Tyler Bates

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American musician, producer, and composer (born 1965)

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Tyler Bates (born June 5, 1965) is an American musician, music producer, and composer for film, television, and video game scores. Much of his work is in the action and horror film genres, with films like Dawn of the Dead, 300, Sucker Punch, Halloween and Halloween II and the John Wick franchise. He has collaborated with directors like Zack Snyder, Rob Zombie, Genndy Tartakovsky, Neil Marshall, William Friedkin, Scott Derrickson, James Gunn, Chad Stahelski, David Leitch, and Ti West. In addition, he is the lead guitarist of the American rock band Marilyn Manson, and produced its albums The Pale Emperor, Heaven Upside Down and One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1. He is Jerry Cantrell's touring/studio member.

Early life, family and education

Bates was born on June 5, 1965, in Los Angeles, California. Growing up in Chicago, Illinois, he played in a hair metal band Smash Alley.

Career

Bates returned to Los Angeles in 1993 to pursue a career in music. He began his career in the 1990s scoring low-budget films like The Last Time I Committed Suicide, and Denial. In the meantime, he was a member of the alternative rock Pet alongside Lisa Papineau; the band released their eponymous debut in 1996. His breakthrough into the mainstream came in the early 2000s, when he worked on higher-profile projects like Get Carter, Half Past Dead, and Baadasssss!. The 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead was significant, as he would maintain long-term collaborations with its director Zack Snyder, and writer James Gunn.

Bates scored four of director Rob Zombie's films, beginning with 2005's The Devil's Rejects. For Zombie's remake of Halloween and its sequel Halloween II, Bates adapted John Carpenter's original themes and motifs in order to fit the darker, grittier, and more contemporary atmosphere of the films. It was around 2007 that Bates began working regularly on big-budget, blockbuster films; including 300, Doomsday, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Sucker Punch, and Conan the Barbarian. He also composed scores for smaller, independent films like The Way, Killer Joe, The Sacrament, and Flight 7500.

The soundtrack for 300 was controversial due to its heavy borrowing of themes from film scores by Elliot Goldenthal, amongst others. On August 3, 2007, Warner Bros. Pictures acknowledged this in a statement. The matter was settled amicably with the soundtrack credits being subsequently described as adapted from material by Elliot Goldenthal.

Bates composed the score for Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014. Having worked with James Gunn in the past, Bates had a good idea on how Gunn wanted things done. Before any of the cinematography started, Gunn had Bates write several themes prior to shooting so the scene could be matched to the music instead of the score being created to fit the scene. This required cooperation between Bates and Gunn in advance since these scores would be in the final piece, instead of a temporary filler acting as a placeholder. They influenced the performance on set, which required an undertaking by both Bates and his team. For four months, they clocked upwards of 100-hour work weeks to produce this finished product. After all the work, they had a total of 29 different soundtracks giving a combined total of 64:34 of music. "At least half the cues in the movie have more than 500 tracks of audio," Bates was quoted in an interview with Melinda Newman on HitFix. This was a result of there being orchestral passages that were doubled or tripled, choirs, overdubs, and other instrumentals.

That same year, Bates composed the score to the action film John Wick, collaborating with Joel J. Richard and Marilyn Manson. The film proved a surprise critical and financial success, and Bates returned to score its sequel John Wick: Chapter 2, and also its third and fourth installments. He and Richard also scored its 2025 spin-off Ballerina, replacing Marco Beltrami and Anna Drubich. He would later collaborate again with co-director David Leitch to score a spiritual successor, the Cold War-era spy thriller Atomic Blonde.

Bates composed the soundtrack for the PlayStation 3 games God of War: Ascension and Army of Two: The 40th Day, as well as the PlayStation 4 game Killzone: Shadow Fall. Most recently he composed for Crossfire.

Other projects

In 2014, Bates co-wrote and produced Marilyn Manson's record The Pale Emperor. The album debuted at number 8 on the Billboard 200, while the single "Deep Six" went on to chart higher than any other single by Marilyn Manson on Billboards Mainstream Rock Chart. Bates joined the band in 2015 as the lead guitarist for The Hell Not Hallelujah Tour. The album's song "Cupid Carries a Gun" was used as the opening title music of the TV show Salem, and Bates composed the show's score. In April 2015 he left Marilyn Manson to resume film work.

