"Hats off to Brian Tyler for his magnificent score. It's importance to the film, I cannot emphasize enough. I am very proud of his endeavor and of our second collaboration together."

- Bill Paxton

"Writing the score for The Greatest Game Ever Played was a journey into the light whereas I suppose one could say that the previous score Constantine was a study in darkness. I always enjoy genre hopping and this was a big change. Also, it was gratifying to compose a score that contrasted so much with my previous collaboration with Bill Paxton on Frailty. The idea behind this score was to tell the story through the music much like the films of the silent era. Bill put the challenge to me in a way that was both exciting yet daunting. Long passages of the film are scenes that drive the story with imagery but without dialogue. Hence, the music became a very important character itself. The orchestral music was influenced by the popular music of the end of the 19th Century and the start of the 20th Century - Debussy, Sibelius, Strauss, and Mahler. To me, the sound we know as "American" was a combination of the styles of so many of these great European composers. Composing in these modes reflected the character of Francis Ouimet who was a first generation American born of a French father and Irish mother. He represented the optimism of the turn of the century while at the same time was considered an outsider. He was a hero who beat the odds and the triumphant and determined tone of the music reflects this. In that way, the themes of the film were of paramount importance. But the textures mattered as well. I enjoyed playing many folk based instruments like the bouzouki, the mandolin, and the dulcimer in combination with conducting the orchestra to create a sense of history to the score. It is always a challenge scoring films, but this one was especially wild."

- Brian Tyler