The award-winning film, TV, and video game composer Bear McCreary is coming to AB on April 28th with an epic best-of set.

Get to know Bear McCreary through 5 interesting facts:

• He was only 25 years old when he was asked to compose the music for the series Battlestar Galactica in 2004. Since then, he has composed music for both films and TV series: Agents of SHIELD, The Walking Dead, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Snowpiercer, See, Outlander, and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Bear has also composed music for video games such as Call of Duty: Vanguard, God of War, and Forspoken.

• For the seventh season of Outlander, he collaborated with Sinéad O'Connor. This resulted in this beautiful "theme song":

• Bear McCreary has won several awards throughout his career: In 2019, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) for his work on the TV series The Handmaid’s Tale. In 2020, he received a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for his work on the series God of War.

• His musical style is often a mix of classical instruments, ethnic instruments, rock, and electronics.

• In 2024, McCreary released The Singularity, a rock album he wrote with his brother Brendan. The album features contributions from rock legends such as Slash, Serj Tankian (System of a Down), and Corey Taylor (Slipknot).

On April 28th, Bear will bring a mix of his works to AB. Expect a selection from his recent album Singularity, as well as some of his most iconic film and TV compositions.