Bear McCreary is an American musician and composer. At the age of 24, McCreary was launched into pop culture with his groundbreaking score to SyFy’s hit series Battlestar Galactica, for which he composed “the most innovative music on TV today” (Variety). It “fits the action so perfectly, it’s almost devastating: a sci-fi score like no other” (NPR). Io9.com declared Bear McCreary one of the Ten Best Science Fiction Composers of all time, listing him alongside legends John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith and Bernard Herrmann. McCreary’s many other credits include AMC’s smash hit The Walking Dead, where he collaborated with writer / director Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption) and producer Gale Ann Hurd (The Terminator).He has also composed critically acclaimed scores for series such as Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Eureka, Caprica,Trauma and The Cape. His swashbuckling score for Human Target featured the largest orchestra ever assembled in the history of series television and earned him his first Emmy nomination. His feature film work includes Disney’s worldwide hit Step Up 3D, and his videogame credits include Sony’s successful SOCOM 4: U.S. NAVY SEALs, CAPCOM’s Dark Void and its retro spin-of Dark Void Zero.