Tyler Bates

Bates is one of those composers whose name you might not know but whose sound you absolutely do. From the bone-crunching weight of 300 to the cool, propulsive menace of John Wick, he has a rare gift for blending distorted guitar grit with orchestral muscle. What I admire most is his fluency across horror and action, two genres that share more DNA than people admit, since dread and adrenaline live next door. As a former guitarist out of Los Angeles, he writes scores you feel in your chest rather than just hear. To me he is the quiet craftsman who sets a film's pulse.

Name (English)

Tyler Bates

Name (Japanese)

タイラー・ベイツ

Reading

たいらー・べいつ

Born

June 5, 1965 (age 61)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Snake

Origin

Los Angeles, California, United States

Occupation

composer / film score composer / record producer / guitarist / musician

• Official sitehttps://www.tylerbates.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/tyler_bates
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler%20Bates
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%82%A4%E3%83%84
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1345338

Tags

• California
• composer
• film score composer
• record producer

Last updated

2026-06-21

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