Last night was the Bear McCreary concert where he performed a bunch of the music he wrote for the "Battlestar Galactica" series. I thought it was pretty ironic that all us geek-types were hanging out listening to geeky (but brilliant) music in one of the most "in" places in Hollywood. If you have never heard McCreary's music for BSG or seen the show, I recommend both. "Battlestar" is very well written and the music is amazing. McCreary is influenced by a lot of cultures from around the world and what's better is that he knows what to do with those influences. I feel that his music goes well beyond BSG.
The musicians were amazing--one in particular should get some sort of award for passion. The violin (viola?) player was so into his performance that a wave before he left the stage doused everyone with a spray of his sweat. *I'm not kidding.* Plus his music was pretty damn awesome, too. Of course, the tyco drums tend to steal McCreary's music.
The event was MCed by James Callis, who (brilliantly) plays Gaius Baltar on BSG, and opening for McCreary was his brother, Brendan, who performed with his band, "Brendan's Band." (TheWife got his EP for just $5!)
McCreary also ran a cute comedy video that featured short interviews with BSG cast and crew slamming his work, most of them insisting: "There's no music in Battlestar! ...oh, you mean the drums!"
The best bit of the video had to be when Edward James Olmos, after being reminded of who Bear McCreary was, turned to the camera, smiled and said "Hey, Bear! RRRARRR!"
There's is something terrifying about Edward James Olmos being funny.
Anyway, so it was a blast. There's another performance Tuesday night, but I think that one is sold out, as well.
To check out pics from the event check out my Flickr photoset here: http://flickr.com/…539184861/
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