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 is an atheist.

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 2001, 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 #1 on the iTunes soundtrack sales charts, while his soundtrack for "Children of Dune" reached #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 French 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 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 #2 on the iTunes hip-hop singles charts and has sold over 500,000 copies.

Discography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Studio(s)	Notes
1997	Bartender	Gabe Torres	Java Films	N/A
1998	Six-String Samurai	Lance Mungia	Palm Pictures	Composed with Red Elvises
1999	The Settlement	Mark Steilen	CineTel Films	N/A
1999	The 4th Floor	Josh Klausner	Millennium Films	N/A
1999	Simon Sez	Kevin Elders	TriStar Pictures	N/A
2000	Panic	Henry Bromell	Artisan Entertainment	N/A
2000	Shadow Hours	Isaac H. Eaton	Newmark Films Inc.	N/A
2000	Trapped in a Purple Haze	Eric Laneuville	N/A	N/A
2000	Four Dogs Playing Poker	Paul Rachman	N/A	N/A
2000	Terror Tract	Lance W. Dreesen Clint Hutchison	Tomorrow Film Corporation	N/A
2001	Strings	Jill Tanner	Depth Charge Productions	N/A
2001	Plan B	Greg Yaitanes	Half Moon Entertainment	N/A
2001	Offside	Leanna Creel	Passion Films	Short film
2001	Frailty	Bill Paxton	Lions Gate Films	N/A
2001	Jane Doe	Kevin Elders	USA Films	N/A
2002	Bubba Ho-tep	Don Coscarelli	Vitagraph Films	N/A
2002	Vampires: Los Muertos	Tommy Lee Wallace	Screen Gems	N/A
2003	Darkness Falls	Jonathan Liebesman	Columbia Pictures	N/A
2003	The Hunted	William Friedkin	Paramount Pictures	N/A
2003	Last Stand	Gabe Torres	N/A	Short film
2003	The Big Empty	Steve Anderson	Artisan Entertainment	N/A
2003	Timeline	Richard Donner	Paramount Pictures	N/A
2003	Thoughtcrimes	Breck Eisner	N/A	N/A
2004	Perfect Opposites	Matt Cooper	N/A	N/A
2004	The Final Cut	Omar Naim	Lions Gate Films	N/A
2004	Godsend	Nick Hamm		N/A
2004	Paparazzi	Paul Abascal	20th Century Fox	N/A
2005	Clair obscur	Benjamin Lemaire	N/A	Short film
2005	Constantine	Francis Lawrence	Warner Bros. Pictures	Composed with Klaus Badelt
2005	The Greatest Game Ever Played	Bill Paxton	Walt Disney Pictures	N/A
2006	Annapolis	Justin Lin	Touchstone Pictures	N/A
2006	Bug	William Friedkin	Lionsgate	N/A
2006	The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift	Justin Lin	Universal Pictures	N/A
2007	Finishing the Game	Justin Lin	IFC Films	N/A
2007	Partition	Vic Sarin	N/A	N/A
2007	War	Philip Atwell	Lionsgate	Known as Rogue Assassin in other territories
2007	Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem	The Brothers Strause	20th Century Fox	Replaced Harald Kloser from the first film
2008	Rambo	Sylvester Stallone	Lionsgate The Weinstein Company	N/A
2008	Bangkok Dangerous	Pang Brothers	Lionsgate	N/A
2008	Eagle Eye	D. J. Caruso	DreamWorks Pictures	N/A
2008	The Lazarus Project	John Patrick Glenn	Sony Pictures	N/A
2009	The Killing Room	Jonathan Liebesman	ContentFilm	N/A
2009	Dragonball Evolution	James Wong	20th Century Fox	N/A
2009	Fast & Furious	Justin Lin	Universal Pictures	N/A
2009	Middle Men	George Gallo	Paramount Vantage	N/A
2009	The Final Destination	David R. Ellis	New Line Cinema	N/A
2009	Law Abiding Citizen	F. Gary Gray	Overture Films	N/A
2010	The Expendables	Sylvester Stallone	Lionsgate	N/A
2011	Battle: Los Angeles	Jonathan Liebesman	Columbia Pictures	N/A
2011	Tattoo	Bill Paxton	N/A	Short film
2011	Fast Five	Justin Lin	Universal Pictures	N/A
2011	Final Destination 5	Steven Quale	Warner Bros. Pictures New Line Cinema	N/A
2012	John Dies at the End	Don Coscarelli	Magnet Releasing	N/A
2012	Columbus Circle	George Gallo	Lightning Entertainment	N/A
2012	Brake	Gabe Torres	IFC Films	N/A
2012	The Expendables 2	Simon West	Lionsgate	N/A
2013	Iron Man 3	Shane Black	Marvel Studios	N/A
2013	Now You See Me	Louis Leterrier	Summit Entertainment Lionsgate	N/A
2013	Standing Up	D. J. Caruso	Seven Star Pictures	N/A
2013	Thor: The Dark World	Alan Taylor	Marvel Studios	N/A
2014	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Jonathan Liebesman	Paramount Pictures	N/A
2014	The Expendables 3	Patrick Hughes	Lionsgate	N/A
2014	Into the Storm	Steven Quale	Warner Bros. Pictures New Line Cinema	N/A
2014	Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King	Drew Pearce	Marvel Studios	Short film Caged Heat scenes composed by Mike Post
2015	Furious 7	James Wan	Universal Pictures	N/A
2015	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Joss Whedon	Marvel Studios	Composed with Danny Elfman
2015	Truth	James Vanderbilt	Sony Pictures Classics	N/A
2015	The Disappointments Room	D. J. Caruso	Relativity Media	N/A
2016	Criminal	Ariel Vromen	Summit Entertainment Lionsgate	Composed with Keith Powers
2016	Now You See Me 2	Jon M. Chu		N/A
2017	Power Rangers	Dean Israelite	Lionsgate

