Overview
- The second of three shows, held Saturday night, brought a parade of guest artists to the Bowl including Beck, Jackson Browne, Bill Murray, Devo, Jim James, Rufus Wainwright, Jenny Lewis and Jeff Goldblum performing with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
- Jackson Browne — introduced onstage by Wes Anderson — sang 'The Fairest of the Seasons' and 'These Days' and told the crowd he had forgotten he had approved the song’s use in The Royal Tenenbaums.
- Beck delivered several of Anderson’s most iconic needle-drops, including Elliott Smith’s 'Needle in the Hay,' while a tight house band led by musical director Justin Meldal-Johnsen backed the pop covers.
- The L.A. Phil performed score excerpts by Alexandre Desplat and Mark Mothersbaugh, and reviewers praised emotional musical highs even as they flagged uneven pacing, small side screens and some staging choices; Forbes estimated attendance at more than 10,000.
- The three-night run underscored Anderson’s long-running practice of building films around carefully chosen songs and close composer collaborations, showing how those musical choices shape his characters and scenes and fuel strong audience response.