#with Bear McCreary scoring it like a boss

[shady-swan-jones]

That moment in episode 2!!!

[ratherembarrassing]

i’m not usually one to notice film scores that much. a decent film score is almost a given and so what tends to stand out to me is when they’re bad. 

don’t get me wrong, the score in this was great. i love bear mccreary’s work and have done since bsg. the score in this was boss, but i would never have thought to comment on it... and then at the end of the movie this happened and anne hathaway is walking through the streets and. like, you guys hear it, right? this is the bear mccreary doing the closing score to the devil wears prada. right??????

[deadmansisland]

Study/Writing Music

I find that whenever I’m trying to write or study- especially when theres other people around- I literally can’t focus if I don’t have music going on in the background. And it HAS to be instrumental. And while I do like classical music, it gets a little old sometimes. It’s always better to listen to something when I know the story behind it, so I normally go to Movie/TV/Video game scores. Here’s a list of some of my favorite albums and songs that I’d recommend for writing/studying etc. (Songs are in bold, songs in parentheses are my personal favorites from the album or just commentary)

Westworld- Ramin Djawadi (Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag - Brian Tyler (The Ends of The Earth)

Journey- Austin Wintory (The Road of Trials)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Tan Dun

Any Game of Thrones score (Light of the Seven is my favorite) - Ramin Djawadi 

The Imitation Game - Alexandre Desplat (Alan Turing’s Legacy)

Lux Aeterna - Clint Mansel

Moonlight- Nicholas Britell (Littles Theme)

Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate - Austin Wintory (Darling, What a Night)

Any Pirates of the Caribbean album- Hans Zimmer (AHHHH WHILE SEARCHING FOR MY FAVORITE SONGS OF HIS I FOUND OUT HE SCORED THE BOSS BABY AND IM SCARRED FOREVER WTF. But anyway, my favorite, Up Is Down)

Literally anything by John Williams (Rogue One has really grown on me. Bonus! If you listen to any Star Wars piece on Spotify, the little bar at the bottom will turn into a lightsaber. Neat.) 

How to Train Your Dragon  (1 & 2 although I prefer 2) - John Powell (Stoics Ship and Two New Alphas)

Anything from Thomas Bergersen (Especially if you’re writing a medieval piece or really just anything with a lot of action and emotion)

Various music from Marvel movies, especially The Avengers and Captain America (Little note on this; Music from Marvel movies is not that great. I’ll put a link here explaining why, but consider this as more background rather than something that’s really going to inspire you.)

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Jeremy Soule (From Past to Present)

Black Sails - Bear McCreary (The main title- I get chills OML)

Enterprising Young Men - Michael Giacchino

The Seal Lullaby - Eric Whitacre (Fair Warning, there is one piano note at the end that sticks out like a sore thumb and will drive you insane. It’s heartbreaking because the rest of the song is so beautiful. We played this in concert band and every time we rehearsed with our pianist I thought he was playing the wrong note. It’s that bad. 

Come Back - Dario Marianelli (Slow start, but once you get to the typewriter- fuck it’s great)

Firewatch- Chris Remo (Not only is this a beautiful soundtrack, it’s also an amazing game that I totally recommend)

And that’s about it! Feel free to send me recommendations or add your own, I’m always looking for new music. (And seriously, if you haven’t already, watch Light of the Seven play out in Game of Thrones. It’s a beautiful scene.)