Bear McCreary

Bear McCreary
McCreary in 2019
Background information
Born	(1979-02-17) February 17, 1979 (age 45)
Genres	Film score contemporary classical electronic rock ambient chiptune video game score
Occupation(s)	Composer
Instruments	Piano, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar, accordion, hurdy gurdy, percussion
Years active	2004–present
Labels	La La Land Records, Sparks & Shadows
Website	bearmccreary.com

Bear McCreary (born February 17, 1979) is an American musician and composer of film, television, and video game scores based in Los Angeles, California. His work includes the scores of the television series Battlestar Galactica (2004), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , Outlander , The Walking Dead , The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power , The Serpent Queen , Percy Jackson and the Olympians , Halo , the video games Call of Duty: Vanguard , God of War and God of War Ragnarök , and the film Godzilla: King of the Monsters .

McCreary has been nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for his work on season one of Outlander ^[1] and won one Emmy for the main title of Da Vinci's Demons . ^[2] He is also a two-time winner of both the British Academy Games Award for Music and D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition for his work on God of War and Ragnarök. ^[3]

Early life and education

McCreary was raised in Bellingham, Washington. ^[4] He is the son of author Laura Kalpakian and professor Jay McCreary of University of Hawaii at Manoa. His brother, Brendan McCreary, is also a musician. Bear has directed and produced several music videos for Brendan's band, Young Beautiful in a Hurry. ^[5] He graduated from Bellingham High School in 1997. ^[6]

He is a classically trained pianist and self-taught accordionist. ^{[6] [7]} He studied under the renowned film score composer Elmer Bernstein during which time he reconstructed and reorchestrated Bernstein's 1963 score for Kings of the Sun . Their collaboration allowed for the complete score to be available as a soundtrack album for the first time in 40 years. ^[8]

McCreary went to USC Thornton School of Music at the encouragement of Elmer Bernstein, becoming his protégé and graduating in 2002.

Career

Television

Battlestar Galactica and Caprica

Main articles: Music of Battlestar Galactica (reimagining) and Music of Caprica

In 2003, McCreary worked under primary composer Richard Gibbs on the three-hour miniseries which served as a pilot for the reimagined series of Battlestar Galactica . When the show was picked up, Gibbs opted not to devote full-time to the regular series' production, and McCreary became the sole composer. He worked on the series until it reached its conclusion in 2009, scoring over 70 episodes. To date, six Battlestar Galactica soundtrack albums have been released, and have garnered a great deal of critical acclaim ^{[9] [10]} and commercial success. The soundtracks for seasons two and three ranked amongst Amazon.com's Top 30 Music Sales on their first days of release. ^[8]

McCreary composed for the Battlestar Galactica prequel series Caprica and Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome .

Human Target

McCreary in 2009

McCreary provided the score for the series Human Target (based on the comic book of the same name). The pilot episode and main theme score had been recorded with a full orchestra. ^[11] The series has the distinction of having one of the largest orchestras on television.

The score to the finale of season one, "Christopher Chance", used the largest orchestra ever assembled for episodic television, and he took the opportunity to rerecord the main title theme with a new orchestration with this larger ensemble.

In July 2010, he received his first Emmy nomination for the Human Target main title. ^[12]

In a post on his blog on July 25, 2010, McCreary announced the new creative leadership brought in for season two had not asked him to return for it, and he would be leaving the series. ^[13]

Black Sails

The opening title sequence for Black Sails was composed by McCreary with a backing sea shanty inspired theme. It accurately features an instrument of the period in the form of the hurdy-gurdy.^{[ citation needed ]}

Outlander

McCreary has composed the score for all seasons of Outlander . The main title was sung by his long time collaborator and partner, Raya Yarbrough.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2015, McCreary was nominated for an Emmy for the pilot Outlander episode "Sassenach" (S01E01; 2014-08-09).^{[ citation needed ]}

Other series

During Comic-Con 2010, Bear McCreary attended panels for AMC's The Walking Dead and NBC's The Cape to announce he would be composing the score for both television series. ^{[14] [15]}

On July 15, 2013, McCreary announced that he would compose the score for ABC's series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ^[16] On September 4, 2015, McCreary released the official Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. soundtrack publicly. ^[17]

McCreary served as orchestral producer for the rock opera Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem airing on Adult Swim on October 27, 2013. This is a continuation of the Metalocalypse universe following the band Dethklok. The music features a 50-piece orchestra. The soundtrack was released on October 29, 2013. ^[18]

