Bear McCreary 🐻🎶
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THE SINGULARITY, Streaming now. Composer - The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, God of War, Outlander, Walking Dead, Godzilla: KOTM, Battlestar Galactica
Los Angeles
Joined July 2009
Announcing #TheSingularity. *An epic rock concept album, coming May 10.*An original graphic novel, coming May 8 from @ImageComics.*A concert in Los Angeles May 12, tix on sale now!. Our first single, “Type III” with @rufuswainwright is STREAMING NOW.
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I apologize for making it difficult to start the game 🎶.
Anyone else listen the home menu theme before playing the game? .Such beautiful theme 🩵.#GodofWarRagnarok
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Speechless. I’m honored to win @thegameawards for music. Thank you to everyone at @SonySantaMonica, at @SparksShadows, @Hozier, @eivormusic, all the musicians, and everyone who played #GodofWarRagnarok. Bravo to all my fellow nominated composers. ❤️🎶
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If you fed an AI algorithm the Beatles’ early catalog only up through “Revolver” and asked it to write more Beatles music, would it ever give you “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”?.
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I’m biased, but this concludes one of the most satisfying videogame experiences I’ve ever had as a gamer. 40+ hours flew by in a blink of an eye. I’m sad it’s over. I’m overwhelmed, grateful to have contributed a small piece of what makes #GodofWarRagnarok so special.
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Good ears! I’m thrilled somebody noticed. 😉.
“Sauron used me. And under his hand I was played like a harp to a melody not of my choosing”. *Sauron’s theme played on a harp starts playing in the background*. Bear McCreary i love you. #tropspoilers
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Meet Ræb, a surly dwarf and hurdy-gurdy virtuoso you just might encounter on your journey with #GodofWarRagnarok . (The pinnacle of my acting career! 🤣🤘🏼)
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I am scoring The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power. I am thrilled to musically guide audiences through major events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Second Age of Middle-earth & honored to score a series featuring a majestic main title by Howard Shore.@LOTRonPrime.
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The rumors are true! I am scoring #PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians along with my brilliant team at @SparksShadows . 🌊. We are honored to join the creative team collaborating with @RickRiordan to bring his mythical vision to vibrant life on @DisneyPlus . #PercyJackson @PercySeries
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OMG I just won a #BAFTA! This is insane. Thank you to the British Academy, and especially to @corybarlog, and everyone on the entire @SonySantaMonica team!.
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Thrilled to officially announce my return to the franchise as composer for #GodOfWarRagnarok . This trailer features a taste of my next score, including a significant new character theme!.
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I love seeing Godzilla back in theaters once again! Congrats to all my friends at @Legendary Pictures for this new chapter in the #MonsterVerse. Find out why Akira Ifukube’s original theme was such an important part of my score for Godzilla: King of the Monsters. 🦖🎶
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I am gutted by the loss of #SineadOConnor . She was the warrior poet I expected her to be — wise and visionary, but also hilarious. She and I laughed a lot. We were writing new songs together, which will now never be complete. We’ve all lost an icon. I’ve lost a friend. #RIP.
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I stand in solidarity with everyone involved in the making of #TheLordOfTheRings #TheRingsOfPower. There is no place for racism in fandom. I look forward to sharing this journey with the fan community I know and love: one that is open-hearted, inclusive, and curious. ❤️💍🎶.
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Gonna be worth the wait. 🤘🏼🔥.
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My soundtrack album for #TheLordOfTheRings #TheRingsOfPower is available NOW on all digital platforms. Much more will be revealed and released in the coming weeks and months. This massive 2+ hour musical experience is just the start of a journey…. What’s your favorite track? 🎶
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My score for #TheLordOfTheRings #TheRingsOfPower is coming out very soon. Who’s excited to dive into Middle-earth? ❤️🎶💍.
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Easily the most under-rated project I have ever had the honor to work on, and the first thing I say when someone asks “what should I watch next?”. I’m hopeful Netflix will help this remarkable drama find an even bigger audience!.
