Brian Tyler

Not to be confused with BT (musician).

For the auto racer, see Brian Tyler (racing driver).

Brian Tyler
Tyler in 2011
Born	Brian Theodore Tyler (1972-05-08) May 8, 1972 Orange County, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles Harvard University
Occupation	Composer songwriter multi-instrumentalist conductor arranger DJ producer
Years active	1997–present
Musical career
Also known as	Madsonik
Genres	Film score classical rock electronic EDM jazz
Instruments	Drums piano guitar bass cello percussion synthesizer charango bouzouki
Associated acts	London Philharmonic Orchestra Hollywood Studio Symphony Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
Website	briantyler.com

Brian Theodore Tyler (born May 8, 1972) is an American composer, musician, conductor, arranger, and producer, known for his film, television, and video game scores. Tyler scored Transformers: Prime, Eagle Eye, The Expendables trilogy, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron with Danny Elfman, Now You See Me, and Crazy Rich Asians, among others. He also re-arranged the current fanfare of the Universal Pictures logo for its 100th anniversary that was originally composed by Jerry Goldsmith, the 2013–2016 Marvel Studios logo, which debuted with Thor: The Dark World (2013), as well as the NFL Sunday Countdown Theme for ESPN, the Formula One theme (also used in Formula 2 and Formula 3) and five installments of the Fast & Furious franchise. For his work as a film composer, he has won the IFMCA Awards 2014 Composer of the Year.

His composition for the film Last Call earned him the first of three Emmy nominations, a gold record, and was inducted into the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. As of November 2017, his films have grossed $12 billion worldwide which puts him in to the top 10 highest-grossing film composers of all time in the category of worldwide box office. Tyler has scored 3 of the top 10 films of all time in global box office.

Life and career

Tyler was born and raised in Orange County, California. His grandfather was Academy Award-winning art director Walter H. Tyler. One of his first major influences was his pianist grandmother. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Master's from Harvard University. Growing up, he taught himself to play at least 30 different types of musical instruments, including drums, piano, guitar, bass, cello, world percussion, synthesizer, charango and bouzouki.

Tyler began scoring features shortly after graduating from Harvard. Robert Kraft, who was impressed by Tyler's music, encouraged him to pursue a career in film scoring. He began his career by composing the film score for the independent film Bartender (1997), directed by Gabe Torres. The following year, he and Red Elvises composed the film score for Six-String Samurai (1998).

Tyler's breakthrough came in the early 2000s, after composing for Frailty (2001). His work on Last Call (2002) earned him an induction into the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. William Friedkin, after being impressed by his work on Frailty, called Tyler in to begin composing for The Hunted (2003), which went on to earn Tyler a World Soundtrack Award in 2002 for Best New Film Composer of the Year. Starting in 2003, he began working on big-budget films, including Timeline (2003), Godsend (2004), The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005), and Constantine (2005). His score for The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) hit No. 1 on the iTunes soundtrack sales charts, while his soundtrack for Children of Dune reached No. 4 on the Amazon.com album charts.. His cues for Children of Dune were used in multiple other theatrical film trailers, including Master and Commander (2003), Sahara (2005), Cinderella Man (2005), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), and Star Trek (2009). The track "Summon the Worms" was used as a leader for the Dutch show Peking Express, and in the first leaked promotional reel for The Golden Compass (2007).

In 2007, he was hired to compose for Partition (2007), where he had to integrate Indian and Middle Eastern music with orchestral writing. He conducted the orchestral portion of the score with the Hollywood Studio Symphony in Los Angeles.

On September 5, 2011, Tyler announced that he was currently in talks for scoring the 2011 remake of Highlander, as well as pilot episodes for the animated series Transformers: Prime. He went on to score four episodes of the series.

In 2012, Tyler also scored a new version of the fanfare of the Universal Pictures logo, originally composed by Jerry Goldsmith, coinciding with the celebration of the studio's 100th anniversary. The new score added elements such as a choir, a bigger emphasis on the movement of the music underneath and a drum cadence at the end.

In addition to working as a composer, Tyler also wrote and produced the song "Shell Shocked" with Kill the Noise, Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla Sign, Juicy J and Moxie that was released in the summer of 2014 under his artist name Madsonik. The track went on to peak at No. 2 on the iTunes hip-hop singles charts and has sold over 500,000 copies.

