Bear McCreary

American film and television composer (born 1979)

Bear McCreary

McCreary in 2019

Background information
Born|  (1979-02-17) February 17, 1979 (age 46)
Genres|

* Film and television scores
* contemporary classical
* ambient
* electronic
* electronic rock
* hard rock
* chiptune
* video game score

Occupations|

* Film composer
* conductor
* music producer
* multi-instrumentalist
* musician

Instruments|

* Vocals
* piano
* keyboards
* synthesizer
* guitar
* accordion
* hurdy-gurdy
* percussion

Years active| 2004–present
Labels| La La Land Records, Sparks & Shadows
Website| bearmccreary.com

Musical artist

Bear McCreary (born February 17, 1979) is an American composer of film, television, and video game scores. His work includes the scores of the television series Battlestar Galactica, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Black Sails, Outlander, The Walking Dead, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The Serpent Queen, Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Halo, the video games Call of Duty: Vanguard, God of War and God of War Ragnarök, and the films Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie, Happy Death Day and its sequel, The Cloverfield Paradox, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Child's Play, Fantasy Island, Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, The Last Voyage of the Demeter and Drop.

McCreary has been nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for his work on season one of Outlander[1] and won one Emmy for the main title of Da Vinci's Demons.[2] He is also a two-time winner of both the British Academy Games Award for Music and D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition for his work on God of War and Ragnarök.[3]

## Early life and education

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McCreary was raised in Bellingham, Washington.[4] He is the son of author Laura Kalpakian and professor Jay McCreary of University of Hawaii at Manoa. His brother, Brendan McCreary, is also a musician. Bear has directed and produced several music videos for Brendan's band, Young Beautiful in a Hurry.[5] He graduated from Bellingham High School in 1997.[6]

He is a classically trained pianist and self-taught accordionist.[6][7] He studied under the renowned film score composer Elmer Bernstein during which time he reconstructed and reorchestrated Bernstein's 1963 score for Kings of the Sun. Their collaboration allowed for the complete score to be available as a soundtrack album for the first time in 40 years.[8]

McCreary went to USC Thornton School of Music at the encouragement of Elmer Bernstein, becoming his protégé and graduating in 2002.

## Career

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### Television

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#### Battlestar Galactica and Caprica

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Main articles: Music of Battlestar Galactica (reimagining) and Music of Caprica

In 2003, McCreary worked under primary composer Richard Gibbs on the three-hour miniseries which served as a pilot for the reimagined series of Battlestar Galactica. When the show was picked up, Gibbs opted not to devote full-time to the regular series' production, and McCreary became the sole composer. He worked on the series until it reached its conclusion in 2009, scoring over 70 episodes. To date, six Battlestar Galactica soundtrack albums have been released, and have garnered a great deal of critical acclaim[9][10] and commercial success. The soundtracks for seasons two and three ranked amongst Amazon.com's Top 30 Music Sales on their first days of release.[8]

McCreary composed for the Battlestar Galactica prequel series Caprica and Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome.

#### Human Target

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McCreary in 2009

McCreary provided the score for the series Human Target (based on the comic book of the same name). The pilot episode and main theme score had been recorded with a full orchestra.[11] The series has the distinction of having one of the largest orchestras on television.

The score to the finale of season one, "Christopher Chance", used the largest orchestra ever assembled for episodic television, and he took the opportunity to rerecord the main title theme with a new orchestration with this larger ensemble.

In July 2010, he received his first Emmy nomination for the Human Target main title.[12]

In a post on his blog on July 25, 2010, McCreary announced the new creative leadership brought in for season two had not asked him to return for it, and he would be leaving the series.[13]

#### Black Sails

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The opening title sequence for Black Sails was composed by McCreary with a backing sea shanty-inspired theme. It accurately features an instrument of the period in the form of the hurdy-gurdy.[citation needed]

#### Outlander

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McCreary has composed the score for all seasons of Outlander. The main title was sung by his long-time collaborator and partner, Raya Yarbrough.[citation needed]

In 2015, McCreary was nominated for an Emmy for the pilot Outlander episode "Sassenach" (S01E01; 2014-08-09).[citation needed]

#### Other series

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During Comic-Con 2010, Bear McCreary attended panels for AMC's The Walking Dead and NBC's The Cape to announce he would be composing the score for both television series.[14][15]

On July 15, 2013, McCreary announced that he would compose the score for ABC's series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.[16] On September 4, 2015, McCreary released the official Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. soundtrack publicly.[17]

