Bear McCreary

Bear McCreary (born February 17, 1979) is an American musician and composer of movie, television, and video game music scores based in Los Angeles, California. He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. His work includes the music scores of the television series Battlestar Galactica (2004), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Outlander, The Walking Dead, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The Serpent Queen, the video games Call of Duty: Vanguard, God of War and God of War Ragnarök, and the movies Godzilla: King of the Monsters.

Influences
McCreary cites Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein, Alan Menken, Christophe Beck, Michael Giacchino, Alan Silvestri, James Horner, Henry Mancini, John Williams, Howard Shore, Danny Elfman, Buddy Baker, James Newton Howard, John Barry, Lalo Schifrin, Maurice Jarre, Ennio Morricone, Shirley Walker, Basil Poledouris, Michael Kamen, Joel McNeely, Leonard Bernstein, Thomas Newman, Rachel Portman, David Newman, Alexandre Desplat, Marc Shaiman, Brian Tyler, George Bruns, Oliver Wallace, Leigh Harline, Frank Churchill, Paul Smith, Leonard Bernstein, Nino Rota, Rolfe Kent, Kevin Kiner, Trevor Horn, Christopher Young, Alfred Newman, Hans Zimmer, John Powell and Lorne Balfe as influences.