On October 12, 2016, he was hired to write and compose the musical score for the 2017 action-adventure film XXX: Return of Xander Cage. He has also contributed to the soundtrack by his stage name Madsonik in a collaboration with Tom Morello and Kill The Noise entitled "Divebomb".

On March 2, 2018, he announced on Twitter that he had been hired by Formula One to write a brand new theme that was released on March 23. The F1 theme was also used in both Formula 2 and Formula 3. In August 2018, a 27-track soundtrack composed by Tyler for the cable TV series Yellowstone was issued on August 17, 2018 in CD format and for mp3 download on Amazon.

Discography

Theatrical films

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1997	Bartender	Gabe Torres	N/A
1998	Six-String Samurai	Lance Mungia	Composed with Red Elvises
1999	The Settlement	Mark Steilen	N/A
	The 4th Floor	Josh Klausner	N/A
	Simon Sez	Kevin Alyn Elders	N/A
2000	Panic	Henry Bromell	N/A
	Shadow Hours	Isaac H. Eaton	N/A
	Four Dogs Playing Poker	Paul Rachman	N/A
	Terror Tract	Lance W. Dreesen Clint Hutchison	N/A
2001	Plan B	Greg Yaitanes	N/A
	Frailty	Bill Paxton	First collaboration with Bill Paxton Nominated- Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Score Nominated- IFMCA Award for Best Original Score for a Horror/Thriller Film
2002	Bubba Ho-tep	Don Coscarelli	N/A
	Vampires: Los Muertos	Tommy Lee Wallace	N/A
2003	Darkness Falls	Jonathan Liebesman	First collaboration with Jonathan Liebesman
	The Hunted	William Friedkin	First collaboration with William Friedkin
	The Big Empty	Steve Anderson	N/A
	Timeline	Richard Donner	Replaced Jerry Goldsmith
2004	The Final Cut	Omar Naim	Nominated- IFMCA Award for Best Original Score for a Horror/Thriller Film
	Godsend	Nick Hamm	N/A
	Perfect Opposites	Matt Cooper	N/A
	Paparazzi	Paul Abascal	N/A
2005	Constantine	Francis Lawrence	Composed with Klaus Badelt Nominated- IFMCA Award for Best Original Score for a Horror/Thriller Film
	The Greatest Game Ever Played	Bill Paxton	Second collaboration with Bill Paxton
2006	Annapolis	Justin Lin	First collaboration with Justin Lin
	Bug	William Friedkin	Second collaboration with William Friedkin
	The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift	Justin Lin	Second collaboration with Justin Lin
2007	Finishing the Game		Third collaboration with Justin Lin
	Partition	Vic Sarin	N/A
	War	Philip Atwell	N/A
	Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem	The Brothers Strause	"Alien" themes by James Horner & John Frizzell and "Predator" themes by Alan Silvestri
2008	Rambo	Sylvester Stallone	Themes by Jerry Goldsmith
	Bangkok Dangerous	Pang Brothers	N/A
	Eagle Eye	D. J. Caruso	N/A
	The Lazarus Project	John Patrick Glenn	N/A
2009	The Killing Room	Jonathan Liebesman	Third collaboration with Jonathan Liebesman Nominated- IFMCA Award for Best Original Score for a Horror/Thriller Film
	Dragonball Evolution	James Wong	N/A
	Fast & Furious	Justin Lin	Fourth collaboration with Justin Lin
	The Final Destination	David R. Ellis	Themes by Shirley Walker
	Middle Men	George Gallo	N/A
	Law Abiding Citizen	F. Gary Gray	First collaboration with F. Gary Gray
2010	The Expendables	Sylvester Stallone	BMI Film Music Award
2011	Battle: Los Angeles	Jonathan Liebesman
	Fast Five	Justin Lin
	Final Destination 5	Steven Quale	N/A
2012	John Dies at the End	Don Coscarelli	N/A
	Columbus Circle	George Gallo	N/A
	Brake	Gabe Torres	N/A
	The Expendables 2	Simon West	BMI Film Music Award
2013	Iron Man 3	Shane Black	BMI Film Music Award Nominated- Saturn Award for Best Music Nominated- IFMCA Award for Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure Film
	Standing Up	D. J. Caruso	N/A
	Now You See Me	Louis Leterrier	Nominated- Saturn Award for Best Music
	Thor: The Dark World	Alan Taylor	Themes by Patrick Doyle
2014	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Jonathan Liebesman	N/A
	Into the Storm	Steven Quale	N/A
	The Expendables 3	Patrick Hughes	N/A
2015	Furious 7	James Wan	N/A
	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Joss Whedon	Composed with Danny Elfman Themes by Alan Silvestri BMI Film Music Award Nominated- Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi Film
	The Disappointments Room	D. J. Caruso	N/A
	Truth	James Vanderbilt	N/A
2016	Criminal	Ariel Vromen	Composed with Keith Power
	Now You See Me 2	Jon M. Chu	N/A
2017	XXX: Return of Xander Cage	D. J. Caruso	Composed with Robert Lydecker
	Power Rangers	Dean Israelite	N/A
	The Fate of the Furious	F. Gary Gray	N/A
	The Mummy	Alex Kurtzman	N/A
2018	Crazy Rich Asians	Jon M. Chu	Nominated- IFMCA Award for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film
2019	Escape Room	Adam Robitel	Composed with John Carey
	What Men Want	Adam Shankman	N/A
	Five Feet Apart	Justin Baldoni	Composed with Breton Vivian
	Ready or Not	Matt Bettinelli-Olpin Tyler Gillett	N/A
	Rambo: Last Blood	Adrian Grunberg	Themes by Jerry Goldsmith
	Charlie's Angels	Elizabeth Banks	Themes by Jack Elliott and Allyn Ferguson
2020	Clouds	Justin Baldoni	N/A
2021	Escape Room 2	Adam Robitel	Composed with John Carey
TBA	Those Who Wish Me Dead	Taylor Sheridan	N/A

