Bear McCreary

I thrive on multitasking.

— Bear McCreary

Damien' is my love letter to Jerry Goldsmith.

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I studied under Elmer Bernstein.

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I had a very unique musical upbringing.

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For me, story and theme are universal.

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Music is such a throughline in my family.

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Galadriel is driven by a sense of justice, if not a sense of revenge.

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There's always been a lot of musical talent in our family.

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I feel like the score is a chance for an artist to exercise their voice and augment a film.

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I feel like deep down inside, I think I am one of the dwarves.

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I'm constantly juggling different projects. If they were all the same thing, it'd be really hard.

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I understand fans being hesitant to embrace 'The Rings of Power.'

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After 'Eureka' and 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,' I was like 'the scifi guy.'

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Sometimes I find bringing in my old ideas is just detrimental.

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I mean what I love more than anything is Jerry Goldsmith's 80s music and Bernard Herrmann's genre music from the 50s and…

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The showrunner relationship in television is what the director relationship in film, there's really no more important relationship.

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I find reading books about music is sometimes tricky, because you can't hear it. But when you read a book about filmmaking,…

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When I was 16 years old, I had a chance meeting in Bellingham, Washington, of all places on planet Earth, with the…

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The first season of 'Human Target' was to me the pinnacle of my career as a composer. It pushed me to become…

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I mean, I think everybody has fond memories of 'Masters of the Universe.' It was just one of the things in the…

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I mean, 'Battlestar' was - it doesn't sound it now, but then, that was not how you scored sci-fi space operas on…

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I didn't become a TV and film composer because I wanted to play sold-out rock concerts, but that's what's ended up happening.…

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Both the composer and the filmmaker have to let go of their preconceived notions and listen to the film... When you do…

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The great thing about scoring sci-fi shows is that you basically get to make up the rules, because you're creating a self-contained…

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When I go to gaming circles on I'm a 'God of War' guy. I'm in horror circles, I'm 'The Walking Dead' guy.…

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When you die at a difficult part of a game multiple times in a row and you always respawn at the same…

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I love the old 'God of War' games, but I would not describe them as emotionally dynamic. It's cool, it's loud, but…

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Elmer had a sailboat. Every summer he would take it up to Alaska and come back down, and he kept his boat…

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What I want as a fan is to be able to sit down and watch 50 hours or so of the 'Rings…

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It's an error to assume that most people watching 'Rings of Power' have seen the Peter Jackson films. So, part of my…

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Sometimes the entire tone of an episode can be reshaped in directing or editing or acting.

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I didn't listen to anything with electric bass, guitars, or drums until I was fifteen!

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One of the things that I pride myself on, is that I don't know what people know me for.

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As I emerged into my profession, I realized I had a really unique skill set.

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I think 'Masters of the Universe' might be the first fictional universe that I dove into.

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I think I'm getting to break all the rules about what sci-fi music is supposed to be.

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I mean, if anything, 'Dark Void' is the bridge between 'Battlestar' and 'Human Target.'

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Well, all of my shows are done with live instruments.

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Yes, there have been musicians on both sides of my family going back several generations.

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The theme is the most essential component of a new series and I spend a lot of time developing it.

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