Composer Thomas Newman is widely known for his soundtracks used in such awesome movies as American Dream and Finding Nemo, and series like Six Feet Under. His music is great not only because it ties beautifully to the actual visuals and story, but because you can also listen to them as they are. It’s simply wonderful music to listen to.
But there’s another composer who deserves to be added to the same (rare) category as Newman. And that is Bear McCreary. His most notable work is in the completely awesome Sci Fi series Battlestar Galactica, ie the remake of it. If you haven’t seen an episode from BSG yet them it’s you I’m sorry for. Do yourself a favor and watch it as soon as you can. If for nothing else, then for the music - because the music in BSG, composed bu McCreary is unheard of in television history.
Besides the visuals, the score was one of the first things that struck me as very original in BSG. I’d simply never heard anything like it. It ranges from Japanese style taiko percussions to middle eastern style flute and rythms to to classical scores on par with some of the greatest composers in classical music history.
Here follows a selection of Bear McCreary’s more classically themed tunes
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Playlist: Passacaglia | Rosslin Confesses | Worthy of Survival | The Shape of Things to Come
Hint: to skip forward, move the slider to the very end of the track
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