Sometimes, You Get the Bear

I'd had a few posts recently that deal with musical scores for film and television. If that sort of thing interests you, then there's another blog well worth checking out: Bear's Battlestar Blog.

It's written by Battlestar Galactica composer Bear McCreary. He began it, as you'd probably suspect, during the actual production of that show. The blog has continued up to now with its increasingly inaccurate name, covering his work on many other television series, including Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Human Target, Caprica, and most recently, The Walking Dead.

Every time a new TV episode airs with one of his scores, he posts an entry that talks about the particular challenges of scoring that episode of television. It's a neat insight into the mind of a very effective composer, and I think it quite interesting. Worth checking out, even if you don't watch all the shows in question.