Tyler Bates

Tyler Bates is a music producer and composer for films. His most known work includes "The Hangman's Song" and various other tracks from the zombie horror film Dawn of the Dead. Other projects include See No Evil and Slither. From a very young age Bates would read the liner notes to learn as much as he could about music. His mother listened to a variety of music so Bates was exposed to a variety of different styles of music; from Jesus Christ Superstar and Hair to Joni Mitchell and the Beatles. When he was older, he moved to Los Angeles to find a career as a songwriter and producer. In between music jobs, he'd take on small jobs including painting houses. He also joined a number of different bands. 300's soundtrack has been accused of borrowing many elements from Elliot Goldenthal's 1999 soundtrack for Titus, which caused some controversy in the film composer community. 300's "Remember Us" is identical in parts to the end of Titus's "Finale". Also similar is 300's "Returns A King"... full article at wikipedia