Composer Bear McCreary came center stage with Mark Gordon to talk about composing the score for the hit television show "Battlestar Galactica."
At the age of 24, McCreary was launched into pop culture with his score to Sci Fi Channel's hit, Battlestar Galactica, "the most innovative music on TV today" (Variety). Four seasons and seventy-five episodes later, Galactica is universally revered, having won the prestigious Peabody Award and special recognition from the United Nations. McCreary has established himself as a major creative force in the industry. Io9.com declared Bear McCreary one of the Ten Best Science Fiction Composers of all time, listing him alongside legends John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith and Bernard Herrmann. He was the only composer under 50 on the list, (he is now 30), and the only one recognized for work in television.
Currently, McCreary is scoring Trauma, a medical action / drama for NBC, as well as Caprica, the highly anticipated Galactica prequel series that begins airing in January, 2010. He is also providing a sweeping score for FOX's new comic-book action series Human Target. His music will soon enter the video game realm, with a pulse-pounding orchestral score for CAPCOM's major franchise launch, Dark Void.
Bear McCreary has provided unique and critically acclaimed scores for FOX's iconic Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Sci Fi Channel's top-rated Eureka. McCreary's feature film work includes Warner Bros.' Rest Stop (2006), its successful sequel Rest Stop: Don't Look Back (2008), and Twentieth Century Fox's Wrong Turn 2 (2007). His commercial scoring includes ads for Jinx clothing and Smirnoff Vodka's global Bloodline campaign.
