
Sound
Community Rating
6.2
3 Ratist reviews
Born
February 17, 1979 (age 47)
Born in
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Emmy Award winning composer Bear McCreary was first launched into pop culture with his groundbreaking score to the hit series Battlestar Galactica, that was lauded by Variety as “the most innovative music on TV today.” It “fits the action so perfectly, it’s almost devastating: a sci-fi score like no other” (NPR). Io9.com ranked McCreary one of the Ten Best Science Fiction Composers of All Time, and recently WIRED Magazine declared him one of only five “Secret Weapons” of the television industry. McCreary was recently voted “Composers’ Choice Composer of the Year – Television” by his peers in ASCAP, the first award of its kind. Bear has conducted orchestral performances of his music throughout North America and Europe, appearing at Fimucité in Tenerife, and the International Film Music Festival in Úbeda, Spain. In July 2014, his music was performed by the L.A. Philharmonic and L.A. Master Choraleat the Hollywood Bowl, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. Attending the prestigious Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, Bear completed degrees in composition and recording arts. However, his professional training came from film music legend Elmer Bernstein (The Magnificent Seven, To Kill a Mocking Bird). Bear was one of Bernstein’s select protégés, and learned the tools of the trade working with and orchestrating for the maestro. Bear spent his childhood immersed in film and television music; he is delighted now to contribute back to the genres that inspired him.

Vampires of the Velvet Lounge
as Original Music Composer
2026

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Official Podcast
as Self
2025

Outlander: Blood of My Blood
as Original Music Composer
2025

Drop
as Original Music Composer
2025

We Never Smiled in the 90’s
as Music
2024

Going Home Again: Making The 4:30 Movie
as Music
2024

The 4:30 Movie
as Original Music Composer
2024

Imaginary
as Original Music Composer
2024

The Walking Dead: The Return
as Music
2024

Masters of the Universe: Revolution
as Main Title Theme Composer, Original Music Composer
2024

Percy Jackson and the Olympians
as Main Title Theme Composer
2023

The Last Voyage of the Demeter
as Original Music Composer
2023

We Have a Ghost
as Original Music Composer
2023

Splinter
as Music Score Producer
2023

The Witcher: Blood Origin
as Original Music Composer
2022

Call Me Miss Cleo
as Music
2022

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
as Original Music Composer
2022

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening
as Original Music Composer
2022

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
as Original Music Composer, Music Score Producer
2022

Last Seen Alive
as Original Music Composer
2022