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Tyler Bates spent his formative years in Chicago, answering to his obsession with music. An avid enthusiast, his mother introduced him to a wide range of recording artists; from Zappa to Coltrane, Simon and Garfunkel to Sly Stone. The soundtrack albums for the Broadway musicals Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar left an indelible impression upon him... See full bio »

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Sunday April 7th 10.30pm, see Tyler Bates rock out on stage at the GreekTheatre on Episode 12 of @SHO_Cali with @timminchin & @marilynmanson
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2013 Not Safe for Work (filming)
 
2013 7500 (completed)
 
2013 God of War: Ascension (Video Game)
 
2007-2013 Californication (TV series)
– In the Clouds (2013)
– Hell Bent for Leather (2013)
– Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be (2012)
– The Party (2012)
– Perverts & Whores (2012)
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2013 Movie 43 (segment "Beezel")
 
2012 The Gingerbread Girl (short)
 
2011/I The Darkest Hour
 
2011 Killer Joe
 
2011 Conan the Barbarian
 
2010-2011 Sym-Bionic Titan (TV series)
– A New Beginning (2011)
– The Steel Foe (2011)
– A Family Crisis (2011)
– Under the Three Moons (2011)
– Escape from Galaluna (2011)
See all 20 episodes »
 
2011 Sucker Punch
 
2010 Super
 
2010/I The Way
 
2010 Army of Two: The 40th Day (Video Game)
 
2009 The Silent Killer (short)
 
2009 The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
 
2009 Halloween II
 
2008-2009 PG Porn (TV series)
– Genital Hospital (2009)
– High Poon (2009)
– Helpful Bus (2009)
– Roadside Ass-istance (2009)
– A Very Peanus Christmas (2008)
See all 7 episodes »
 
2009 Tales of the Black Freighter (video short)
 
2009 Watchmen: The End Is Nigh (Video Game)
 
2009 Watchmen
 
2008 Sparky & Mikaela (TV series)
– Pilot (2008)
 
2008 The Day the Earth Stood Still
 
2008 The Rise of the Argonauts (Video Game)
 
2008 Day of the Dead
 
2008 Doomsday
 
2007 Halloween
 
2007 Grindhouse (fake trailer segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
 
2007 300: March to Glory (Video Game)
 
2006 300
 
2006 See No Evil
 
2006 Slither
 
2005 30 Days in Hell: The Making of 'The Devil's Rejects' (video documentary)
 
2005 The Devil's Rejects
 
2005 Gone But Not Forgotten (TV movie)
 
2004 Pornucopia: Going Down in the Valley (TV series documentary)
– Love and/or Sex (2004)
– Women on Top (2004)
 
2004 The Dead Will Tell (TV movie)
 
2004 The Story Behind Baadasssss!: The Birth of Black Cinema (video documentary short)
 
2004 Dawn of the Dead
 
2004 You Got Served
 
2003 Baadasssss!
 
2003 Black Sash (TV series)
– Snap Shots (2003)
– Jump Start (2003)
 
2002 Half Past Dead
 
2002 City of Ghosts
 
2002 Love and a Bullet
 
2002 Military Diaries (TV series)
 
2002 Lone Star State of Mind
 
2002 Wasted (TV movie)
 
2002 Scene Stealers (video documentary short)
 
2001 Night at the Golden Eagle
 
2001 What's the Worst That Could Happen?
 
2001 Kingdom Come
 
2001 Strange Frequency (TV movie)
 
2000 Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (video)
 
2000 Get Carter
 
2000 American High (TV series)
 
2000 Rated X (TV movie)
 
1999 Born Bad
 
1999 Thicker Than Water
 
1998 Alien Avengers II (TV movie)
 
1998/II Denial
 
1998 Suicide, the Comedy
 
1997 The Last Time I Committed Suicide
 
1997 Alien Avengers (TV movie)
 
1995 Not Like Us
 
1995 Ballistic
 
1995 Deep Down
 
1995 Criminal Hearts
 
1994 Tammy and the T-Rex
 
1993 Blue Flame
 
Show ShowMusic Department (17 titles)
2013 Compound Fracture (music supervisor)
 
Sym-Bionic Titan (TV series) (main title theme by - 16 episodes, 2010-2011) (composer: "abc" - 1 episode, 2011) (composer: additional music - 1 episode, 2011)
– A New Beginning (2011) (main title theme by)
– The Steel Foe (2011) (main title theme by)
– A Family Crisis (2011) (main title theme by)
– Under the Three Moons (2011) (main title theme by)
– Escape from Galaluna (2011) (main title theme by)
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2011 Sucker Punch (composer: theme music, music supervisor, score programmer, song arranger, song producer)
 
2010 Super (musician: guitars, bass, synthesizers)
 
2010/I The Way (musician: guitars, piano, guitarviol, keyboard, group vocals)
 
2009 The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (music programmer)
 
2009 Star Crossed (musician: guitar)
 
2009 PG Porn (TV series) (theme: PG-Porn - 1 episode)
– Squeal Happy Whores (2009) (theme: PG-Porn)
 
2006 300 (music arranger: choral)
 
2006 Slither (score producer)
 
2005 The Devil's Rejects (musician: guitar, Khaki Palms Orchestra)
 
2004 The Ecology of Love (short) (score producer)
 
2000 Get Carter (orchestrator)
 
1997 Under Oath (composer: song "Stammer")
 
1997 The Last Time I Committed Suicide (score producer)
 
1996 Showgirl Murders (composer: songs "I'd Die" "Daddy's Little Girl" "Slip Into My Groove")
 
1995 Fall Time (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
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2011 Sucker Punch (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")
 
2007 Halloween (producer: "Mister Sandman")
 
2005 Reeker (writer: "Smash Alley" / performer: "Smash Alley")
 
2005 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (writer: "Who's The Thief")
 
2004 Dawn of the Dead (performer: "The Hangman's Song")
 
2002 Just Can't Get Enough (writer: "Think About You", "Girl Next Door" / as T. Bates)
 
2000 Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (video) (writer: "Echoplex", "I'd Die")
 
2000 Get Carter (writer: "Cyber Sex" / performer: "Get Carter Theme" / producer: "Get Carter Theme", "Cyber Sex")
 
1998 Alien Avengers II (TV movie) (writer: "Screamin' At The Moon", "The Lady's Too Hot" / performer: "The Lady's Too Hot")
 
1996 The Crow: City of Angels (writer: "Lil' Boots" / producer: "Lil' Boots")
 
1996 Showgirl Murders (writer: "Id Die" / performer: "Id Die")
 
1995 Criminal Hearts (writer: "End of the Line" / performer: "End of the Line")
 
1995 Fall Time (writer: "SCREAMIN' AT THE MOON", "I SEE TROUBLE", "JIMMY DOMINO THEME SONG", "SLOW DANCE", "YOU LEFT ME STANDING" / performer: "I SEE TROUBLE", "JIMMY DOMINO THEME SONG", "SLOW DANCE" / "JIMMY DOMINO THEME SONG")
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
2004 The Story Behind Baadasssss!: The Birth of Black Cinema (video documentary short)
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Other Works:

Former founder, producer and member of Atlantic recording artist, Pet. Currently founder and producer of Roseland, with world renown vocalist Azam Ali. See more »

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Height:

6' 2½" (1.89 m)
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His band, Pet, was awarded a platinum album for "The Crow 2 - City of Angels," before the groups debut release. See more »