Big news!. The Starz Original series BLACK SAILS is headed to Netflix US in January!.
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💍💍💍.💍💍💍💍💍💍💍.💍💍💍💍💍💍💍💍💍.💍.
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#GodOfWarRagnarok Story Trailer is here, jam packed with excerpts from my new score. This is just a glimpse of what awaits. Prepare yourself.
We finally got this AWESOME new trailer for God of War: Ragnarok where Atreus literally tears the sky alongside the giant wolf Fenrir, and Kratos and Thor start their long-awaited fight.
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Wow, I’m speechless here. Thanks to all the fans for playing and voting! I’m honored to be able to contribute to this incredible work of art. ❤️🎶.
After six rounds of voting across several platforms, IGN readers have crowned God of War (2018) as the best video game of all time, which beat out GTA 5 in the final round. Presented by @Hulu
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Incredible. This is what it LOOKS like. Soon, you can hear what it SOUNDS like🤘🏼🔥.
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I am thrilled to be the composer for #GODZILLA KING OF THE MONSTERS, and honored beyond words to have the opportunity to contribute to one of cinema's longest-running musical legacies.
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We just dropped TWO new #TheLordOfTheRings #TheRingsOfPower.albums, for Episode One and Two. Listen now on @amazonmusic !. These weekly episodic @LOTRonPrime albums will contain almost entirely new music and suites, different from the Season One soundtrack album. THREAD🧵:
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Well, I did it… I’m halfway to 90. I’ve been fortunate to spend the vast majority of the last 45 years making art with people I love. Today, I continue to learn new skills, create art in new mediums and genres, and push myself to become better at everything I do.
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I am deeply honored to be voted #ASCAP TV Composer Of The Year by my peers. Thank you, to my fellow composers, fellow nominees, @ASCAP, and of course, all the fans out there who listen and watch. ❤️🎶🏆.
“I’m kind of at a loss for words” @bearmccreary on winning #ASCAPScreen Composers' Choice TV Composer of the Year! #ASCAPAwards
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Stopped by the newsstand right before a flight home from #Nashville, to grab a pulpy, easy breezy read. Found something surprising there, so… here we go! .✈️💍
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Thank you all for the very kind words about all of our work on @TheRingsofPower s2. These first three episodes streaming now on @PrimeVideo are the catalyst for one of the most intense seasons of television I’ve ever had the privilege of working on. Enjoy the ride!. 💍🐻
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Speechless — I am nominated for TWO #Grammys!! 🎶🎶. My score for #GodOfWarRagnarok has been nominated for Best Soundtrack for a Video Game, as well as Best Immersive Audio Album, for its beautiful spatial audio experience.
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I have arranged The Skye Boat Song for @Outlander_STARZ about a dozen different ways. And yet, every time I do, I discover new things about it — hidden harmonies, counter melodies, and deeper meanings. Working on the song is like revisiting an old friend. ❤️🎶.
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Daddy achievement unlocked. I did this. It took an hour. But I did it. 🏆💥
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The score to tonight’s 5th season premiere of @Outlander_STARZ is a very special one to me, incorporating many of my favorite themes. What did you think of @griogairmusic’s haunting vocals reprising “Moch Sa Mhadainn”? An incredible season lies ahead. ❤️🎶
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My final @LOTRonPrime album for Season One is out!. As of today, all nine of my #TheLordOfTheRings #TheRingsOfPower soundtrack albums are available on all platforms, with the Season One Soundtrack album now including #FionaApple's powerful performance of "Where the Shadows Lie."
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Finished my 43rd lap around the sun today! ☀️. Spending the day scoring an incredible, yet disturbing and emotionally draining, scene. Then listening to new mixes for the rest of the day… .1/2
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Thank you to all my adventurous listeners out there. Realizing that y'all connect with these crazy sounds that pour out of my weird artist brain fills me with overwhelming gratitude. ❤️🎶🤘🏼🔥
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🤘🏼🤣.
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In the last week, I’ve lost about 1% of my followers. That implies 99% of my friends and fans are NOT offended by the notions of equality and basic human rights. ❤️👍🏻 #BlackLivesMatter.
