Music Tech Magazine

TYLER BATES

Tyler Bates is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after names in Hollywood film scoring. His credits include 2019’s Hobbs & Shaw (the latest in The Fast Saga), Guardians Of The Galaxy and its sequel, and the John Wick trilogy. Alongside film work, he has overseen TV and video game projects, produced records and even composed for live musical attractions that include Cirque du Soleil’s current Las Vegas residency. Clearly, he is as prolific as it is diverse.

MusicTech You’re often forced to work at tremendous speed, is that right?

Given the truncated post-production schedule on Hobbs & Shaw, that was maybe the wildest project I’ve worked on. I had a short amount of time to record the guitars and basses for that score. There were 100 cues with hundreds of tracks in them, to be created in a matter of two weeks, besides writing. You just can’t think too far down the line. When I got into those cues,

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Music Tech Magazine

Music Tech Magazine9 min read
KORG Opsix £700
Of the many consumer-facing and industry-changing technological battles that have been fought over the years, some have had clear winners that have set new standards against which their rivals are judged. Synthesisers have seen their fair share of co
Music Tech Magazine3 min readTechnology & Engineering
SIX OF THE BEST All-purpose headphones PART ONE
Contact europe.beyerdynamic.com They may be one of the older entries on this list but Beyerdynamic’s DT 1990 Pros are far from dated. With their open-back design, these headphones deliver an uncoloured and spacious sound ideal for music-making, mixin
Music Tech Magazine12 min read
Give Peace A Chance
The name of Ólafur Arnalds new album is Some Kind of Peace. We wish. Clearly fate took an ironic opportunity to intervene shortly before we had a chance to talk to him about both the new album and his approach to creativity more broadly: an earthquak

Related Books & Audiobooks