Name: Californication Theme by tylerbatesofficial
Duration: 45 s
Description: Original Music by Tyler Bates &amp; Tree Adams

I'd love to know what inspired this. Great theme, really sets the tone well for the style of the show.

This is one of my favorite theme songs.I amazed at how much personality you can cram into 45 sec.

The theme to this show is as good as the show itself. Both never fail to lift my mood!

'Always' is the lead track from Panama's sophomore EP.

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Gorillaz Mini Mix

CHROMATICS / SHADOW (8 Track Version)

A lick I originally wrote on acoustic guitar, this is an electric version I recorded. I used my guitar for the bass run.

COMPETITION 5A

Tame ImpaLa - Let It Happen (Live on Conan)

Ellie Goulding vs. Daft Punk - There's Something About Us Under The Sheets (The Knocks Mashup)

This is the Replay that the Twelves released as a polished version of their original remix 

Black Kids - Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You (The Twelves Replay)

Original Music by Tyler Bates &amp; Tree Adams

Californication Theme

I got a call from Miles Leonard (President of Parlophone EMI Virgin) to talk about a project of Blur's Damon Albarn. It was called Gorillaz. Not a band as such, more of a collective of collaborators. They had inadvertently caught some heat, by way of a 2-Step Garage Remix of "Clint Eastwood". BBC Radio 1 weren't giving the original a lot of spins and decided (to keep in with its core audience) to do a radio edit of this popular dance mix. Since this version wasn't representative of what Gorillaz were about, EMI & Albarn initially weren't keen but relented to public demand. I was given a copy of all their demo's and unfinished/finished tracks for what was to be their debut album. The brief was "pick one that you can produce, remix or whatever into a hit single". I gave them all a listen and, nothing immediately screamed 'potential hit'. Regardless, I sent over a proposed budget for one song of their choosing. Things went quiet for a few weeks or so. I then got a call a few weeks later saying "Jamie Howlett has already started working on a video for the song "19-2000" - we'd really love it if you took that song and made into a hit". To my ears, it was a ropey durgy old demo lacking a great melody, let alone a big hook. After striking a deal with Miles, I agreed to do it. The fee (including production recording/mixing costs) wasn't what I wanted but he said "I promise I will make it up to you on another record". Well, 15 years later... He never did keep his promise! As far as creativity was concerned,  his exact words were "you have carte blanche to do whatever you want". What happened next was nightmare-ish 10 days....  [MORE TO FOLLOW]

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Gorillaz - 19-2000 (Soulchild Remix) [by Damien Mendis]

The first album from the latest installment of the Penguin Cafe with Simon Jeffes' son, Arthur. Limited print-run.

“Penguin Cafe continues to occupy a unique place in music: nothing else has ever sounded quite like it. Eccentric, charming, accommodating, surprising, seductive, warm, reliable, modest and unforgettable: it's a true friend” ∼ Brian Eno, February 2010

The Penguin Cafe Orchestra were a uniquely innovative, exploratory set of musicians who enjoyed a cherished period from 1972 to 1997, and continue to hold a special place in many hearts. Their inception was as original, imaginative and idiosyncratic as the music they created…

During the summer of 1972 the English composer Simon Jeffes had a dream, experienced during a severe bout of food poisoning in the South of France
"I was laying in bed delirious, sort of hallucinating for about 24 hours. I had this one vision in my mind of a place that was like a modern hotel, with all these rooms made of concrete. There was an electronic eye which scanned everything. In one room you had a couple that were making love, but lovelessly. In another room there was somebody just looking at himself in the mirror, just obsessed with himself. In another room there was a musician with a bank of synthesizers, wearing headphones, and there was no sound.
This was a very terrible, bleak place. Everybody was taken up with self-interested activity which kept them looped in on themselves. It wasn't like they were prisoners, they were all active, but only within themselves. And that kept them from being a problem or a threat to the cold order represented by the eye.
Next day when I felt better, I went to the beach. As I sat there a poem came to me. It began ‘I am the proprietor of the Penguin Cafe. I will tell you things at random.’”
The music of the Penguin Cafe, Simon broadly regarded as "a very big yes to the survival of the heart in a time when the heart is under attack from the forces of coldness, darkness and repression." When forced to describe it more precisely, he called his music "imaginary folklore" and "modern semi-acoustic chamber music." He very much liked the comment of a Japanese girl who attended a Penguin concert in Japan and who said afterwards that the music sounded strange, because it was as if she'd heard it a long time ago.

To realize this somewhat fevered dream, Simon utilized many different instruments and orchestrations including elements of African, Venezuelan, Brazilian, Classical & Minimalist music, using a variety of instruments from strings, pianos, harmoniums, slide guitars, cuatros, kalimbas, experimental sound loops, mathematical notations and more.

The last official Penguin Cafe Orchestra release was Concert Program recorded 1995, a document of the touring set they were playing at the time...

Sadly in 1997 Jeffes passed away, marking the closure of that period of Penguin Cafe’s history. However, in 2007, to mark ten years since Simon's death, his son Arthur Jeffes, re-assembled the original musicians to perform a last run of concerts, spanning three nights at London’s Union Chapel, in tribute to both his father and the music that he created. The reception to these concerts was an affirmation that the music held a vibrant life of its own and subsequently Arthur felt that it was appropriate to embark on a more extensive revisiting….

Commissioning a fresh set of musicians ranging from luminaries from The Royal College of Music to notable performers and members from bands such as Suede, Gorillaz, Delakota and Razorlight, the newly envisioned incarnation of the Penguin Cafe undertook a series of performances under the name Music from the Penguin Cafe.

