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Emmy Award winning composer Bear McCreary was first launched into pop culture with his groundbreaking score to the hit series Battlestar Galactica, that was lauded by Variety as “the most innovative music on TV today.” It “fits the action so perfectly, it’s almost devastating: a sci-fi score like no other” (NPR). Io9.com ranked McCreary one of the Ten Best Science Fiction Composers of All Time, and recently WIRED Magazine declared him one of only five “Secret Weapons” of the television industry. McCreary was recently voted “Composers’ Choice Composer of the Year – Television” by his peers in ASCAP, the first award of its kind. Bear has conducted orchestral performances of his music throughout North America and Europe, appearing at Fimucité in Tenerife, and the International Film Music Festival in Úbeda, Spain. In July 2014, his music was performed by the L.A. Philharmonic and L.A. Master Choraleat the Hollywood Bowl, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. Attending the prestigious Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, Bear completed degrees in composition and recording arts. However, his professional training came from film music legend Elmer Bernstein (The Magnificent Seven, To Kill a Mocking Bird). Bear was one of Bernstein’s select protégés, and learned the tools of the trade working with and orchestrating for the maestro. Bear spent his childhood immersed in film and television music; he is delighted now to contribute back to the genres that inspired him.
Attack of Shadows is a 2026 American epic science fiction action film written and directed by James Cameron, based on the novel of the same name by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole. It is a sequel to Kill Team, the fourth installment in the Galaxy's Edge film series and the only film in the series not to feature Vin Diesel's character Cohen Chhun. The film stars Colin Farrell, Lucas Black, Peter Weller, Naomie Harris, Keegan-Michael Key, and James McAvoy. Attack of Shadows was released on August 19th, 2026, 7 months after Kill Team; the film received mixed reviews, with praise for the visual effects, action sequences, tone, cinematography, musical score, and Farrell's performance but with criticism to the plot, pacing, characters, and Cameron's screenplay and direction. The film was a box-office bomb, grossing $179.56 million against a budget of $368 million, and marketing costs between $160 million and $200 million. A concluding sequel entitled Legionnaire: Legends Never Die was released back-to-back months later.
