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For the auto racer, see Brian Tyler (racing driver).

Brian Theodore Tyler (born May 8, 1972) is an American composer, musician, conductor, arranger, and producer, known for his film, television, and video game scores. Tyler scored Transformers: Prime, Eagle Eye, The Expendables trilogy, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron with Danny Elfman, Now You See Me, and Crazy Rich Asians, among others. He also re-arranged the current fanfare of the Universal Pictures logo for its 100th anniversary that was originally composed by Jerry Goldsmith, the 2013–2016 Marvel Studios logo, which debuted with Thor: The Dark World (2013), as well as the NFL Sunday Countdown Theme for ESPN, the Formula One theme (also used in Formula 2 and Formula 3) and five installments of the Fast & Furious franchise. For his work as a film composer, he has won the IFMCA Awards 2014 Composer of the Year.

His composition for the film Last Call earned him the first of three Emmy nominations, a gold record, and was inducted into the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. As of November 2017, his films have grossed $12 billion worldwide which puts him in to the top 10 highest-grossing film composers of all time in the category of worldwide box office. Tyler has scored 3 of the top 10 films of all time in global box office.

Life and career[]

Tyler was born and raised in Orange County, California. His grandfather was Academy Award-winning art director Walter H. Tyler. One of his first major influences was his pianist grandmother. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Master's from Harvard University. Growing up, he taught himself to play at least 30 different types of musical instruments, including drums, piano, guitar, bass, cello, world percussion, synthesizer, charango and bouzouki.

Brian Theodore Tyler (born May 8, 1972) is an American composer, conductor, musician, arranger, and record producer, best known for his film, television, and video game scores. In his 24-year career, Tyler has scored seven installments of the Fast & Furious franchise, Rambo, Eagle Eye, The Expendables trilogy, Iron Man 3, Now You See Me, Avengers: Age of Ultron with Danny Elfman, Crazy Rich Asians and The Super Mario Bros. Movie among others. He also composed and re-arranged the current fanfare of the Universal Pictures logo, originally composed by Jerry Goldsmith, for Universal Pictures' 100th anniversary, which debuted with The Lorax (2012), and 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 and the Formula One theme (also used in Formula 2 and Formula 3). He is also behind the soundtrack of many television series including Yellowstone. For his work as a film composer, he won the IFMCA Awards 2014 Composer of the Year.

His composition for the film Last Call earned him the first of three Emmy nominations, a gold record, and induction into the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. As of November 2017, his films have grossed $12 billion worldwide, putting him in the top 10 highest-grossing film composers of all time.

Tyler was born and raised in Orange County, California. His grandfather was art director Walter H. Tyler. One of his first major influences was his pianist grandmother. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and a master's from Harvard University. Growing up, he taught himself to play dozens of musical instruments, including drums, piano, guitar, bass, cello, world percussion, synthesizer, charango and bouzouki.

Tyler began scoring features shortly after graduating from Harvard. Robert Kraft, who was impressed with Tyler'

Brian Tyler is a composer and conductor of over 70 films and was named Film Composer of the Year at the 2014 Cue Awards. Tyler composed the score for blockbuster hits such as Avengers: Age of Ultron, Furious 7, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, and the breakout hit Crazy Rich Asians featuring a big band jazz and romantic string score that was voted to the 2019 Oscar shortlist for Best Original Score. In addition, he scored Eagle Eye for producer Steven Spielberg, The Mummy starring Tom Cruise, and The Fate of the Furious which at the time had the biggest global box office opening ever. He also composed the theme for Formula 1 which airs during the global broadcast of every race to an audience of hundreds of millions. Tyler often conducts the London Philharmonic, the Philharmonia Orchestra of London, and the Hollywood Studio Symphony for his projects. He was nominated for a 2014 BAFTA Award and was inducted into the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2010. His films have grossed $13 billion worldwide making him the 9th highest grossing film composer of all-time. Recent projects include the comedy What Men Want directed by Adam Shankman, the heartfelt romance Five Feet Apart directed by Justin Baldoni, DC Comic’s Swamp Thing for James Wan, the dark-comedy thriller Ready or Not directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett, Rambo: Last Blood starring Sylvester Stallone, Charlie’s Angels directed by Elizabeth Banks from Sony Pictures and Clouds directed by Justin Baldoni. Upcoming projects include Taylor Sheridan’s Those Who Wish Me Dead releasing on May 14, 2021; F9 scheduled for release on June 25, 2021; Redeeming Love directed by DJ Caruso and Escape Room 2 directed by Adam Robitel. Alongside Brian’s future films, he has begun preparations towards unveiling his ambitious project Are We Dreaming, a completely immersive audiovisual experience. Tyler began scoring features shortly after completing his master's deg