Less than a day following the announcement of Bear McCreary‘s involvement in the sci-fi thriller The Europa Report. Starz Entertainment and BBC Worldwide Productions have revealed today that the composer has also signed on score the upcoming historical fantasy series Da Vinci’s Demons. The show is created by David S. Goyer (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight) who also directed the first two episodes and stars Tom Riley, Laura Haddock, Lucrezia Donati, Elliot Cowan, Lorenzo Medici and Lara Pulver. The eight-part series follows the untold story of the world’s greatest genius, Leonardo da Vinci, during his turbulent youth in Renaissance Florence. Goyer is producing the project with Julie Gardner (Dr. Who, Torchwood) and BBC Worldwide Productions’ Head Jane Tranter (Rome). Goyer has previously collaborated with composer Ramin Djawadi on his last two TV shows (Flash Forward, Blade: The Series), as well as two of his directorial feature efforts (The Unborn, Blade: Trinity). Da Vinci’s Demons is set to premiere in the spring of 2013 on Starz.