▁Richard ▁Gib bs ▁on ▁the ▁three - hour ▁min is eries ▁which ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁pilot ▁for ▁the ▁re im ag ined ▁series ▁of ▁Batt l est ar ▁Gal act ica . ▁When ▁the ▁show ▁was ▁picked ▁up , ▁Gib bs ▁opt ed ▁not ▁to ▁dev ote ▁full - time ▁to ▁the ▁regular ▁series ' ▁production , ▁and ▁Mc Cre ary ▁became ▁the ▁sole ▁composer . ▁He ▁worked ▁on ▁the ▁series ▁until ▁it ▁reached ▁its ▁conclusion ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁scoring ▁over ▁ 7 0 ▁episodes . ▁To ▁date , ▁six ▁Batt l est ar ▁Gal act ica ▁sound track ▁albums ▁have ▁been ▁released , ▁and ▁have ▁gar ner ed ▁a ▁great ▁deal ▁of ▁critical ▁acc laim ▁and ▁commercial ▁success . ▁The ▁sound tra cks ▁for ▁seasons ▁two ▁and ▁three ▁ranked ▁amongst ▁Amazon . com ' s ▁Top ▁ 3 0 ▁Music ▁Sales ▁on ▁their ▁first ▁days ▁of ▁release . ▁ ▁Mc Cre ary ▁composed ▁for ▁the ▁Batt l est ar ▁Gal act ica ▁pre quel ▁series ▁Cap rica ▁and ▁Batt l est ar ▁Gal act ica : ▁Blood ▁and ▁Chrome . ▁ ▁Human ▁Target ▁Mc Cre ary ▁provided ▁the ▁score ▁for ▁the ▁series ▁Human ▁Target ▁( based ▁on ▁the ▁com ic ▁book ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name ). ▁The ▁pilot ▁episode ▁and ▁main ▁theme ▁score ▁had ▁been ▁recorded ▁with ▁a ▁full ▁or chestra . ▁The ▁series ▁has ▁the ▁distinction ▁of ▁having ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁largest ▁orch est ras ▁on ▁television . ▁ ▁The ▁score ▁to ▁the ▁finale ▁of ▁season ▁one