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Brian Tyler
Brian Tyler conducting in 2011
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Film music, Classical, Rock, Electronic, Jazz
Occupation(s)	Composer, conductor, music producer, instrumentalist, film producer, music arranger
Instrument(s)	Drums, Piano, Guitar, Percussion, Bass, Stringed instruments, Bouzouki, Cello, Keyboards
Years active	1998 – present

Brian Tyler is an American composer, producer, conductor, and film producer most known for his scores for motion pictures and video games. He is signed with Sony Music as a songwriter. He was nominated for Film Composer of the Year by the International Film Music Critics Association. In 2010 Tyler was inducted into the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Musical career

Robert Kraft, who was impressed after hearing Tyler's music, encouraged Tyler to pursue a career in film scoring. He began his career in 1997, where he composed the film score for the independent film Bartender by Gabe Torres. The following year, he and Red Elvises composed the film score for Six-String Samurai.

Tyler's breakthrough came in 2001, after composing the film score for Frailty (2001).

"Well, the first film released that I scored was Six-String Samurai, but it was Frailty that helped me get some more exposure."

William Friedkin, after being impressed by Frailty, called Tyler in to compose The Hunted (2003). Later, Tyler also wrote music for Star Trek: Enterprise, and Children of Dune over a span of one month, coinciding with his work on Darkness Falls.

At the end of 2003, Tyler began working more on big-budget films, including Timeline (2003), Godsend (2004), The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005), and Constantine (2005).

He was then hired to do Partition (2007). He had to integrate Indian and Middle Eastern music with orchestral writing. He conducted the orchestral portion of the score in Los Angeles with the Hollywood Studio Symphony.

In 2008, Tyler composed music for the 2008 films Rambo, Eagle Eye, and The Lazarus Project.

He continued by composing Dragonball Evolution, Fast & Furious, The Final Destination, and recently Middle Men. Tyler was also one of the executive producers of Skyline, scored by his colleague Matthew Margeson.

On September 5, 2011 Tyler announced that he is currently in talks for scoring the 2011 remake of Highlander and scoring pilot episodes for the animated series Transformers: Prime. Later, he has scored next 4 episodes. On October 7 it was announced that Tyler has been chosen to compose the music for pilot to the Steven Spielberg produced TV series Terra Nova.

In October 2012, Tyler signed on to score Iron Man 3.

Other media

Tyler's cues for Children of Dune were used in the theatrical trailers for Star Trek (2009), Master and Commander (2003), Sahara (2005), Cinderella Man (2005), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). The track "Summon the Worms" from Children of Dune was used as a leader for the Belgian/Dutch show Peking Express, and in the first leaked promotional reel for The Golden Compass (2007). A version of the track "War Begins" is used in the first full-length theatrical trailer of Star Trek (2009).

Discography

Films

Television

Video games

• *scores for which soundtrack albums have been released

References

1. Comerford, Jason. "Sayonara, baby! — Brian Tyler and Six-String Samurai". Islandlife. Archived from the original on November 8, 2005. Retrieved December 16, 2005.
2. "SoundtrackNet : Interview — Brian Tyler". Soundtrack.net. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
3. Yaitanes, Greg. "Brian Tyler : Children of Dune". Briantyler.com. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
4. "SoundtrackNet : Interview — Brian Tyler". Soundtrack.net. Retrieved December 16, 2005.
5. Goldwasser, Dan (June 16, 2006). "Brian Tyler scores Partition". Scoringsessions.com. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
6. Goldwasser, Dan (September 11, 2008). "Brian Tyler scores Eagle Eye". Scoringsessions.com. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
7. Goldwasser, Dan (February 6, 2009). "Brian Tyler scores Dragonball Evolution". Scoringsessions.com. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
8. "Brian Tyler Records Dragonball Score in Los Angeles (2009)". Dragonballmovieblog.net. Retrieved August 23, 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
9. "Brian Tyler - Music Is Life". web.me.com. September 5, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
10. "Brian Tyler slated to score Terra Nova". Film Music Reporter. October 7, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
11. "Brian Tyler to Score 'Iron Man 3′". Film Music Reporter. October 11, 2012. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
12. "?". YouTube. Retrieved August 23, 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
13. "Adtunes Top Ad Music of 2008". Adtunes.com. Retrieved July 25, 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

• Official website

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• 1972 births
• Living people