The film is scored by Brian Tyler, who signed on in October 2012. According to Tyler, he was approached more for his “thematic” scores such as The Greatest Game Ever Played, Annapolis, and Partition rather than his “modern” action scores such as The Fast and Furious films, with Kevin Feige asking a theme that was recognizable and featured those dramatic tones. To employ the “deeply thematic component with a strong melody,” the score employs mostly orchestra sounds. The main theme for Iron Man focuses on horns and trumpets, to be “both a march and anthem.” Tyler mentioned that John Williams’ work in Raiders of the Lost Ark was the first thing he thought of as an influence, and the cue for the Well of Souls in Raiders influenced the Extremis motif, as Tyler felt it should enhance an spiritual side for having a “technology so advanced that nears magic.” Echoing the Mandarin’s amalgamated personality, his theme was religious music “that borrows from many cultures,” from “Monastic, Gothic, and Christian chants to music from the Middle-East.” The score was recorded with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios. Tyler is the third primary composer to score an Iron Man film, following Ramin Djawadi of Iron Man and John Debney of Iron Man 2.

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