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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.
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]]".
The piano-playing character [[Dreilide Thrace|Slick]] in the[Season 4 (2008-09)|Season 4]] episode "[[Someone to Watch Over Me]] was loosely based on McCreary.<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]]==
==Leitmotifs in the ''Battlestar Galactica'' [[Soundtrack]]==

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Bear McCreary
Role: Composer
BSG Universe: Re-imagined Series
Date of Birth: February 17, 1979
Date of Death: Missing required parameter 1=month! ,
Age: 45
Nationality: USA USA
IMDb profile

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 Season 1, Season 2, Season 3 and Season 4 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 Eureka and FOX's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, based on the Terminator movies.

The piano-playing character Slick in the[Season 4 (2008-09)|Season 4]] episode "Someone to Watch Over Me was loosely based on McCreary.[1] He also made an uncredited appearance as a patron of Joe's bar in the episode "Deadlock".

Leitmotifs in the Battlestar Galactica Soundtrack[edit]

McCreary makes use of many recurring character or event leitmotifs in the series' soundtrack. See: Music of Battlestar Galactica (RDM)

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