Richard Penna 3,694 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Oh he does to some extent - he said in a Droughtlander podcast that his team is basically to help out when anything unexpected comes in, or to help when he needs to spend more time on a piece and make revisions. But probably not to the extent that he explicitly plans to only write a certain amount. It sounded like he does what he can himself. Yavar Moradi and enderdrag64 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of Ren 789 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I feel McCreary has always been very open about projects where he has help from assistants at Sparks&Shadows, and he either mentions them in his blog posts or in a tweet when they announce the project, plus they are credited on the actual credits of the movie or show. Many composers have additional help, specially if they're as busy as McCreary, so as long as they're credited and the music remains of the same quality, I don't really mind. For example, I thought the music in Season 2 of Foundation was even better than the first season, and that was mostly handled by his team, and something similar is happening with S2 of Masters of the Universe, which so far sounds really great! I hope they release an album soon. As for Percy Jackson, I feel the album doesn't really do justice to the score, and feels too short and missing some important thematic pieces, and I feel I appreciate the music a lot more while watching the show than listening to the album on its own. I mean, I wouldn't have realized that Grover and Annabeth have themes because they're almost completely missing from the album! JNHFan2000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,694 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I did wonder just now whether TWD, at least its earlier material, is largely done by assistants, given how little music is released overall. It's one show where we need just a straight up session leak because the promo is basically the official album with a few extra bits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,966 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 "COMPOSER BEAR MCCREARY ON PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS’ SCORE AND CHARACTER THEMES" https://nerdist.com/article/bear-mccreary-percy-jackson-and-the-olympians-score-and-character-themes-sparks-and-shadows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,966 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Quite an in depth video as well. Good choice that when he talks about the character themes you actually hear them. Really wonderful insight. And I always love Bear's enthusiasm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chen G. 3,949 Posted January 27 Popular Post Share Posted January 27 Lovely chat, but I always find it weird to see composers break down their own music. At least in this kind of depth, and the kind Bear does in his blog. Very illuminating, but just...I dunno... Its strange seeing a composer congratulate himself on "This awesome chord progression!" TolkienSS, mstrox and JTN 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,370 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 I find it charming the way he impersonates the professional film music composer and the passionate fan at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 4 hours ago, JNHFan2000 said: Good choice that when he talka about the character themss you actually here them. Hear them. Chewy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 42 minutes ago, GerateWohl said: I find it charming the way he impersonates the professional film music composer and the passionate fan at the same time. Yeah, I get that. I mean, Williams describes his musical procedures in the various making-ofs of the films he makes and in interviews, but one, its less in-depth than Bear's blog which really feel like Bear is being his own Doug Adams/Mike Matessino; and two, something about Williams' mannerism works for me better in that regard than Bear's. TolkienSS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Knight of Ren 789 Posted January 27 Popular Post Share Posted January 27 I really like he shows how passionate he is about the music he writes via his blogs because when I was discovering his music in shows like Outlander or the God of War games, reading his process and the way he comes up with the themes and instrumentations really help you appreciate all the work that is behind the art of composing music. And he makes it seem all so accesible for everybody, which is no small feat I think. Yavar Moradi, JNHFan2000 and Holko 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,353 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 9 hours ago, Chen G. said: Its strange seeing a composer congratulate himself on "This awesome chord progression!" Is he congratulating himself, or is he geeking out that he got to use a tool he thinks is cool? MaxMovieMan and JNHFan2000 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Look, I'm not condemning him. I'm just saying, its a wee bit weird for me. TolkienSS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Knight of Ren 789 Posted January 31 Popular Post Share Posted January 31 Just finished the last episode of the season of Percy Jackson and I really enjoyed it! As a huge fan of the books, they made a satisfying adaptation, changing some bits here and there, but retaining the same spirit and magic. Here's a little breakdown of which cue corresponds to which episode. The album is a bit of a mess, honestly, and almost all of the tracks are made out of many different pieces from across the episode, which are longer and contain some thematic material that is sadly missing from the release. Also, I noticed that the end titles track is a bit different in each episode, having some musical hints of the characters that appear in the "next episode" teaser: Spoiler 01 I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher 02a Perseus [0:00 – 2:34] 02b Perseus [2:34 – End] 03a The Minotaur [0:00 – 1:04] 03b The Minotaur [1:04 – End] 02 I Become Supreme Lord of the Bathroom 04a Camp Half-Blood [0:00 – 1:39] 04b Camp Half-Blood [1:39 – 2:15] 04c Camp Half-Blood [2:15 – 3:54] 04d Camp Half-Blood [3:54 – 4:58] 04e Camp Half-Blood [4:58 – 6:14] 04f Camp Half-Blood [6:14 – End] 03 We Visit the Garden Gnome Emporium 05b Aunty Em [1:40 – End] 05a Aunty Em [0:00 – 1:40] 04 I Plunge