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I find myself at a complete loss for words. The International Film Music Critics Association has honored me with me a staggering eight nominations this year, across three mediums: television, feature films, and video games.
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My #GodofWarRagnarok soundtrack is out, featuring "Blood Upon the Snow," for which I was honored to collaborate with the brilliant @Hozier. Available NOW on all digital platforms. (Stand by for updates about physical media.)
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I CAN’T STOP WITH BAGPIPES! I’M SO SORRY!!! OH GOD SOMEONE HELP ME I CANT STOP WRITING FOR BAGPIPES!!!!!!!!🤣🤪. Also this:.
@bearmccreary please stop using a bagpipes for the #RoP Soundtrack ! It’s not outlander. Please give more attention to the music from Howard Shore. I can’t hear this bagpipes anymore… #LOTR #RingsofPower #RingsOfPowerOnPrime @LOTRonPrime.
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#RIP to the legend Bernard Hill. Lines of this man’s dialog have resonated in my brain like songs for a quarter century. “Let this be the hour when we draw swords together. Fell deeds awake. Now for wrath, now for ruin, and the red dawn.”. #ForDeathAndGlory.
RIP Bernard Hill. The only actor to have starred in two films that won 11 Oscars.
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My orchestrators and I are working too hard. Season two, I’m just gonna do this!.
Though there's clearly an interest in how Bear McCreary's music tells the story of #TheRingsOfPower, I know music theory can be quite inaccessible. So here's the short version:
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I am honored to receive a Grammy nomination for #GodOfWar Ragnarök: Valhalla!. Huge thanks are due to @RecordingAcad, my friends and partners at @SonySantaMonica and @SparksShadows. Bravo @pinartoprak, @JohnPaesano, @WilbertRoget, Winifred Phillips for their well-earned noms! 🏆
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“Before you even have a chance to read the first credit, a throaty, intense metal voice starts chanting. Yes, a metal song is playing in a Lord of the Rings television show, and it’s fucking awesome.”. Thanks, @Kotaku 🤘🏼.
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It’s true! We recorded the orchestra tuning on multiple days, stacking them here into cacophony. We wanted Sauron to feel, as he raised his arms, like the literal orchestrator and conductor of the ensuing chaos. I’m gonna walk out on the podium like this from now on.
#TheRingsOfPower continues to impress in its attention to detail in every department; here, as all the disparate web strands converge around the master weaver & manipulator, Sauron lifts his arms to begin the siege like a conductor, and we hear @bearmccreary’s orchestra tuning up
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Big news, @Outlander_STARZ fans! The Season 5 #soundtrack drops soon! Check out the debut single, in which I was fortunate to collaborate with @SkeltonSophie and @RikRankin ❤️🎶.
Ahead of the season finale of #Outlander, IndieWire debuts the Sophie Skelton and Richard Rankin duet from the S5 soundtrack. Listen here:
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Just a tiny glimpse of what lies ahead. November 9th. 🔥🤘🏼🎶.
Get a glimpse of the dangers Kratos and Atreus will face in the new Father and Son CG trailer for God of War Ragnarök.
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This only works when accompanied by swelling strings and a bagpipe solo. 😉.
Every time we pass a damn henge my wife tries to Outlander her way to Jamie-land, give it up lady
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You won't need to travel forward through time very far to experience this! #Outlander @Outlander_STARZ #Happy2018 #Bagpipes
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Stunt work is the only job on a movie where you face the possibility of serious injury or death on the job because of the nature of the job. I am saddened that the academy keeps adding categories and has failed to make one for stunts.
Oscars Add New Category for Best Casting, Starting With 2026 Ceremony
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Thrilled to join @RayaYarbrough and celebrate with friends, old and new, at the launch of #GodOfWarRagnarok, and to catch up with the mighty @iamchrisjudge . Congrats to everyone at @SonySantaMonica for this spectacular achievement. Thanks for letting me bring some tunes. 🤘🏼🎶
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I'm trying to multitask, writing some emails while I listen to the final masters of the @Outlander_STARZ Season 4 Soundtrack Album. And I can't. I can't get anything done while this album is playing. You guys. it just sounds so good. Can't wait for you to hear it!.