Short films

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2001	Offside	Leanna Creel
2003	Last Stand	Gabe Torres
2005	Clair obscur	Benjamin Charles-Lemaire
2011	Tattoo	Bill Paxton
2014	All Hail the King	Drew Pearce	Composed with Mike Post

Television film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1998	Final Justice	Tommy Lee Wallace	N/A
1999	Sirens	John Sacret Young	N/A
2000	Trapped in a Purple Haze	Eric Laneuville	N/A
2001	Jane Doe	Kevin Alyn Elders	N/A
2002	Last Call	Henry Bromell	Nominated- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series
2003	Thoughtcrimes	Breck Eisner	N/A
2005	Painkiller Jane	Sanford Bookstaver	N/A
2014	Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe	N/A	Television special
2015	Edge	Shane Black	Television pilot

Television series

Year	Title	Notes
1997	Jenny	17 episodes
1998	Living in Captivity	8 episodes
2000	Level 9	13 episodes
2001	The Education of Max Bickford	22 episodes
2003	Frank Herbert's Children of Dune	3 episodes
	Star Trek: Enterprise	Episodes "Canamar" and "Regeneration"
2007	Fear Itself	Episode: "The Sacrifice"
2010	Hawaii Five-0	84 episodes
2010–13	Transformers: Prime	66 episodes Nominated- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition
2011	Terra Nova	13 episodes
2013–17	Sleepy Hollow	36 episodes Nominated- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
2014–18	Scorpion	66 episodes
2018	Yellowstone	19 episodes
2019	Swamp Thing	10 episodes, show cancelled after 1 episode

Television sports

Year	Title	Notes
March 2018 – Present	Formula One, Formula 2, Formula 3	Official theme tune for Formula One (also used in Formula 2 and Formula 3)

Video games

Year	Title	Notes
2010	Lego Universe
2011	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
	Need for Speed: The Run
2012	Far Cry 3	Nominated- BAFTA Games Award for Best Audio Achievement
2013	Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel
	Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	Nominated- BAFTA Games Award for Best Original Music
2019	Lost Ark	Composed track "Bon Voyage"; Main score composed by Yong Kim

Awards and nominations

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Year	Award	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2002	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special	Last Call	Nominated
2003	Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Score	Frailty	Won
2004	International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for a Horror/Thriller Film	The Final Cut	Nominated
2009	International Film Music Critics Award for Film Composer of the Year	N/A	Nominated
2009	International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for a Horror/Thriller Film	The Killing Room	Nominated
2010	International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media	Lego Universe	Nominated
2011	Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition	Transformers: Prime	Nominated
	International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Nominated
2013	International Film Music Critics Award for Film Composer of the Year	N/A	Nominated
	International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media	Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	Nominated
	International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film	Iron Man 3	Nominated
2014	Saturn Award for Best Music	Iron Man 3	Nominated
	Saturn Award for Best Music	Now You See Me	Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music	Sleepy Hollow	Nominated

External links

• Official website
• Brian Tyler at the Internet Movie Database