McCreary also composed the score for the television series Snowpiercer which premiered on TNT May 17, 2020. Snowpiercer was also distributed online via Netflix. ^[19]

The score for the Masters of the Universe: Revelation series on Netflix was composed by McCreary ^[20]

McCreary composed the theme and music for the television series Foundation , an Apple TV+ series adapted from Isaac Asimov's novels. The Season 1 soundtrack was released on September 24, 2021. ^[21]

The following year, he composed the score for the Amazon Prime Video fantasy television series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power . ^[22] McCreary, who wrote the score over a period of 9 months, has been a fan of J. R. R. Tolkien since reading The Hobbit aged 10. He called the job "a dream come true". ^[23]

Films

McCreary worked on several films providing additional music and conducting for My Baby's Daddy and Johnson Family Vacation before striking off on his own and scoring Rest Stop and Wrong Turn 2: Dead End , both direct to video.

After working with Shawn Papazian on Rest Stop: Don't Look Back , the sequel to Rest Stop . McCreary made his theatrical film debut with Step Up 3D ^[24]

Following Step Up 3D, he scored three films directed by Joe Lynch, Chillerama , Knights of Badassdom and Everly . Everly 's soundtrack included a duet McCreary sang with his wife, Raya Yarbrough.

McCreary has only worked with a few directors multiple times: Christopher Landon on three films, Happy Death Day , Happy Death Day 2U and Freaky ; and director McG twice on Rim of the World and The Babysitter: Killer Queen .

Other notable film scores include Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie , 10 Cloverfield Lane , The Cloverfield Paradox , Child's Play , and Godzilla: King of the Monsters .

McCreary's latest feature scores include Ava , The Babysitter: Killer Queen, Freaky and Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank .

In June 2023, McCreary replacing^{[ clarification needed ]} Thomas Newman as a score composer in the latest upcoming film The Last Voyage of the Demeter , directed by André Øvredal.

Video games

McCreary made an eight-bit rendition of the Dark Void theme, which was, originally, an April fools joke. However, the theme was used for the prequel, Dark Void Zero. ^[25] He composed all the songs in an eight-bit fashion by connecting the wires on an actual NES console and cartridge to create authenticity.

He arranged James Rolfe's The Angry Video Game Nerd "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" parody "You're a Mean One, Mr. Nerd" for the 2010 Christmas special, with orchestra and eight-bit audio elements. ^[26]

McCreary also performed with his orchestra live at Sony's E3 2016 press conference throughout the show and composed the score of the 2018 God of War game. ^[27] He also composed the music for its 2022 sequel, God of War Ragnarök , for which he also plays a minor character in the game, a Dwarf named Ræb. ^[28]

In 2021, McCreary composed the score for Call of Duty: Vanguard . ^[29]

The Singularity

In February 2024, McCreary announced that a concept album titled The Singularity would be released in May by Sparks & Shadows Records and Mutant. Co-written and co-produced by McCreary’s brother, Brendan McCreary, who also contributes lead vocals to eight songs, the album features performances by Rufus Wainwright, Slash (Guns N’ Roses), Serj Tankian (System of a Down), Corey Taylor (Slipknot), Jens Kidman (Meshuggah), Joe Satriani, Buck Dharma (Blue Öyster Cult), Asdru Sierra (Ozomatli), Gaelic rapper and poet Griogair, Kim Thayil (Soundgarden), Scott Ian (Anthrax), Brendon Small (Metalocalypse), Billy Boyd (The Lord of the Rings), Eivør (God of War), Guthrie Govan and Bryan Beller (The Aristocrats), Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa), Ben Weinman (The Dillinger Escape Plan), Steve Bartek and John Avila (Oingo Boingo), Warren Fitzgerald (The Vandals), Esjay Jones (We Are PIGS), Sigurjón Kjartansson (HAM), Raya Yarbrough (Outlander), rapper Mega Ran, and legendary metal drummer Gene Hoglan (Strapping Young Lad, Dethklok) along with celebrated actors Lee Pace (Foundation, The Hobbit), Danai Gurira (Black Panther, The Walking Dead), and Ryan Hurst (Sons of Anarchy, God of War Ragnarök), who perform spoken-word monologues that are lifted from the graphic novel companion to the album, which is published by Image Comics and Black Market Narrative.

