---
name: "Lyle Mays"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lyle-mays"
fi1m_id: "lyle-mays"
imdb_id: "nm0563077"
tmdb_id: 960283
wikidata_id: "Q963426"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "27 November 1953"
died: "10 February 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T19:24:36.843665+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lyle Mays

## Identity

Lyle Mays

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lyle-mays
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lyle-mays
- **IMDb ID:** nm0563077
- **TMDB ID:** 960283
- **Wikidata ID:** Q963426
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_Mays, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q963426, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0563077/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/960283

Composer. Born 27 November 1953 in Wausaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Died 10 February 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 27 November 1953, Wausaukee, Wisconsin, USA
- **Died:** 10 February 2020
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_Mays, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q963426, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0563077/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/960283

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Falcon and the Snowman*](https://film.one/film/the-falcon-and-the-snowman.md) (54)

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## Biography

Lyle Mays was an American composer, pianist and keyboardist. Born in Wausaukee, Wisconsin, he co-founded the Pat Metheny Group in the 1970s and contributed to its recordings as performer, composer and arranger.

His film work includes the original score for *The Falcon and the Snowman* (1985), composed and produced with Pat Metheny and performed by the Pat Metheny Group. He received further soundtrack credits on films including *The Taste of Others* (2000), *Training Day* (2001) and *Wild* (2014). Mays died in Simi Valley, California, in 2020.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Falcon and the Snowman* (1985), Fi1m 54, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-falcon-and-the-snowman.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom* (1994), Music
- *The Falcon and the Snowman* (1985), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-falcon-and-the-snowman.md)
- *The Search for Solutions* (1980), series, Music

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