McCreary served as orchestral producer for the rock opera Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem airing on Adult Swim on October 27, 2013. This is a continuation of the Metalocalypse universe following the band Dethklok. The music features a 50-piece orchestra. The soundtrack was released on October 29, 2013.[18]

McCreary also composed the score for the television series Snowpiercer which premiered on TNT May 17, 2020. Snowpiercer was also distributed online via Netflix.[19]

The score for the Masters of the Universe: Revelation series on Netflix was composed by McCreary[20]

McCreary composed the theme and music for the television series Foundation, an Apple TV+ series adapted from Isaac Asimov's novels. The Season 1 soundtrack was released on September 24, 2021.[21]

The following year, he composed the score for the Amazon Prime Video fantasy television series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.[22] McCreary, who wrote the score over a period of 9 months, has been a fan of J. R. R. Tolkien since reading The Hobbit aged 10. He called the job "a dream come true".[23]

### Films

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McCreary worked on several films providing additional music and conducting for My Baby's Daddy and Johnson Family Vacation before striking off on his own and scoring Rest Stop and Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, both direct to video.

After working with Shawn Papazian on Rest Stop: Don't Look Back, the sequel to Rest Stop. McCreary made his theatrical film debut with Step Up 3D[24]

Following Step Up 3D, he scored three films directed by Joe Lynch, Chillerama, Knights of Badassdom and Everly. Everly's soundtrack included a duet McCreary sang with his wife, Raya Yarbrough.

McCreary has only worked with a few directors multiple times: Christopher Landon on three films, Happy Death Day, Happy Death Day 2U and Freaky; and director McG twice on Rim of the World and The Babysitter: Killer Queen.

Other notable film scores include Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Cloverfield Paradox, Child's Play, and Godzilla: King of the Monsters.

McCreary's latest feature scores include Ava, The Babysitter: Killer Queen, Freaky and Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank.

In June 2023, McCreary replacing[clarification needed] Thomas Newman as a score composer in the latest upcoming film The Last Voyage of the Demeter, directed by André Øvredal.

### Video games

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McCreary made an eight-bit rendition of the Dark Void theme, which was, originally, an April fools joke. However, the theme was used for the prequel, Dark Void Zero.[25] He composed all the songs in an eight-bit fashion by connecting the wires on an actual NES console and cartridge to create authenticity.

He arranged James Rolfe's The Angry Video Game Nerd "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" parody "You're a Mean One, Mr. Nerd" for the 2010 Christmas special, with orchestra and eight-bit audio elements.[26]

McCreary also performed with his orchestra live at Sony's E3 2016 press conference throughout the show and composed the score of the 2018 God of War game.[27] He also composed the music for its 2022 sequel, God of War Ragnarök, for which he also plays a minor character in the game, a Dwarf named Ræb.[28]

In 2021, McCreary composed the score for Call of Duty: Vanguard.[29]

### The Singularity

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In February 2024, McCreary announced that a concept album titled The Singularity would be released in May by Sparks & Shadows Records and Mutant. Co-written and co-produced by McCreary’s brother, Brendan McCreary, who also contributes lead vocals to eight songs, the album features performances by Rufus Wainwright, Slash, Serj Tankian, Corey Taylor, Jens Kidman, Joe Satriani, Buck Dharma, Asdru Sierra, Griogair, Kim Thayil, Scott Ian, Brendon Small, Billy Boyd, Eivør, Guthrie Govan and Bryan Beller, Mike Keneally, Ben Weinman, Steve Bartek and John Avila, Warren Fitzgerald, Esjay Jones, Sigurjón Kjartansson, Raya Yarbrough, Mega Ran, and Gene Hoglan, along with spoken-word contributions from the companion graphic novel (published by Image Comics and Black Market Narrative) by actors Lee Pace, Danai Gurira, and Ryan Hurst.[30]

## Personal life

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McCreary married singer and songwriter Raya Yarbrough in 2010. They have collaborated on the music of Battlestar Galactica, Outlander, Defiance, Da Vinci's Demons, among other projects.[31][32] Their daughter Sonatine, named after the musical term sonatina, was born on June 2, 2014.[33]

## Influences

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McCreary credits composers Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein, Danny Elfman, Ennio Morricone, John Williams, Basil Poledouris, and Shirley Walker as being key to his growing up adoring film music. They were his heroes.[34]