In October 2015, during a Q&A with Marilyn Manson at the Grammy Museum, Manson announced that he and Tyler were working on new music together again. In 2015 Loudwire listed "The Mephistopheles Of Los Angeles" No. 1 best rock track and Rolling Stone included The Pale Emperor in its Top 50 list of the best albums of 2015. He returned as the lead guitarist during the tour with Slipknot in July 2016. In 2017, they worked for the follow-up Heaven Upside Down with a world tour, starting July 20, in Budapest, playing more than 100 shows around the world. In January 2018, Bates announced via Twitter that he left the band and returned to his studio to work exclusively on film and television.

Tyler composed the song "Monsters After Dark" for the night Halloween mode of the ride Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout!.

In 2021, Bates co-produced and played strings, percussion and guitar on Jerry Cantrell's album Brighten.

Discography

Film scores

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YearTitleDirector(s)Notes
1993Blue FlameCassian ElwesComposed with George Andrian
1994Deep DownJohn Travers
Tammy and the T-RexStewart RaffillComposed with Jack Conrad and Anthony Riparetti
1995Not Like UsDave Payne
Criminal Hearts
1997The Last Time I Committed SuicideStephen T. Kay
1998Suicide, the ComedyGlen Freyer
DenialAdam Rifkin
1999Thicker than WaterRichard Cummings Jr.Composed with Quincy Jones III
2000Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the ThirteenthJohn Blanchard
Get CarterStephen KayThemes by Roy Budd
Rated XEmilio Estevez
2001Kingdom ComeDoug McHenryComposed with John E. Rhone
What's the Worst That Could Happen?Sam Weisman
Night at the Golden EagleAdam Rifkin
2002Love and a BulletBen RamseyComposed with Wolfgang Matthes
Half Past DeadDon Michael Paul
Lone Star State of MindDavid Semel
City of GhostsMatt Dillon
2003Baadasssss!Mario Van Peebles
2004You Got ServedChris Stokes
Dawn of the DeadZack Snyder1st collaboration with Zack Snyder
Nominated–IFMCA Award for Best Original Score for a Horror/Thriller Film
2005The Devil's RejectsRob Zombie1st collaboration with Rob Zombie
Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Score
2006See No EvilGregory Dark
SlitherJames Gunn1st collaboration with James Gunn
300Zack SnyderAdapted from material by Elliot Goldenthal
2nd collaboration with Zack Snyder
BMI Film Music Award
Nominated–Saturn Award for Best Music
2007GrindhouseRob Zombie2nd collaboration with Rob Zombie
Segment: "Werewolf Women of the SS"
Halloween3rd collaboration with Rob Zombie
Themes by John Carpenter
2008DoomsdayNeil Marshall
The Day the Earth Stood StillScott Derrickson
2009WatchmenZack Snyder3rd collaboration with Zack Snyder
BMI Film Music Award
Halloween IIRob Zombie4th collaboration with Rob Zombie
Themes by John Carpenter
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto5th collaboration with Rob Zombie
2010SuperJames Gunn2nd collaboration with James Gunn
The WayEmilio Estevez
2011Sucker PunchZack SnyderComposed with Marius de Vries
4th collaboration with Zack Snyder
Conan the BarbarianMarcus Nispel
Killer JoeWilliam Friedkin
The Darkest HourChris Gorak
2013Movie 43James GunnSegment: "Beezel"
3rd collaboration with James Gunn
The SacramentTi West1st collaboration with Ti West
2014Not Safe for WorkJoe Johnston
Flight 7500Takashi Shimizu
Guardians of the GalaxyJames Gunn4th collaboration with James Gunn
Nominated–Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi Film
Nominated–IndieWire Critics Poll Award for Best Original Score Soundtrack
John WickChad Stahelski
David LeitchComposed with Joel J. Richard
1st collaboration with David Leitch & Chad Stahelski
2016The Belko ExperimentGreg McLean
2017John Wick: Chapter 2Chad StahelskiComposed with Joel J. Richard
2nd collaboration with Chad Stahelski
BMI Film Music Award
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2James Gunn5th collaboration with James Gunn
Atomic BlondeDavid Leitch2nd collaboration with David Leitch
Keep WatchingSean Carter
24 Hours to LiveBrian Smrz
2018The PublicEmilio EstevezComposed with Joanne Higginbottom
Deadpool 2David Leitch3rd collaboration with David Leitch
Nominated–Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi Film
The Spy Who Dumped MeSusanna Fogel
2019John Wick: Chapter 3 – ParabellumChad StahelskiComposed with Joel J. Richard
3rd collaboration with Chad Stahelski
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & ShawDavid Leitch4th collaboration with David Leitch
2020Books of BloodBrannon BragaComposed with Joel J. Richard
2022XTi WestComposed with Chelsea Wolfe
2nd collaboration with Ti West
Day ShiftJ. J. Perry
PearlTi WestComposed with Timothy Williams
3rd collaboration with Ti West
2023John Wick: Chapter 4Chad StahelskiComposed with Joel J. Richard
4th collaboration with Chad Stahelski
2024MaXXXineTi West4th collaboration with Ti West
2025BallerinaLen WisemanComposed with Joel J. Richard
Replaced Marco Beltrami and Anna Drubich
One Spoon of ChocolateRZA
FixedGenndy TartakovskyComposed with Joanne Higginbottom
1st score for an animated feature film
TBAHighlanderChad Stahelski
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Television scores

