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Bear McCreary

Bear McCreary

Known For Sound
Birthday Feb 17, 1979 (46)
Birthplace Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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. 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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Filmography

The Babysitter: Killer Queen

The Babysitter: Killer Queen

2020

as Frank the Recording Artist

Drop

Drop

2025

Original Music Composer

Imaginary

Imaginary

2024

Original Music Composer

The 4:30 Movie

The 4:30 Movie

2024

Original Music Composer

Splinter

Splinter

2023

Music Score Producer

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

2023

Original Music Composer

We Have a Ghost

We Have a Ghost

2023

Original Music Composer

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

2022

Original Music Composer, Music Score Producer

Last Seen Alive

Last Seen Alive

2022

Original Music Composer

Call Me Miss Cleo

Call Me Miss Cleo

2022

Music

Ava

Ava

2020

Original Music Composer

Freaky

Freaky

2020

Original Music Composer

The Babysitter: Killer Queen

The Babysitter: Killer Queen

2020

Original Music Composer

Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island

2020

Original Music Composer

Fund the Bat

Fund the Bat

2020

Music

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

2019

Original Music Composer

Raising Kratos

Raising Kratos

2019

Music

Happy Death Day 2U

Happy Death Day 2U

2019

Original Music Composer

Child's Play

Child's Play

2019

Original Music Composer

The Professor and the Madman

The Professor and the Madman

2019

Original Music Composer

Eli

Eli

2019

Original Music Composer

Rim of the World

Rim of the World

2019

Original Music Composer

The Cloverfield Paradox

The Cloverfield Paradox

2018

Original Music Composer

Tau

Tau

2018

Original Music Composer

Welcome Home

Welcome Home

2018

Original Music Composer

The Shadow Hours

The Shadow Hours

2018

Music

Pooka!

Pooka!

2018

Original Music Composer

Hell Fest

Hell Fest

2018

Original Music Composer

I Still See You

I Still See You

2018

Original Music Composer

Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

2017

Original Music Composer

Unrest

Unrest

2017

Original Music Composer, Conductor

Victor Crowley

Victor Crowley

2017

Music Score Producer

Happy Death Day

Happy Death Day

2017

Original Music Composer

Colossal

Colossal

2017

Original Music Composer, Orchestrator

Revolt

Revolt

2017

Original Music Composer

Rebel in the Rye

Rebel in the Rye

2017

Original Music Composer

10 Cloverfield Lane

10 Cloverfield Lane

2016

Original Music Composer

The Boy

The Boy

2016

Original Music Composer

The Forest

The Forest

2016

Original Music Composer

Digging Up the Marrow

Digging Up the Marrow

2015

Original Music Composer

Everly

Everly

2014

Original Music Composer

Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie

Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie

2014

Original Music Composer

Knights of Badassdom

Knights of Badassdom

2013

Original Music Composer

Europa Report

Europa Report

2013

Original Music Composer

The Asset

The Asset

2012

Original Music Composer

Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome

Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome

2012

Original Music Composer

Chillerama

Chillerama

2011

Original Music Composer

Step Up 3D

Step Up 3D

2010

Original Music Composer

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan

2009

Original Music Composer

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End

2007

Original Music Composer

Battlestar Galactica: Razor

Battlestar Galactica: Razor

2007

Original Music Composer

Rest Stop

Rest Stop

2006

Original Music Composer

Periphery, Texas

Periphery, Texas

2002

Music

Chillerama

Chillerama

2011

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

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