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Tyler Bates

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Tyler Bates regularly transitions from scoring some of the world’s biggest film and television franchises, such as Guardians of the Galaxy & John Wick, to rocking massive audiences with Marilyn Manson, & back to the studio writing & producing.
In 2004, he made waves by creating the menacing audio backdrop for the Zack Snyder reboot of Dawn of the Dead, followed by 300. His oeuvre expanded to include films Watchmen, Sucker Punch, The Devil’s Rejects, & Halloween I & II, & TV Shows Californication, Kingdom, Salem, The Purge & more.
Bates co-wrote & produced Manson’s 2015, The Pale Emperor. As the band’s lead guitarist, he dedicated over a year to touring in support of the album on the headline Hell Not Hallelujah Tour. In 2017, he once again joined forces with Manson on the follow-up album Heaven Upside Down & returned to the road for a string of high-profile touring.
More recently, he scored Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde, The Spy Who Dumped Me, and The Punisher - Seasons 1 & 2.

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