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Thats a nice little theme he's got going there!
But I just wonder, like Brian Tyler on the movie side of things, if Bear is perhaps stretching himself a little thin these days. Outlander, Agents of Shield, Davincis Demons, Walking Dead, Black Sails, Intruders, Defiance and now Constantine?
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Judging by the quality of his most recent endeavors (DaVinci season 2, Black Sails season 1), he's doing just fine 
The man knows how to write themes, that's for sure. 3 Emmy nominations in 5 years, and a win last year (hoping for another this year) ain't too shabby.
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Judging by the quality of his most recent endeavors (DaVinci season 2, Black Sails season 1), he's doing just fine
*cough*ghostwriters*cough*
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Judging by the quality of his most recent endeavors (DaVinci season 2, Black Sails season 1), he's doing just fine
*cough*ghostwriters*cough*
Yup. I wouldn't be surprised if he saves the most critical scenes for himself while giving all the dialogue/exposition/boring scenes to his ghostwriters. Of course, there's no way to know for sure but there's no way he can tackle all those shows without help.
While I don't doubt he has assistants helping him with scoring duties, there are a few things to keep in mind:
1) He admits there are many times of the year he doesn't get a lot of sleep.
2) He is not scoring all 6-8 shows at once at any given time of year. The shows he is doing are all spread out on different release schedules. So far as I know, only 2 of the ones he is currently doing (SHIELD and Walking Dead) follow the traditional Sept-May TV season schedule. Even Walking Dead has an abbreviated episode order every season, and from what I can tell they produce that show earlier than other shows begin their production season which means Bear can score it earlier.
The others (Defiance, Black Sails, DaVinci's Demons) are either airing during the summer or staggered such that I'm sure he can manage scoring them, as well as the fact they have a reduced episode count, as well as the fact that some of his tweets seem to suggest that all of the episodes are in the can well before the airdate of the premiere of a season for those shows, which may mean he has some flexibility.
The way they are doing Outlander, they are splitting the season in half, some of which will air now, and some of which won't air until next year.
3) He has a newborn daughter which means he's probably not getting much sleep anyway :-) Mind as well work during those 3 AM feedings.
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I don't care about any of this, all I care about is the music itself, and every "Bear McCreary" score I own sounds terrific! It's all about the bottom line 
Amen :-)
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Throughout history and across disciplines, it has been common for busy artists to farm out technical legwork to assistants and technicians based original concepts sketched out (literally and figuratively) by the named artist. The work is then executed in the manner of the artist and according to his/her approval.
This is especially common in sculpture and stone-, metal-, & glass- work
Consider film music like fashion- no designer draws up, patterns, cuts, stitches, and tailors every gown themselves; whole collections can be designed by junior designers in the House's name.
It takes a group of artists and technicians with different skills and knowledge to bring works of art to life.
Do we decry that the composers do not play every instrument themselves, too? Film music is as collaborative as film making itself.
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Really poor analogy and paper thin rationale.
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