Bear McCreary

2009-05-26T01:29:29Z

Rockapoc: added season 3 soundtrack.

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A classically trained composer and multiple-award recipient, '''Bear McCreary''' is the mastermind behind the music of the [[Re-imagined Series]].

McCreary's work is available in the [[Soundtrack (Season 1)|Season 1]], [[Soundtrack (Season 2)|Season 2]] and [[Soundtrack (Season 3)|Season 3]] soundtracks to the hit SF series. Having composed music since he was just 6 years old, and being a graduate of the USC Thornton School of Music, McCreary has a knack for creating classical pieces, as well as quirky, off-beat melodies. When not working on the ''Battlestar'' score, McCreary also composes soundtracks for independent movies as well.

McCreary worked on the [[Miniseries]] as an additional composer with soundtrack composer [[Richard Gibbs]], and collaborated with Gibbs on the soundtracks for season 1 episodes 2 & 3, "[[Water]]" & "[[Bastille Day]]", respectively. Gibbs opted not to commit to the regular series production, citing schedule conflicts and his desire to devote more time to scoring theatrical films. As a result, McCreary alone scored "[[33]]" (the first episode aired) and stayed on as soundtrack composer from then on.

McCreary is also scoring the second seasons of SciFi's ''[[w:Eureka (TV series)|Eureka]]'' and FOX's ''[[w:Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles|Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'', based on the Terminator movies.

A character loosely based on Bear McCreary will appear in several of the later episodes of [[Season 4 (2008-09)|Season 4]].<ref>http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2008/06/sepinwall_on_tv_michael_giacch.html</ref> He also made an uncredited appearance as a patron of [[Joe's bar]] in the episode "[[Deadlock]]".

==Leitmotifs in the ''Battlestar Galactica'' [[Soundtrack]]==

McCreary makes use of many recurring character or event [[w:leitmotif|leitmotif]]s in the series' soundtrack. See: [[Music of Battlestar Galactica (RDM)]]

== External Links ==

*[http://www.bearmccreary.com/ Official Bear McCreary website.]

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