twbrn t1_j1xnled wrote on December 28, 2022 at 3:52 AM

Reply to comment by Jmen4Ever in Favorite series score? by coldjoggings

Something like that, certainly no more than 24. Working on the BSG miniseries under the previous composer Richard Gibbs was basically his first job out of college. When Gibbs didn't come back for the regular series, he became the main composer.

Iwoulddiefcftbatk t1_j1xpb8e wrote on December 28, 2022 at 4:07 AM

I do think he set the bar for how television scores are done now. A lot of shows in early the 00’s had recycled music from previous projects; SG1 used music heavily from the movie throughout the series but tried to mix it up from time to time or just a copy paste X theme for every episode, ie most procedurals. Bear really stepped up the composing for each episode and worked on establishing leitmotifs and evolving them as the series went on.