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
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
When I got hired on 'Battlestar,' they said 'No themes!' At the time 'Battlestar' came out, if you were making a scifi… — 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 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 Copy Share Image
When you look at the theme to 'The Cape,' you're going to notice that I take one structure and repeat it up… — 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
![“While the accompanimental [sic] figures come from Prelude, the melody is wholly original to this theme. First stated on a lonely duduk, and then in octaves by the violins and violas, it is a melancholy and contemplative tune.” quote by Bear McCreary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e85/bear-mccreary-4348_contemplative_while-the-accompanimental-sic-figures-co_1908864.jpg)
