Bear McCreary on Creating Battlestar’s Soundtrack and His Journey into Music

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  • Опубліковано 19 лис 2024

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  • @doomcake2020
    @doomcake2020 Місяць тому +48

    The Battlestar soundtrack was so innovative, it redefined the way we expected SciFi to sound. I listened to and loved the OST before I even got the opportunity to watch BSG! Looking forward to this!

    • @Tarod5
      @Tarod5 Місяць тому

      With a budget that was nothing close than most productions. And I'm not talking of big time OST composers like Hans Zimmer.
      Also the way music influenced the scenario was briliant 🤩

  • @doubleohdutch2108
    @doubleohdutch2108 Місяць тому +20

    Also kudos to Katee for interviewing him, it's just too perfect.

  • @daem0nfaust
    @daem0nfaust Місяць тому +12

    Holy mama, been hoping for a Bear McCreary interview

  • @doubleohdutch2108
    @doubleohdutch2108 Місяць тому +12

    Bear McReary is currently the best composer there is, plain and simple. His respect for classical instruments and orchestration is unparalleled.

  • @theplourde
    @theplourde Місяць тому +3

    I loved his work on “The Sarah Connor Chronicles”

  • @Four9sFineJewelry
    @Four9sFineJewelry Місяць тому +4

    Bear and his BSG score continue to be one of, if not THE most underrated pieces of music of all time.

  • @Rip-Van-Tinkle
    @Rip-Van-Tinkle Місяць тому +11

    You two have no idea what Battlestar means to me, and bear's music is epic. I have told my wife that when I die, I want Wander My Friends played at my funeral (though hopefully that's a long way off! 😄) Currently introducing my teenage daughter to Battlestar, she loves it and her favourite character?.... Starbuck!

  • @jacobdarling1524
    @jacobdarling1524 Місяць тому +8

    Bear is so cool, I could listen to him talk shop for hours. Just as he dreamed about working with Slash at 15, I dreamed about working with Bear when I was 18 watching BSG. Still do!

  • @saragoose
    @saragoose Місяць тому +4

    I’ve lately been obsessed (again) with the live album “So Say We All” - I’ve probably listened to it 50 times in the last month while trying to get through a really rough time professionally

  • @TheGeekAuthority
    @TheGeekAuthority Місяць тому +5

    Bear was so.much fun with his excitement and clear admiration of your friendship with you Katee. Seeing you two play was amazing! Do be afraid, do more performing both of you! Bravo Bear and Katee!
    ❤️🧡💛💚💙🩵💜

  • @brianhughes701
    @brianhughes701 Місяць тому +3

    I own all the Battlestar soundtracks along with two Caprica soundtracks because I love Bear’s music. BSG is amazing and when coupled with his music, absolutely phenomenal. Watching these two interact is so cool. I don’t hear the rain, I hear Bear’s music. Great interview Katee.

  • @AnthonyPi1999
    @AnthonyPi1999 Місяць тому +5

    Really looking forward to this interview. Two brilliant people in a (virtual) room.

  • @thedarkknight2221
    @thedarkknight2221 Місяць тому +1

    Bear really is on his way to be becoming one of the most prolific and iconic composers of all time

  • @Pareltje333
    @Pareltje333 Місяць тому +4

    Thank you so so much for this awesome interview. On this rainy day here in the Netherlands, it brought a lot of sunshine. Lots of joy and love in my cozy home, and for that I am grateful❤💖😊🎶🎵

  • @StarBoKry
    @StarBoKry Місяць тому +3

    Bear McCreary is incredibly talented. His scores are always captivating.
    Great episode.

  • @mrs.manrique7411
    @mrs.manrique7411 Місяць тому +4

    Whoa, this is PERFECT TIMING

  • @LelandB-z9t
    @LelandB-z9t Місяць тому +3

    I can't believe you're having Bear on !!! This is going to be great.

  • @MyKazH
    @MyKazH Місяць тому +1

    My favourite day of the week is Tuesday - always look forward to the Sackhoff show! And hindsight always puts a smile on my face! Cheers from Australia 😘

    • @KateeSackhoffOfficial
      @KateeSackhoffOfficial  Місяць тому

      Thanks for being here ❤

    • @MyKazH
      @MyKazH Місяць тому

      @@KateeSackhoffOfficial never miss it! And I have to say I always have a giggle when you say 'See you next Tuesday' because that has a different meaning here lol

  • @Metaymaug706
    @Metaymaug706 Місяць тому +4

    YESSSS!!! Stuck in a black out due to Hurricane Helene... but this brings up my spirits!!! I have 2 favorite composers.... John Williams is #1... Bear is easily my #2. His BSG work is so moving. His stuff for Rings of Power is so yummy!!!

