Bear McCreary

Bear McCreary
McCreary in 2019
Background information
Born (1979-02-17) February 17, 1979
EducationBellingham High School
USC Thornton School of Music
Genres
Occupations
  • Film composer
  • conductor
  • music producer
  • multi-instrumentalist
  • musician
Instruments
Years active2004–present
LabelsLa La Land Records, Sparks & Shadows
Spouse
Raya Yarbrough
(m. 2010)
Websitebearmccreary.com

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.