Interview: Tyler Bates (Guardians of the Galaxy)

Composer Tyler Bates talks about the reaction he has been receiving for his latest project, about working on the score early enough for scenes to actually be filmed to, his special connection to Star Lord aka Peter Quill, and the piece of music that brought tears to his eyes while composing it. Christopher Coleman also asks him about any potential involvement in the recently announced sequel and animated series to debut on Disney XD.

Episode Highlights

00:00 - Introduction

00:55 - Reaction to the film and music

07:20 - Fun in the film

09:30 - Composing music to be filmed to

16:19 - Scoring around the songs

19:25 - Groot music

24:29 - The sequel and the Animated series

27:04 - Thanos and Ronan

29:50 - The music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

32:27 - Wrap up

Music Selections

00:10 - "The Final Battle Begins" (Guardians of the Galaxy) by Tyler Bates

15:57 - "Everyone's an Idiot" (Guardians of the Galaxy) by Tyler Bates

20:29 - "Groot Cocoon" (Guardians of the Galaxy) by Tyler Bates

28:06 - "Ronan's Theme" (Guardians of the Galaxy) by Tyler Bates

31:50 - "The Kylin Escape" (Guardians of the Galaxy) by Tyler Bates

Notes:

Follow Tyler Bates on Twitter - @tyler_bates

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