## Works

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### Films

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Distributor  | Notes

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2006  | Rest Stop | John Shiban | Warner Bros. Home Entertainment | Direct-to-video.
2007  | Wrong Turn 2: Dead End | Joe Lynch | 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment | Direct-to-video; first collaboration with Lynch.
2008  | Rest Stop: Don't Look Back | Shawn Papazian  | Warner Bros. Home Entertainment  | Direct-to-video.
2010  | Step Up 3D | Jon M. Chu | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Theatrical film debut.
2011  | Chillerama | Adam Rifkin, Tim Sullivan, Adam Green and Joe Lynch  | Image Entertainment | Second collaboration with Lynch.
2013  | Europa Report | Sebastián Cordero | Magnolia Pictures |
Knights of Badassdom | Joe Lynch  | Entertainment One | Third collaboration with Lynch.
2014  | Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie | Kevin Finn and James Rolfe | Indie Rights |
Everly | Joe Lynch  | The Weinstein Company | Fourth collaboration with Lynch.
2016  | The Forest | Jason Zada | Gramercy Pictures |
The Boy | William Brent Bell | STX Entertainment |
10 Cloverfield Lane | Dan Trachtenberg | Paramount Pictures | First collaboration with Trachtenberg.
Colossal | Nacho Vigalondo | Neon |
2017  | Unrest | Jennifer Brea | Shella Films  | Documentary film.
Revolt | Joe Miale  | Vertical Entertainment |
Rebel in the Rye | Danny Strong | IFC Films |
Animal Crackers | Scott Christian Sava and Tony Bancroft | Netflix |
Happy Death Day | Christopher Landon | Universal Pictures | First collaboration with Landon.
2018  | The Cloverfield Paradox | Julius Onah | Netflix  |
Tau | Federico D'Alessandro  |
Hell Fest | Gregory Plotkin | Lionsgate Films |
I Still See You | Scott Speer |
Welcome Home | George Ratliff  | Vertical Entertainment  |
2019  | Happy Death Day 2U | Christopher Landon  | Universal Pictures  | Second collaboration with Landon.
The Professor and the Madman | P. B. Shemran | Vertical Entertainment  |
Rim of the World | McG | Netflix  | First collaboration with McG.
Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Michael Dougherty | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Child's Play | Lars Klevberg  | United Artists Releasing |
Eli | Ciarán Foy | Netflix  |
2020  | Crip Camp | Nicole Newnham and James LeBrecht | Documentary film.
Fantasy Island | Jeff Wadlow | Sony Pictures Releasing |
Ava | Tate Taylor | Vertical Entertainment  |
The Babysitter: Killer Queen | McG  | Netflix  | Second collaboration with McG.
Freaky | Christopher Landon  | Universal Pictures  | Third collaboration with Landon.
2022  | Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank | Rob Minkoff and Mark Koetsier  | Paramount Pictures  |
2023  | We Have a Ghost | Christopher Landon  | Netflix  | Fourth collaboration with Landon.
The Last Voyage of the Demeter | André Øvredal | Universal Pictures  | Replaced Thomas Newman
2024  | Imaginary | Jeff Wadlow  | Lionsgate Films  | With Sparks & Shadows
2025  | Drop | Christopher Landon  | Universal Pictures  | Fifth collaboration with Landon.
Predator: Badlands | Dan Trachtenberg  | 20th Century Studios | Second collaboration with Trachtenberg.
Additional music and conducting  Year  | Title  | Director  | Distributor  | Notes

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2004  | My Baby's Daddy | Cheryl Dunye | Miramax Films | Film score conducted by Richard Gibbs.
Johnson Family Vacation | Christopher Erskin | Fox Searchlight Pictures

