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# A $20 Billion Hollywood Composer Just Started an EDM Project. Take It Seriously.
- URL: https://electronicdispatch.com/a-20-billion-hollywood-composer-just-started-an-edm-project-take-it-seriously/
- Published: 2026-09-04T06:39:44.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-19T21:15:03.000Z
- Description: Brian Tyler scored Iron Man 3 and half of Fast & Furious. His new alias Are We Dreaming isn't a vanity crossover — he's writing, directing, and cutting a full audio-visual universe himself.
- Author: Jazmine Gonzalez
- Tags: New Music, Culture, Artist News

**The composer behind Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and a huge chunk of Fast & Furious is now making dance music — and it's not a hobby.** Brian Tyler's new project, Are We Dreaming, launches with 'Godlike,' an eight-minute bass-driven cinematic epic on Monstercat in partnership with NCS. He's handling the music, the direction, the editing, and the VFX himself.

When a guy with 100+ films and $20B+ in box office decides to build his own electronic world, the interesting question isn't 'can he' — it's 'what does a scorer bring that a producer doesn't.'

## This has been cooking for years

'Godlike' isn't a first draft. Tyler previewed the idea live at **Lost Lands back in 2021**, in front of roughly 30,000 people, as a set opener. It's grown from that moment into a full release with a sci-fi concept: an ambiguous force from another dimension whose intentions stay unclear. That's a scorer's instinct — start with a story, then write the sound around it.

![Brian Tyler conducting an orchestra](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c4/19/c4192dc1-b3e9-4189-9c56-711d819926f8/content/images/2026/10/ed-photo-a97ee6b8b309d9.jpg)

Tyler is a working film conductor and composer, which is exactly why 'Are We Dreaming' is built as a full audio-visual universe rather than a single. **Photo: Talateweo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons*

## Why the crossover cuts both ways

Film composers already think in the terms festival production is chasing: theme, motif, dynamics, a payoff that lands on cue. Monstercat positioning this as an **audio-visual universe** rather than a track is the whole point — Tyler isn't borrowing EDM's tools, he's bringing orchestral scale to them.

- **He owns the whole pipeline.** Music and visuals from one hand means no committee watering it down.
- **The scale is native, not bolted on.** Eight minutes and a narrative arc is normal for a scorer, ambitious for a single.
- **It's a two-way door.** If this lands, expect more scorers eyeing the festival stage — and more producers eyeing the scoring booth.

Crossover projects usually read as a famous name renting some synths. This one reads like somebody who's been building it quietly for five years finally hitting play.

*Feature image: Talateweo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.*