Personal life

McCreary married singer and songwriter Raya Yarbrough in 2010. They have collaborated on the music of Battlestar Galactica, Outlander, Defiance, Da Vinci's Demons, among other projects. ^{[30] [31]} Their daughter Sonatine, named after the musical term sonatina , was born on June 2, 2014. ^[32]

Influences

McCreary credits composers Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein, Danny Elfman, Ennio Morricone, John Williams, Basil Poledouris, and Shirley Walker as being key to his growing up adoring film music. They were his heroes. ^[33]

Works

Films

Film scores

Year	Title	Director	Distributor	Notes
2006	Rest Stop	John Shiban	Warner Bros. Home Entertainment	Direct-to-video.
2007	Wrong Turn 2: Dead End	Joe Lynch	20th Century Studios Home Entertainment	Direct-to-video; first collaboration with Lynch.
2008	Rest Stop: Don't Look Back	Shawn Papazian	Warner Bros. Home Entertainment	Direct-to-video.
2010	Step Up 3D	Jon M. Chu	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	Theatrical film debut.
2011	Chillerama	Adam Rifkin, Tim Sullivan, Adam Green and Joe Lynch	Image Entertainment	Second collaboration with Lynch.
2013	Europa Report	Sebastián Cordero	Magnolia Pictures
	Knights of Badassdom	Joe Lynch	Entertainment One	Third collaboration with Lynch.
2014	Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie	Kevin Finn and James Rolfe	Indie Rights
	Everly	Joe Lynch	The Weinstein Company	Fourth collaboration with Lynch.
2016	The Forest	Jason Zada	Gramercy Pictures
	The Boy	William Brent Bell	STX Entertainment
	10 Cloverfield Lane	Dan Trachtenberg	Paramount Pictures
	Colossal	Nacho Vigalondo	Neon
2017	Unrest	Jennifer Brea	Shella Films	Documentary film.
	Revolt	Joe Miale	Vertical Entertainment
	Rebel in the Rye	Danny Strong	IFC Films
	Animal Crackers	Scott Christian Sava and Tony Bancroft	Netflix
	Happy Death Day	Christopher Landon	Universal Pictures	First collaboration with Landon.
2018	The Cloverfield Paradox	Julius Onah	Netflix
	Tau	Federico D'Alessandro
	Hell Fest	Gregory Plotkin	Lionsgate Films
	I Still See You	Scott Speer
	Welcome Home	George Ratliff	Vertical Entertainment
2019	Happy Death Day 2U	Christopher Landon	Universal Pictures	Second collaboration with Landon.
	The Professor and the Madman	P. B. Shemran	Vertical Entertainment
	Rim of the World	McG	Netflix	First collaboration with McG.
	Godzilla: King of the Monsters	Michael Dougherty	Warner Bros. Pictures
	Child's Play	Lars Klevberg	United Artists Releasing
	Eli	Ciarán Foy	Netflix
2020	Crip Camp	Nicole Newnham and James LeBrecht		Documentary film.
	Fantasy Island	Jeff Wadlow	Sony Pictures Releasing
	Ava	Tate Taylor	Vertical Entertainment
	The Babysitter: Killer Queen	McG	Netflix	Second collaboration with McG.
	Freaky	Christopher Landon	Universal Pictures	Third collaboration with Landon.
2022	Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank	Rob Minkoff and Mark Koetsier	Paramount Pictures
2023	We Have a Ghost	Christopher Landon	Netflix	Fourth collaboration with Landon.
	The Last Voyage of the Demeter	André Øvredal	Universal Pictures	Replaced Thomas Newman
2024	Imaginary	Jeff Wadlow	Lionsgate Films	Upcoming film

Additional music and conducting

Year	Title	Director	Distributor	Notes
2004	My Baby's Daddy	Cheryl Dunye	Miramax Films	Film score conducted by Richard Gibbs.
	Johnson Family Vacation	Christopher Erskin	Fox Searchlight Pictures

