I always love to use exciting colors from cultural music from around the world in my scores. — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
A theme can be a little melody, it can be a couple of notes. It can underscore and add subtext. — Bear McCreary Couple Copy Share Image
The harfoots are nomadic. And if a society is on the move, its instruments have to be portable. — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
The theme is the most essential component of a new series and I spend a lot of time developing it. — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
Sci-fi, fantasy, horror, period pieces, these are all things that inspire me and get me out of bed. — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
Tension, especially with regard to horror, is a very difficult thing to sustain in the big sense. — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
Diversity in sound, just like diversity in storytelling, is a great thing. — Bear McCreary Diversity Copy Share Image
When you change showrunners, it's like getting divorced and getting remarried. — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
I find reading books about music is sometimes tricky, because you can't hear it. But when you read a book about filmmaking,… — Bear McCreary Book Copy Share Image
When I was 16 years old, I had a chance meeting in Bellingham, Washington, of all places on planet Earth, with the… — Bear McCreary Chance Copy Share Image
I did a lot of science fiction, and I've done a number of post-apocalyptic science fiction environments. — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
There was a time after doing 'Battlestar Galactica,' where I had my pick of projects that wanted taiko drums and ethnic vocals.… — Bear McCreary Battlestar galactica Copy Share Image
I approach everything from the same perspective which is character and story, which then influence the musical style. — Bear McCreary Approach Copy Share Image
In 'Battlestar Galactica,' at the beginning of my career, I explored middle Eastern and Japanese percussion that got pulled into the score. — Bear McCreary Battlestar galactica Copy Share Image
When I got the call from Capcom to work on the music for 'Dark Void,' I jumped at the chance to do… — Bear McCreary Chance Copy Share Image
I think the thing that music can do is be unsettling. It is abnormal - music that's perceived to be different in… — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
While the accompanimental [sic] figures come from Prelude, the melody is wholly original to this theme. First stated on a lonely duduk,… — Bear McCreary Contemplative Copy Share Image
The 'Black Sails' theme is purposefully nasty, sloppy and chaotic. It feels improvised, even though it's not; the idea was to make… — Bear McCreary Day Copy Share Image
When you hit a string or a piece of metal or anything that vibrates, you hear the fundamental pitch that the thing… — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
When I'm thinking about themes for Elrond, Elendil, Isildur, these are characters that I think all fans have an idea where they're… — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
It's hard to take a series of intervals that we all recognize, and arrange them in a way that is not so… — Bear McCreary Audience Copy Share Image
I think for me, what I like is that in a very unique way 'MotU' exists in this perfect balance between two… — Bear McCreary Balance Copy Share Image
Working on science fiction, horror, and adventure series is fun because the music is needed to help build the world that the… — Bear McCreary Action Copy Share Image
Being a composer is a little like being a painter. Sometimes you hire a painter because you want a beautiful painting for… — Bear McCreary Beautiful Copy Share Image
There are certain things I've always wanted to hear vido game scores do. — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
I think David S. Goyer is definitely a visionary writer and filmmaker. — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
I was thrilled to have had the opportunity to work Mark Hamill in creating the 'Child's Play Theme.' He dove into the… — Bear McCreary Experience Copy Share Image
As I got older, I really got into hard sci-fi, novels, and movies - things like 'Aliens' and 'Blade Runner' and all… — Bear McCreary Blade runner Copy Share Image
What I love more than anything is Jerry Goldsmith's 80's music and Bernard Herrmann's genre music from the 50's and 60's. — Bear McCreary Genre Copy Share Image
Battlestar' could sound like whatever I wanted it to sound like, because in the science fiction environment, there are no rules. — Bear McCreary Rules Copy Share Image
To me, the bar for television music is forever set by Shirley Walker's score for 'Batman: The Animated Series.' — Bear McCreary Bar Copy Share Image
Umm, it can be a challenge when you're jumping from genre to genre. However, I find that genre hopping is actually very… — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
I've always approached television from a little more cinematic perspective, if not a much more cinematic perspective because of the shows I… — Bear McCreary Cinematic Copy Share Image
I was growing up at a time when you just couldn't go to the movies without hearing immortal film music. And I… — Bear McCreary Film music Copy Share Image
Close Encounters' really showed the world what can be accomplished when a filmmaker and composer are cooperating closely. — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
I have been very fortunate in that I'm not doing all network shows or all cable shows, television has really become a… — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
If I switch showrunners and I get to stay on the show, I approach it like it's their show, and I'm here… — Bear McCreary Approach Copy Share Image
Yes, Gimli was a very comedic character, but at the end of the day we understood him almost to be like an… — Bear McCreary Character Copy Share Image
When I was between the ages of 5 and 8 years old, I fell in love with the music of composers like… — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
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