### Television

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Year  | Title  | Notes

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2004–2009  | Battlestar Galactica | 71 episodes
2007–2012  | Eureka | 32 episodes
2008–2009  | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | 31 episodes
Terminator themes by Brad Fiedel
2009–2010  | Trauma | 20 episodes
Caprica | 19 episodes
2010  | Human Target | 12 episodes
2010–2022  | The Walking Dead | 177 episodes
Composed with Sam Ewing (season 10 and season 11)
2011  | The Cape | 10 episodes
2012  | Day Break | 5 episodes
Holliston | 17 episodes
Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome | 10 episodes
2013  | Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem | Composed with Brendon Small
2013–2015  | Defiance | 38 episodes
Da Vinci's Demons | 28 episodes
2013–2020  | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | 136 episodes
Composed with Jason Akers (Season 7)
2014  | Intruders | 8 episodes
Constantine | 13 episodes
2014–2017  | Black Sails | 38 episodes
2014–present  | Outlander | 83 episodes
2016  | Damien | 10 episodes
The Omen themes by Jerry Goldsmith
Black Mirror | Episode: "Playtest"
2016–2017  | Chance | 20 episodes
2017–2018  | Electric Dreams | 3 episodes
2018  | Into the Dark | Episode: "Pooka"
2019–2022  | See | 24 episodes
2020–2024  | Snowpiercer | 30 episodes
2021  | Masters of the Universe: Revelation | 10 episodes
2021–present  | Foundation | 20 episodes
With Sparks & Shadows
2022–present  | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | 16 episodes
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power main title theme by Howard Shore
See The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (soundtrack)
2022  | The Witcher: Blood Origin | 4 episodes
2023  | Percy Jackson and the Olympians | 8 episodes
With Sparks & Shadows
2024  | Halo | 8 episodes
With Sparks & Shadows

### Video games

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Year  | Title  | Notes

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2010  | Dark Void Zero |
Dark Void |
2011  | SOCOM 4 U.S. Navy SEALs |
2012  | Moon Breakers |
2013  | Defiance |
2015  | Assassin's Creed Syndicate: Jack the Ripper |
2018  | God of War |
League of Legends | Ryze: Call of Power
2020  | Star Wars: Tales From the Galaxy's Edge | With Joseph Trapanese & Danny Piccione
2021  | Call of Duty: Vanguard |
2022  | God of War Ragnarök | Also plays the role of Ræb
2023  | Forspoken | With Garry Schyman
2024  | Astro Bot | God of War themes
Score by Kenneth C. M. Young

## Awards and nominations

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Year  | Award  | Nominated work  | Result

