Bear McCreary
Bear McCreary | |
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McCreary in 2019 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | February 17, 1979 |
| Education | Bellingham High School USC Thornton School of Music |
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| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | La La Land Records, Sparks & Shadows |
Spouse |
Raya Yarbrough (m. 2010) |
| Website | bearmccreary |
Bear McCreary (born February 17, 1979) is an American composer of soundtracks for film, television and games.
McCreary has been nominated for six Emmy Awards, earning his first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for his work on season one of Outlander in 2015. He has won three, the first for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for Da Vinci's Demons, and two Children's and Family Emmy Awards for his work on Percy Jackson and the Olympians. 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 God of War Ragnarök, and is a four-time Grammy Award nominee.