Bear McCreary

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

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Battlestar Galactica

(2004) Original Music Composer

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The Walking Dead

(2010) Music Producer

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Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

(2013) Music

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Black Mirror

(2011) Original Music Composer

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Caprica

(2010) Original Music Composer

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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

(2008) Original Music Composer

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Godzilla: King of the Monsters

(2019) Original Music Composer

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The Last Voyage of the Demeter

(2023) Original Music Composer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2020	Frank the Recording Artist	The Babysitter: Killer Queen 2020-09-10 Movie
2019	Self	Raising Kratos 2019-05-10 Movie
2017	Self	Score: A Film Music Documentary 2017-03-16 Movie
2014	Zombie	Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie 2014-07-21 Movie
2010	Self	The Making of The Walking Dead 2010-07-31 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2024	Original Music Composer	Imaginary 2024-03-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Masters of the Universe: Revolution 2024-01-25 TV Show
	Main Title Theme Composer	Masters of the Universe: Revolution 2024-01-25 TV Show
2023	Original Music Composer	Percy Jackson and the Olympians 2023-12-20 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	The Last Voyage of the Demeter 2023-08-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	We Have a Ghost 2023-02-24 Movie
	Music Score Producer	Splinter 2023-02-13 Movie
2022	Music	Call Me Miss Cleo 2022-12-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power 2022-09-01 TV Show
	Music	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening 2022-08-31 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank 2022-07-14 Movie
	Music Score Producer	Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank 2022-07-14 Movie
	Music	Last Seen Alive 2022-05-12 Movie
2021	Music Score Producer	Masters of the Universe: Revelation 2021-07-23 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Masters of the Universe: Revelation 2021-07-23 TV Show
2020	Music	Fund the Bat 2020-12-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Freaky 2020-11-12 Movie
	Music	The Babysitter: Killer Queen 2020-09-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Ava 2020-07-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Snowpiercer 2020-05-17 TV Show
	Music	Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution 2020-03-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Fantasy Island 2020-02-12 Movie
2019	Original Music Composer	See 2019-11-01 TV Show
	Music	Eli 2019-10-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Child's Play 2019-06-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Godzilla: King of the Monsters 2019-05-29 Movie
	Music	Rim of the World 2019-05-24 Movie
	Music	Raising Kratos 2019-05-10 Movie
	Music	The Professor and the Madman 2019-03-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Proven Innocent 2019-02-15 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Happy Death Day 2U 2019-02-13 Movie
2018	Music	Pooka! 2018-12-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Welcome Home 2018-11-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	I Still See You 2018-09-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Hell Fest 2018-09-27 Movie
	Music	Ryze: Call of Power 2018-07-26 Movie
	Music	Tau 2018-06-29 Movie
	Music	The Shadow Hours 2018-03-26 Movie
	Music	The Cloverfield Paradox 2018-02-04 Movie
2017	Music	A Holliston Halloween 2017-10-30 Movie
	Conductor	Unrest 2017-10-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Unrest 2017-10-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Happy Death Day 2017-10-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams 2017-09-17 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Rebel in the Rye 2017-09-15 Movie
	Music Score Producer	Victor Crowley 2017-09-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Revolt 2017-07-01 Movie
	Music	Animal Crackers 2017-06-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Colossal 2017-04-06 Movie
	Orchestrator	Colossal 2017-04-06 Movie
2016	Original Music Composer	Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot 2016-12-13 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	10 Cloverfield Lane 2016-03-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Boy 2016-01-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Forest 2016-01-07 Movie
2015	Original Music Composer	Digging Up the Marrow 2015-02-20 Movie
2014	Original Music Composer	Constantine 2014-10-24 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Everly 2014-09-20 Movie
	Music	Intruders 2014-08-23 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Outlander 2014-08-09 TV Show
	Music	Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie 2014-07-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Black Sails 2014-01-25 TV Show
2013	Music	Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2013-09-24 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Europa Report 2013-06-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Defiance 2013-04-15 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Da Vinci's Demons 2013-04-12 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Knights of Badassdom 2013-01-21 Movie
2012	Music	Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome 2012-12-09 Movie
	Music	Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome 2012-11-09 TV Show
2011	Original Music Composer	Black Mirror 2011-12-04 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Chillerama 2011-10-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Cape 2011-01-09 TV Show
2010	Music	The Walking Dead 2010-10-31 TV Show
	Music Producer	The Walking Dead 2010-10-31 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	The Walking Dead 2010-10-31 TV Show
	Music	Step Up 3D 2010-08-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Caprica 2010-01-22 TV Show
	Music	Human Target 2010-01-15 TV Show
2009	Original Music Composer	Battlestar Galactica: The Plan 2009-10-27 Movie
2008	Music	Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy 2008-12-12 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles 2008-01-13 TV Show
	Music	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles 2008-01-13 TV Show
2007	Original Music Composer	Battlestar Galactica: Razor 2007-11-12 Movie
	Music	Wrong Turn 2: Dead End 2007-08-25 Movie
2006	Original Music Composer	Rest Stop 2006-10-07 Movie
	Music	Eureka 2006-07-18 TV Show
2004	Original Music Composer	Battlestar Galactica 2004-10-18 TV Show
2002	Music	Periphery, Texas 2002-01-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Our Time Movie
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Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2011	Director	Chillerama 2011-10-14 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv