work. In October 2015, during a Q&A with Marilyn Manson at the Grammy Museum, Manson announced that he and Tyler were working on new music together again. In 2015 Loudwire listed "The Mephistopheles Of Los Angeles" No. 1 best rock track and Rolling Stone included The Pale Emperor in its Top 50 list of the best albums of 2015. He returned as the lead guitarist during the tour with Slipknot in July 2016. In 2017, they once again joined forces in the studio for the follow-up Heaven Upside Down with a world tour kicking off July 20, in Budapest, playing more than 100 shows around the world. In January 2018, Tyler announced via Twitter that he left the band and returned to his studio to work exclusively on film and television. Tyler composed the song, "Monsters After Dark" for the night Halloween mode of the ride GOTG: Mission Breakout!. In 2021, Bates co-produced and played strings, percussion and guitar on Jerry Cantrell's album Brighten. Discography Film scores Television scores Videogame soundtracks Own work Roseland with Azam Ali with Marilyn Manson The Pale Emperor (2015) Heaven Upside Down (2017) with Pet Pet (1996) (guitar, bass, backing vocals, production) with Bush The Kingdom (2020) (songwriting, production) with Jerry Cantrell Brighten (2021) (strings, percussion, guitar, production) References External links Tyler Bates' Website (includes samples of music and many video clips from movies worked on) Tyler Bates Interview on KCRW featuring Watchmen Soundtrack Tyler Bates being interviewed at the Grammy Museum Shock Till you Drop Exclusive Interview Tyler Bate Interview at www.reviewgraveard.com 1965 births American film score composers Living people American male film score composers Marilyn Manson (band) members Musicians from Los Angeles Film people from Los Angeles Video game composers Varèse Sarabande Records artists La-La Land Records artists American rock guitarists Alternative rock guitarists Guitarists from California