Win The Day With James Whittaker

"You need to keep the fire. And you need to surround yourself with other people who have the fire." — Tyler Bates Our guest today is Tyler Bates, one of the world’s top composers, guitarists, songwriters, and record producers. Tyler has scored some of the biggest film and television franchises, such as Guardians of the Galaxy and John Wick. In his spare time, he’s playing to massive audiences in the world of rock music, and back to the studio again writing and producing records with artists like Bush, Marilyn Manson, and In This Moment. In 2004, he created the menacing audio backdrop for the popular Zack Snyder reboot of Dawn of the Dead, beginning a string of nearly a dozen number ones that have contributed to a whopping USD $6 billion at the worldwide box-office. Tyler teamed up with Snyder again for the films 300, Watchmen, and Suckerpunch. His body of work then expanded to include films like Atomic Blonde, The Devil’s Rejects, and The Day the Earth Stood Still, as well TV shows like Californication, The P