---
name: "Bear McCreary"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bear-mccreary"
fi1m_id: "bear-mccreary"
imdb_id: "nm0566970"
tmdb_id: 59811
wikidata_id: "Q621437"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "17 February 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-23T04:09:43.935614+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bear McCreary

## Identity

Bear McCreary

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bear-mccreary
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bear-mccreary
- **IMDb ID:** nm0566970
- **TMDB ID:** 59811
- **Wikidata ID:** Q621437
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_McCreary, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q621437, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566970/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59811

Composer. Born 17 February 1979 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 17 February 1979, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Frequently works with:** [John Dahl](https://film.one/person/john-dahl.md), [Toni Graphia](https://film.one/person/toni-graphia.md), [Bill Eagles](https://film.one/person/bill-eagles.md), [Charlotte Brändström](https://film.one/person/charlotte-brandstrom.md), [Danielle Berrow](https://film.one/person/danielle-berrow.md), [Diana Gabaldon](https://film.one/person/diana-gabaldon.md), [Emer Conroy](https://film.one/person/emer-conroy.md), [Félix Enríquez Alcalá](https://film.one/person/felix-alcala.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (2), 2010s 68 (4), 2020s 60 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 67 across 10 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 7, Action & Adventure 4, Action 1, Fantasy 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $409m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_McCreary, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q621437, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566970/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59811

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Black Mirror*](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md) (81), [*The Walking Dead*](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md) (68)
- **Paramount+:** [*Battlestar Galactica*](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md) (83)
- **Apple TV:** [*Outlander*](https://film.one/tv/outlander.md) (74)
- **Hulu:** [*Outlander: Blood of My Blood*](https://film.one/tv/outlander-blood-of-my-blood.md) (68)
- **Peacock:** [*The Last Voyage of the Demeter*](https://film.one/film/the-last-voyage-of-the-demeter.md) (55)
- **HBO Max:** [*Godzilla: King of the Monsters*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-king-of-the-monsters.md) (48)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Bear McCreary is an American composer of soundtracks for film, television and video games. Born on 17 February 1979 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, he was raised in Bellingham, Washington, and graduated from the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music with degrees in composition and recording arts. He studied under film composer Elmer Bernstein, for whom he also reconstructed and re-orchestrated the 1963 score for *Kings of the Sun*.

McCreary first gained prominence with his score for the re-imagined *Battlestar Galactica* (2004–2009). His other notable television work includes *The Walking Dead* (2010–), *Outlander* (2014–), *Black Sails* (2014–2017) and *The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power* (2022–). Film credits include *10 Cloverfield Lane* (2016), *Happy Death Day* (2017), *The Cloverfield Paradox* (2018) and *Godzilla: King of the Monsters* (2019). He has also composed for the *God of War* video-game series.

McCreary has received multiple Emmy Awards, including for the main title theme of *Da Vinci’s Demons* and for his work on *Outlander*. He is married to singer and collaborator Raya Yarbrough.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, bearmccreary.com.*

## On Fi1m (10)

- *Outlander: Blood of My Blood* (2025), Fi1m 68, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/outlander-blood-of-my-blood.md)
- *The Last Voyage of the Demeter* (2023), Fi1m 55, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-voyage-of-the-demeter.md)
- *Halo* (2022), Fi1m 52, Main Title Theme Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/halo.md)
- *Snowpiercer* (2020), Fi1m 63, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/snowpiercer-2020.md)
- *Godzilla: King of the Monsters* (2019), Fi1m 48, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-king-of-the-monsters.md)
- *Outlander* (2014), Fi1m 74, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/outlander.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), Fi1m 81, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *The Walking Dead* (2010), Fi1m 68, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md)
- *Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles* (2008), Fi1m 77, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/terminator-the-sarah-connor-chronicles.md)
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), Fi1m 83, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)

