Reply To: Bear McCreary
For me Bear is a difficult hit and miss candidate. Like John Powell he has a great sense for melody, but gets a little mechanicle when it comes to Action music. And even his orchestral recordings sound mixed like pop songs. So, I have trouble really seing him as an orchestral composer. I like his Rings of Power scores a lot. The thematic rechnest is great. And I like his Percy Jackson theme a lot. For Outlander I am just fine with the first album. And his Battlestar Galactica score doesn’t do much for me. I would take Stu Philips over that anytime.
When I dip into one of his scores accidentally I am usually not excited. But the similar issue I have with Powell.
But he is still young. He definitely has potential to become one of the few greats of his generation.