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Ultimate Soul Nourishing Guide to Composer Bear McCreary
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Battlestar Galactica: Season OneBattlestar Galactica: Season One by Bear McCreary
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The Season One soundtrack is 78 minutes culled from over five hours of music.) Determined to demonstrate his mastery of musical styles, McCreary writes faux opera ("Battlestar Operatica"), muzak ("Battlestar Muzaktica"), string quartets ("The Dinner Party"), Celtic music ("Wander My Friends"), and more, bringing in vocalists here and there to sing in Latin, Gaelic, and Italian.
Battlestar Galactica: Season TwoBattlestar Galactica: Season Two
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McCreary seems to have had more time and more money to work with the second soundtrack, and he seems to have used it to bring in more traditional, string-filled orchestra sections to go with his mix-and-match music. The result is an album that is a showcase for a composer with quite varied skills.
Battlestar Galactica: Season 3Battlestar Galactica: Season 3
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This soundtrack credits 46 string players and nine other musicians. McCreary still loves drums, and he has a noticeable affinity for Indian music that is apparent in the leadoff track, "A Distant Sadness", as well as a taste for Celtic sounds that leads him to use uilleann pipes on several cues. McCreary even plays a solo piano piece, "Battlestar Sonatica.
Battlestar Galactica: Season 4Battlestar Galactica: Season 4
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La-La Land Records proudly presents its 100th soundtrack release, the 2-CD Set Battlestar Galactica: Season 4. Acclaimed composer Bear McCreary pulls out all the musical stops with his sensational music score to the fourth and final season. The soundtrack includes highlights from He That Believeth through Islanded in a Stream of Stars on Disc 1. Disc 2 contains the entire Daybreak score.
Battlestar Sonatica (for Two Guitars) - From "Battlestar Galactica"Battlestar Sonatica (for Two Guitars) - From "Battlestar Galactica"
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MP3 download.
Battlestar Sonatica for Solo Piano - From "Battlestar Galactica"Battlestar Sonatica for Solo Piano - From "Battlestar Galactica"
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CapricaCaprica by Bear McCreary
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Acclaimed Galactica composer Bear McCreary fashions another spellbinding, breathtaking all-new music score that brings us back to the very beginning of the Galactica saga. McCreary's inventive approach to science fiction music makes yet another amazing sonic leap forward.
EurekaEureka
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Acclaimed Battlestar Galactica composer Bear McCreary (Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles) uses his vast arsenal of musical talents to harness all the unique adventure and mystery that is Eureka. Sci-Fi never sounded as much fun as it does in this dynamic music score.
Raya YarbroughRaya Yarbrough by Raya Yarbrough
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I have included Raya's CD because she is a wonderful singer and her voice is heard on BSG Season 2, 3 and 4 soundtracks. She is also engaged to be married to Bear McCreary.
Rest Stop Dead Ahead Original SoundtrackRest Stop Dead Ahead Original Soundtrack
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In his liner notes, McCreary helpfully reveals that "The sound I was going for was 'Lynyrd Skynyrd Trapped in Hell.' I don't know if that's where I ended up," he adds, "but it was my starting point." Bear also wrote the soundtrack to the sequel.
Rest Stop: Don't Look BackRest Stop: Don't Look Back
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McCreary takes the film's Southern rural setting as a guide to make music that often combines elements of classic rock, Southern style, with traditional country. The traditional country often seems to be played on instruments that the country musicians haven't bothered to tune lately. That's deliberate, giving the music both a raucous and a bizarrely eerie feel appropriate to the theme of horror.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor ChroniclesTerminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
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Acclaimed composer Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica, Eureka, Rest Stop: Don t Look Back) crafts a thrilling musical journey that captures all the non-stop excitement of this mind-bending extension of the beloved Terminator saga. New cast member Shirley Manson performs the exclusive song Samson and Delilah.
Wrong Turn 2 - Dead EndWrong Turn 2 - Dead End
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Presenting the original soundtrack to WRONG TURN 2, the much anticipated sequel to the smash horror hit, WRONG TURN. Acclaimed composer Bear McCreary (BATTLESTAR GALACTICA) fashions a terrifying musical journey that captures all the terror and excitement of this brand new horror-thriller starring Henry Rollins (FEAST, HEAT, BAD BOYS II) and Erica Leerhsen (TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE '03).