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.
Bear McCreary
Soundtrack Composer
for Soundtrack Composer in THE HOBBIT
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Craig Mazin and A24’s adaptation of The Hobbit reimagines J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic as a darker, character-driven epic about inheritance, obsession, displacement, and the cost of reclaiming a home. When Bilbo Baggins, a sheltered hobbit with an unexpected appetite for adventure, is drawn into a quest led by Thorin Oakenshield and his company of exiled Dwarves, he leaves the safety of the Shire for the brutal roads of Middle-earth. Their journey takes them through ancient forests, ruined kingdoms, hidden valleys, and the dangerous halls beneath the Misty Mountains, where Bilbo discovers a strange golden ring—and encounters Gollum, whose fractured existence hints at the terrible power surrounding it. As the company approaches Erebor, their quest becomes inseparable from the buried history of the Dwarves: the rise of their civilization under Thráin I, the wealth and downfall of Thrór, and Thráin II’s devastating loss. Meanwhile, the survivors of Dale struggle beneath the corrupt rule of Lake-town’s Master while Bard carries the forgotten legacy of Girion and the weapon destined to challenge the dragon Smaug. Across the season, the Dwarves are pursued by Azog, a relentless Orc warlord whose vendetta against the House of Durin spans generations. Elves such as Elrond and the icy Thranduil become reluctant allies and adversaries as ancient grievances resurface. By the time Smaug descends upon Lake-town and Erebor, Bilbo and Thorin have been transformed by the journey—but the greatest danger is no longer the road home. As the reclaimed kingdom fills with treasure, Thorin begins to succumb to the same sickness that destroyed his grandfather, threatening to turn victory into catastrophe. The adaptation builds toward the Battle of Five Armies, where Dwarves, Men, Elves, Orcs, and other forces collide over Erebor and its treasure, forcing Bilbo to confront what his adventure has truly cost.
