I can't write a piece of music in a void, I have to know what instrument I'm writing it for. In the case of 'Da Vinci's Demons,' I knew I wanted to incorporate Renaissance instrumentation and musical styles with more… — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
Going into 'Da Vinci's Demons' I didn't know anything about renaissance music and going into 'Black Sails,' I didn't know about sea shanties and popular music from the 1700s. — Bear McCreary 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 an unresolved… — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
There are certain things I've always wanted to hear vido game scores do. — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
I grew up watching sci-fi and horror and dramas and playing video games. These are all things I enjoy doing. — 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. You know,… — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
The showrunner relationship in television is what the director relationship in film, there's really no more important relationship. — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
I mean, I think everybody has fond memories of 'Masters of the Universe.' It was just one of the things in the '80s. But… — Bear McCreary 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 is vibrating… — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
Galadriel is driven by a sense of justice, if not a sense of revenge. — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
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 universe; when… — 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 simplistic, to… — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
I approach everything from the same perspective which is character and story, which then influence the musical style. — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