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Notice anything different? 😉 #outlander #outlandernycc.
The new opening titles for Outlander Season 4 are here, and do they give you chills or what?!
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My complete #GodofWarRagnarök blog is up! . This entry chronicles the challenge of writing new character themes, crafting distinct sounds for all nine realms, joining the cast as Ræb, writing / producing "Blood Upon the Snow" with @hozier, and more!.
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I have had a lifelong dream to collaborate with the legendary @SineadOConnor, and that dream finally came true!. Thank you, Sinéad, for bringing your voice and spirit to my music. ❤️🎶#SingMeASong #Outlander @Outlander_STARZ.
Nothing compares to the #Outlander opening credits. As a special Valentine's Day gift, enjoy the official Season 7 rendition of The Skye Boat Song sung by the LEGENDARY @SineadOConnor!
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I can write 5 to 7 minutes of music in a day — if I have the themes done already. But, imagining NEW themes is absolutely devastating to my creative and emotional energy. After hours of work, I get about 16 bars of potentially decent material… and I’m completely wiped out.
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Gotta savor this feeling. Just finished reading a script for a project I get to work on later in the year. Overwhelmed with emotions from the story, and fear / excitement about the utterly insane amount of complex, epic music it will require! ❤️🎶🤘🏼.
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I am thrilled to officially be a part of the @Halo universe, joined by my friends at @SparksShadows, to score Season 2 of the iconic streaming series. I hope my new main title brings the feels. 🎶🐻🤘🏼
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Well… I have arrived! This was a clue on @Jeopardy today. Would you know the answer? 🤘🏼🐻. (Huge thanks to my buddy Mark Banning for grabbing this pic!)
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I will never get over the shock of seeing my name in lights at Times Square in NYC. Thank you, @amazonmusic for believing in and supporting me and my work. A joy to collaborate with you!.@LOTRonPrime #TheLordOfTheRings #TheRingsOfPower
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My new single, “The Last Ballad of Damrod (feat. Jens Kidman)” just dropped on all streaming platforms!. This brutal anthem for a vicious hill-troll marks the first new music release from #TheLordOfTheRings @TheRingsofPower season 2. 🤘🏼🐻
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Just found this Millennium Falcon I made when I was 8 — out of paper plates, a paper cup, some VHS cassette boxes, and a lot of tape. Hey JJ, I’m available to help build models if you need me! (Thanks to my mom for keeping this thing intact for more than thirty years!! 🤣)
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The episode of television that changed my life! . Fun fact: this episode marked my first mainstream “Music by” credit. So grateful to Richard Gibbs, the composer of the miniseries, and the entire BSG team, for taking a huge chance on a kid like me ❤️🎶.
'Battlestar Galactica's "33" Is Still a Perfect Hour of Television
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Twitter’s new management finally took away my blue “verified” check that I worked so hard to earn years ago. I’m certainly not gonna spend money to replace it, because this site already profits off me sharing my content with friends and fans. This is still the real me. 🐻.
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A HUGE congrats to the cast and crew of @Outlander_STARZ ! I'm excited to see what seasons 5 & 6 have in store for us!!.
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I was thrilled to co-write this song with the brilliant JD Payne and collaborate with my pal @FindtheWalker, who brought majesty and vulnerability to this haunting Tolkien-inspired lyric.
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This pretty much summarizes the art of writing music for narrative 🤓🤘🏼.
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SPOILER ALERT!!!!!.
someone jokingly said Bear McCreary is Sauron but listen…listen. just HEAR ME OUT
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I wanted to do something today to make the internet a little cheerier. Happy New Year, Twitterverse! Hugs!