  • @theoldesttrees
    @theoldesttrees 26 днів тому

    I resonate with Bear's entre into soundtracks so much! When my peers were into whatever pop was on the radio, I was repeat listening to anything John Williams wrote, loving all of the evocative themes, the lush orchestral arrangements, hearing every dimension, every nuance, and wanting to understand how to do it. I taught myself how to sight read music and sing when I was 5, and discovered much later I had a 4 octave range and relative pitch (next best thing to perfect pitch). Unfortunately I grew up in a household where women were not discouraged to explore talent, and once on my own all of my energy went into survival, or I would probably be doing the same thing today. The lesson: encourage every spark that lights in your child's eyes.

  • @NestorCaster
    @NestorCaster Місяць тому +1

    Honestly nearly every soundtrack Bear McCreary makes for every movie or TV project he’s done, is so good that it can stand alone without the film or tv show; Battlestar Galactica(and Caprica) IS THE VERY EPITOME of that truth. Please, just to start on your McCreary journey, checkout the entire Battlestar Galactica Original Soundtrack, Seasons 1-4 and Caprica Season 1.❤❤❤❤❤ My personal 6 favorites from BSG OST: “Something Dark Is Coming”, “Someone to Trust”, “Elegy”, “Roslin and Adama”, “Roslin and Adama Reunited”, and “Wander my Friends”. With a special mention to: “All that remains”(Sung by his wife Raya Yarbrough), “Lords of Kobol(also featuring vocals from Raya)”, and “Dreilide Thrace Sonata No. 1”. Thanks for having this episode Katee!!!❤❤❤

  • @shaynedra3331
    @shaynedra3331 Місяць тому +1

    Bear! Bear! Bear! It's Bear!!! Thank youuuu, Kateeee!

  • @tolson57
    @tolson57 Місяць тому

    Bear, you are the best composer of my lifetime and Battlestar was your crowning glory.

  • @Shadoweclipse1386
    @Shadoweclipse1386 Місяць тому +2

    Long time listener, first time caller 😂
    Bear is amazing (and you are too Katee)!! I've enjoyed just about everything he's done, but I listen to BSG season 2 and the Caprica pilot soundtracks, literally every other week. BSG season 2, musically speaking, is perfection.
    Also, what you guys were talking about at 37:00 is something I've been fighting in my own professional life forever. I'm 38, work industrial maintenance and hospital HVAC, and I can't stand when I'm told that we do something because that's the way it's always been done. Sometimes the old way *is* the best/right way to do something, but there's nothing wrong with taking a step back to analyze how and why something is done the way it's done.
    Also, I've been meaning to email into the show about a few things from the Troy Baker episode (I found out about the podcast late, and am finally getting around to everything), but I wanted to say this as early as possible. I appreciate your depth of questions for your guests Katee, and I also think that having a quick thing at the very beginning before you get into the deep conversation would be cool: to ask your guest(s) if they are reading or watching (TV and/or movie) anything that's really sticking with them lately. Like just a really quick "are you reading anything good right now?" or the like :)

  • @HLR4th
    @HLR4th Місяць тому +1

    I loved the piano scene in the show- reproducing it in a concert was brilliant. Thank you for stepping out of your comfort zone for that moment

  • @strongereveryday1891
    @strongereveryday1891 Місяць тому +1

    My son loves piano, and I am going to look up all of Mcreary's stuff on Spotify for him to listen to. He plays epic video game pieces and this opens a whole new area of opportunities for him to learn and possibly make a career out of.

  • @Ma55ey
    @Ma55ey Місяць тому +1

    Always great to see Bear in an interview.. loved his soundtack for god of war too, he deserves every bit of success he has.

  • @Povlennebo
    @Povlennebo Місяць тому +3

    I know him from Black Sails ❤❤❤, the opening theme is one of my favorite things

  • @mikeknowles8017
    @mikeknowles8017 Місяць тому +1

    That moment when Pegasus showed up and Adama said "Weapons hold, hold the jump too" and the music cut in right there was brilliant and really set the mood for the scene. My favorite.

  • @quangobaud
    @quangobaud Місяць тому +2

    liked (haven't watched it yet but Katee AND Bear is just an unquestionable win)

  • @Mashida_Killzzz
    @Mashida_Killzzz Місяць тому +2

    Smashing I will be up to see this!!✨💕 Gonna be cool when Katee interviews Bear McReary!!✨❤❤❤

  • @karstedt9987
    @karstedt9987 Місяць тому

    Much respect to the great film/tv composers. The right sound can do so much and is often underappreciated. Everyone knows the Back to the Future theme.... everyone that matters anyway.

