Tyler Bates (born June 5, 1965) is an American musician, music producer, and composer for film, television, and video game scores.

He has collaborated with directors like Zack Snyder, Rob Zombie, Gennady Tartakovsky, Neil Marshall, William Friedkin, Scott Derrickson, James Gunn, Chad Stahelski and David Leitch.

[3] In addition, he is the lead guitarist of the American rock band Marilyn Manson, and produced its albums The Pale Emperor , Heaven Upside Down and One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1.

Growing up in Chicago he played in a hair metal band by the name of Smash Alley, he returned to Los Angeles in 1993 to pursue a career in music.

It was around 2007 that Bates began working regularly on big-budget, blockbuster films; including 300, Doomsday, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Sucker Punch, and Conan the Barbarian.

[citation needed] That same year, Bates composed the score to the action film John Wick, collaborating with Joel J. Richard and Marilyn Manson.

The film proved a surprise critical and financial success, and Bates returned to score its sequel John Wick: Chapter 2, and also its third and fourth installments.

He would later collaborate again with co-director David Leitch to score a spiritual successor, the Cold War-era spy thriller Atomic Blonde.

[15] Tyler composed the song, "Monsters After Dark" for the night Halloween mode of the ride Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout!