Bear McCreary

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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.

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2026
The Devil's Mouth
Movie Original Music Composer
2026
Goodbye, Monster
Movie Original Music Composer
2026
M.I.A.
TV show Original Music Composer
2026
Vampires of the Velvet Lounge
Movie Original Music Composer
2025
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Official Podcast
TV show Self
2025
Outlander: Blood of My Blood
TV show Original Music Composer
2025
Drop
Movie Original Music Composer
2024
We Never Smiled in the 90’s
Movie Music
2024
Going Home Again: Making The 4:30 Movie
Movie Music
2024
The 4:30 Movie
Movie Original Music Composer
2024
Imaginary
Movie Original Music Composer
2024
The Walking Dead: The Return
Movie Music
2024
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
TV show Main Title Theme Composer
2023
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
TV show Main Title Theme Composer
2023
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
Movie Original Music Composer
2023
We Have a Ghost
Movie Original Music Composer

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2023
Splinter
Movie Music Score Producer
2022
The Witcher: Blood Origin
TV show Original Music Composer
2022
Call Me Miss Cleo
Movie Music
2022
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
TV show Original Music Composer
2022
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening
Movie Original Music Composer
2022
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Movie Original Music Composer
2022
Last Seen Alive
Movie Original Music Composer
2022
Halo
TV show Main Title Theme Composer
2021
This Game's Called Murder
Movie Original Music Composer
2021
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
TV show Original Music Composer
2020
Fund the Bat
Movie Music
2020
Freaky
Movie Original Music Composer
2020
The Babysitter: Killer Queen
Movie Frank the Recording Artist
2020
Ava
Movie Original Music Composer
2020
Snowpiercer
TV show Original Music Composer
2020
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
Movie Music
2020
The Dark Tower
Movie Original Music Composer
2020
Fantasy Island
Movie Original Music Composer
2019
See
TV show Original Music Composer
2019
Eli
Movie Original Music Composer
2019
Child's Play
Movie Original Music Composer
2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Movie Original Music Composer
2019
Rim of the World
Movie Original Music Composer
2019
Raising Kratos
Movie Self