BEAR MCCREARY’S HUMAN TARGET TO BE RELEASED IN OCTOBER

“Largest Group of Musicians To Play On A Live-Action TV Series In Years” – Jon Burlingame (Variety)

(Los Angeles, CA) – Composer Bear McCreary’s soundtrack for the first season of Human Target will be released in two different configurations, a digital release from WaterTower Music on October 5th and a physical version from La-La Land Records, on October 19, 2010. McCreary earned his first Emmy Award® nomination for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music with Human Target.

WaterTower Music will be releasing a digital version, the equivalent of a two-disc set, featuring 160 minutes of music, on October 5th. Four of the 43 tracks on this set are from the season finale “Christopher Chance”, which featured an unprecedented 94 musicians. Many of the tracks on the set were spotlighted by McCreary on his blog (www.bearmccreary.com/blog) where he gave insight into his approach after each episode aired.

Also on October 19th, La-La Land Records will release a limited edition (2000 units) 3-CD physical version. The third disc contains bonus tracks including an alternate version of the “Main Title,” with exclusive demos and sketches that give an in-depth look at his creative process. For the first time ever, McCreary has allowed for the release of his works-in-progress, including an abandoned concept for the main title.

McCreary’s sweeping theme music is influenced by a more traditional approach to action/adventure scoring. Each episode of the first season of Human Target featured as much as 30 minutes of music played by an average of 60 musicians, making it the “largest group of musicians to play on a live-action TV series in years” according to a recent article in Variety.

“The real thrill of scoring Human Target comes from the unprecedented creative freedom I was given to create the kind of sweeping, thematic and adventurous score largely absent from both the small and large screen in recent years,” said McCreary.
“Part of what makes a great adventure score, in my mind anyway, is that it refuses to apologize,” described Steinberg. “It’s going to be bold. It’s going to be sentimental. It’s going to be epic. For some people, it might not work. But if it strikes that tuning fork in you, it’ll be nothing short of inspiring.”

“I love Bear’s music,” said series star Mark Valley. “And having watched one of the recording sessions with the orchestra, I was inspired by his swift and thorough process and moved by each of his compositions. And after watching the episodes, well, let’s just say this actor is very fortunate to have the layered complexity and vigor of Bear’s French horns playing in the background when his character walks into a room.”

Bear McCreary was among a handful of select protégés of late film music legend Elmer Bernstein and is a classically trained composer with degrees in Composition and Recording Arts from the prestigious USC Thornton School of Music. At the age of 24, Bear McCreary was launched into pop culture with his score for Battlestar Galactica, “the most innovative music on TV today” (Variety). Io9.com declared Bear McCreary one of the Ten Best Science Fiction Composers of all time, the only composer under 50 on the list (he is now 30), and the only one recognized for his work in television.

“Human Target was not only creatively challenging and rewarding, but a project that will forever impact the way I write music,” McCreary reflects. “Like my experiences on BSG, I’ve emerged from this a better composer for having done it.”
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Video of the Human Target finale recording session: http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=4240