TYLER BATES Composing Music For ROB ZOMBIE's 'Halloween' Sequel

January 12, 2009

Rob Zombie has confirmed that music producer and composer for films, Tyler Bates, who previously worked on Zombie's "Halloween" and "The Devil's Rejects" movies, has returned to begin work on Rob's upcoming sequel to his 2007 horror hit "Halloween", tentatively titled "H2". Zombie writes on his MySpace page, "Fresh off his composer duties on 'The Day The Earth Stood Still' and 'The Watchmen', the man himself will begin work immediately on the soundtrack to 'H2'. Expect a bold new direction for the sounds to make you shiver."

"H2" will arrive on August 28, 2009, according to ComingSoon.net. The first film came out on the same weekend two years ago, on August 31. That leaves Zombie just under eight months to write, cast, shoot, and edit the picture. Although Zombie does plan out his films in advance, he told The Pulse of Radio that you can only map out a movie so much before you start shooting. "The hardest thing is, until the moment you're gonna shoot, that'll be the first time you've ever been on set, that set, with your actors in wardrobe, with a camera, you know," he said. "So sometimes things just look different. You know, you can visualize in your head, like, 'Well, this, that and the other thing,'but you get in there and you're like, 'Wow, now that we're all here and I see you in that wardrobe against that backdrop, it's very different.'"

Zombie has confirmed that Tyler Mane will be back to play hulking serial killer Michael Myers, but has yet to announce any other casting. Shooting is scheduled to begin in March.

The rocker-turned-director has posted an early design for Myers' new mask at his MySpace page. Zombie wrote,"If you thought Michael was fucked before, you ain't seen nothing yet! He is bigger, meaner and more psycho than (film character) Dr. Loomis ever thought possible."

"Halloween", Zombie's third film as a writer and director, set a box office record for the Labor Day weekend with an initial gross of nearly $31 million. The movie, a remake of the 1978 horror classic, went on to earn nearly $60 million, a personal best for Zombie.

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