Brian Tyler's NOW YOU SEE ME scores (2013, 2016, 2025)

[Jay 46,245]

Now up on Amazon mp3

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CXL7V06

1. Now You See Me Brian Tyler 5:26

2. The Four Horsemen Brian Tyler 3:34

3. Now You See Me (Reprise) Brian Tyler 1:49

4. Sun (Jesse Marco Remix) Two Door Cinema Club 4:45

5. Now You Don't Brian Tyler 4:21

6. Entertainment Phoenix 3:38

7. Sleight of the Mind Brian Tyler 4:45

8. Now You See Me (Robert DeLong Remix) Brian Tyler 3:40

9. Welcome to the Eye Brian Tyler 5:49

10. Codec Zedd 6:01

11. Cineramascope (feat. Trombone Shorty and Corey Henry) Galactic;Zedd 3:14

12. Now You See Me (Spellbound Remix) Brian Tyler 4:19

No word on a physical CD.

[Maurizio 6,913]

I find this piece very groovy and exciting. Bravo, Brian!

Very nice video as well!

[Brónach 1,330]

I've had a preference of his music over Zimmer's when it comes to pseudo-"modern" film scoring for quite a while.

I like his percussion.

[Jay 46,245]

Wow, cool video and cool piece of music!

[Sharkissimo 1,978]

I like his percussion.

So do, those his use of the orchestra is very boring.

[Jonesy 55]

I've just find this on Brian Tyler's soundcloud page...

https://soundcloud.com/briantyler/sets/now-you-see-me

I think it could be the complete score.

[Jay 46,245]

SWEEEEEEEEEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Streaming now! Thank you Brian Tyler! Thank you soundcloud! Thank you Ro Sajooc!

 

I like to think that Brian Tyler decided to post this because I told him outside the Varese Halloween concert in San Pedro that I loved the score and it was a shame the OST was so short

 

 

01 Now You See Me (2:03)
02 The Team (2:46)
03 Opus NYSM (2:29)
04 Chess Moves (3:57)
05 Spoon Bender (2:58)
06 Battle Of The Cards (4:48)
07 Revelation (1:24)
08 Breeze (4:47)
09 Times Square (3:25)
10 Strange Invitations (1:45)
11 The Show Begins (2:53)
12 Bridge Pursuit (3:25)
13 Intrigue (2:22)
14 Etienne (3:22)
15 Look Closer (3:27)
16 Something Far Bigger (Striking Back) (2:43)
17 Holograms (3:24)
18 The Mystery Of Thaddeus (2:06)
19 Strut (1:57)
20 Transparency (5:15)
21 Suspicion Rising (4:44)
22 Jellyjam (1:51)
23 Misdirection (2:27)
24 Piecing it Together (4:18)
25 Paris Epilogue And End Credits (6:59)

TOTAL TIME - 1:21:35

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,392]

You've got clout!

[Jay 46,245]

SoundCloud is great and all, but their mobile site could use one very important tweak. It doesn't automatically play all 25 tracks in a row, I have to manually press play after each track ends to begin the next one.

[publicist 4,650]

You can download them all. It's a fun score and...gasp...actually has unreleased music that makes it even more fun. Shame it's the only recent Tyler i can muster such affection for.

[Jay 46,245]

It's the only Tyler score I like!

(Though I still haven't heard Children of Dune. in fact I've only heard this and Iron Man 3 all the way through)

[Richard P 5,306]

Interesting that he was happy to make the whole thing available.

Wonder if it was the studio or label who wanted a more commercial product? Could just be the lack of fees I guess.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Haven't listened to this one yet. Will check it out when I'm home.

[Jay 46,245]

I listened to it this morning, great stuff!

While it's possible all the highlights were on the 20 minutes OST, they fly by so quickly it's nice to finally but everything in context and give the score some breathing room.

[tomsmoviemadness 4,843]

Tyler's returning for the third film!!!

So happy, because these are some of his best work.

 

 

[Yavar Moradi 4,404]

1 hour ago, tomsmoviemadness said:

Tyler's returning for the third film!!!

So happy, because these are some of his best work.

 

Definitely his best music video IMO:

 

Yavar

[Anthony 895]

Great - the previous 2 are 2 of his strongest scores!

[Tallguy 7,372]

They're going to call the THIRD film Now You Don't? That seemed like the most obvious sequel title ever.

[tomsmoviemadness 4,843]

They are calling it that because people have been asking for that for quite a long time.

[tomsmoviemadness 4,843]

First bit of music in this clip. Sound great!