The first of these would be invitation from The Teenage Cancer Trust to perform at The Royal Albert Hall, to be filmed for a future charitable release.

Following this, over the next six months, Music from The Penguin Cafe appeared at various festivals, venues and Arts events over the summer of 2009, initiated by a debut at The Manchester Royal College of Music. This was to be followed by appearances at Port Eliot Literary Festival, Glastonbury, Bestival, The Big Chill, Womad, Edinburgh Arts Festival, the Snape Proms, and the arts festivals of Galway and Milan. Each performance was met with glowing receptions, and heart-warming reviews.

It was during this period that Arthur Jeffes had also began to incorporate his own new material, universally received as natural yet inspired extensions to his own father’s work, thus marking the beginning of a new episode in the Penguin Cafe's rich and turbulent history...

By the end of this run the band was newly invigorated, and the music now seasoned into a fresh, confident and redefined style. With this in mind, it was then decided to bolster the Royal Albert Hall filmed footage with a live studio recording of the set performed over the summer shows. These recordings book-ended this first chapter in the new band's history, mirroring the last record made by the original Penguin Cafe band.

On the 9th day, of the 9th month of 2009, at 9.00am, these 9 musicians walked in to Air Edel Studios and over the next 9 hours recorded 21 tracks live. So much for numerology….

The CD of tracks recorded that day have now been coupled with a DVD of the filmed recitals from The Royal Albert Hall, to be released as a single package under the title 'Music From The Penguin Cafe - Live at the Royal Albert Hall', with all proceeds from this release are going to The Teenage Cancer Trust.

Moreover as everyone involved in this project generously donated their time and talents for free, from performing, filming, editing, recording, mixing, artwork, mastering and manufacturing, when you pay £10 (plus vat, sadly) for the album, Teenage Cancer Trust receives £10.

ARTHUR JEFFES “We're immensely proud of the music on this record, the performances therein, and being able to donate it all to Teenage Cancer Trust. This whole process has proved to be the first steps on this new journey for the Penguin Cafe and 2010 will see both a new album and tour.”

Inspired by the both the process & reception of this endeavor and the events of the previous summer, it would seem that the doors to the Penguin Cafe have opened once more.

Perpetuum Mobile

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Los Angeles born composer Tyler Bates was inspired early on by a breadth of musical impressions that ranged from John Coltrane to Chopin, and the rock operas 'Hair' and 'Jesus Christ Superstar.' An array of artistic influences set the course for Bates' powerfully emotive musical signature that often combines disparate components that become indigenous within his compositions for film, television, video games and new media. His profound ability to create worlds of atmospheric soundscapes fused with traditional orchestra led to groundbreaking scores for Zack Snyder's 'Dawn of the Dead' and '300' movies. Transcending pop culture, '300' sold nearly 400,000 albums, making it one of the most popular score albums of the 21st century.

Bates' authentic approach drew the attention of 'Dawn of the Dead' screenwriter, James Gunn, which led to scores for Gunn's horror-comedy 'Slither,' and his comically tragic superhero classic, 'Super.' Bates and Gunn are currently working on Marvel's 'Guardians of the Galaxy,' which is being filmed to Bates' original themes. Bates' work spans a broad spectrum of filmmakers including William Friedkin, Genndy Tartakovsky, Joe Johnston, and Takashi Shamisu. He worked extensively with rock icon director Rob Zombie on several films, including two 'Halloween' franchise movies, 'The Devil's Rejects,' and Zombie's slapstick cartoon 'The Haunted World of El Superbeasto.' Bates also produced string arrangements for Zombie's album "Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Noble Jackal."

Bates' work on AMC's 'Low Winter Sun' (which premiered August 11, 2013) features a gritty sonic landscape that paints a three-dimensional picture of the economically distressed city of Detroit. The show's title sequence features the song 'Hustlin' In The Motor City', written by Tyler Bates with show creator Chris Mundy, The song is performed by Detroit R&B legend, Bettye LaVette backed by Tyler's guitars and a band comprised of some of today's hottest musician/producers.

Titles such as Army of Two: 40th Day, Transformers: War for Cybertron, and the 2013 smash, God of War Ascension, have established Tyler Bates as one of today's top composers for video games. Details of Bates' most recent game score will be released in the near future.

The emotional power of Bates' scores for '300' & 'Watchmen' resonated with Atlanta bred DJ, Le Castle Vania. The two were introduced and an instant connection was made. Bates and Dyland Eiland (aka Le Castle Vania) collaborated on several songs that will appear on Le Castle Vania's debut EP titled "Prophication," (released September 2nd, 2013), and his forthcoming LP on Mousetrap/EMI records, founded by world renowned electronic artist, Deadmau5.

Bates was known as an artist/guitarist/producer before his scoring career began. In the mid-1990's, he co-founded the band Pet with singer-songwriter Lisa Papineau. Quickly becoming one of LA's most popular indie-alternative bands, Pet signed with Atlantic Records. Their song "Lil Boots" featured on the soundtrack for 'Crow: City of Angels,' hit the platinum sales mark before the band embarked on its first national tour with such groups as Blink 182, Limp Bizkit and Social Distortion. Influenced by years of live performances, Bates' musical voice struck the ear of Californication creator Tom Kapinos, and has led to seven seasons of one of Showtime's most popular series. Steeped in sex, drugs and rock & roll, Bates' collaborations on the show extended to rock legends Marilyn Manson, Steve Jones, Tommy Lee, and rock & roll comic satirist, Tim Minchin. Bates recently completed work on Ti West's latest film, 'The Sacrament.' The Eli Roth-produced movie will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, September 2013.

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