Television

Year	Title	Notes
2004–2009	Battlestar Galactica	71 episodes
2007–2012	Eureka	32 episodes
2008–2009	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	31 episodes Terminator themes by Brad Fiedel
2009–2010	Trauma	20 episodes
	Caprica	19 episodes
2010	Human Target	12 episodes
2010–2022	The Walking Dead	177 episodes Composed with Sam Ewing (season 10 and season 11)
2011	The Cape	10 episodes
2012	Day Break	5 episodes
	Holliston	17 episodes
	Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome	10 episodes
2013	Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem	Composed with Brendon Small
2013–2015	Defiance	38 episodes
	Da Vinci's Demons	28 episodes
2013–2020	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	136 episodes Composed with Jason Akers (Season 7)
2014	Intruders	8 episodes
	Constantine	13 episodes
2014–2017	Black Sails	38 episodes
2014–present	Outlander	83 episodes
2016	Damien	10 episodes The Omen themes by Jerry Goldsmith
	Black Mirror	Episode: "Playtest"
2016–2017	Chance	20 episodes
2017–2018	Electric Dreams	3 episodes
2018	Into the Dark	Episode: "Pooka"
2019–2022	See	24 episodes
2020–2022	Snowpiercer	30 episodes
2021	Masters of the Universe: Revelation	10 episodes
2021–present	Foundation	20 episodes
2022–present	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power	8 episodes The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power themes by Howard Shore See The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (soundtrack)
2022	The Witcher: Blood Origin	4 episodes
2023	Percy Jackson and the Olympians	8 episodes
2024	Halo	8 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Notes
2010	Dark Void Zero
	Dark Void
2011	SOCOM 4 U.S. Navy SEALs
2012	Moon Breakers
2013	Defiance
2015	Assassin's Creed Syndicate: Jack the Ripper
2018	God of War
	League of Legends	Ryze: Call of Power
2020	Star Wars: Tales From the Galaxy's Edge	With Joseph Trapanese & Danny Piccione
2021	Call of Duty: Vanguard
2022	God of War Ragnarök	Also plays the role of Ræb
2023	Forspoken	With Garry Schyman