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2005  | International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for Television | Battlestar Galactica | Nominated
2006  | International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for Television | Battlestar Galactica | Nominated
2007  | International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for Television | Battlestar Galactica | Nominated
2008  | International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for Television | Battlestar Galactica | Nominated
2009  | ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Television Series | Eureka | Won
International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for Television | Caprica | Nominated
International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for Television | Battlestar Galactica | Won
The Streamy Awards for Best Original Music in a Web Series  | Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy | Nominated
2010  | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music | Human Target | Nominated
2011  | International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for Television | Human Target | Won
International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media | Dark Void | Nominated
International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for a Television Series | Human Target | Won
2012  | International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media | SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs | Nominated
2013  | ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Television Series | The Walking Dead | Won
International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for Television | Da Vinci's Demons | Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music | Da Vinci's Demons | Won
Online Film & Television Association for Best Music in a Series  | The Walking Dead | Nominated
2014  | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music | Black Sails | Nominated
Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Main Title - TV Show/Digital Streaming Series  | Black Sails | Nominated
2015  | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series | Outlander: Sassenach | Nominated
2016  | International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for Television | Outlander | Nominated
ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for TV Composer of the Year | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Black Sails, Damien, Da Vinci's Demons, Outlander, The Walking Dead | Won
World Soundtrack Awards for Discovery of the Year  | 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Boy | Nominated
World Soundtrack Awards for Television Composer of the Year  | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Black Sails, Damien, Da Vinci's Demons, Outlander, The Walking Dead | Nominated
Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score - Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film  | 10 Cloverfield Lane | Nominated
2017  | ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for TV Composer of the Year |  | Nominated
2018  | The Game Awards 2018 – Best Score / Music  | God of War | Nominated
Hollywood Music in Media Award for Original Score — Video Game  | God of War | Nominated
2019  | D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition[35] | God of War | Won
NAVGTR Awards for Best Original Dramatic Score, Franchise[3] | God of War | Won
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Saturn award for Best Music  | Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Nominated
International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media | God of War | Won
British Academy Games Award for Music[3] | God of War | Won
Game Audio Network Guild Best Original Choral Composition  | God of War | Won
Game Audio Network Guild Best Original Instrumental  | God of War | Nominated
Game Audio Network Guild Best Music in a Casual/Social Game  | God of War | Won
Game Audio Network Guild Music of the Year  | God of War | Won
Game Audio Network Guild Best Cinematic/Cutscene Audio  | God of War | Won
Etna Comics International Film Festival for Best Original Soundtrack  | God of War | Nominated
Reel Music Awards for Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Feature  | Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Won
2020  | Movie Music UK Awards for Composer of the Year  |  | Won
International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film | Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Nominated
International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Drama Film | The Professor and the Madman | Nominated
International Film Music Critics Association Award for Film Composer of the Year |  | Won
2021  | International Film Music Critics Association Award for Film Composer of the Year |  | Nominated
International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for an Animated Film | Animal Crackers | Nominated
2022  | International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media | Call of Duty Vanguard | Nominated
International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Television Series  | Foundation | Nominated
International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Television Series  | Masters of the Universe: Revelation | Won
BloodGuts UK Horror Awards for Best Soundtrack/Score  | Freaky | Nominated
The Game Awards 2022 – Best Score and Music  | God of War Ragnarök | Won
Hollywood Music in Media Award for Original Song — Video Game  | God of War Ragnarök ("Blood Upon The Snow")  | Won
Hollywood Music in Media Award for Original Score — Video Game  | God of War Ragnarök | Nominated
Hollywood Music in Media Award for Original Score — TV Show/Limited Series  | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Nominated
Reel Music Awards for Overall Score of the Year  | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Won
Reel Music Awards for Original Score for a Television Series  | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Won
Game Audio Network Guild Best Main Theme  | Call of Duty Vanguard | Nominated
Game Audio Network Guild Best Cinematic & Cutscene Audio  | Call of Duty Vanguard | Nominated
Game Audio Network Guild Best Physical Soundtrack Release  | Call of Duty Vanguard | Nominated
2023  | Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media | Call of Duty: Vanguard | Nominated
D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition[36] | God of War Ragnarök | Won
British Academy Games Award for Music | God of War Ragnarök | Won
NAVGTR Awards for Best Original Dramatic Score, Franchise[3] | God of War Ragnarök | Nominated
NAVGTR Awards for Best Song, Original or Adapted[3] | God of War Ragnarök | Nominated
Game Audio Network Guild Music of the Year  | God of War Ragnarök | Won
Game Audio Network Guild Best Original Song  | God of War Ragnarök ("Blood Upon the Snow")  | Won
Game Audio Network Guild Best Main Theme  | God of War Ragnarök ("God of War Ragnarök")  | Won
Game Audio Network Guild Best Original Soundtrack Album  | God of War Ragnarök | Won
Game Audio Network Guild Creative and Technical Achievement in Music  | God of War Ragnarök | Won
Game Audio Network Guild Best Cinematic/Cutscene Audio  | God of War Ragnarök | Won
International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media | God of War Ragnarök | Won
International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Score of the Year  | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Won
International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Composer of the Year  | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Won
International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Composition of the Year  | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power ("Galadriel")  | Nominated
International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Best Original Score for an Animated Film  | Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank | Nominated
International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Composition of the Year  | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power ("Númenor")  | Nominated
International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Composition of the Year  | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power ("Sailing Into the Dawn")  | Nominated
International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for Television | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Won
Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards for Outstanding Score For Television  | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Nominated
Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards for Outstanding Original Score for Interactive Media  | God of War Ragnarök | Nominated
ASCAP Composers' Choice Award for Television Score of the Year  | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Nominated
ASCAP Composers' Choice Award for Video Game Score of the Year  | God of War Ragnarök | Won
Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Main Title Theme – TV Show/Limited Series  | Percy Jackson and the Olympians | Nominated
Movie Music UK Awards for Score of the Year  | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Won
Movie Music UK Awards for Best Original Score for Television  | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Won
Movie Music UK Awards for Composer of the Year  |  | Nominated
2024  | Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media | God of War Ragnarök | Nominated
Grammy Award for Best Immersive Audio Album | God of War Ragnarök (Original Soundtrack) | Nominated
International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media | God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla | Nominated
International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Horror/Thriller Film  | The Last Voyage of the Demeter | Nominated
International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Composer of the Year  |  | Nominated
Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Live Action Program  | Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Season 1  | Won
Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Show Open  | Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Season 1  | Won
2025  | Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media | God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla | Nominated

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* Bear McCreary at IMDb
* Official website
* MAFgest 2016 interview
* Audio Interview on GeeksOn!
* "Of Duduks and Dylan: Negotiating Music and the Aural Space in Battlestar Galactica", by Eftychia Papanikolaou; chapter in Cylons in America: Critical Studies of Battlestar Galactica, edited by Tiffany Potter and C. W. Marshall, 224–236. New York and London: Continuum, 2007.

Awards for Bear McCreary

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music

1990s|

* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine by Dennis McCarthy (1993)
* seaQuest DSV by John Debney (1994)
* Star Trek: Voyager by Jerry Goldsmith (1995)
* Murder One by Mike Post (1996)
* EZ Streets by Mark Isham (1997)
* Fame L.A. by Robbie Buchanan, Maribeth Derry, Richard Barton Lewis, and Tom Snow (1998)
* Trinity by Martin Davich (1999)

2000s|

* The West Wing by W. G. Snuffy Walden (2000)
* Gideon's Crossing by James Newton Howard (2001)
* Six Feet Under by Thomas Newman (2002)
* Monk by Jeff Beal (2003)
* Monk by Randy Newman (2004)
* Desperate Housewives by Danny Elfman (2005)
* Masters of Horror by Edward Shearmur (2006)
* The Tudors by Trevor Morris (2007)
* Pirate Master by Russ Landau (2008)
* Great Performances by John Williams (2009)

2010s|

* Nurse Jackie by Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin (2010)
* The Borgias by Trevor Morris (2011)
* Page Eight by Paul Englishby (2012)
* Da Vinci's Demons by Bear McCreary (2013)
* Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey by Alan Silvestri (2014)
* Transparent by Dustin O'Halloran (2015)
* Marvel's Jessica Jones by Sean Callery (2016)
* Stranger Things by Michael Stein and Kyle Dixon (2017)
* Godless by Carlos Rafael Rivera (2018)
* Succession by Nicholas Britell (2019)

2020s|

* Hollywood by Nathan Barr (2020)
* The Flight Attendant by Blake Neely (2021)
* The White Lotus by Cristobal Tapia de Veer (2022)
* Wednesday by Danny Elfman (2023)
* Palm Royale by Jeff Toyne (2024)

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International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for Television

* Steve Bartek / Danny Elfman (2004)
* Michael Giacchino (2005)
* George Fenton (2006)
* Joe Hisaishi (2007)
* Robert Lane and Joseph Vitarelli (2008)
* Bear McCreary (2009)
* Bear McCreary (2010)
* Arnau Bataller (2011)
* Murray Gold (2012)
* Federico Jusid (2013)
* Federico Jusid (2014)
* Federico Jusid (2015)
* Ramin Djawadi (2016)
* Bruce Broughton, John Debney, Joel McNeely and Andrew Cottee (2017)
* Christopher Lennertz (2018)
* Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)
* Carlos Rafael Rivera (2020)
* Bear McCreary (2021)
* Bear McCreary and Howard Shore (2022)
* James Newton Howard (2023)

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International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media

* John Debney (2007)
* Knut Avenstroup Haugen (2008)
* James Hannigan (2009)
* Óscar Araujo (2010)
* Joe Hisaishi (2011)
* Austin Wintory (2012)
* Olivier Deriviere (2013)
* Griffin Cohen, Michael Curren, Grant Kirkhope and Geoff Knorr (2014)
* Austin Wintory (2015)
* Austin Wintory (2016)
* David García Díaz (2017)
* Bear McCreary (2018)
* Neal Acree (2019)
* Michael Giacchino and Nami Melumad (2020)
* Mark Mothersbaugh and Wataru Hokoyama (2021)
* Bear McCreary (2022)
* Pinar Toprak and Neal Acree (2023)

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International Film Music Critics Association Award for Film Composer of the Year

* Jerry Goldsmith (1998)
* Jerry Goldsmith (1999)
* Michael Giacchino (2004)
* John Williams (2005)
* Alexandre Desplat (2006)
* Alexandre Desplat (2007)
* Danny Elfman (2008)
* Michael Giacchino (2009)
* Alexandre Desplat (2010)
* John Williams (2011)
* Danny Elfman (2012)
* Abel Korzeniowski (2013)
* Alexandre Desplat (2014)
* Michael Giacchino (2015)
* Michael Giacchino (2016)
* Alexandre Desplat (2017)
* James Newton Howard (2018)
* Bear McCreary (2019)
* Daniel Pemberton (2020)
* James Newton Howard (2021)

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Television soundtracks by Bear McCreary

* Battlestar Galactica
* Eureka
* Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
* Caprica
* The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

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* Czech Republic
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* Netherlands
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* Grammy Awards

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