 

 

[Jay 46,245]

Looks like the teaser and trailer were never posted in this thread

 

 

 

[toothless 1,056]

I don't like how the movies shifted from plausible real life "magic tricks" to CGI BS.

[Tallguy 7,372]

2 minutes ago, toothless said:

I don't like how the movies shifted from plausible real life "magic tricks" to CGI BS.

 

By "the movies" do you mean movies in general or the Now You See Me movies? Because those have ALWAYS been CGI BS.

[toothless 1,056]

I mean Now You See Me. And I know they've always been CGI, but the first one made an effort to ground things a little bit in reality. 

 

[Tallguy 7,372]

45 minutes ago, toothless said:

I mean Now You See Me. And I know they've always been CGI, but the first one made an effort to ground things a little bit in reality. 

 

The reason this series has never really grabbed me (I like a lot of things about it) is that I don't think they did that very well.

 

I'll take The Prestige any day.

[Jay 46,245]

1 hour ago, toothless said:

I don't like how the movies shifted from plausible real life "magic tricks" to CGI BS.

 

The biggest mistake the sequel made was retconning Morgan Freeman's character into a good guy.  Makes absolutely no sense whatsoever

[Jay 46,245]

19 hours ago, tomsmoviemadness said:

First bit of music in this clip. Sound great!

 

Finally saw this.  So happy to be getting another Tyler NYSM score!  Sounds fun like always!

[CatastrophicJones 160]

Is there any hope of an officially released edition of his score from the first one? I know he posted it on SoundCloud years back but it'd be nice to have an actual release of this.

[Rachael Foley 10,164]

On 10/10/2025 at 9:27 AM, Tallguy said:

The reason this series has never really grabbed me (I like a lot of things about it) is that I don't think they did that very well.

 

I'll take The Prestige any day.

Apparently they are making a live stage show inspired by the series.

[Richard P 5,306]

The problem with the first one was that I thought it would have some clever Sherlock-esque magic involved, but really it just turned into a heist movie, with some CG-enabled magic. I was into magic decades ago and I'd love to see a movie that had some genuinely cleverly thought-out magic, but this wasn't that. The Prestige was certainly way more interesting from a story perspective.

 

Plus, Tyler left in my view the score's best cue - Times Square - off the album.

[Jay 46,245]

It's on the SoundCloud album.

[Richard P 5,306]

I know - just annoying it wasn't released properly on the album.

[tomsmoviemadness 4,843]

1 hour ago, Richard P said:

I know - just annoying it wasn't released properly on the album.

 

Large part of that is on the commercial album at the end of one of the tracks. 

"Now You Don't" from 2:59 onwards.

I know it's not the entire track, but still...

[Richard P 5,306]

The album is evidently not aimed at score lovers, due to its mix of reprises, remixes and songs.

 

He needed to release the Soundcloud album as its own thing - it's always felt a bit of a 'no man's land' for music, where a composer lets you hear something, but for some reason can't let you own it in most cases. (and now you can't even listen without signing in)

[Jay 46,245]

OST cover:

 

 

 

Now sure when the OST is releasing, but two singles are out now in countries where it is already Friday the 14th

 

1 Now You See Me (3:00)

2 Now You Don’t (3:02)

 

https://www.qobuz.com/nz-en/album/now-you-see-me-from-now-you-see-me-now-you-dont-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-brian-tyler/bqr2kwtk90mlc

https://www.qobuz.com/nz-en/album/now-you-dont-from-now-you-see-me-now-you-dont-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-brian-tyler/idf2lm0g39yzb

https://music.apple.com/nz/album/now-you-see-me-from-now-you-see-me-now-you-dont-original/1852343673

https://music.apple.com/nz/album/now-you-dont-from-now-you-see-me-now-you-dont-original/1852340833

[tomsmoviemadness 4,843]

Full album next week.

 

https://open.spotify.com/prerelease/0HkiVQXel2kxg9W6jjY873?si=Qj0c8FniT-2qjdvbXVuhqg

 

[Jay 46,245]

Great!

[tomsmoviemadness 4,843]

Just saw the film. It was fun and I had a good time with, but I wasn't really blown away by it. It was fun during, but also forgotten quite quickly.

 

Tyler's music is great. It's nicely up front in the mix and he reprises pretty much all his themes. Even though it's still a lot of fun and it has some really catchy moments, it did have a slightly more darker edge to it.

But still, I think all 3 of these scores are among his best.

[Jay 46,245]

The movies are dumb but the scores are great!

