Bear McCreary
Sound
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.
Known for
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movieThe Devil's Mouth
2026
Original Music Composer
tvM.I.A.
2026
Original Music Composer
movieVampires of the Velvet Lounge
2026
Original Music Composer
tvOutlander: Blood of My Blood
2025
Original Music Composer
movieDrop
2025
Original Music Composer
movieThe 4:30 Movie
2024
Original Music Composer
movieImaginary
2024
Original Music Composer
tvMasters of the Universe: Revolution
2024
Main Title Theme Composer, Original Music Composer
tvPercy Jackson and the Olympians
2023
Main Title Theme Composer
movieThe Last Voyage of the Demeter
2023
Original Music Composer
movieWe Have a Ghost
2023
Original Music Composer
movieSplinter
2023
Music Score Producer
tvThe Witcher: Blood Origin
2022
Original Music Composer
tvThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022
Original Music Composer
movieThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening
2022
Original Music Composer
moviePaws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022
Original Music Composer, Music Score Producer
movieLast Seen Alive
2022
Original Music Composer
tvHalo
2022
Main Title Theme Composer
movieThis Game's Called Murder
2021
Original Music Composer
tvMasters of the Universe: Revelation
2021
Original Music Composer, Music Score Producer
movieFreaky
2020
Original Music Composer
movieThe Babysitter: Killer Queen
2020
Original Music Composer
movieAva
2020
Original Music Composer
tvSnowpiercer
2020
Original Music Composer
The Dark Tower
2020
Original Music Composer
movieFantasy Island
2020
Original Music Composer
tvSee
2019
Original Music Composer
movieEli
2019
Original Music Composer
movieChild's Play
2019
Original Music Composer
movieGodzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
Original Music Composer
movieRim of the World
2019
Original Music Composer
movieThe Professor and the Madman
2019
Original Music Composer
tvProven Innocent
2019
Original Music Composer
movieHappy Death Day 2U
2019
Original Music Composer
moviePooka!
2018
Original Music Composer
movieWelcome Home
2018
Original Music Composer
movieHell Fest
2018
Original Music Composer
movieI Still See You
2018
Original Music Composer
movieAnimal Crackers
2018
Original Music Composer
movieTau
2018
Original Music Composer
movieThe Cloverfield Paradox
2018
Original Music Composer
movieUnrest
2017
Conductor, Original Music Composer
movieHappy Death Day
2017
Original Music Composer
tvPhilip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017
Original Music Composer
movieRebel in the Rye
2017
Original Music Composer
movieVictor Crowley
2017
Music Score Producer
movieRevolt
2017
Original Music Composer
movieColossal
2017
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
tvMarvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot
2016
Original Music Composer
movie10 Cloverfield Lane
2016
Original Music Composer
movieThe Boy
2016
Original Music Composer
movieThe Forest
2016
Original Music Composer
movieEverly
2015
Original Music Composer
movieDigging Up the Marrow
2015
Original Music Composer
tvConstantine
2014
Original Music Composer
tvIntruders
2014
Music
tvOutlander
2014
Original Music Composer
movieAngry Video Game Nerd: The Movie
2014
Original Music Composer
tvBlack Sails
2014
Original Music Composer
movieKnights of Badassdom
2014
Original Music Composer
movieEuropa Report
2013
Original Music Composer
tvDefiance
2013
Original Music Composer
tvDa Vinci's Demons
2013
Original Music Composer
movieBattlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome
2012
Original Music Composer
The Asset
2012
Original Music Composer
tvBlack Mirror
2011
Original Music Composer
movieChillerama
2011
Original Music Composer
tvThe Cape
2011
Original Music Composer
tvThe Walking Dead
2010
Original Music Composer, Music Producer
movieStep Up 3D
2010
Original Music Composer
tvCaprica
2010
Original Music Composer
tvHuman Target
2010
Music
movieBattlestar Galactica: The Plan
2009
Original Music Composer
tvTerminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2008
Music, Original Music Composer
movieBattlestar Galactica: Razor
2007
Original Music Composer
movieWrong Turn 2: Dead End
2007
Original Music Composer
movieRest Stop
2006
Original Music Composer
tvEureka
2006
Music
tvBattlestar Galactica
2004
Original Music Composer
Goodbye, Monster
Original Music Composer
Acting5
Directing1
movieChillerama
2011
Director