ABOUT TYLER

With a love of organic instrumentation combined with modern technologies, classical training, and years of live performance, Tyler Traband is one of the exciting new breed of composers writing for visual media. A multi-instrumentalist, film & TV composer, and singer/songwriter, as well as a Healthcare Clio Award Winner, Tyler has toured nationally, written countless commercials for top brands, and composed for riveting documentaries, thrillers and action films. His credits include: the IMAX documentary CHASING THE GHOST PARTICLE; the PBS TV movies THE TRIAL OF ANTIGONE and THE PARTHENON MARBLES for the National Hellenic Museum; THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS; and AN AMERICAN HOME: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S B. HARLEY BRADLEY HOUSE, currently streaming on Amazon Prime, with the original score available on Lakeshore Records. His super fun, whimsical original instrumental piece “Pocket Ghost” is on Marvel’s Spider-man 2 Video Game Soundtrack: one of the most successful titles in Playstation history.

I am a very lucky guy. I have had more fun and freedom, while fighting the “artist” fight than anyone I have ever known, and am just damn happy to be able to call myself a full-time musician. I love what I do.

Tyler’s journey began in Milwaukee. Born to a musical family, his grandmother was a pianist and his father a clarinetist and ‘reed man’. Equally versed in classical music (at one time studying operatic tenor), jazz, and rock, he began playing keyboards and fronting bands while in high school, performing a mix of originals and covers. While attending college, Tyler performed in University of Wisconsin Chamber Singers, an elite a capella group, learned the rudiments of music theory, studied jazz at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, and moonlighted in original rock/soul/pop bands.

After college, Tyler toured extensively while establishing a career writing music for commercials. His ability to encapsulate emotion within 30 seconds led him to become one of the go-to composers for ad agencies in Midwest. He has scored more than 300 spots for top national brands including: Citgo, Bon-Ton, Coca-Cola, Masterlock, Scheels, Simplicity, Kohler, Harley-Davidson, Oldsmobile, MTV, and many more.

“Love Songs Hate Songs”

Tyler recently released his sixth album, “Love Songs Hate Songs“. The 14-track album was recorded, engineered and produced by Tyler at his state of the art studio, and showcases his depth as a writer and performer. The album is reminiscent of live recordings by Stevie Wonder, Sting, and Peter Gabriel. His band has been featured at Summerfest, Chicago’s famous Elbow Room, Vitello’s in Los Angeles, and Midpoint International Music Festival.

Tyler’s songs and soundtrack releases are available for streaming and purchase worldwide through all the digital distributors as well as other online retailers.

Tyler’s Philosophy & Influences

Every scoring gig is an opportunity to work with new people and to create something amazing. As a ‘band guy’ Tyler has always understood the value of collaboration, as well as the benefits of surrounding himself with other great musicians. Trusted time and again with huge-budget gigs and crazy deadlines, Tyler is completely at home with the time pressures of scoring for TV, games and film and prides himself on being the most fun to work with. He currently lives in the mountains near Lake Arrowhead just outside of LA with all the bears and mountain lions.

Tyler is a member of The SCL, AIMP, New Filmmakers LA, The IDA (Internatiuonal Documentary Association) and a full voting member of The Recording Academy.

Current projects include Tyler’s 8th Studio Album as an artist, once again featuring members of Conan O’Brien’s Basic Cable Band, a ground breaking True Crime Podcast Series “13 Murders that Changed US History,” continuing work as additional music composer for CBS Daytime Network TV and “Walkable USA,” making it’s way across the country on PBS Summer of 2025, a documentary about Urban Planning and returning populations to America’s Down Town areas. Tyler also continues to add entire albums of his music to the Warner Bros/Discovery catalog. Currently he has created over 250 original cues for this amazing library in primarily the action/adventure and cinematic/hybrid/orchestral genres.

Beyond Music…

When not writing and performing, Tyler enjoys spending time with his 2 children, exploring the world through astronomy, paleontology, cooking, fly fishing and mother nature.

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