Bear McCreary, perhaps best known for his work on The Walking Dead and Battlestar Galactica, will serve as musical composer for Da Vinci's Demons, a new historical fantasy show that will premiere on Starz in the U.S. and will be distributed by BBC Worldwide overseas this spring.

The eight-episode series, written by David Goyer (Batman Begins, Man of Steel), centers on the genius inventor Leonardo Da Vinci during his turbulent youth in Renaissance Florence. Goyer also directed the first two episodes.

"I've been a fan of Bear's since hearing his score for Battlestar Galactica, which was inspired and unexpected," said Goyer in a statement. "We wanted something similarly grand, but unconventional for Da Vinci's Demons."

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It’s been a long, strange road for Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome. First announced as a webseries, it was then intended to become a full-length Syfy series – only for the network to pass on it, having produced a TV-Movie pilot. Syfy had insisted the pilot would air though, and indeed it shall – but first, it will be released as webisodes, bring the project full circle.

As first reported by EW.com, Machinima Prime will debut the webisodes, with the first available on November 9th. There will be ten webisodes total, ranging in length from seven to twelve minutes. Early in 2013, Syfy will then air the complete Blood and Chrome TV-Movie – before a Blu-ray and DVD release of an unrated version.

Set in-between the events of Caprica and Battlestar Galactica, Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome stars The Borgias’ Luke Pasquaino as a young William Adama, a gifted fighter pilot who finds himself assigned to one of the most powerful battlestars in the Colonial fleet: the Galactica. Full of ambition and hungry for action, Adama quickly finds himself at odds with his co-pilot, the battle-weary officer Coker (Ben Cotton, Alcatraz). With only 47 days left in his tour of duty, Coker desires an end to battle as much as Adama craves its onset. Lili Bordán (Silent Witness) also stars.

David Eick (Battlestar Galactica, Caprica) is executive producer along with Michael Taylor (Battlestar Galactica, Caprica), who wrote the teleplay from a story by Eick, Bradley Thompson (Battlestar Galactica, Falling Skies) and David Weddle (Battlestar Galactica, Falling Skies). Blood & Chrome was directed by Jonas Pate (Prime Suspect, Caprica).

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