Age: 47
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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.
Oswald Cobblepot, a criminal known as the Penguin, executes a ruthless plan to dominate Gotham’s criminal underworld, using a terrifying shapeshifter to eliminate his rivals with chilling efficiency. As violence erupts in Gotham, a mysterious figure known as the Phantasm emerges, seeking vengeance against Cobblepot for his misdeeds. Just as Bruce Wayne reunites with Andrea Beaumont, the love he thought he lost, the Phantasm's attacks begin. Their rekindled connection is overshadowed by the chaos unfolding around them. As Batman investigates the relentless strikes on Cobblepot’s operations, he must confront not only the vengeful Phantasm but also the deep emotional scars of his past. Bruce finds himself torn between his feelings for Andrea and his duty as Batman, forcing him to confront the darkness that threatens to engulf Gotham and redefine what justice truly means in a city on the brink of moral collapse.
