Bear McCreary
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Bear McCreary is an American composer best known for his dynamic and thematic scores for television series such as Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead, and Outlander, as well as films and video games.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bear McCreary canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1408066 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bear McCreary Context triple: [The Walking Dead, composer, Bear McCreary]
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A.
Rupert Gregson-Williams
Rupert Gregson-Williams is a British film and television composer known for scoring major Hollywood productions such as "Wonder Woman," "Aquaman," and "The Crown."
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B.
Mychael Danna
Mychael Danna is a Canadian film composer renowned for his evocative, often world-music-infused scores, including his Academy Award–winning work on "Life of Pi."
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C.
Harry Gregson-Williams
Harry Gregson-Williams is a British composer best known for his film and video game scores, including work on the "Shrek" series, "The Chronicles of Narnia," and the "Metal Gear Solid" franchise.
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D.
Christophe Beck
Christophe Beck is a Canadian composer best known for his film and television scores, including work on projects like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and various major Hollywood films.
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E.
Ramin Djawadi
Ramin Djawadi is a German-Iranian composer best known for his powerful, cinematic scores for film and television, including Game of Thrones, Westworld, and major blockbuster movies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bear McCreary Target entity description: Bear McCreary is an American composer best known for his dynamic and thematic scores for television series such as Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead, and Outlander, as well as films and video games.
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A.
Rupert Gregson-Williams
Rupert Gregson-Williams is a British film and television composer known for scoring major Hollywood productions such as "Wonder Woman," "Aquaman," and "The Crown."
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B.
Mychael Danna
Mychael Danna is a Canadian film composer renowned for his evocative, often world-music-infused scores, including his Academy Award–winning work on "Life of Pi."
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C.
Harry Gregson-Williams
Harry Gregson-Williams is a British composer best known for his film and video game scores, including work on the "Shrek" series, "The Chronicles of Narnia," and the "Metal Gear Solid" franchise.
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D.
Christophe Beck
Christophe Beck is a Canadian composer best known for his film and television scores, including work on projects like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and various major Hollywood films.
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E.
Ramin Djawadi
Ramin Djawadi is a German-Iranian composer best known for his powerful, cinematic scores for film and television, including Game of Thrones, Westworld, and major blockbuster movies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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film score composer ⓘ human ⓘ television composer ⓘ video game composer ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1979-02-17 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Southern California ⓘ |
| genre |
film score
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television score ⓘ video game music ⓘ |
| givenName |
bear
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surface form:
Bear
|
| instrument |
accordion
ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ piano ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Bt4 (musical ensemble) ⓘ |
| name | Bear McCreary self-link ⓘ |
| notableAward |
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
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surface form:
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music
|
| notableWork |
10 Cloverfield Lane (film) score
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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ⓘ
surface form:
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV series) score
Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series) ⓘ
surface form:
Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series) score
Black Sails ⓘ
surface form:
Black Sails (TV series) score
Child's Play (2019 film) score ⓘ Cloverfield (2018 film, The Cloverfield Paradox) score ⓘ Da Vinci's Demons (TV series) score ⓘ Defiance (TV series) score ⓘ Eureka (TV series) score ⓘ God of War ⓘ
surface form:
God of War (2018 video game) score
God of War Ragnarök (video game) score ⓘ Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film) score ⓘ Happy Death Day (film) score ⓘ Happy Death Day (film) score ⓘ
surface form:
Happy Death Day 2U (film) score
Outlander ⓘ
surface form:
Outlander (TV series) score
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (TV series) score ⓘ The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV series) score ⓘ The Walking Dead ⓘ
surface form:
The Walking Dead (TV series) score
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (video game) score ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
musician ⓘ orchestrator ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Raya Yarbrough ⓘ |
| studiedUnder | Elmer Bernstein ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bear McCreary Description of subject: Bear McCreary is an American composer best known for his dynamic and thematic scores for television series such as Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead, and Outlander, as well as films and video games.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Cloverfield Paradox
subject surface form:
Welcome Home (2018 film)