Tyler Bates is a music producer and composer for films, television, and video games. His most recent work includes James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy, which has become one of the highest grossing domestic movies of 2014. Bates previously scored Gunn's movies Slither (2006) and Super (2010).Bate's is also well known for his work on Rob Zombie's Halloween, Halloween II, and The Devil's Rejects; on Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead, 300, Watchmen, and Sucker Punch; on Neil Marshall's Doomsday; on Gregory Dark's See No Evil; and on Ti West's The Sacrament.In 2011, he scored Emilio Estevez's The Way, William Friedkin's Killer Joe, Marcus Nispel's Conan the Barbarian, and Chris Gorak's The Darkest Hour.In 2014, Bates worked with Marilyn Manson on his album The Pale Emperor. Bates' co-wrote and produced the record, and later joined Manson on his European tour as the lead guitarist. He will also be touring with the band throughout their North American Tour in 2015. 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.Tyler 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.
Guardians of the Galaxy, 300, John Wick, Watchmen, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Sucker Punch, Dawn of the Dead, John Wick: Chapter 2, Halloween, Conan the Barbarian, Halloween II, Super, Slither, The Devil's Rejects, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Doomsday, The Way, The Darkest Hour, Killer Joe, ...
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Producer and guitarist of Atlantic Recording artist, Pet
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His band, Pet, was awarded a platinum album for "The Crow 2 - City of Angels," before the groups debut release.
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Darkest Hour
2011
music by
Killer Joe
2011
Conan the Barbarian
2011
Sym-Bionic Titan
2010-2011
TV Series 20 episodes
Sucker Punch
2011
Super
2010/I
The Way
2010/I
Army of Two: The 40th Day
2010
Video Game
The Silent Killer
2009
Short
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009
Video
Halloween II
2009
PG Porn
2008-2009
TV Series short 7 episodes
Tales of the Black Freighter
2009
Video short
Watchmen: The End Is Nigh
2009
Video Game
Watchmen
2009
Sparky & Mikaela
2008
TV Series 1 episode
The Day the Earth Stood Still
2008
The Rise of the Argonauts
2008
Video Game
Day of the Dead
2008
Video
Doomsday
2008
Halloween
2007
Grindhouse
2007
fake trailer segment "Werewolf Women of the SS"
300: March to Glory
2007
Video Game
300
2006
See No Evil
2006
Slither
2006
30 Days in Hell: The Making of 'The Devil's Rejects'
2005
Video documentary
The Devil's Rejects
2005
Gone But Not Forgotten
2005
TV Movie
Pornucopia: Going Down in the Valley
2004
TV Mini-Series documentary 2 episodes
The Dead Will Tell
2004
TV Movie
The Story Behind Baadasssss!: The Birth of Black Cinema
2004
Video documentary short
Dawn of the Dead
2004
You Got Served
2004
Baadasssss!
2003
Black Sash
2003
TV Series 2 episodes
Scene Stealers
2002
Video documentary short
Half Past Dead
2002
City of Ghosts
2002
Love and a Bullet
2002
Military Diaries
2002
TV Series
Lone Star State of Mind
2002
Wasted
2002
TV Movie
Strange Frequency
2001
TV Series 3 episodes
Night at the Golden Eagle
2001
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
2001
Kingdom Come
2001
Strange Frequency
2001
TV Movie
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
2000
Video
Get Carter
2000
American High
2000
TV Series
Rated X
2000
TV Movie
Thicker Than Water
1999
Born Bad
1999
Suicide, the Comedy
1998
Alien Avengers II
1998
TV Movie
Denial
1998/II
Alien Avengers
1997
TV Movie
The Last Time I Committed Suicide
1997
Criminal Hearts
1996
Not Like Us
1995
Ballistic
1995
Tammy and the T-Rex
1994
Deep Down
1994
Blue Flame
1993
The Coldest City
2017
composer post-production
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017
post-production
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017
music by post-production
Poor Richard's Almanack
2016
TV Movie post-production
Salem
2014-2016
TV Series 29 episodes
The Belko Experiment
2016
composer
Kingdom
2014-2016
TV Series 30 episodes
The Weight of Water
2014
Short
Deep Six
2014
Short
John Wick
2014
Hysteria
2014
TV Series 1 episode
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014
Californication
2007-2014
TV Series 84 episodes
Flight 7500
2014
Not Safe for Work
2014
Cupid Carries a Gun
2014
Short uncredited
Killzone: Shadow Fall
2013
Video Game
Low Winter Sun
2013
TV Series 10 episodes
The Sacrament
2013
God of War: Ascension
2013
Video Game
Movie 43
2013
segment "Beezel"
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Kingdom
TV Series music - 1 episode, 2016 performer - 1 episode, 2016 writer - 1 episode, 2016
The Vampire Diaries
2015
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Deep Six
2014
Short writer: "Deep Six"
John Wick
2014
performer: "Killing Strangers" / producer: "Killing Strangers" / writer: "Killing Strangers", "Who You Talkin' To Man?"
