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Bear McCreary
Composer, Actor, Director, Additional CreditsBorn February 17, 1979 (46 years)
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.
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.
Bear McCreary Filmography
| 2025 | Outlander: Blood of My Blood (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2025 | Drop · as Original Music Composer |
| 2024 | The 4:30 Movie · as Original Music Composer |
| 2024 | Imaginary · as Original Music Composer |
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| 2024 | Masters of the Universe: Revolution (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2023 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians (TV Series) · 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 |
| 2022 | The Witcher: Blood Origin (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
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| 2022 | The Serpent Queen (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2022 | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV Series) · 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 |
| 2022 | Last Seen Alive · as Original Music Composer |
| 2022 | Halo (TV Series) · as Main Title Theme Composer |
| 2021 | This Game's Called Murder · as Composer |
| 2021 | Foundation (2021) (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2021 | Masters of the Universe: Revelation (TV Series) · as Music Score Producer |
| 2020 | Freaky · as Original Music Composer |
| 2020 | The Babysitter: Killer Queen · as Original Music Composer |
| 2020 | Ava · as Original Music Composer |
| 2020 | Snowpiercer (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
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| 2020 | The Dark Tower · as Original Music Composer |
| 2020 | Fantasy Island · as Original Music Composer |
| 2019 | See (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2019 | Eli · as Original Music Composer |
| 2019 | Child's Play · as Original Music Composer |
| 2019 | Godzilla: King of the Monsters · as Original Music Composer |
| 2019 | Rim of the World · as Original Music Composer |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | The Professor and the Madman · as Original Music Composer |
| 2019 | Proven Innocent (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2019 | Happy Death Day 2U · as Original Music Composer |
| 2018 | Pooka! · as Original Music Composer |
| 2018 | Welcome Home · as Original Music Composer |
| 2018 | Into the Dark (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2018 | Hell Fest · as Original Music Composer |
| 2018 | I Still See You · as Original Music Composer |
| 2018 | Tau · as Original Music Composer |
| 2018 | The Cloverfield Paradox · as Original Music Composer |
| 2017 | Happy Death Day · as Original Music Composer |
| 2017 | Electric Dreams (2017) (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2017 | Rebel in the Rye · as Original Music Composer |
| 2017 | Victor Crowley · as Music Score Producer |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Animal Crackers · as Original Music Composer |
| 2016 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2016 | Colossal · as Original Music Composer |
| 2016 | 10 Cloverfield Lane · as Original Music Composer |
| 2016 | Damien (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2016 | The Boy · as Original Music Composer |
| 2016 | The Forest · as Original Music Composer |
| 2014 | Digging Up the Marrow · as Original Music Composer |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | Constantine (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2014 | Intruders (2014) (TV Series) |
| 2014 | Outlander (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2014 | Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie · as Original Music Composer |
| 2014 | Black Sails (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2013 | The World of Steam (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2013 | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV Series) |
| 2013 | Europa Report · as Original Music Composer |
| 2013 | Defiance (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2013 | Da Vinci's Demons (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2013 | Best of the Worst (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2013 | Knights of Badassdom · as Original Music Composer |
| 2012 | Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome · as Original Music Composer |
| 2012 | Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (TV Series) |
| 2012 | D.N.E.: Do Not Erase · as Composer |
| 2012 | Daybreak (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2012 | Holliston (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2011 | Black Mirror (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2011 | Shelf Life (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2011 | Chillerama · as Original Music Composer |
| 2011 | The Cape (2011) (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2010 | The Walking Dead (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2010 | Step Up 3D · as Original Music Composer |
| 2010 | Human Target (2010) (TV Series) |
| 2009 | Battlestar Galactica: The Plan · as Original Music Composer |
| 2009 | Trauma (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2009 | Caprica (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2009 | Battlestar Galactica: The Top 10 Things You Need to Know · as Composer |
| 2008 | Rest Stop: Don't Look Back · as Composer |
| 2008 | Battlestar Galactica: Revealed · as Composer |
| 2008 | Battlestar Galactica: The Phenomenon · as Composer |
| 2008 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (TV Series) |
| 2007 | Battlestar Galactica: Razor · as Original Music Composer |
| 2007 | Wrong Turn 2: Dead End · as Original Music Composer |
| 2006 | Rest Stop · as Original Music Composer |
| 2006 | Battlestar Galactica: The Story So Far · as Composer |
| 2006 | Eureka (TV Series) |
| 2004 | Battlestar Galactica (2003) (TV Series) · as Original Music Composer |
| 2004 | Angry Video Game Nerd (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2020 | The Babysitter: Killer Queen · as Frank The Recording Artist |
| 2014 | Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie · as Zombie |
| 2011 | Chillerama · as Drive In Patron |
| 2004 | Battlestar Galactica (2003) (TV Series) · as Guest At Bar |
| 1999 | And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story · as Trumpet Player |
| 2024 | A Hero's Journey: The Making of Percy Jackson and the Olympians · as Self - Lead Composer |
| 2022 | The Game Awards 2022 · as Self - Performer & Winner |
| 2020 | Live With Lil (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2019 | Raising Kratos · as Self |
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| 2013 | 2013 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2013 | Best of the Worst (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | |
| 2002 | Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2017 | Unrest · as Conductor |