Composing "All Along The Watchtower" for BSG

I really loved the version of "All Along The Watchtower" that was created for the finale of Battlestar Galactica. On this blog post, BSG composer Bear McCreary details his experience of creating the new version of the Dylan/Hendrix classic.

clipped from www.bearmccreary.com With Ron's blessing to try out whatever I wanted, I suddenly had the most creative freedom I'd ever been offered. No temp scores, no music notes... not even any picture to score! I was on my own, free to arrange this piece in any way I saw fit. So, in early January, with nothing to lose, I set out to do my first All Along the Watchtower demo. So how did I go about creating this unique version of All Along the Watchtower?