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YearTitleNotes
2001Strange Frequency3 episodes
American HighDocumentary series
4 episodes
2003Black Sash8 episodes
2004Pornucopia2 episodes
2007–14Californication84 episodes
2008–09James Gunn's PG Porn7 episodes
2010–11Sym-Bionic Titan20 episodes
2013Low Winter Sun10 episodes
2014HysteriaTV pilot
2014–16Salem29 episodes
2014–17Kingdom31 episodes
2017Samurai Jack10 episodes
Themes by James L. Venable, will.i.am and George Pajon
Composed with Joanne Higginbottom and Dieter Hartmann
The Exorcist10 episodes
Themes by Daniel Hart
2017–19The Punisher26 episodes
2018–19The Purge20 episodes
2019–20Stumptown18 episodes
2019–presentPrimal21 episodes
Composed with Joanne Higginbottom
2023Agent Elvis10 episodes
Composed with Timothy Williams
Unicorn: Warriors Eternal10 episodes
Composed with Joanne Higginbottom
2024–presentTracker42 episodes
Composed with Joanne Higginbottom
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Video game soundtracks

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YearTitleNotes
2008Rise of the Argonauts
2009Watchmen: The End Is Nigh
2010Army of Two: The 40th Day
Transformers: War for Cybertron
2013God of War: Ascension
Killzone: Shadow FallComposed with Lorn
2019Far Cry New DawnComposed with John Swihart
2022Call of Duty: Modern Warfare IISeason 6
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Own work

With Marilyn Manson

With Pet

  • Pet (1996) (guitar, bass, backing vocals, production)

With Bush

With Jerry Cantrell

  • Brighten (2021) (strings, percussion, guitar, production)

References

References

  1. (October 31, 2009). "Famed Composer Tyler Bates to Score ARMY OF TWO: THE 40TH DAY". Leisure and Travel Week.
  2. "Work Credits". Tyler Bates.
  3. "Tyler Bates Biography". Tyler Bates.
  4. "Tyler Bates".
  5. Justin Bielawa. (February 27, 2007). "300". Music on Film.
  6. James Southall. "300". Movie Wave.
  7. Demetris Christodoulides. "300". Score Magazine.
  8. (August 3, 2007). "300 on DVD". 300ondvd.com.
  9. "Tyler Bates Discusses making the Deadpool 2 soundtrack". Film Industry Network.
  10. (June 30, 2023). "Entertainment".
  11. "'Guardians of the Galaxy' Deluxe Edition Soundtrack & Score Album Details".
  12. (January 7, 2015). "Marilyn Manson Streams 'Cupid Carries A Gun'".
  13. (June 7, 2016). "Podcast – Interview with Tyler Bates". Future Composer.
  14. "Tyler Bates Biography". Tyler Bates.
  15. Tyler Bates. (January 16, 2018). "Dear Friends, the time has come...".
  16. Glover, Erin. (August 24, 2017). "Help #SaveGroot at Guardians of the Galaxy – Monsters After Dark During Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort". Disney Parks.
  17. (July 30, 2021). "ALICE IN CHAINS' JERRY CANTRELL: More 'Brighten' Solo Album Details Revealed".

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