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1998	Final Justice	Tommy Lee Wallace	N/A
1999	Sirens	John Sacret Young	N/A
2002	Last Call	Henry Bromell	N/A
2005	Painkiller Jane	Sanford Bookstaver	N/A
2014	Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe	N/A	Television special

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
2003	Star Trek: Enterprise	Episodes "Canamar" and "Regeneration"
2007	Fear Itself	Episode: "The Sacrifice"
2010	Hawaii Five-0	Episodes "Pilot" and "Ohana"
2010-2013	Transformers: Prime	65 episodes
2011	Terra Nova	13 episodes
2013-present	Sleepy Hollow	N/A
2014-present	Scorpion	N/A

Video games

Year	Title	Developer(s)
2010	Lego Universe	The Lego Group
2011	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Infinity Ward Sledgehammer Games
2011	Need for Speed: The Run	EA Black Box
2012	Far Cry 3	Ubisoft Montreal
2013	Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel	Visceral Games EA Montreal
2013	Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	Ubisoft Montreal

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
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
2006	ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films	Constantine	Won
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
2009	ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films	Eagle Eye	Won
2010	International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media	Lego Universe	Nominated
2010	ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films	Fast & Furious	Won
2010	ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films	The Final Destination	Won
2010	ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films	Law Abiding Citizen	Won
2011	Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition	Transformers: Prime	Nominated
2011	BMI Film Music Award for Best Film Music	Battle: Los Angeles	Won
2011	BMI Film Music Award for Best Film Music	Fast Five	Won
2011	BMI TV Music Award for Best Television Music	Hawaii Five-0	Won
2011	International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Nominated
2013	BMI TV Music Award for Best Television Music	Hawaii Five-0	Won
2013	BMI Film Music Award for Best Film Music	The Expendables 2	Won
2013	BMI Film Music Award for Best Film Music	Iron Man 3	Won
2013	International Film Music Critics Award for Film Composer of the Year	N/A	Nominated
2013	International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media	Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	Nominated
2013	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
2014	Saturn Award for Best Music	Now You See Me	Nominated
2014	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music	Sleepy Hollow	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]