[tomsmoviemadness 4,843]

 

 

 

 

[Knight of Ren 1,555]

I've been revisiting both scores in preparation for the third, and this is a short reminder of Tyler's themes. It should be noted that both entries have some overlapping material, like Battle of the Cards appearing in A Special Invitation and Equivoque, Revelations and Revelatory being the same, or Chess Moves / Piecing It Together reappearing in 300 Seconds, and these aren't always used as actual themes, but just some sections Tyler reworked into other tracks.

Main Theme

Spoiler

It has two separate elements, the main melody and the repeating ostinato that's also used many times on its own. The track above plays the melody with the ostinato constantly playing underneath, and then that motif gets the spotlight on its own starting at 1:33.

 

The theme can be heard in many different variations:

 

and the ostinato is almost everywhere in the score used in many different ways alongside the other themes and motifs:

 

The Four Horsemen

Spoiler

They have two separate ideas that represent the caper and heist aspects of the story, and the overall coolness factor of the characters. The first one is this:

 

And then the second idea:

 

Mystery

Spoiler

A 9-note descending motif used many times through both scores to represent the mysterious elements in the story. In the first film is used to represent the mysterious cards the horsemen receive and its connection to the Eye, and in the second film it returns with a similar purpose.

 

 

Thaddeus Bradley

Spoiler

Morgan Freeman's character receives a set of motifs used to represent this ambiguous character through the series. There's a mysterious chord progression, a 3-note descending motif and also a repeating harp ostinato, all of them used together in many of his scenes:

 

In the second film, as he becomes more friendly towards Dylan, his theme turns a bit brighter:

 

 

Dylan Rhodes

Spoiler

Mark Ruffalo's character remains an antagonists through most of the first film until he's revealed to be the mind behind the Horsemen's plans, and Tyler introduces a soft piano motif that seems to be derived from the Mystery Theme:

 

This idea is developed and expanded all through the second film to great effect:

 

 

 

The Eye

Spoiler

As I mentioned above, I'm not sure if this is meant to be a theme on its own or if it's just a product of Tyler reworking some of his tracks, but it seems to represent the mysterious magic society known as The Eye:

 

 

Lionel Shrike

Spoiler

Similar to the Eye Theme, there seems to be a specific variation on the main theme used several times through both films to represent the famed magician Lionel Shrike and Dylan's connection to him.

 

 

 

Walter

Spoiler

As far as I know, the second film only introduces one new theme, for Daniel Radcliffe's character. It gets a nice suite presentation in Off the Grid, but barely makes a few token appearances in the rest of the score.

 

 

Now You Don't

The single track linked above seems to hint at a new identity from the a new character in the third film, perhaps Rosamund Pike's character? Haven't seen the film yet so I cannot confirm, but will update when I watch it or when the score is released.

[Jay 46,245]

Great write-up!

I think you missed one theme though.  The bit you have listed as a theme for "The Eye" is not a a theme, it's as you said, a cue from NYSM1 that just get re-used in NYSM2 (A lot of NYSM1 cues appear in NYSM2 - I don't mean re-recorded versions, I mean they literally tracked in NYSM1 recordings into film 2 [and a lot of them are on the NYSM2 OST album annoyingly]).

 

Anyway, the theme for The Eye in the first movie is a "twinkly" ostinato that gets introduced in the cue "Thaddeus Explains The Eye", which didn't make it to the Soundcloud album, and I can't find a clip of the movie scene on youtube, unfortunately.  But then it returns at the end of the cue for the safe arriving when we see Thaddeus again.  This cue appears in the Soundcloud album track "Misdirection" from 0:00-1:07, with the "The Eye" ostinato playing from 0:34-1:07

 

 

[tomsmoviemadness 4,843]

Post from Tyler on Instagram talking about the score.

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DRCeGnKDgzt/?igsh=NTQ5aWZidnQ3NWEy

 

[Jay 46,245]

Here's what he says

 

The “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t” soundtrack is out on @lakeshorerecords 🪄! Very excited for you all to hear: it’s both a throwback to OG orchestral-jazz scores as well as new school bass music, drill, dnb with yours truly throwing in some gospel chops and prog metal drum flavor 🤘🥁LFG  #nowyouseemenowyoudont #nowyouseeme3

 

He seems to think its out today, when only the two singles are out today, and the album isn't out until next Friday

[Knight of Ren 1,555]

17 hours ago, Jay said:

I think you missed one theme though.  The bit you have listed as a theme for "The Eye" is not a a theme, it's as you said, a cue from NYSM1 that just get re-used in NYSM2 (A lot of NYSM1 cues appear in NYSM2 - I don't mean re-recorded versions, I mean they literally tracked in NYSM1 recordings into film 2 [and a lot of them are on the NYSM2 OST album annoyingly]).

