LA Phil spotlights film composers Bowers, Britell, Guðnadóttir, and others in “Reel Change” concerts

“The ice wall between the concert hall and the movie theater has been thawing for years, thanks in large part to giants like John Williams who … championed [film music’s] inclusion in intelligent concerts,” writes Tim Grieving in Monday’s (11/15) San Francisco Classical Voice. “That’s only one side of the coin. The other is the emergence of … nontraditional artists in both fields…. The LA Phil is highlighting this major shift in … ‘Reel Change.’ Across three consecutive nights beginning Friday, Nov. 19, three of today’s exciting younger film composers Hildur Guðnadóttir [Joker; Chernobyl], Kris Bowers [Green Book; When They See Us], and Nicholas Britell [Moonlight; Succession]—will present programs of their own music alongside pieces that inspired them…. Compositions featured in [Guðnadóttir’s] Reel Change program [include] new music from her first videogame, Battlefield 2042 [and] Ryuichi Sakamoto’s theme for The Revenant … Kaija Saariaho’s Nymphéa Reflection: Feroce, … and Ligeti’s Atmosphères…. Britell’s concert will feature selections of music he’s written for … directors Adam McCay and Barry Jenkins…. Bowers’s … program will feature the premiere of a … horn concerto for LA Phil principal Andrew Bain…. Bowers’s program will feature suites from four of his own scores.”