If you don’t know his name, odds are you’ve heard one of composer Bear McCreary’s themes in some TV show over the last few years. His scores can be found in shows about people who stop at nothing to protect their target to space operas to a show about the zombie apocalypse to a show about Leonardo Da Vinci.

For the latter one, in STARZ’s new original Da Vinci’s Demons, McCreary had to compose something for the first time that was a score for a period show. Fans can download the theme, which can be played backwards and forwards, via iTunes.

To learn more about the theme he created for Da V...

Bear McCreary may be the best composer working in television. It's hard to argue with his resume, which reads like a genre fan's dream: Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead, Eureka, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and the first season of Human Target, just to name a few.

It's not just that he's worked on great shows, either - McCreary's work is amazing standing on its own. It's music that can be enjoyed with or without the images. There aren't many TV composers who have been able to draw crowds for live concerts of their score pieces, but that's what McCreary did during the ru...