## Complete filmography (91)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Devil's Mouth* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Goodbye, Monster* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *M.I.A.* (2026), series, Original Music Composer
- *Vampires of the Velvet Lounge* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Outlander: Blood of My Blood* (2025), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/outlander-blood-of-my-blood.md)
- *Drop* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *We Never Smiled in the 90’s* (2024), Music
- *Going Home Again: Making The 4:30 Movie* (2024), Music
- *The 4:30 Movie* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Imaginary* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *The Walking Dead: The Return* (2024), Music
- *Masters of the Universe: Revolution* (2024), series, Original Music Composer, Main Title Theme Composer
- *Percy Jackson and the Olympians* (2023), series, Main Title Theme Composer
- *The Last Voyage of the Demeter* (2023), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-voyage-of-the-demeter.md)
- *We Have a Ghost* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Splinter* (2023), Music Score Producer
- *The Witcher: Blood Origin* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *Call Me Miss Cleo* (2022), Music
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank* (2022), Original Music Composer, Music Score Producer
- *Last Seen Alive* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Halo* (2022), series, Main Title Theme Composer — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/tv/halo.md)
- *This Game's Called Murder* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Masters of the Universe: Revelation* (2021), series, Original Music Composer, Music Score Producer
- *Fund the Bat* (2020), Music
- *Freaky* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *The Babysitter: Killer Queen* (2020), as Frank the Recording Artist · Original Music Composer
- *Ava* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Snowpiercer* (2020), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/snowpiercer-2020.md)
- *Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution* (2020), Music
- *The Dark Tower* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Fantasy Island* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *See* (2019), series, Original Music Composer
- *Eli* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Child's Play* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Godzilla: King of the Monsters* (2019), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-king-of-the-monsters.md)
- *Rim of the World* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *The Professor and the Madman* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Proven Innocent* (2019), series, Original Music Composer
- *Happy Death Day 2U* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Pooka!* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Welcome Home* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Hell Fest* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *I Still See You* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Animal Crackers* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Tau* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *The Shadow Hours* (2018), Music
- *The Cloverfield Paradox* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *A Holliston Halloween* (2017), Music
- *Unrest* (2017), Conductor, Original Music Composer
- *Happy Death Day* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams* (2017), series, Original Music Composer
- *Rebel in the Rye* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Victor Crowley* (2017), Music Score Producer
- *Revolt* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Colossal* (2017), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
- *Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot* (2016), series, Original Music Composer
- *10 Cloverfield Lane* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *The Boy* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *The Forest* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Everly* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Digging Up the Marrow* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Constantine* (2014), series, Original Music Composer
- *Intruders* (2014), series, Music
- *Outlander* (2014), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/outlander.md)
- *Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie* (2014), as Zombie · Original Music Composer
- *Black Sails* (2014), series, Original Music Composer
- *Knights of Badassdom* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* (2013), series, Music
- *Europa Report* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Defiance* (2013), series, Original Music Composer
- *Da Vinci's Demons* (2013), series, Original Music Composer
- *Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome* (2012), series, Music
- *The Asset* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Chillerama* (2011), Original Music Composer, Director
- *The Cape* (2011), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Walking Dead* (2010), series, Original Music Composer, Music Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md)
- *Step Up 3D* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Caprica* (2010), series, Original Music Composer
- *Human Target* (2010), series, Music
- *Battlestar Galactica: The Plan* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles* (2008), series, Music, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/terminator-the-sarah-connor-chronicles.md)
- *Battlestar Galactica: Razor* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Wrong Turn 2: Dead End* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Rest Stop* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Eureka* (2006), series, Music
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)
- *Periphery, Texas* (2002), Music

## Gallery

- ![Bear McCreary](https://film.one/media/person/46805/gallery-bbd30fc0240d.jpg) Bear McCreary — Official GDC, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Bear_McCreary%2C_GDC_2019_%28GEN1879_1%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Bear McCreary at the Game Developers Choice Awards 2019.](https://film.one/media/person/46805/gallery-17fca35c7b65.jpg) Bear McCreary at the Game Developers Choice Awards 2019. — Official GDC, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Bear_McCreary%2C_GDC_2019_%28GEN1879_1%29.jpg/1280px-Bear_McCreary%2C_GDC_2019_%28GEN1879_1%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bear McCreary at a Signing Event at House of Blues, San Diego, California after the 2nd BSG Orchestra concert during 2009 San Diego Comic-Con on July 24th 2009.](https://film.one/media/person/46805/gallery-15d79151c9ed.jpg) Bear McCreary at a Signing Event at House of Blues, San Diego, California after the 2nd BSG Orchestra concert during 2009 San Diego Comic-Con on July 24th 2009. — Nike, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Bear_McCreary_Portrait_Photograph_2009.jpg/1280px-Bear_McCreary_Portrait_Photograph_2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photo by Brandon Downey. Bear McCreary talking at Google in 2010.](https://film.one/media/person/46805/gallery-d3f5e04f1c0b.jpg) Photo by Brandon Downey. Bear McCreary talking at Google in 2010. — Marcin Wichary, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Bear_McCreary_at_Google%2C_2010_%284460991966%29.jpg/1280px-Bear_McCreary_at_Google%2C_2010_%284460991966%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bear McCreary](https://film.one/media/person/46805/gallery-2f53d4901f85.jpg) Bear McCreary — Image via TMDB
- ![Bear McCreary at a Signing Event at House of Blues, San Diego, California after the 2nd BSG Orchestra concert during 2009 San Diego Comic-Con on July 24th 2009.](https://film.one/media/person/46805/gallery-5447f88a6057.jpg) Bear McCreary at a Signing Event at House of Blues, San Diego, California after the 2nd BSG Orchestra concert during 2009 San Diego Comic-Con on July 24th 2009. — Nike, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Bear_McCreary_at_signing_after_BSG_Orchestra_concert_House_of_Blues_Comic_Con_2009.jpg/1280px-Bear_McCreary_at_signing_after_BSG_Orchestra_concert_House_of_Blues_Comic_Con_2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Themes & Variations Tour 2026 show at the Astor Theatre, Perth From left to right: Paul Cartwright, Bear McCreary, Gene Hoglan, Pete Griffin.](https://film.one/media/person/46805/gallery-cdb44f20dc23.jpg) Themes & Variations Tour 2026 show at the Astor Theatre, Perth From left to right: Paul Cartwright, Bear McCreary, Gene Hoglan, Pete Griffin. — Patrick Dowsett, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Bear_McCreary_live_at_the_Astor_%281%29.jpeg/1280px-Bear_McCreary_live_at_the_Astor_%281%29.jpeg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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