Tyler Bates Scores Devil's Rejects

By James Wray Apr 14, 2005, 10:11 GMT

Rob Zombie is directing 'The Devil's Reject,' which Tyler Bates will score

Hell bent on avenging his brother's murder, Sheriff John Wydell tracks down the Firefly family with the help of the bounty-hunting duo, The Unholy Two, culminating in a shocking and depraved cinematic showdown.

Bates' score for Rejects capitalizes on the bloodlust, fear, and frenzy of writer/director Zombie's terrifying story.  Massive percussion sections pound foreboding threats to powerless cowards, while menacing orchestration fuels the fury of enraged killers.  Bates sets the tone for ominous hunts, desperate escapes and violent confrontations.

Both gifted live rock performers, Zombie and Bates enjoy a unique camaraderie. As a songwriter, guitarist and producer, Bates moved to Los Angeles in 1993 and collaborated with singer Lisa Papineau to form the band Pet.  Signed to Atlantic Records, the band toured nationally, performing with Limp Bizkit, Blink 182, Helmet and Luscious Jackson and had a single on the platinum selling soundtrack for The Crow: City of Angels.  Bates produced for other bands and played guitar on records for artists like Vas and the Beastie Boys.  He began to score for features and took his career exclusively in that direction in 1997.

As a composer, Tyler Bates is well known for his surprising juxtapositions of delicate atmospheric touches and wild musical perversions.   Since employing what he called "The Black Sabbath Orchestra" on Dawn of the Dead, Bates has enjoyed a reputation as a go-to composer for the horror genre.  His sense of humor and visceral approach to making music has also afforded him the versatility to create comedy scores, with What's the Worst That Could Happen and Kingdom Come on his resume, actioners including Get Carter, and psychological dramas, such as The Last Time I Committed Suicide and City of Ghosts.  Bates is currently scoring for Gregory Dark's horror debut, Goodnight, also from Lion's Gate.

Stay tuned to M&C Soundtracks for a forthcoming interview with Bates.

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