  • @74gould
    @74gould Місяць тому

    Katee & Bear: two of the greatest talents. ❤🙌🏻 Loved this interview! I got to meet Bear briefly at San Diego Comic-Con many years back (during BSG days) - literally ran into him on the main floor & asked for a photo with him, and he couldn’t have been nicer!

  • @kvan8046
    @kvan8046 Місяць тому +2

    Love this! Musicians are so knowledgeable and song nerds are my jam

  • @BuckingBronco
    @BuckingBronco Місяць тому

    I love Katee and Bear even more now than I did before. Each of them are awesome, and mega-talented performers in their own right. Great contributors to the quality of my life and to the world at large.

  • @absyrtus
    @absyrtus Місяць тому

    I actually still enjoy listening to it in the background. Very comforting

  • @awesomehpt8938
    @awesomehpt8938 Місяць тому +4

    Bear mccreary+duduk=epic

  • @jacoboblanco1555
    @jacoboblanco1555 17 днів тому

    Just watched the last episode of BSG today as part of my regular rewatch, and its still amazing how good the music was, how it was part of the story but also part of telling the story of characters. During re-watches you can appreciate all the little details, where they bring in hints from different characters themes or hints as to what’s to come next by blending motifs together.

  • @nasa-bohica8516
    @nasa-bohica8516 Місяць тому +2

    Yay another Sackhoff video. ❤❤❤

  • @doorofnight87
    @doorofnight87 Місяць тому

    Absolutely phenomenal interview! Love hearing his passion and engagement with his music and work! Such an amazing history, love Bear McCreary's work. I am a big fan of all the stuff he has scored, and hearing him talk about it and hearing how young he was makes me love it even more! He does such a great job of capturing the feeling and vibe of the shows he is working on.

  • @EdmundShern
    @EdmundShern Місяць тому

    Best and hardest working soundtrack composer today!

  • @BrianScottPhraner
    @BrianScottPhraner Місяць тому

    What a great conversation between you two!

  • @joebelarmino7263
    @joebelarmino7263 Місяць тому

    Another wonderful episode! I'm not familiar with Bear but do know his amazing body of work. I look forward to your podcast every week. Thank you!

  • @romanknight7199
    @romanknight7199 Місяць тому

    I so enjoy all these interviews, Katie. Thanks so much for bringing us wonderful content. Bear is a musical mastermind! I need to go explore Singularity right now...
    Note: as someone turning 41 on Friday it is NOT a useless age. ;]

  • @lawrencevelogirl
    @lawrencevelogirl Місяць тому

    For me one of the most amazing things about Bear's work on BSG is how the producers trusted him enough to allow his music to shape and influence the narrative to the degree that it did - it's a wonderful example of fusing sound and image in such a way that both are elevated. A moment that sticks out is the choral piece near the end of "Revelations" that is heard upon discovering "Earth" (nuked Earth), and then when the big twist is revealed, there is no music whatsoever (just the sound of a Geiger counter). That contrast from the most beautiful, majestic, hopeful music to the crushing weight of silence - it still puts a lump in my throat all these years later!

  • @synetic
    @synetic Місяць тому +1

    I've been making music in my head all my life, but never took the leap into actually doing it. Something I regret tbh.

  • @willmendoza8498
    @willmendoza8498 29 днів тому

    Love this guy’s work

  • @xw33b36
    @xw33b36 2 дні тому

    Bears energy is infectious 😆

  • @laurencemichaelbennett2506
    @laurencemichaelbennett2506 Місяць тому

    It was through the Battlestar Galactica Sounds that I became aware of Bear McCreary and then realized how many shows His Sounds had touched very cool dude

  • @Journeyman.71
    @Journeyman.71 25 днів тому

    I love the 30-ish minute excerpt from the BSG concert that's on YT. I wish there was a full version of it!

  • @tolson57
    @tolson57 Місяць тому

    Thank you for introducing me to November Rain.

  • @thebl4ckd0g
    @thebl4ckd0g Місяць тому

    OMG YES!!! Bear is absolutely amazing. He is right up there in my top favorite composers with John Williams & Hans Zimmer!!! He has done the music for 4-5 of my favorite shows of all time (BSG, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (I hate you FOX for cancelling this!!!), Walking Dead, Agents of SHIELD, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power). :)

  • @rebeccaglaze6679
    @rebeccaglaze6679 Місяць тому

    Yay!!! So say we all!! ❤

  • @drewrubtheMando
    @drewrubtheMando Місяць тому +2

    I listen to the season 4 track Kara Remembers from the episode Someone to Watch Over Me repeatedly (when Kara plays the piano with Slick) because it’s just the best imho. All four are good albums but that’s my favorite track.

