Composer
Bear McCreary
American composer
b. 1979
20 works in the index
- Born
- 1979
- Birthplace
- Fort Lauderdale
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Bear McCreary (born 1979) is an American composer of soundtracks for film, television and games.
McCreary has been nominated for six Emmy Awards, earning his first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for his work on season one of Outlander in 2015. He has won three, the first for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for Da Vinci's Demons, and two Children's and Family Emmy Awards for his work on Percy Jackson and the Olympians. He is also a two-time winner of both the British Academy Games Award for Music and D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition for his work on God of War and God of War Ragnarök, and is a four-time Grammy Award nominee.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer; musician; film score composer; bandleader
- Education
- USC Thornton School of Music
- Instruments played
- accordion; piano; synthesizer; guitar; piano accordion; hurdy-gurdy; percussion instrument
- Genres
- film score; contemporary classical music; electronic music; rock music; ambient music; chiptune
- Notable works
- God of War; Outlander; The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
- Official website
- https://bearmccreary.com
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 91158885
- ISNI
- 0000000114951657
- GND ID
- 1023198746
- Library of Congress ID
- no2009109104
- MusicBrainz ID
- 78192f3c-607b-4190-a02b-8e036887b9a7
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Voice
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 20
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roslin And Adama | — | — | — | Piano | — | 10 |
| Wander My Friends | — | — | — | Piano | — | 9 |
| Battlestar Sonatica | — | — | — | Piano | — | 5 |
| Battlestar Operatica | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 5 |
| Kara Remembers | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| The Shape Of Things To Come | — | — | — | Piano | — | 5 |
| Prelude To War | — | — | — | Piano | — | 5 |
| Allegro | — | — | — | Piano | — | 5 |
| Apocalypse | — | — | — | Piano | — | 5 |
| Battlestar Muzaktica | — | — | — | Piano | — | 5 |
| Dreilide Thrace Sonata No. 1 | — | — | — | Piano | — | 5 |
| Elegy | — | — | — | Piano | — | 5 |
| Passacaglia | — | — | — | Piano | — | 5 |
| Pegasus | — | — | — | Piano | — | 5 |
| A Promise To Return | — | — | — | Piano | — | 5 |
| Resurrection Hub | — | — | — | Piano | — | 5 |
| Something Dark Is Coming | — | — | — | Piano | — | 5 |
| Violence And Variations | — | — | — | Piano | — | 5 |
| Worthy Of Survival | — | — | — | Piano | — | 5 |
| Battlestar Sonatica - from the Universal Television Series Battlestar Galactica | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 91158885. Portrait: Official GDC, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.