"This album features original music composed by Emmy® Award-Winner Bear McCreary (EVERLY, THE WALKING DEAD, DA VINCI’S DEMONS) along with period-accurate songs adapted by McCreary for the television series, including the main title theme, ‘The Skye Boat Song’, performed by Raya Yarbrough.
McCreary’s out-of-the-box thinking led WIRED Magazine to call him a “Secret Weapon” in a recent issue. His unique combination of an atypical instrumental background (he is a professional accordionist) and a rigorous classical training have prepared him to compose for disparate genres. By the age of 24, McCreary was launched into pop culture history with his groundbreaking score to the hit series BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, for which he composed “the most innovative music on TV to-day” (Variety). It “fits the action so perfectly, it’s almost devastating: a sci-fi score like no other” (NPR). In addition to earning his first Emmy® Award in 2013, McCreary was voted “Composers’ Choice Composer Of The Year – Television” for 2013 by his peers in ASCAP, the first award of its kind.