 

Anyway, the theme for The Eye in the first movie is a "twinkly" ostinato that gets introduced in the cue "Thaddeus Explains The Eye", which didn't make it to the Soundcloud album, and I can't find a clip of the movie scene on youtube, unfortunately.  But then it returns at the end of the cue for the safe arriving when we see Thaddeus again.  This cue appears in the Soundcloud album track "Misdirection" from 0:00-1:07, with the "The Eye" ostinato playing from 0:34-1:07

Yeah, I noticed some sections of the second score being straight rip-ups of the first film, so that's why I was unsure about some of those smaller themes. And that track appears three times and each of them is the exact same arrangement but with a slightly longer or shorter presentation.

 

About the Eye Motif you mention, in the track you linked it kinda sounds like a variation on the main ostinato to me, but I would have to see if I can check out the scene you mention and see if it appears in the second score!

[Jay 46,245]

The 74 minute long OST album is now out in Australia, New Zealand, etc etc!

 

 

1 Now You Don't (3:02)
2 Now You See Me (3:00)
3 Upstaged (2:26)
4 Through the Looking Glass (3:44)
5 One Night Only (4:38)
6 Photoshoot (2:57)
7 Upstage Boogie (1:38)
8 Even the Rooms Are Tricks (1:18)
9 The Great Escape (2:08)
10 Life of Magic and Mystery (2:24)
11 The Pickup (1:28)
12 A Twist in the Tail (3:19)
13 Priceless (2:57)
14 Projections (2:13)
15 Who Nose (2:28)
16 Inversion (3:21)
17 The Horsemen Return (3:30)
18 Up is Down, Left is Right (3:08)
19 Room Service (2:06)
20 The Vandenberg Family (4:44)
21 History Lesson (4:25)
22 Every Good Trick Has a Twist (4:39)
23 Shoot the Car (1:58)
24 The Principles of Escape (4:02)
25 The Eye Always Watches (2:20)
Total time - 1:13:53

 

https://music.apple.com/nz/album/now-you-see-me-now-you-dont-original-motion-picture/1851512127

https://www.qobuz.com/nz-en/album/now-you-see-me-now-you-dont-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-brian-tyler/jzpgq74lrar3a

[Jay 46,245]

Just finished my first listen.  It's pretty good and fun, but also the least good of the three scores.

 

The first score is still my favorite, full of insanely catchy themes and just a great FUN aura throughout.  The second score is a good sequel score, taking the themes in new directions, adding new themes, etc.  But it also brings in this techno / dubstep element I didn't care for.... however the great track "Sleight Of Hand" more than makes up for that, it's so good it elevates the score to really good status despite the dubstep stuff I don't care for.

 

But now this score maintains that more electronic-y nature of the second one, but doesn't have a track near as good as "Sleight Of Hand" to elevate things.  So it's good, it's just not great.

 

One good thing is that it doesn't repeat NYSM1 verbatim as much as the NYSM2 score/album did.  However, it's not completely free of that;  the track "The Vanderberg Family" repeats that same "Piecing it Together"/"Chess Moves"/"300 Seconds" bit again.  And then "Shoot The Car" repeats a lot of "Spoon Bender" with new overlays on top.  But other than that, I think the rest of the album is all new!

[Jay 46,245]

Boy, on subsequent listens I'm liking this score a lot more.  I don't mind the electronica / rock elements at all, and actually quite enjoy them, and really enjoy the whole album.  I think I might like it more than the NYSM2 score, actually, though its a shame there's no track on the level of "Sleight of Hand".

 

What do others here think?

[tomsmoviemadness 4,843]

I really love it. Like you said it has slightly different vibe than the other 2, but it's still great.

 

I think Now You See Me is the standout track. With the themes we know while adding a new theme on top of it at certain points.

 

Other tracks like Who Nose & Upstage Boogie are just a ton of fun.

 

Some of the action more akin to his Fast & Furious score, which is a shame, because it's not as recognizable as the other 2

 

Still, with now 3 scores, this is Tyler's consistently best work in a franchise I feel.

[Jay 46,245]

I honestly haven't been able to really look at the track names and take in which track I am particularly fond of on any of my... I think 5 listens yet.  But needless to say I like it a lot considering I've already listened to it that many times!

 

My biggest issues with the album is that the first 2 tracks should have been swapped.  Not only so the names make more sense, but also musically, it would have made more sense to open with the reprise of old material given a shiny new arrangement, and then introduce the new material in track 2.  Oh well.

 

But yeah, I think its easily a better score than NYSM2 now.  I'm surprsied I didn't think that way after my first listen, but here we are!