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Brian Tyler, born in Los Angeles on 8 May 1972, is an American composer, musician, conductor, and film score composer. He was educated at Harvard University and the University of California, Los Angeles, and began his career in 1997, working in the film score genre. He plays the drum kit and was influenced by Bernard Herrmann, Howard Shore, Danny Elfman, and James Horner. He is an atheist.
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Film & TV
Orange County, California, United States
Brian Theodore Tyler (born May 8, 1972) is an American composer, conductor, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and musician best known for his film, television, and video game scores. In his 26-year career, Tyler has scored seven instalments of the Fast & Furious franchise, Aliens vs Predator: Requiem, Rambo, Eagle Eye, The Expendables trilogy, Iron Man 3, Now You See Me, Avengers: Age of Ultron…
Known for
- Vegas Needs a New King: The Making of Six-String Samurai — Self2021
- Score: A Film Music Documentary — Self2017
- From the Ashes: Post-Production and Release of 'The Expendables' — Self2010
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1972
Discography
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- 588,631
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- 12,703,735
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Brian Theodore Tyler (born May 8, 1972) is an American composer, conductor, musician, arranger, and record producer known for his work in film, television, and video game scores. Over his career, he has composed music for seven films in the "Fast & Furious" franchise, "Rambo," "Eagle Eye," "The Expendables" trilogy, "Iron Man 3," "Now You See Me," "Avengers: Age of Ultron" (co-composed with Danny Elfman), "Crazy Rich Asians," and "The Super Mario Bros. Movie." <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/
Key facts
- Born
- Brian Theodore Tyler , ( 1972-05-08 ) May 8, 1972 (age 54) , Orange County, California , U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of California, Los Angeles Harvard University
- Occupations
- Composer conductor arranger producer
- Years active
- 1996–present
- Relatives
- Walter H. Tyler (grandfather)
- Also known as
- Madsonik
- Genres
- Film score contemporary classical rock electronic rock EDM jazz rock Drum N Bass new-age
- Instruments
- Vocals piano keyboards synthesizer guitar bass drums percussion GuitarViol charango bouzouki
- Website
- briantyler .com
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Brian
- Family name
- Tyler
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- film producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Genre
- film score
- Instrument
- drum kit
- Official website
- www.briantyler.com
- Image
- Brian Tyler.JPG
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- Brian Tyler
- date of birth
- 1972-05-08
- start of work period
- 1997-00-00
- different from
- BT
- social media followers
- 64612
- name in native language
- Brian Tyler
- related category
- Category:Films scored by Brian Tyler
- influenced by
- James Horner
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Encyclopedic overview
Brian Theodore Tyler (born May 8, 1972) is an American composer, conductor, arranger and multi-instrumentalist best known for his film, television, and video game scores. In his 26-year career, Tyler has scored seven installments of the Fast & Furious franchise, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, the fourth and fifth films of the Rambo franchise, Eagle Eye, the fourth and fifth films of the Final Destination franchise, the first three films of The Expendables franchise, the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, and Avengers: Age of Ultron alongside Danny Elfman, the Now You See Me franchise, Crazy Rich Asians, the fifth and sixth films of the Scream franchise, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and its sequel, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, among others.
Tyler also created the current arrangement of the Universal Pictures logo fanfare (originally composed by Jerry Goldsmith) which debuted with The Lorax (2012) in celebration of Universal Pictures' 100th anniversary. He also composed the 2013–2016 Marvel Studios logo, which debuted with Thor: The Dark World (2013), which he also composed the film's score. He composed the NFL Sunday Countdown Theme for ESPN, the Formula One theme (also used in Formula 2 and Formula 3), and the anthem for the Esports World Cup. He is also behind the soundtrack of many television series including Yellowstone, 1883 and 1923, all with Breton Vivian. For his work as a film composer, he won the IFMCA Awards 2014 Composer of the Year.
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