The theme is the most essential component of a new series and I spend a lot of time developing it. — Bear McCreary Developing Copy Share Image
Battlestar Galactica' was my first job as a composer. To say that it changed my life is the understatement of the century. — Bear McCreary Battlestar galactica Copy Share Image
The harfoots are nomadic. And if a society is on the move, its instruments have to be portable. — Bear McCreary Instruments 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
I grew up watching sci-fi and horror and dramas and playing video games. These are all things I enjoy doing. — Bear McCreary Dramas Copy Share Image
When you change showrunners, it's like getting divorced and getting remarried. — Bear McCreary Divorced Copy Share Image
With television you are producing hours and hours of music and for film it is a shorter experience for both the audience… — Bear McCreary Audience Copy Share Image
When I am working on the first episode of a TV show, I definitely feel a different kind of pressure. — Bear McCreary Feel 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
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
On a network show, you can get six days to score an episode. On 'Outlander,' because it's premium cable and because of… — Bear McCreary Days Copy Share Image
It's easy to get stuck in a rut when you're writing in one genre for too long. So, when you've been writing… — Bear McCreary Fiction 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 Big Copy Share Image
I can't write a piece of music in a void, I have to know what instrument I'm writing it for. In the… — Bear McCreary Demons 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
People that don't write, whatever it is, they just assume you sit down and it magically pours out like Amaedus, and it's… — Bear McCreary Like Copy Share Image
I am equally comfortable conducting an orchestra or talking to a group of academics as I am on stage playing with a… — Bear McCreary Band 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 Fans 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 Look 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
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
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
When I was between the ages of 5 and 8 years old, I fell in love with the music of composers like… — Bear McCreary Between Copy Share Image
To me, a superheroic score is only as good as its main theme. If you're not singing the tune in the shower… — Bear McCreary Good Copy Share Image
At first glance, I was nervous that 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' would be difficult to approach... It ties together a cinematic universe… — Bear McCreary Cinematic Copy Share Image
I always like to think I build in historically accurate musical in-jokes that are so precise that like maybe there's 7 or… — Bear McCreary Accurate Copy Share Image
I don't ever really think about the genre I'm writing in, I just look at the project that I'm going to be… — Bear McCreary Inspiration Copy Share Image
With television you are producing hours and hours of music and for film it is a shorter experience for both the audience… — Bear McCreary Experience Copy Share Image
One of the things that I pride myself on, is that I don't know what people know me for. — Bear McCreary Me Copy Share Image
I didn't listen to anything with electric bass, guitars, or drums until I was fifteen! — Bear McCreary Anything Copy Share Image
I think 'Masters of the Universe' might be the first fictional universe that I dove into. — Bear McCreary Be the first Copy Share Image
As I emerged into my profession, I realized I had a really unique skill set. — Bear McCreary Career Copy Share Image
I think I'm getting to break all the rules about what sci-fi music is supposed to be. — Bear McCreary Break Copy Share Image
Sci-fi, fantasy, horror, period pieces, these are all things that inspire me and get me out of bed. — Bear McCreary Bed 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)