to My Death 06a Mother of Monsters [0:00 – 1:03] 06b Mother of Monsters [1:03 – End] 07 Chimera 05 A God Buys Us Cheeseburgers 08a The Tunnel of Love [0:00 – 0:54] 08b The Tunnel of Love [0:54 – End] 06 We Take a Zebra to Vegas 09a A Zebra in Vegas [0:00 – 0:36] 09b A Zebra in Vegas [0:36 – 1:27] 09c A Zebra in Vegas [1:27 – 1:55] 09d A Zebra in Vegas [1:55 – End] 10 Spirit of the Sea 07 We Find Out the Truth, Sort Of 12d Lord of the Dead [1:58 – End] 11a The Fields of Asphodel [0:00 – 1:00] 11b The Fields of Asphodel [1:00 – End] 12a Lord of the Dead [0:00 – 0:18] 12c Lord of the Dead [1:01 – 1:58] 12b Lord of the Dead [0:18 – 1:01] 13 Poseidon 08 The Prophecy Comes True 15a The Lightning Thief [0:00 – 3:05] 14a Olympus [0:00 – 1:05] 14b Olympus [1:05 – End] 16a The Sea Does Not Like to Be Restrained [0:00 – 2:53] 15b The Lightning Thief [3:05 – End] 16b The Sea Does Not Like to Be Restrained [2:53 – End] I think there are at least 6 or 7 themes with a clear meaning, but I think there are some hints of possible future themes during some scenes, knowing how the story will go. Apart from a theme for each of the three main characters, there is a theme for Camp Half-Blood, a theme for Hades, another for Ares, and I think Hephaestus has a theme that plays several times during the episode he appears. I hope they announce the renewal for Season 2 as I would like them to do all five books, which in my opinion get progressively better! Pieter Boelen, Yavar Moradi, Jay and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,694 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Contrary to what Bear's detractors want to hear, he never actually says that that theme/progression is awesome in that video. He just says they came up with some chords and decided it would work as the Percy theme, not that it's the most awesome thing anyone's ever composed. I still don't find it an overly interesting piece and the Avengers shadow is there, but a composer who has enthusiasm for what they're doing? Not gonna fault that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 I like Bear’s music mostly, but think his self promotion online has always been a little much. It’s a double-edged sword, because he’s the only composer who gives that level of access and if you’re a fan it’s a great resource - but it definitely smacks of a lack of humilty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chen G. 3,949 Posted January 31 Popular Post Share Posted January 31 18 minutes ago, Richard Penna said: he never actually says that that theme/progression is awesome in that video. That was actually a reference to his blogs. enderdrag64, TolkienSS and Richard Penna 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,966 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 No Masters Of The Universe tomorrow😡 Let's hope they just need time for the album to be ready and that they're not ignoring it. Would be weird for McCreary to do KittBash and Knight of Ren 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of Ren 789 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 That's too bad! Yeah, not releasing anything would be really weird, because I think all of his scores from the last few years have been released, even if they were handled by his team, like Foundation S2 or Percy Jackson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,966 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 enderdrag64 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 37,369 Posted February 2 Popular Post Share Posted February 2 OK this man takes on too many projects and is surely one of the richest composers ever TSMefford, enderdrag64 and KittBash 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,966 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Yeah, I love McCreary and his work but he needs to slow down a bit, because he's gonna get oversaturated. And this announcememt does kinda scream a "Music By Sparks & Shadows" credit. So I'd actually rather have that the composers themselves get credited instead of the company Raiders of the SoundtrArk and KittBash 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GerateWohl 4,370 Posted February 3 Popular Post Share Posted February 3 McCreary getting flooded with assignment shows that there is a great demand rising for that kind of more classical recognizable scores. And that is a good development for the art of film music in Holywood. Maybe the era of generic melodyless techno driven chord carpets à la Zimmer is coming to a pause. enderdrag64, KittBash, Chen G. and 5 others 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittBash 282 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 13 hours ago, GerateWohl said: McCreary getting flooded with assignment shows that there is a great demand rising for that kind of more classical recognizable scores. And that is a good development for the art of film music in Holywood. Maybe the era of generic melodyless techno driven chord carpets à la Zimmer is coming to a pause. one can hope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,966 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Part of a longer tweet where Bear thanks people for the birthday wishes KittBash and Yavar Moradi 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,466 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 One of these projects is probably RoP Season 2, right? And the announcement he's talking about is probably the trailer with the release date (or at least the release window). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stark 316 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 We know he’s working on TROP, but he mentions things we don’t know about. I can’t imagine what else he would’ve had time to work on! Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Plenty of notable 2024 films have no announced composer yet. The First Omen (April 5) The Watchers (June 7) Inside Out 2 (June 14) A Quiet Place Day One (June 28) Despicable Me 4 (July 3) Project Artemis (July 12) Longlegs (July 12) Twisters (July 19) Trap (August 2) Alien: Romulus (August 16) Etc As for TV/streaming series... There's so many of those these days, wouldn't even know where to begin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,966 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 41 minutes ago, Jay said: Plenty of notable 2024 films have no announced composer yet. The First Omen (April 5) The Watchers (June 7) Inside Out 2 (June 14) A Quiet Place Day One (June 28) Despicable Me 4 (July 3) Project Artemis (July 12) Longlegs (July 12) Twisters (July 19) Trap (August 2) Alien: Romulus (August 16) Etc As for TV/streaming series... There's so many of those these days, wouldn't even know where to begin The First Omen is scored by Mark Korven Abel Korzeniowski scores The Watchers And I think Heitor Pereira is the best shot to continue with Despicable Me. I'm hoping for Giacchino for Inside Out 2 and Mancina for Twisters Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,694 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 He must surely be in the depths of RoP now. Perhaps his announcements of stuff he's working on includes things S&S is doing for which he's taking a producer role. Or this could be an early indication that he decided not to do RoP 2 solo. Who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,466 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 This year we'll get two sequels to Mancina-scored movies, Twisters and Moana 2. But he seems somewhat retired with only four movies over the last 10 years: Planes: Fire & Rescue, Moana, Cry Macho and The Sea Beast. I don't think he'll work on two movies on the same year, but who knows. I wonder if the director of Twisters will collaborate with Emile Mosseri again, they were both Oscar-nominated for Minari. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 21 hours ago, Richard Penna said: Or this could be an early indication that he decided not to do RoP 2 solo. Who knows. Pretty sure he's doing that solo. Season three, though...who's to tell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMotif 1,038 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Legit have no clue what it is but don’t think it’s a scoring project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,286 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Maybe he's doing a Giacchino and trying his hand at directing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 907 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 His T-shirt reminds me of the long tail from the alien in the Alien franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 So he's scoring either the Alien Romulus movie instead of Fede Álvarez's frequent collaborator Roque Baños, or he's scoring the Alien TV series instead of Noah Hawlye's frequent collaborator Jeff Russo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,966 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Trailer Friday... for what? What is this now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,966 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 No clue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMotif 1,038 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/bear-mccrearys-graphic-novel-the-singularity-for-may-2024/ Inspired by, and a companion to, Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning composer BEAR McCREARY's first-ever original concept album of the same name, THE SINGULARITY sees a cavalcade of comics' greatest artists join with writer MAT GROOM (INFERNO GIRL RED) to tell a sweeping, cosmic story about the lessons that loss can teach us. Retail: $17.99 In-Store Date: 5/8/2024 JNHFan2000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 37,369 Posted February 21 Popular Post Share Posted February 21 I'm down for a Bear McCreary concept album. Worked well for Giacchino. Sometimes these types of projects gives an outlet for ideas they have that don't fit into film scores, and then they are rejuvenated for future film work after completing and releasing the side project. Yavar Moradi, MaxMovieMan and JNHFan2000 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,508 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Yes, I agree. Looking forward to what McCreary can do with a more free-form concept album, especially if it's tied to science fiction ideas. He has great track record when it comes to lofty science fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. A. Ron 1,742 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Sounds cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,466 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Another day, another score where 🐻 is credited with the themes and his guys with the rest: 1. The Chauncey Song (2:06) 2. Imaginary Friend (2:48) 3. Jessica (1:35) 4. Alice’s List (5:09) 5. Friendly Ritual (4:43) 6. Carousel of Terror (4:10) 7. Bear Beast Battle (6:16) 8. Never Ever (5:35) 9. The Chauncey Jingle (0:43) Weirdly, it hasn't appeared on my Spotify yet and today is friday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,966 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Blog Entry on Percy Jackson & The Olympians Opening part of the blog is by McCreary. The deep dive into the music itself is by Brian Claeys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 is your McCreary? What does that mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,966 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Sorry, typo. Hahaha. Fixed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Ah. Gotta look at what you submit after you submit a post, you do that kind of stuff a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxMovieMan 273 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Will there be a release for the Halo soundtrack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,966 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Well, the 2nd Masters of the Universe from earlier this year has also not been released. So there's really no telling. It kinda feels like Bear is so busy with his concept album, that they're forgetting there's other music people like to hear. Knight of Ren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of Ren 789 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Yeah, I've kind of lost hope on a Masters of the Universe release. It's a shame because there was some great bits of muisc in the new season but I don't think a release is coming. Which is weird since recently they released an album for Imaginary, which in my opinion is much less interesting than MotU S2. But I also thought there wasn't going to be a blog post about Percy Jackson and we got it two months later, so who knows... JNHFan2000 and Yavar Moradi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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