Bear McCreary

James Pizzinato plays the prisoner of the week in Alcatraz tonight, in episode 1x06, "Paxton Petty." The episode airs at 9 pm ET on Fox. Here is the synopsis: Madsen, Soto and Hauser (Sarah Jones, Jorge Garcia and Sam Neill) track a mad bomber (James Pizzinato) who is planting explosives throughout the city, targeting highly populated areas. They're forced to apply methods from the past to their pursuit in the new episode "Paxton Petty." Robert Forster and Parminder Nagra also star.Previews...Read Full Story

Fall TV season starts tonight, with most major shows returning, so I am posting a quick list of some of the upcoming guest appearances and shows that involve Caprica's cast, writers and Bear McCreary. I have included a few appearances from Battlestar actors, too, that were announced in recent weeks and kind of hard to miss on different TV sites. There are more than a few appearances missing from the list, mostly because there isn't even an approximate date or episode number attached to them...Read Full Story

The Family Research Council may like "Battlestar Gallactica" tunes. But the guy who birthed those tunes is certainly not a fan of the Washington "pro-family" group's anti-LGBT message. At all: Bear McCreary Hey everybody... Thanks for making me aware of this. I just wanted to add my own two cents here, as the composer of "Prelude to War." First of all, I absolutely hate that my music has ended up being the main title theme for this guy's online hate speech. It seems whoever produced...Read Full Story

Gary Levine plays comedian Richard Lewis (I’m not sure why) in this chat with the real Bear McCreary, composer of modern Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead, Human Target and more. Watch as “Lewis” chats with McCreary about geek life and then presents him with various scenarios of who would win in a fight between the likes of John Williams and Hanz Zimmer. I heart this so hard. There’s also an uncensored version on Vimeo. (If the end bit seems weird to you, it’s probably because you haven...Read Full Story

This is a snippet from "Prelude to War" off of the "Battlestar Gallactica" soundtrack. Listen to fifteen seconds of it, then we'll get back to you: Okay, so it's a powerful piece of music, right? And it comes from a show that was widely praised for its LGBT inclusivity, and widely embraced by gay audiences. So Right, so now check this out. This is one of several anti-military fairness, pro-discrimination videos that the Family Research COuncil has created for the sole purpose of keeping...Read Full Story