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Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1      General Discussion: Damien (Bear McCreary)   Last Post   Posted:   Mar 3, 2016 - 7:40 PM     By:   mastadge   (Member) http://variety.com/2016/tv/reviews/damien-review-the-omen-bradley-james-barbara-hershey-ae-1201713834/ “Damien” is certainly ripe with pulpy atmosphere, including a score from “Dead’s” Bear McCreary that draws from Jerry Goldsmith’s memorable chant-filled original.    Posted:   Mar 8, 2016 - 10:38 AM     By:   mastadge   (Member) http://www.bearmccreary.com/#blog/blog/damien/ There was only one question I needed answered before I could commit to it: “Can I have access to Jerry Goldsmith’s themes?” - See more at: http://www.bearmccreary.com/#blog/blog/damien/ "With access to those timeless themes, I wove them into the texture of my score for the series. I featured Goldsmith’s iconic “Ave Satani” prominently in the first episode, and his “Family Theme” makes several appearances throughout the season. "In addition to occasionally borrowing Goldsmith’s themes, I definitely utilized his approach to horror scoring. Surprisingly, when you go back and revisit The Omen soundtrack (or Poltergeist), much of the music’s running time is dedicated to the “Family Theme,” a beautiful, pleasant, suburban depiction of a happy family. It was essential for Goldsmith to establish that relatable musical world before he destroyed it with clustered, terrifying atonal writing. This approach, creating warmth with characters early in the story to make their later suffering even more powerful, was one I applied effectively to Damien"    Posted:   Mar 8, 2016 - 12:32 PM     By:   Timothy J. Phlaps   (Member) No interest is the show whatsoever, but I'll buy THE SHIT out of an album if he's weaving Ave Satani through it.    Posted:   Mar 8, 2016 - 1:14 PM     By:   Yavar Moradi   (Member) No interest is the show whatsoever, but I'll buy THE SHIT out of an album if he's weaving Ave Satani through it. You took the words right out of my mouth. McCreary is great when he's paying tribute to composers he loves. Take the Shirley Walker homage in The Cape: Sure, you can hear her influence but he does his own original thing with it. Thinking of him actually utilizing Jerry Goldsmith's timeless themes in new ways is mindblowing! And what if in later seasons he incorporates themes from Damien: Omen II and The Final Conflict, to boot? I wouldn't be surprised if he decided to do so... Yavar    Posted:   Mar 11, 2016 - 6:25 AM     By:   wayfarer_1969   (Member) The titles theme reminds me of the Defiance titles them, with Goldsmith esque choral chanting    Posted:   Mar 20, 2016 - 8:14 AM     By:   Score Whore   (Member) I just finished watching the pilot episode. Disappointingly, Jerry Goldsmith's name is absent from the credits. It's also absent from the show's listing on imdb.com.    Posted:   Mar 20, 2016 - 10:06 AM     By:   TominAtl   (Member) The show is lame unfortunately. But it was very surprising and cool to hear Goldsmiths original thematic material quoted during the show. But I don't think this show has much of a future.    Posted:   May 23, 2016 - 7:17 PM     By:   pete   (Member) I enjoyed the last two episodes of the season, and since the show was just cancelled, I can say I enjoyed the last two episodes of the series: http://tvline.com/2016/05/20/damien-cancelled-season-2-ae/    Posted:   May 23, 2016 - 7:33 PM     By:   pete   (Member) I enjoyed the last two episodes of the season, and since the show was just cancelled, I can say I enjoyed the last two episodes of the series: http://tvline.com/2016/05/20/damien-cancelled-season-2-ae/    Posted:   May 24, 2016 - 5:43 AM     By:   spook   (Member) Yep, apart from some really stupid logic plot points, it ended up being not too bad.I'm sorry its cancelled as it might have found its feet with another season. I'd be interested to hear the music away from the visuals. It wasn't outstanding but a million miles better than Marco Beltrami's score for THE OMEN remake ( and what an abomination that was...film not score!)    Posted:   May 24, 2016 - 5:43 AM     By:   spook   (Member) dp    Posted:   May 24, 2016 - 9:50 AM     By:   foxmorty   (Member) i'd certainly hope this would be on the sparks and shadows radar for a CD release down the road. there's a lot i wouldn't mind hearing on its own. i guess i feel a little bad the show was canceled. it was by no means good. but it's pilot and first few episodes were some of the worst television i'd ever seen, so to have its final few episodes be more or less passable shows pretty amazing strides in improvement. at that rate it would have been a masterpiece in another 20 episodes or so.    Posted:   May 24, 2016 - 11:33 AM     By:   Mr. Popular   (Member) i'd certainly hope this would be on the sparks and shadows radar for a CD release down the road. there's a lot i wouldn't mind hearing on its own. i guess i feel a little bad the show was canceled. it was by no means good. but it's pilot and first few episodes were some of the worst television i'd ever seen, so to have its final few episodes be more or less passable shows pretty amazing strides in improvement. at that rate it would have been a masterpiece in another 20 episodes or so. The #1 problem of this show was changing so much of what we knew about the Omen. Is he imagining this? Is he who they say he is? Is this all a game? I hate that. I tried and tried to like this. Each week got dumber than the last.    Posted:   May 24, 2016 - 2:15 PM     By:   CédricD   (Member) Yep, apart from some really stupid logic plot points, it ended up being not too bad.I'm sorry its cancelled as it might have found its feet with another season. I'd be interested to hear the music away from the visuals. It wasn't outstanding but a million miles better than Marco Beltrami's score for THE OMEN remake ( and what an abomination that was...film not score!) Beltrami's score is probably one of his best. And much, much better than McCreary's DAMIEN.    Posted:   May 24, 2016 - 2:21 PM     By:   JeffM   (Member) I enjoyed the last two episodes of the season, and since the show was just cancelled, I can say I enjoyed the last two episodes of the series: http://tvline.com/2016/05/20/damien-cancelled-season-2-ae/ So pretty much no chance of a CD release?    Posted:   May 24, 2016 - 4:35 PM     By:   spook   (Member) I'd be interested to hear the music away from the visuals. It wasn't outstanding but a million miles better than Marco Beltrami's score for THE OMEN remake ( and what an abomination that was...film not score!) Beltrami's score is probably one of his best. And much, much better than McCreary's DAMIEN. Have to respectfully disagree. Im a huge horror score fan and love a lot of Marco's work but his score for the Omen traversty was just plain....boring. The action stuff was dull and uninspired and the suspenseful stuff went in one ear and out the other. If you compare it to the brilliance of DONT BE AFRAID OF THE DARK or even THE WOMAN IN BLACK...its a dud. Bear's stuff for the tv series at least sounded interesting in places.    Posted:   May 25, 2016 - 12:10 AM     By:   CédricD   (Member) Mmm, that's WOMAN IN BLACK which I find boring. But I'm not a big horror scoring fan, even if I saw Conjuring 2 yesrerday and found Bishara's music more interesting than usual. For DAMIEN, may be it will work better on album. And the show was terribly awful, except for Bradley James' acting.    Posted:   Aug 30, 2016 - 11:16 PM     By:   Yavar Moradi   (Member) So...any hope of a CD release? Yavar     General Discussion: Damien (Bear McCreary)    < 1  >   Go to page:  1   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1

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