[1] He wrote a counter-piece cue that resembled a waltz with piano and strings and had eventually implemented orchestral elements with guitar, cello, percussion, drums, timpani, trombone and brass instruments.

[2] The main theme had an epic quality, that resembled Harry Potter, Star Wars and Indiana Jones.

For the antagonist Stonebanks (Mel Gibson), Tyler wrote a solo piano piece that contrasted the character's nature and stance; he did the same for Loki (Tom Hiddleston) in Thor: The Dark World (2013).

He added "I thought more of an etude would work really great so it"s not just arch [...] It shows he has an interesting villainy; there are wheels turning in that brain.

"[5] James Southall of Movie Wave wrote "The Expandables 3 is an enjoyable album, but it does feature some less interesting passages and (understandably) some of the better parts are very similar to those heard in the previous scores.