Bear McCreary
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Biography
Born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on February 17, 1979, Bear McCreary is one of the most prolific and successful soundtrack composers of his generation. He studied under iconic composer Elmer Bernstein and attended USC Thornton School of Music, graduating from Screen Scoring in 2002. Bear McCreary specializes in music for television, motion pictures, and video games. He is known for focusing on fantasy, science fiction, and adventure projects, although he has worked outside those genres as well. He first came to prominence with his work on the Battlestar Galactica TV series from 2004 to 2010. He also provided music for TV series such as Human Target, Black Sails, Outlander, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and the groundbreaking cable series The Walking Dead. Bear McCreary branched out into films, providing music for movies such as My Babyâs Daddy (2004), Johnson Family Vacation (2004), Rest Stop: Donât Look Back (2008), Step Up 3D (2010), Happy Death Day (2017), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), and Happy Death Day 2U (2019), and others. His video game work includes Dark Void (2010), Defiance (2013), God of War (2018), and Call of Duty: Vanguard (2021). In 2022, he was commissioned to become the affiliated composer of the TV series The Lord of the Rings. Between other soundracks such as The Serpent Queen, The Witcher: Blood Origin in 2022 or Imaginery and The Singularity in 2023, he has developed multiple themes for each episode of the second season of the cult program throughout 2024.
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Top Tracks
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- Deliverance
- The Summit
- God of War
- Memories of Mother
- Witch of the Woods
- Lullaby of the Giants
- Ashes
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Overture
- The Grove
- Funeral Pyre and Reconciliation
- The Apple
- Prisoners Of War
- Sauron's Illusion
- Memories of San Francisco
- Maria and Chance
- The Vein
- Infirmary
- Godzilla by Serj Tankian
- Old Rivals
- Enter Damrod
- Three Rings for the Elven Kings
- Ice Breaker
- The Rings of Power - London Premiere Season One Fanfare
- The Driver Marilyn Gets Marilyn