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
2005	International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for Television	Battlestar Galactica	Nominated
2006	International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for Television	Battlestar Galactica	Nominated
2007	International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for Television	Battlestar Galactica	Nominated
2008	International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for Television	Battlestar Galactica	Nominated
2009	ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Television Series	Eureka	Won
	International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for Television	Caprica	Nominated
	International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for Television	Battlestar Galactica	Won
	The Streamy Awards for Best Original Music in a Web Series	Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy	Nominated
2010	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music	Human Target	Nominated
2011	International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for Television	Human Target	Won
	International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media	Dark Void	Nominated
	International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for a Television Series	Human Target	Won
2012	International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media	SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs	Nominated
2013	ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Television Series	The Walking Dead	Won
	International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for Television	Da Vinci's Demons	Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music	Da Vinci's Demons	Won
	Online Film & Television Association for Best Music in a Series	The Walking Dead	Nominated
2014	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music	Black Sails	Nominated
	Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Main Title - TV Show/Digital Streaming Series	Black Sails	Nominated
2015	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series	Outlander: Sassenach	Nominated
2016	International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for Television	Outlander	Nominated
	ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for TV Composer of the Year	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ,Black Sails,Damien ,Da Vinci's Demons ,Outlander ,The Walking Dead	Won
	World Soundtrack Awards for Discovery of the Year	10 Cloverfield Lane , The Boy	Nominated
	World Soundtrack Awards for Television Composer of the Year	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ,Black Sails,Damien ,Da Vinci's Demons ,Outlander ,The Walking Dead	Nominated
	Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score - Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film	10 Cloverfield Lane	Nominated
2017	ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for TV Composer of the Year		Nominated
2018	The Game Awards 2018 – Best Score / Music	God of War	Nominated
	Hollywood Music in Media Award for Original Score — Video Game	God of War	Nominated
2019	D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition [34]	God of War	Won
	NAVGTR Awards for Best Original Dramatic Score, Franchise [3]	God of War	Won
	Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Saturn award for Best Music	Godzilla: King of the Monsters	Nominated
	International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media	God of War	Won
	British Academy Games Award for Music [3]	God of War	Won
	Game Audio Network Guild Best Original Choral Composition	God of War	Won
	Game Audio Network Guild Best Original Instrumental	God of War	Nominated
	Game Audio Network Guild Best Music in a Casual/Social Game	God of War	Won
	Game Audio Network Guild Music of the Year	God of War	Won
	Game Audio Network Guild Best Cinematic/Cutscene Audio	God of War	Won
	Etna Comics International Film Festival for Best Original Soundtrack	God of War	Nominated
	Reel Music Awards for Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Feature	Godzilla: King of the Monsters	Won
2020	Movie Music UK Awards for Composer of the Year		Won
	International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film	Godzilla: King of the Monsters	Nominated
	International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Drama Film	The Professor and the Madman	Nominated
	International Film Music Critics Association Award for Film Composer of the Year		Won
2021	International Film Music Critics Association Award for Film Composer of the Year		Nominated
	International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for an Animated Film	Animal Crackers	Nominated
2022	International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media	Call of Duty Vanguard	Nominated
	International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Television Series	Foundation	Nominated
	International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Television Series	Masters of the Universe: Revelation	Won
	BloodGuts UK Horror Awards for Best Soundtrack/Score	Freaky	Nominated
	The Game Awards 2022 – Best Score and Music	God of War Ragnarök	Won
	Hollywood Music in Media Award for Original Song — Video Game	God of War Ragnarök ("Blood Upon The Snow")	Won
	Hollywood Music in Media Award for Original Score — Video Game	God of War Ragnarök	Nominated
	Hollywood Music in Media Award for Original Score — TV Show/Limited Series	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power	Nominated
	Reel Music Awards for Overall Score of the Year	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power	Won
	Reel Music Awards for Original Score for a Television Series	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power	Won
	Game Audio Network Guild Best Main Theme	Call of Duty Vanguard	Nominated
	Game Audio Network Guild Best Cinematic & Cutscene Audio	Call of Duty Vanguard	Nominated
	Game Audio Network Guild Best Physical Soundtrack Release	Call of Duty Vanguard	Nominated
2023	Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media	Call of Duty: Vanguard	Nominated
	D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition [35]	God of War Ragnarök	Won
	British Academy Games Award for Music	God of War Ragnarök	Won
	NAVGTR Awards for Best Original Dramatic Score, Franchise [3]	God of War Ragnarök	Nominated
	NAVGTR Awards for Best Song, Original or Adapted [3]	God of War Ragnarök	Nominated
	Game Audio Network Guild Music of the Year	God of War Ragnarök	Won
	Game Audio Network Guild Best Original Song	God of War Ragnarök ("Blood Upon the Snow")	Won
	Game Audio Network Guild Best Main Theme	God of War Ragnarök ("God of War Ragnarök")	Won
	Game Audio Network Guild Best Original Soundtrack Album	God of War Ragnarök	Won
	Game Audio Network Guild Creative and Technical Achievement in Music	God of War Ragnarök	Won
	Game Audio Network Guild Best Cinematic/Cutscene Audio	God of War Ragnarök	Won
	International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media	God of War Ragnarök	Won
	International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Score of the Year	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power	Won
	International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Composer of the Year	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power	Won
	International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Composition of the Year	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power ("Galadriel")	Nominated
	International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Best Original Score for an Animated Film	Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank	Nominated
	International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Composition of the Year	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power ("Númenor")	Nominated
	International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Composition of the Year	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power ("Sailing Into the Dawn")	Nominated
	International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for Television	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power	Won
	Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards for Outstanding Score For Television	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power	Nominated
	Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards for Outstanding Original Score for Interactive Media	God of War Ragnarök	Nominated
	ASCAP Composers' Choice Award for Television Score of the Year	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power	Nominated
	ASCAP Composers' Choice Award for Video Game Score of the Year	God of War Ragnarök	Won
	Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Main Title Theme – TV Show/Limited Series	Percy Jackson and the Olympians	Nominated
	Movie Music UK Awards for Score of the Year	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power	Won
	Movie Music UK Awards for Best Original Score for Television	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power	Won
	Movie Music UK Awards for Composer of the Year		Nominated
2024	Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media	God of War Ragnarök	Nominated
	Grammy Award for Best Immersive Audio Album	God of War Ragnarök (Original Soundtrack)	Nominated
	International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media	God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla	Nominated
	International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Horror/Thriller Film	The Last Voyage of the Demeter	Nominated
	International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Composer of the Year		Nominated

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External links

• Bear McCreary at IMDb
• Official website
• MAFgest 2016 interview
• Audio Interview on GeeksOn!
• "Of Duduks and Dylan: Negotiating Music and the Aural Space in Battlestar Galactica", by Eftychia Papanikolaou; chapter in Cylons in America: Critical Studies of Battlestar Galactica, edited by Tiffany Potter and C. W. Marshall, 224–236. New York and London: Continuum, 2007.
• Media related to Bear McCreary at Wikimedia Commons