The original Cameron Turner is a sad-eyed illustrator whose inner warmth is only drawn out through the tip of his pencil. It’s hard to believe that Mahershala Ali has never been the lead role in a film before, but Benjamin Cleary’s elegiac “ Swan Song” is eager to make up for lost time: Not only does Ali get to play the protagonist in this, he gets to play him twice. ‘Swan Song’ Review: A Dying Mahershala Ali Clones Himself in Apple’s Somber but Moving Sci-Fi Drama And the fact that the series included a woman and a person of color was more than a token nod to diversity, as this trio is among the most sought-after of modern composers for film, Phil has rarely programmed, much less celebrated, music for visual media on a subscription concert. Symphony programmers are notorious for ignoring film music unless it’s on a “pops” program or a live-to-picture event, which in recent years have proven extremely lucrative. By inviting Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir (“Joker”) and Americans Kris Bowers (“Green Book”) and Nicholas Britell (“ Moonlight”) to curate programs of their music, and those of composers that inspired them, the Phil is formally acknowledging the importance of media music as a legitimate part of the contemporary musical scene.
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