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
My brother grew up listening to rock n' roll and then he started to discover film music. I was the exact opposite.… — Bear McCreary Brother Copy Share Image
I think as a composer, you need to have enough of a reputation so that people know if they give you the… — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
While it is true that I write brand new music for every scene in every new episode of a series, I'm always… — Bear McCreary 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 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
I like to bring something unique to every project I take on, something that can immediately hook the audience and tell them… — Bear McCreary Audience 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
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 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
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
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 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 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
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
Typically, I think television music is meant to be consistent from episode to episode, to remind you what show you're watching. I… — Bear McCreary 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 Film 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
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… — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
A lot of European folk music has this interesting, intriguing quality, a whole new harmonic way of thinking. — Bear McCreary Folk Copy Share Image
I don't view the web as any other secondary medium to television or film - I just think it's another avenue. — Bear McCreary Film Copy Share Image
Dark Void's' epic story and unique gameplay drew me in immediately and I have had a lot of fun working on the… — Bear McCreary Dark Copy Share Image
When I grew up, I loved movie music. I liked TV, too - 'The A-Team' and 'Magnum, P.I.' were awesome. But it… — Bear McCreary Awesome Copy Share Image
I mean, I think as a composer for film, I am very frequently deferential to the drama. My motto is, 'Do no… — Bear McCreary Drama 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 Copy Share Image
The kinds of projects that people hire me on are the ones where they want something unusual and interesting. — Bear McCreary 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 Humbling Copy Share Image
I enjoy the opportunity to step back and let a piece of the source music or a song come to the forefront… — Bear McCreary 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
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
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
![“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/i/e85/bear-mccreary-4348_contemplative_while-the-accompanimental-sic-figures-co_1908864.jpg)
