Tyler Bates composed, arranged and produced the music for "Sucker Punch." He previously collaborated with director Zack Snyder on the 2009 action adventure "Watchmen," the 2007 blockbuster "300" and the 2004 thriller "Dawn of the Dead." He scored the sci-fi thriller "The Day the Earth Stood Still," as well as Rob Zombie's hit remake of "Halloween." All of the films opened number one at the box office.
He has worked with Rob Zombie on several projects to date, including "Halloween II" and the cult classic "The Devil's Rejects," as well as Zombie's animated "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto." Bates also provided a string arrangement for the song "The Man Who Laughs," on Zombie's 2010 CD, Hellbilly Deluxe 2.
Bates' additional credits encompass more than 50 film, television, and video game projects, including Showtime's hit television series "Californication"; Cartoon Network's series "Sym-Bionic Titan"; Liquid Entertainment's epic video game "Rise of the Argonauts" and Electronic Arts' (EA) release "Army of Two"; Emilio Esteves' feature "The Way"; Neil Marshall's sci-fi thriller "Doomsday"; and the 2006 horror-comedy "Slither," which reunited him with "Dawn of the Dead" screenwriter James Gunn. Bates also scored Gunn's 2010 superhero comedy "Super."
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