Interview: Brian Tyler

Composer Brian Tyler talks about his latest effort for FAST FIVE, TRANSFORMERS PRIME. He shares about how he came to work with director Justin Lin, his treatment of the Hawaii Five-0 original theme, what superhero he'd most like to write a score for, and what he has coming in the near future.

Episode Highlights

00:34 — Introduction and welcome

03:00 — Meeting and working with director Justin Lin

06:56 — A new main theme and musical progression for the franchise...

18:08 — Musical progression within the franchise

14:10 — One upping yourself

16:00 — Twitter questions #1 "Which is more difficult drumming or conducting?"

20:23 — Hawaii Five-0

26:23 - Talking Transformers Prime

31:03 - What can a fan do to help get a score released?

32:30 - Twitter question #2 "Where you inspired by Steve Jablonsky's music for Transformers?"

37:16 — What superhero film would you like to score?

44:19 — Final Destination 5 and Expendibles 2 and more upcoming scores

Music Clips (Select music clips contained in this podcast)

00:00 — "Fast Five" (Fast Five) by Brian Tyler

06:06 — "The Perfect Crew" (Fast Five) by Brian Tyler

13:50 — "Cheeky Bits" (Fast Five) by Brian Tyler

25:53 — "Transformers Prime" (Transformers Prime) by Brian Tyler

34:20 — "Lego Universe Coda" (Lego Universe) by Brian Tyler

36:55 — "The Touch" (Transformers: The Movie) by Stan Bush

46:36 — "Remote Intel" Fast Five) by Brian Tyler

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