Bear McCreary, the celebrated composer of projects as diverse as The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The Walking Dead, God of War, Outlander, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Battlestar Galactica and Percy Jackson and the Olympians, will spotlight his new rock concept album and graphic novel companion, The Singularity, on Friday, October 18, at New York Comic Con. The panel, entitled “Bear McCreary: Musical World-Building,” will take place from 2:30–3:30 p.m. on the Main Stage of the Javits Center.
McCreary, a Grammy-nominated and Emmy & BAFTA Award-winning composer, will discuss The Singularityas he continues to explore the dramatic impact of music on the creation of fictional worlds, fueled by collaborations with artists from across all disciplines. Those collaborators include his fellow panelists, all integral Singularity contributors from the music and comics realms, including Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter/composer Rufus Wainwright, renowned writer Mat Groom (Inferno Girl Red, Self/Made), comics writer & filmmaker Kyle Higgins (Radiant Black, No/One), and Eisner and Harvey Award-winning cartoonist Ramón K. Pérez (Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand, Jane).