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Bear McCreary

Composer

Bear McCreary

Born February 17, 1979 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA62 films

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.

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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.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Godzilla: King of the Monsters poster6.7Godzilla: King of the Monsters2019Happy Death Day poster6.7Happy Death Day2017Step Up 3D poster6.8Step Up 3D2010Happy Death Day 2U poster6.3Happy Death Day 2U2019The Last Voyage of the Demeter poster6.7The Last Voyage of the Demeter2023The Professor and the Madman poster7.1The Professor and the Madman2019The Boy poster6.0The Boy2016Freaky poster6.5Freaky2020

Filmography

62 films
  1. 2026The Devil's MouthOriginal Music Composer
  2. 2026Goodbye, MonsterOriginal Music Composer
  3. 2026Vampires of the Velvet LoungeOriginal Music Composer
  4. 2025DropOriginal Music Composer
  5. 2024We Never Smiled in the 90’sMusic
  6. 2024Going Home Again: Making The 4:30 MovieMusic
  7. 2024The 4:30 MovieOriginal Music Composer
  8. 2024ImaginaryOriginal Music Composer
  9. 2024The Walking Dead: The ReturnMusic
  10. 2023The Last Voyage of the DemeterOriginal Music Composer
  11. 2023We Have a GhostOriginal Music Composer
  12. 2023SplinterMusic Score Producer
  13. 2022Call Me Miss CleoMusic
  14. 2022The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan ScreeningOriginal Music Composer
  15. 2022Paws of Fury: The Legend of HankOriginal Music Composer
  16. 2022Last Seen AliveOriginal Music Composer
  17. 2021This Game's Called MurderOriginal Music Composer
  18. 2020Fund the BatMusic
  19. 2020FreakyOriginal Music Composer
  20. 2020The Babysitter: Killer QueenOriginal Music Composer
  21. 2020AvaOriginal Music Composer
  22. 2020Crip Camp: A Disability RevolutionMusic
  23. 2020The Dark TowerOriginal Music Composer
  24. 2020Fantasy IslandOriginal Music Composer
  25. 2019EliOriginal Music Composer
  26. 2019Child's PlayOriginal Music Composer
  27. 2019Godzilla: King of the MonstersOriginal Music Composer
  28. 2019Rim of the WorldOriginal Music Composer
  29. 2019The Professor and the MadmanOriginal Music Composer
  30. 2019Happy Death Day 2UOriginal Music Composer
  31. 2018Pooka!Original Music Composer
  32. 2018Welcome HomeOriginal Music Composer
  33. 2018Hell FestOriginal Music Composer
  34. 2018I Still See YouOriginal Music Composer
  35. 2018Animal CrackersOriginal Music Composer
  36. 2018TauOriginal Music Composer
  37. 2018The Shadow HoursMusic
  38. 2018The Cloverfield ParadoxOriginal Music Composer
  39. 2017A Holliston HalloweenMusic
  40. 2017UnrestConductor
  41. 2017Happy Death DayOriginal Music Composer
  42. 2017Rebel in the RyeOriginal Music Composer
  43. 2017Victor CrowleyMusic Score Producer
  44. 2017RevoltOriginal Music Composer
  45. 2017ColossalOriginal Music Composer
  46. 201610 Cloverfield LaneOriginal Music Composer
  47. 2016The BoyOriginal Music Composer
  48. 2016The ForestOriginal Music Composer
  49. 2015EverlyOriginal Music Composer
  50. 2015Digging Up the MarrowOriginal Music Composer
  51. 2014Angry Video Game Nerd: The MovieOriginal Music Composer
  52. 2014Knights of BadassdomOriginal Music Composer
  53. 2013Europa ReportOriginal Music Composer
  54. 2012Battlestar Galactica: Blood & ChromeOriginal Music Composer
  55. 2012The AssetOriginal Music Composer
  56. 2011ChilleramaOriginal Music Composer
  57. 2010Step Up 3DOriginal Music Composer
  58. 2009Battlestar Galactica: The PlanOriginal Music Composer
  59. 2007Battlestar Galactica: RazorOriginal Music Composer
  60. 2007Wrong Turn 2: Dead EndOriginal Music Composer
  61. 2006Rest StopOriginal Music Composer
  62. 2002Periphery, TexasMusic