Bear is one of my favourite musicians, period. His work as a composer for TV to date has been phenomenal without exception, showing a distinctive and new style and a complete understanding of how to represent musically what is happening on screen.
Battlestar Galactica was a musical masterpiece from episode to episode right from the start to the final seconds and thankfully a large enough following has grown to get some soundtrack CD’s released and even some live shows.
His band is an interesting one that mixes traditional instruments such as violin with rock guitar and then some really far out ones like taiko drums and duduk’s.The result is a really distinctive sound unlike any other probably in the world so I absolutely recommend you check out the below videos!
All Along the Watchtower – Bear’s awesome reworking of this Bob Dylon/Hendrix classic. Best version out there. This particular version also has a guest appearance from the lovely Katee Sachoff (Starbuck from the show).
Black Market – One of my favourite tracks from the show, great guitars, interesting scales and loads of power.
Lords of Kobol – Featuring Raya on vocals, stunning performance! Mysterious, powerful and suspenseful.
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