Hysteria
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2014 writer - 1 episode, 2014
Californication
TV Series performer - 43 episodes, 2007 - 2014 writer - 43 episodes, 2007 - 2014
Compound Fracture
2014
performer: "I'd Die" / writer: "I'd Die"
Movie 43
2013
writer: "The Cat Song"
Sucker Punch
2011
producer: "SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THIS", "WHERE IS MY MIND?", "ASLEEP", "WHITE RABBIT", "I WANT IT ALL/WE WILL ROCK YOU MASH-UP", "SEARCH AND DESTROY", "TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS", "LOVE IS THE DRUG"
The Way
2010/I
"Daniel Main Title Theme", "A Higher Place", "Buen Camino", "Santiago De Compostela", "Spanish Morning", "The Journey Is The Destination", "Muxia - A True Pilgrim"
Halloween
2007
producer: "Mister Sandman"
300
2006
writer: "To Victory"
Reeker
2005
performer: "Smash Alley" / writer: "Smash Alley"
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005
writer: "Who's The Thief"
Dawn of the Dead
2004
performer: "The Hangman's Song"
Just Can't Get Enough
2002
writer: "Think About You", "Girl Next Door"
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
2000
Video writer: "Echoplex", "I'd Die"
Get Carter
2000
performer: "Get Carter Theme" / producer: "Get Carter Theme", "Cyber Sex" / writer: "Cyber Sex"
Alien Avengers II
1998
TV Movie performer: "The Lady's Too Hot" / writer: "Screamin' At The Moon", "The Lady's Too Hot"
Showgirl Murders
1996
performer: "Id Die" / writer: "Id Die"
The Crow: City of Angels
1996
producer: "Lil' Boots" / writer: "Lil' Boots"
Criminal Hearts
1996
performer: "End of the Line" / writer: "End of the Line"
Fall Time
1995
"JIMMY DOMINO THEME SONG" / performer: "I SEE TROUBLE", "JIMMY DOMINO THEME SONG", "SLOW DANCE" / writer: "SCREAMIN' AT THE MOON", "I SEE TROUBLE", "JIMMY DOMINO THEME SONG", "SLOW DANCE", "YOU LEFT ME STANDING"
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Keep Watching
2017
composers completed
Newtown
2016
Documentary composer: additional music
Marilyn Manson: Third Day of a Seven Day Binge
2015
Video short music producer
Compound Fracture
2014
music supervisor
Salem
2014
TV Series main title theme song by - 2 episodes
Model Tigerlily Taylor: Teen Tatler Photo Shoot and Interview
2013
Short composer: theme music
Conan the Barbarian
2011
musician: guitarviol, electric guitars and bass
Sym-Bionic Titan
TV Series main title theme by - 16 episodes, 2010 - 2011 composer - 2 episodes, 2011
Sucker Punch
2011
composer: theme music / music supervisor / score programmer / song arranger / song producer
Super
2010/I
musician: guitars, bass, synthesizers
The Way
2010/I
musician: guitars, piano, guitarviol, keyboard, group vocals
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009
Video music programmer
Star Crossed
2009
musician: guitar
PG Porn
2009
TV Series short theme - 1 episode
300
2006
music arranger: choral
Slither
2006
score producer
The Devil's Rejects
2005
musician: guitar, Khaki Palms Orchestra
The Ecology of Love
2004
Short score producer
Get Carter
2000
orchestrator
Under Oath
1997
composer: song "Stammer"
The Last Time I Committed Suicide
1997
score producer
Showgirl Murders
1996
composer: songs "I'd Die" "Daddy's Little Girl" "Slip Into My Groove"
Fall Time
1995
composer: additional music - uncredited
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014
Ravager Pilot (uncredited)
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Deep Six
2014
Short executive producer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
No Man's Land: The Rise of Reeker
2008
the producers wish to thank
Reeker
2005
the producers wish to thank
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
SCORE: A Film Music Documentary
2016
Documentary
Himself
Watchmen: Story Within a Story, The Books of Watchmen
2009
Video short
Himself
The Story Behind Baadasssss!: The Birth of Black Cinema
2004
Video documentary short
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2010
BMI Cable Award
BMI Film & TV Awards
Californication (2007)
2009
BMI Film Music Award
BMI Film & TV Awards
Watchmen (2009)
2007
BMI Film Music Award
BMI Film & TV Awards
300 (2006)
2006
Chainsaw Award
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
Best Score
The Devil's Rejects (2005)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2015
Cinema Bloggers Award
Cinema Bloggers Awards, Portugal
Best Original Score - International Competition
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
2014
HMMA Award
Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)
Best Original Score - Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
2014
ICP Award
Indiewire Critics' Poll
Best Original Score or Soundtrack
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
2008
Saturn Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
$250,000
