Bear McCreary
is a classically trained composer and musician living in Los Angeles, California. He is best known for his work on the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica
television series.
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Biography
McCreary spent most of his formative years in
Bellingham, Washington. He is the son of author
Laura Kalpakian. He studied under the renowned
film score composer
Elmer Bernstein at the
USC Thornton School of Music, during which time he reconstructed and re-orchestrated Bernstein's 1963 score for
Kings of the Sun
. Their collaboration allowed for the complete score to be available as a soundtrack album for the first time in forty years.
[1]
From 1998 until 2005, McCreary built up a significant body of work scoring short films, including Jon Chu's musical
When the Kids Are Away
. McCreary is a trained
pianist and a self-taught
accordionist, and plays in the
avant-jazz band
17 Billion Miles of DNA.
[2]
Battlestar Galactica and Caprica
In 2003, McCreary worked under primary composer
Richard Gibbs on the
3-hour miniseries which served as a
pilot for the re-imagined series of
Battlestar Galactica
. When the show was picked up, Gibbs opted not to devote full time to the regular series' production, and McCreary became the sole composer. He worked on the series until it reached its conclusion in 2009, scoring over 70 episodes. To date, four
Battlestar Galactica
soundtrack albums have been released, and have garnered a great deal of critical acclaim
[3] [4] and commercial success. The soundtracks for
season two and
three ranked amongst
Amazon.com's Top 30 Music Sales on their first days of release.
McCreary will also compose for
Caprica
, a series set in the fictional
Battlestar Galactica
universe.
Other work
McCreary is currently the composer for the television series
Eureka
and also worked on both seasons of
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
. He has composed the scores for several
direct-to-DVD features, including
Rest Stop
,
Rest Stop 2: Don't Look Back
and
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
, and is working on the forthcoming
video game Dark Void
.
[5]
He announced on his blog from
San Diego Comic Con 2009 that he would be composing for the upcoming television series (based on
the comic book of the same name),
Human Target
. He noted that the epic pilot score had been recorded with a full orchestra.
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Albums
Title
| Type
| Released
| Tracks
| Notes
|
Battlestar Galactica: The Miniseries
| Television Soundtrack
| 16 March 2004
| 26
| Credited for 8 tracks
|
Battlestar Galactica: Season One
| Television Soundtrack
| 21 June 2005
| 30
|
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Battlestar Galactica: Season Two
| Television Soundtrack
| 20 June 2006
| 23
|
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Rest Stop
| Motion Picture Soundtrack
| 12 December 2006
| 17
|
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Wrong Turn 2
| Motion Picture Soundtrack
| 18 September 2007
| 16
|
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Battlestar Galactica: Season Three
| Television Soundtrack
| 23 October 2007
| 21
|
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Eureka
| Television Soundtrack
| 26 August 2008
| 28
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Rest Stop: Don't Look Back
| Motion Picture Soundtrack
| 21 October 2008
| 20
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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
| Television Soundtrack
| 16 December 2008
| 24
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Caprica
| Television Soundtrack
| 16 June 2009
| 18
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Battlestar Galactica: Season Four
| Television Soundtrack
| 28 July 2009
| 34
| 2-disc edition
|
McCreary has also announced plans for an album combining the scores of the
Battlestar Galactica
TV movies
Razor
and
The Plan
.
[7]
References
- Bear McCreary: Biography
- ScoreKeeper interviews BATTLESTAR GALACTICA'S Bear McCreary!!!
- Sepinwall on TV: Michael Giacchino and Bear McCreary, score keepers
- 'Battlestar Galactica' provides some Earth-shattering 'Revelations'
- Galactica Composer Makes Video Game Debut
- Human Target Screens Today
- Soundtrack Album Updates