Age: 47
male
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.
In the distant future, humanity is at war with the Covenant, a ruthless alien alliance bent on their destruction. After a devastating battle, the human warship Pillar of Autumn crash-lands on a mysterious ringworld known as Halo. Among the survivors is Master Chief, a cybernetically enhanced super-soldier, and his AI companion Cortana. As Chief battles through the alien-infested ruins of Halo, he uncovers its true purpose—not just a world, but a weapon of unimaginable power. When the Covenant unwittingly unleash an ancient parasitic horror known as The Flood, the fight for survival escalates into a desperate race to prevent galactic annihilation. With Cortana’s guidance, Master Chief fights through both Covenant and Flood forces to stop the ring’s activation. In a climactic showdown, he destroys Pillar of Autumn's reactor core, triggering a massive explosion that shatters Halo—just as he and Cortana barely escape. As they drift through space, they realize the war is far from over. A new threat looms, and Master Chief will be ready.
