Bear McCreary Releases “Incinerator” Featuring Serj Tankian of System of a Down
Photo Credit: Ted Sun
Two-time GRAMMY®-nominated, Emmy, and BAFTA Award winning world renowned music composer Bear McCreary have released their second track off their highly anticipated latest new concept album, The Singularity. The single, Incinerator is brilliantly produced with vocals done by none of than System Of A Down’s very own Serj Tankian mixed by ARIA-nominated producer and mixer Forrester Savell.
Once I heard Serj’s searing vocals, I knew immediately that “Incinerator” would be the first song on the album, acting like a warning that a massive, aggressive, and emotional journey lay ahead.
- Bear McCreary
When I got the music, when I got this song specifically, I was blown away. It’s explosive.
- Serj Tankian
This track is only a little taste of what’s to come from Bear McCreary. Many may remember his brilliant work from the likes of Battlestar Galactica (2004 Reboot) and The Walking Dead. Now fans have something else in store, a new era for Bear McCreary has he is not only releasing a new epic concept album, but he will also be releasing a graphic novel and a concert experience like no other to celebrate. For the concert experience, he will be joined by Slash (Guns N’ Roses), Rufus Wainwright, Corey Taylor (Slipknot/Stone Sour), Jens Kidman (Meshuggah), Joe Satriani, Buck Dharma (Blue Öyster Cult), Kim Thayil (Soundgarden), Scott Ian (ANTHRAX), and many more.
The Singularity is an epic concept album, graphic novel, and concert experience featuring a legendary lineup of rock talent. The Singularity arrives on CD, vinyl, and digital formats via Shadows & Sparks Records and Mutant on Friday, May 10; the digital version arrives a week early on Friday, May 3; pre-orders are available now. On Wednesday, May 8, Image Comics will release the ambitious graphic novel companion to the album, created by McCreary with Mat Groom and produced by Black Market Narrative.
McCreary and special guests will celebrate The Singularity with an exclusive live concert performance at Los Angeles, CA’s historic Fonda Theatre on Sunday, May 12. Tickets are on sale here.
“I began writing The Singularity when I was fifteen. I was obsessed, even then, with melding my love of hard rock, symphonic film scores, and dramatic storytelling into a cohesive whole, laying the groundwork for what would become a concept album, graphic novel, and multimedia concert experience. I spent the next three decades trying to perfect it.”
- says McCreary
The Singularity sees McCreary creating a unique hard-rock adventure bursting with cinematic energy from use of live orchestra, choir, and international colors including bagpipes, morin khuur, and nyckelharpa. In addition to Tankian, McCreary is joined by a truly extraordinary cast of musicians and vocalists that includes Slash (Guns N’ Roses), Rufus Wainwright, Corey Taylor (Slipknot), Jens Kidman (Meshuggah), Joe Satriani, Buck Dharma (Blue Öyster Cult), Asdru Sierra (Ozomatli), Gaelic rapper and poet Griogair, Kim Thayil (Soundgarden), Scott Ian (Anthrax), Brendon Small (Metalocalypse), Billy Boyd (The Lord of the Rings), Eivør (God of War), Guthrie Govan and Bryan Beller (The Aristocrats), Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa), Ben Weinman (The Dillinger Escape Plan), Steve Bartek and John Avila (Oingo Boingo), Warren Fitzgerald (The Vandals), Esjay Jones (We Are PIGS), Sigurjón Kjartansson (HAM), Raya Yarbrough (Outlander), rapper Mega Ran, and legendary metal drummer Gene Hoglan (Strapping Young Lad, Dethklok). The Singularity was co-written and co-produced by McCreary’s brother, Brendan McCreary, who also contributes lead vocals to eight songs. The accompanying story is revealed in three spoken-word monologues lifted directly from the graphic novel, performed on the album by celebrated actors Lee Pace (Foundation, The Hobbit), Danai Gurira (Black Panther, The Walking Dead), and Ryan Hurst (Sons of Anarchy, God of War Ragnarök).
THE SINGULARITY ARRIVES VIA SPARKS & SHADOWS RECORDS AND MUTANT ON FRIDAY, MAY 10 WITH DIGITAL RELEASE COMING ONE WEEK EARLY ON MAY 3
PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW HERE
ABOUT BEAR McCREARY:
Two-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated, Emmy, and BAFTA Award-winning composer Bear McCreary began his career as a protégé of legendary film composer Elmer Bernstein, before bursting onto the scene scoring the influential and revered series Battlestar Galactica in 2004. Since then, McCreary has been a four-time Emmy Award nominee and Emmy winner for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme for Da Vinci’s Demons, a musical palindrome that sounds the same forwards and backwards. McCreary has won multiple International Film Music Critics Association Awards and been named the 23rd Most Definitive Bear in Popular Culture by The Ringer. Recent projects include the Amazon Original hit series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power; Foundation for Apple TV+; the beloved Starz series Outlander; Netflix’s Academy Award-nominated documentary Crip Camp (produced by Barack and Michelle Obama); Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures’ Godzilla: King of the Monsters; Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot Films’ 10 Cloverfield Lane; AMC’s global phenomenon The Walking Dead; Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.; and the video game Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge for Disney. McCreary’s acclaimed scores to Sony PlayStation’s blockbusters God of War and God of War Ragnarök have earned him honors including GRAMMY® Award nominations for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and awards from the Game Awards, the D.I.C.E. Awards, the Hollywood Music in Media Awards, the International Film Music Critics Association, the ASCAP Composers Choice Awards, and the BAFTA Games Awards.
McCreary has long enjoyed collaborating with artists from across the musical spectrum, including Hozier, Fiona Apple, the late Sinéad O’Connor, and Shirley Manson (Garbage), among many others. He has composed concert commissions for the Calder Quartet and Getty Center, the Hagen Philharmonic and Ballet in Germany, the Television Academy, the Seattle Symphony, and the Golden State Pops Orchestra. In July 2014, Maestro Gustavo Dudamel conducted a suite of McCreary’s music with the L.A. Philharmonic and L.A. Master Chorale at the Hollywood Bowl.
