Tyler Bates Returns To Score ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy 2’
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Guardians of the GalaxycomposerTyler Bateswill return for directorJames Gunn’sGuardians of the GalaxysequelGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. More on the Guardians of the Galaxy 2 composer after the jump.Colliderconfirmed the news today Tyler Bates would return to scoreGuardians of the Galaxy 2which isofficially titledGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
Writer/directorJames Gunnhascompleted work on the screenplayfor the sequel. The story is said to be"more emotional"than the first film, and we’ve heard thatChris Pratt criedwhen he read it. We know that the sequel will explore Star-Lord’s long lost father, who was teased but not revealed in the first film. Gunn haspreviously statedthat Yondu, Star-Lord’s father figure, would feature more prominently in the sequel, as would Gamora and Nebula, whose adopted dad Thanos is currently tearing through the MCU.
One of the things that everyone seems to talk about after seeing Marvel’sGuardians of the Galaxyis the film’s score. While so much attention is thrown to the 1970’s/1980’s soundtrack of Star-Lord’s Awesome Mixtape, I the film’s score byTyler Batesdoesn’t get as much acclaim as it should. Many of the Marvel films lack an awesome theme, but if you ask me, Tyler Bates nailed it in his Guardians of the Galaxy theme where some of the other Marvel franchises were unable to.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve listened to the track “Black Tears” fromthe Guardians score— so good. I am uploading a video of that track below so that you can revisit it outside of the film:
Tyler Bates had been gaining a lot of attention in television (Salem, CalifornicationandLow Winter Sun) but had a big year last year with big screen movies likeGuardians of the GalaxyandJohn Wick. He is a frequent collaborator ofRob Zombie(The Devils Rejects, Halloween, Halloween II),Zack Snyder(300, Dawn of the Dead, Watchmen, Sucker Punch) and of courseGuardiansdirectorJames Gunn(working on his earlier effortsSuperandSlither). Tyler’s previous film scores includeThe Sacrament, Killer Joe, The Darkest Hour, Conan the Barbarian, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Day of the Dead, Grindhouse, and many others.
Tyler Bates is also scheduled to score star/writer/directorEmilio Estevez’s filmThe Publicas well asGreg McLean’sThe Belko Experiment.