  • @agentooe33AD
    @agentooe33AD Місяць тому

    I can relate to Bear in that when I was a kid, I was more into TV themes like Knight Rider, Unsolved Mysteries, Airwolf, etc. And I also was more into instrumental music from the likes of ELP, Tangerine Dream, Rick Wakeman, and many others. I do like standard music, though my favorite in that area is Rush, I always preferred movie sound tracks, game sound tracks, and TV scores as opposed to radio music. It was a lonely existence when everyone else was listening to top 40 and I'm over here raving about the new Tangerine Dream album, and everyone's like, uh, who? Shoutout to all the kids who liked music nobody else was listening to! And shoutout to Bear for his amazing compositions. I especially liked his music on The Sarah Conner Chronicles.

  • @pile333
    @pile333 Місяць тому +3

    McCreary is the artistic heir of John Williams.

  • @hyder5747
    @hyder5747 Місяць тому +1

    BSG Soundtrack is my favourite of all the time. 50% success of the show

  • @georgechris1499
    @georgechris1499 Місяць тому

    Loved this episode!!!!!

  • @projectaroid
    @projectaroid Місяць тому

    Great interview.

  • @Aussie27Legend
    @Aussie27Legend Місяць тому +1

    I know battlestar is battlestar but shoutout to bear for his reinterpretation of the god of war stuff!

  • @ClayHarris-g4r
    @ClayHarris-g4r Місяць тому +1

    ❤❤❤ I did hockey too dude

  • @zanna186
    @zanna186 Місяць тому

    Back when BSG was still being broadcast for the first time, I read an interview with Bear in some sci fi magazine, in which he revealed that the vocals in the opening sequence of the show are sung in Sanskrit, one of humanities oldest languages. And I thought, that's it, he's given it away. The colonial fleet will find Earth in our prehistoric past.

  • @gerardmalipaard7486
    @gerardmalipaard7486 Місяць тому

    I still feel it is a crime that Black Market was only used as a background for "Lee walks angrily but determined in a hallway".. That song deserved a slow buildup ending in a giant space battle. I think Bear's music gave me more enjoyment in hours then the entire show (which I also own on blu ray and watched 3 times). So many gems in that BSG soundtrack.

  • @dinksterling
    @dinksterling Місяць тому

    Ty again for the video

  • @darkdarkdarkdra
    @darkdarkdarkdra Місяць тому

    All along the watch tower!!
    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @philrm99
    @philrm99 Місяць тому

    Great conversation

  • @vectrexer
    @vectrexer Місяць тому

    100% YUM!

  • @Nangeala
    @Nangeala Місяць тому

    Katee, I began going grey in my 20s. My mom went grey and then black naturally, in her 20s. My fathers genes mean I have copper,grey, bronze and brown hair now in my 40s, and I will never dye my hair. Btw, that hymn like intro for BSG is one of my favorite intro OSTs of ALL TIME, and I loved the OST for Outlander as well. Everytime I see Bears name on a show, I feel like: Oh this cant be bad, because has he ever done a bad show or move?? I dont know of any. So, maybe he doesnt know this, but him being on a project is partly stamping it with a quality stamp as well to many people :)

  • @ClayHarris-g4r
    @ClayHarris-g4r Місяць тому

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤ love from Australia.Clay ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉battle star dude 😅😅😅😅😅😅awesomely brilliantly in Christ thx mate

  • @ClayHarris-g4r
    @ClayHarris-g4r Місяць тому +2

    And dune as well

  • @east5508
    @east5508 Місяць тому

    💚 Such a great chat

  • @PaulDowsettUK
    @PaulDowsettUK Місяць тому

    The soundtrack in film and tv has always been really important to me. Often, bad, overpowering or inappropriate music can totally ruin it for me. Unfortunately, that often happens since Zimmer's "non-music" has become so ubiquitous. On the other hand, great and memorable themes can almost be another character in a show. In the 70s and 80s, there were so many distinctive themes that, because they were so strong, are so nostalgic when I hear them now. I first took notice of McCreary excellent work on Sarah Connor Chronicles (maybe I watched that before BSG). Since then, he's become the best composer of this generation, imo, up there with my favourites, John Williams, Ennio Morricone, Danny Elfman/Shirley Walker (for Batman TAS), John Barry etc. He's worked on so many of my favourite shows. Here's to you, Bear!

  • @eh4907
    @eh4907 Місяць тому

    Shout out to his Black Sails score too!