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When @RayaYarbrough performed the Skye Boat Song at her show last night, Sonatine jumped on stage to dance with her. Then my heart exploded. #Outlander
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Seems like gifs are not showing for anybody today on this increasingly broken website formerly called Twitter. Say hello if you can see this:
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What an honor to rock the stage at #SDCC #ComicCon2022, performing a new suite of the @LOTRonPrime score live on stage with an orchestra. And I loved meeting and nerding out with the brilliant @StephenAtHome about all things Tolkien. I can’t wait for y’all to experience the show.
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New look? … For a big announcement coming this week! .-🐻
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Delve deeper into Middle-earth: All 8 individual albums for each episode of #TheLordoftheRings #TheRingsofPower Season 2 are STREAMING NOW on all platforms. (Featuring exclusive bonus tracks, including trailers and concert suites!). 🤘🏼🐻💍
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At last! The limited edition vinyl of my score to #GodofWarRagnarök is now available from @MondoNews!. I’ve been waiting for the chance to hear this in this dreamy analog format. Thanks to all my friends at @sonymusic and @SonySantaMonica for making this possible. 🤘🏼🎶🔥
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It’s amazing what happens when you pick one note in a strong melody and lower it a half step. Everything breaks!.
I absolutely love the changes @bearmccreary is making to the dwarves/Khazad-dûm theme to signal the dark path that King Durin is on. Absolutely brilliant! #TheRingsOfPower
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My heart goes out to the family of James Earl Jones, cinema legend. ❤️💔. He’s famous for much more, but his haunting, icy-eyed presence as Thulsa Doom in “Conan the Barbarian” affected me the most. As Thulsa said: “What would your world be… without me?”.
James Earl Jones, the prolific film, TV and theater actor whose resonant, unmistakable baritone was most widely known as the voice of “Star Wars” villain Darth Vader, died Monday. He was 93.
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TODAY IS THE DAY! 🎶💍🔥. The #TheLordOfTheRings @TheRingsofPower Season 2 soundtrack album is STREAMING EVERYWHERE NOW!. What are your favorite three tracks?
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#ThrowbackThursday.11 years ago #BlackSails premiered, accompanied by a rollicking hurdy-gurdy-heavy-metal-pirate-sea-shanty score. (This project remains one of my favorite experiences!). Who amongst you remembers this one?🤘🏼🏴☠️
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WHOA! #Jeopardy #SingMeASong.
Outlander on @Jeopardy !! Sadly the contestants didn’t know it 🏴 @bearmccreary @caitrionambalfe @SamHeughan @TallShipProds
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Just dropped 3 new soundtrack albums for #TheLordOfTheRings @TheRingsofPower, one for each new episode. BONUS TRACKS: 2 Comic Con overtures, London premiere fanfare, and the title reveal trailer!. Exclusively on @amazonmusic until the finale, after which they stream everywhere!
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NEW ALBUM! My complete score for #TheLordOfTheRings #TheRingsOfPower Episode 6, "UDÛN," is streaming now on @amazonmusic . Featuring the action cue beast, "The Siege in the Southlands," my first song to hit 20mins (it earns every second!). @LOTRonPrime @PrimeVideo @AmazonStudios
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I don't have the finger dexterity to click ❤️ on every mention, but I see everything all of you are saying! I sincerely appreciate the outpouring of support, enthusiasm, curiosity, & questions from #LOTR fans around the world. Thanks for being awesome!.@LOTRonPrime @amazonmusic.
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Found fun @Outlander_STARZ history today: my s1 notebook. Note the @RayaYarbrough hot warrior sketch, the vital lyric change suggested by @RonDMoore, and my initial theme concepts.
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Tremendously honored to be nominated for an Emmy for original score for @Outlander_Starz. #EmmysForOutlander #Sassenach #Bagpipes.
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Nice to see my talented wife @RayaYarbrough get a shout out in the press, for singing "The Skye Boat Song" for @Outlander_STARZ over the years! .
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Days after finishing the series for a 2nd time, I’m still satisfied beyond words, but sad to leave Etheria. Thank you @Gingerhazing and the entire cast / crew for making #SheRa a contender for my favorite fantasy series of all time. Huge props to @sunnamusic for her mighty score!
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