Tyler Bates is a Los Angeles-born composer who has scored sixty feature films, hundreds of episodes of television, and several major studio video games and artist records. Bates has more than twenty commercially released soundtrack albums, several of which debuted number one at the box-office. Bates' recent work includes the score for Marvel's 2014 smash hit, "Guardians of the Galaxy," co-writing and producing iconic shock rocker Marilyn Manson's forthcoming album, "The Pale Emperor," and the score for Keanu Reeves 2014 hit, "John Wick," directed by David Letch and Chad Stihelski, which features "Killing Strangers, a song Bates co-wrote with Marilyn Manson.
Bates' boldly emotional score for James Gunn's "Guardians of the Galaxy," is an integral component to what has become one of the highest grossing films of all-time. Bates' authentic approach drew the attention of the Guardians director, and "Dawn of the Dead" screenwriter, and led to scores for Gunn's horror-comedy "Slither," and his comically tragic superhero classic, "Super," before the two began their effort to bring "Guardians of the Galaxy" to the big screen. Bates also scores DirecTV's new hit series, "Kingdom," and WGN's wickedly popular, "Salem," which features a provocative main title sequence underscored with the song, "Cupid Carries A Gun," from Marilyn Manson's new album, "The Pale Emperor," released world-wide, January 2015.
Tyler Bates and Marilyn Manson first met on the set of Showtime's, "Californication," which Bates scored, and Manson played himself on-screen. The plot of the show brought them together to perform at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles, and an undeniable musical chemistry inevitably led them to Bates' studio, where they created "The Pale Emperor." Bates has joined Manson on the "Hell Not Hallelujah Tour" as lead guitarist, in support of Marilyn Manson's critically acclaimed new album.
Tyler Bates has collaborated with many of today's top directors including Zack Snyder. Scoring Snyder's "Dawn of the Dead," "300," "Watchmen," and "Suckerpunch," solidified Bates' presence as one of today's top composers for film and television. The score soundtrack to "300" has sold 300,000 copies - making it one of the most popular score albums of the 21st Century. He has also worked with directors Genndy Tartakovsky, William Friedkin, Joe Johnston, Takashi Shamisu, Scott Derrikson, and Rob Zombie, with whom he collaborated on several films, including two "Halloween" films, "The Devil's Rejects," Zombie's slapstick cartoon "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto," as well as string arrangements on his album "Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Noble Jackal."
In addition to his film and television work, Bates' scores for renowned titles such as "God of War: Ascension," "Killzone: Shadow Fall," and "Transformers: War for Cybertron," have established him as one of today's top composers for video games. The emotional power of his music resonated with Atlanta bred DJ and Moustrap recording artist Le Castle Vania. An instant connection was made once the two were introduced, resulting in collaborations on Le Castle Vania's "Prophication," released on Mousetrap/EMI records, founded by world-renowned electronic artist, Deadmau5.
Before his scoring career took hold, Bates co-founded the band Pet with singer-songwriter Lisa Papineau in the mid-1990's. Quickly becoming one of LA's most popular indie-alternative bands, Pet signed with Atlantic Records. Their song "Lil Boots" featured on the soundtrack for "The Crow: City of Angels," hit the platinum sales mark before the band embarked on its national tour in support of its debut album, with such groups as Blink 182, Limp Bizkit, and Social Distortion.
An array of artistic influences set the course for Tyler Bates' powerfully emotive musical signature that often combines disparate components that become indigenous within his compositions for film, television, video games and new media. His profound ability to capture emotion by storytelling through music is what makes Tyler Bates a distinctive artist, producer, and collaborator in all mediums.