  • @malcolmgray.5913
    @malcolmgray.5913 Місяць тому

    After the jump to Earth the President or the Admiral asked “where did you take us Kara?” , you just sort of sobbed, it said everything without words🤌
    Another great show🔥🔥🔥

  • @edwardwilliams6514
    @edwardwilliams6514 Місяць тому

    I used Roslin And Adama in a video slide show featuring my mother at her funeral viewing. I know she’d have loved his music.

  • @koia90
    @koia90 Місяць тому

    I’m going to Nashville (in my dreams 😢)

  • @nineveha
    @nineveha Місяць тому

    The getting older thing and becoming the wise person has always been hilarious to me. I used to get mistaken for a teacher when I was 14 just because I was tall and have an old face. I had a lot of classes on my own because of my schedule (I got taken out of that program because I started teaching the truant kids that would wonder into my room and got them working on my class work which was apparently not ok). As I've aged my face hasn't changed so now I look younger than my 42 years my partner is 11 years my junior and people assume he is older than me so now I have to step back as they ask him for his sage advice. Have to say I get jealous just because I have some actual wisdom now.

  • @Jaxon1776
    @Jaxon1776 Місяць тому +1

    I hope they talk about Tricia Helfer. She's dreamy

  • @Yiazmat717
    @Yiazmat717 23 дні тому

    bsg soundtrack is a real gem

  • @dwrdwlsn5
    @dwrdwlsn5 Місяць тому +2

    Music makes or breaks any dramatic production. Make Star Wars without John Williams and it just isn't the same. Star Trek, BSG, Babylon 5, Firefly... so many memories.

  • @sehrschee
    @sehrschee 15 днів тому

    HE created the battlestar music oh wow. I know him from the God of War series soundtrack which fucking fantastic.

  • @lyconxero457
    @lyconxero457 Місяць тому

    Am I crazy or does Mr McCreary sound very similar to another composer Austin Wintory? They LOOK nothing alike but when I was just listening to the episode it became very evident to me that they have a similar tone and way of speaking that is just exacerbated by the fact that they are both composers with similar influences going off this podcast. I’ve heard Austin speak for years now on another podcast that I watch which has definitely given me a greater appreciation for the craft of composition.

  • @ClayHarris-g4r
    @ClayHarris-g4r Місяць тому +1

    Gordon Edgar Casey fore told about blue star of Colbot

  • @tolson57
    @tolson57 Місяць тому

    Bear, and you even slid Taiko drums into heavy metal Watchtower.

  • @TheMick126
    @TheMick126 Місяць тому

    Top 3 scores bsg. Human target/outlander black sails

  • @ClayHarris-g4r
    @ClayHarris-g4r Місяць тому +1

    🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 battle star colbot prophecy of Planet

  • @ClayHarris-g4r
    @ClayHarris-g4r Місяць тому +1

    Planet Earth

  • @northernpaladin66
    @northernpaladin66 Місяць тому

    There's only one version of All Along The Watchtower and that's the Hendrix version

  • @Slask7
    @Slask7 Місяць тому

    God of War and God of War Ragnarok are the best soundtracks I’ve heard in a while.

  • @michaelchavez2206
    @michaelchavez2206 27 днів тому

    That’s the guy that did the new God of War soundtracks

  • @ClayHarris-g4r
    @ClayHarris-g4r Місяць тому +1

    Gordon Edgar Casey 1934 ad

  • @Orakio
    @Orakio Місяць тому

    Class of '98 means Katee graduated in May and then he started in September of 1998 so the two wouldn't have been in high school at the same time.

  • @TheRealOzWookiee
    @TheRealOzWookiee Місяць тому

    Yea I hate decorative pillows too ;)

  • @destro6971
    @destro6971 Місяць тому

    It’s a shame there’s all negativity (mostly deserved but it’s not wholly trash as the rage influencers say) around RoP, Bears score for that show is excellent as always.

  • @Conduit23
    @Conduit23 Місяць тому +1

    MOZART MEETS GANDALF 😂

  • @backpacker3421
    @backpacker3421 Місяць тому

    If she graduated in 98 and you started in 98, you would have missed each other. Because graduations happen in June and school starts in September. Unless I misunderstood you.

  • @Forced2DoThis1
    @Forced2DoThis1 Місяць тому

    Oh Come on people! How can I be #355 to like this after 10hrs of it being posted and almost 3k views!?!?!?

  • @hiltrud2001
    @hiltrud2001 Місяць тому

    Brief is a german word for letter

  • @jeffreyesguitar5129
    @jeffreyesguitar5129 Місяць тому

    Audio only didn’t last very long 😂

  • @nicklang6798
    @nicklang6798 Місяць тому

    😂make it sound like Battlestar