collette, Gerald Wilson, dan lain-lain pada tahun 1930-an dan 1940-an sebelum menghilang pada tahun 1950-an.
In the 1960s the Sunset Strip became a breeding ground for bands like The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, and The Doors. Randy Newman also started his career during this time, and the Beach Boys were founded in nearby Hawthorne during this same decade as well. Much hard rock has come out of Los Angeles, including hard rockers Van Halen from nearby Pasadena, "hair bands" like Mötley Crüe, Ratt, W.A.S.P., and Guns N' Roses, thrash metal acts like Megadeth, Metallica (who later relocated to San Francisco) and Slayer (from Huntington Park), and also 90s rock bands such as Jane's Addiction, Korn and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Softer rock acts also flourished, as evidenced by the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt during the 1970s. There was a sizeable punk rock movement which spawned the hardcore punk movement featuring bands like X, Black Flag and Wasted Youth. In the 1980s, the Paisley Underground movement was native to Los Angeles. In the 1990s, Los Angeles' contribution to rock music continued with acclaimed artists such as Beck, Sublime of Long Beach, Tool, System of a Down and Rage Against the Machine. Other notable rock acts formed in Los Angeles during this decade include Linkin Park, Thirty Seconds to Mars, and No Doubt. In addition, the gangsta rap of N.W.A, and later the solo careers of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, 2Pac and Snoop Dogg, among related acts, reestablished Los Angeles (particularly the communities of Long Beach and Compton) as a center of African-American musical development and G-funk as one of hip-hop's major living styles. The 2000s saw a further flourishing of the Los Angeles rock scene with acclaimed acts such as Maroon 5 and a resurgence in West Coast hip hop in the form of rappers such as The Game. The Black Eyed Peas gained even greater popularity during this decade, and Disney stars such as Hilary Duff, Ashley Tisdale, and Miley Cyrus also anchored their singing careers in the Los Angeles area as well.
Di jantung pusat kota Los Angeles Music Center of Los Angeles County. Musik Pusat terdiri dari baru Konser Walt Disney Hall, Dorothy Chandler Paviliun, Ahmanson Teater, dan Tanda Taper Forum. Halaman rumah, air mancur, dan publik seni membuat indah lokasi. Menambahkan budaya yang penting, di jalan yang sama adalah Los Angeles Pusat Perpustakaan, Museum Seni Kontemporer, Colburn Sekolah Seni Pertunjukan, dan Katedral our Lady of the Angels. The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra sekarang melakukannya di Konser Walt Disney Hall setelah menghabiskan bertahun-tahun di kediaman di Dorothy Chandler Paviliun, dan melakukan konser musim panas di Hollywood Bowl. Los Angeles Master Chorale juga panggilan Konser Walt Disney Hall rumah. Di Dorothy Chandler Paviliun juga tinggal di Los Angeles Opera dan Tari di Music Center. Yang Ahmanson Teater, Mark Taper Forum, dan Kirk Douglas Teater di Culver City, adalah rumah bagi Pusat Teater Kelompok, disutradarai oleh Michael Ritchie.Kontemporer Opera Los Angeles mempersembahkan penampilan yang dinyanyikan dalam bahasa inggris dan diatur dalam gaya kontemporer dan mereka sumbangkan keuntungan lokal anak-anak pendidikan charities dan hewan penyelamatan charities.
Tuntutan dari mencetak ribuan jam dari soundtracks untuk TV dan film juga menyediakan pekerjaan untuk composers dan sudah dilatih musisi, band, orchestras, dan symphonies.