Tyler Strickland is an American composer for film and television. He is best known for providing the scores for acclaimed documentaries such as Rashida Jones's Hot Girls Wanted, CNN's Fresh Dressed, and Netflix's Audrie & Daisy. He also provided the music for Netflix's The Mars Generation. He recently won the 2022 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition[1] for Cat People on Netflix.

Tyler Strickland
GenresFilm Score, Classical, Modern Ambient, Rock
Years active2005-Present

Career

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Early in his career as a musician, Strickland toured as a multi-instrumentalist for an artist signed to Capitol Records.[2] During his time as a touring musician, Strickland played along acts such as The Foo Fighters and Journey. In 2010, he began utilizing his talents as an instrumentalist and applying them to film scoring. He quickly found success in 2012 after providing the score for The Genius of Marian, which gained substantial critical acclaim at the TriBeCa film festival.[3]

Philosophy

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Strickland posits that sound is “50 percent of everything we experience on a day to day basis… Without the right music, no environment is complete.” All pacing in regards to score must stem from the on-screen image. He describes this as only way to assure a score is enhancing the film, as opposed to distracting viewers from it.[4] One of the most important elements in Strickland's workflow is communication with a director—he describes this as potentially one of the most "inspiring and exciting" parts of the scoring process.[5]

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Selected filmography

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Year Title Notes
2022 Edge of the Earth Composer
2022 Hysteric Composer
2022 Make People Better Composer
2021 Four Seasons Total Documentary Composer
2021 Cat People Composer
2021 Pride Composer
2021 John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise Composer
2021 The Oxy Kingpins Composer
2020 Nasrin Composer
2020 Chef's Table Composer
2020 Street Food: Latin America Composer
2020 Trial by Media Composer
2019 Jaiquan's Sketch Composer
2019 Torn Apart: Separated at the Border Composer
2019 Cooking for Life Composer
2019 Stuck Composer
2019 Just Breathe Composer
2019 Splash Composer
2019 Changing the Game Composer
2019 Teeth Composer
2019 Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops Composer
2017-2018 Independent Lens Composer
2018 Rhapsody in Black Composer
2018 Young Men and Fire Composer
2018 Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age Composer
2018 Back to Malheur: Two Years Later Composer
2018 Survivors Composer
2018 The American Meme Composer
2017 Secret History of Comics Composer
2017 Gavin Grimm vs. Composer
2017 Monument Composer
2017 Mankiller Composer
2017 A River Below Composer
2017 Eyes of Exodus Composer
2017 Out of State Composer
2017 They Took Them Alive Composer
2017 The Mars Generation Composer
2016 Plastic China Composer
2016 Jackson Composer
2016 Explorer Composer
2014-2016 P.O.V. Composer
2016 The Return Composer
2016 Best and Most Beautiful Things Composer
2016 Audrie & Daisy Composer
2016 Santiago Calatrava Composer
2015 The Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledano Composer
2015 Overburden Composer
2015 Fresh Dressed Composer
2015 Hot Girls Wanted Composer
2014 In Three Seasons Composer
2014 BlindSight Composer
2014 First Sight: Sonia & Anita Composer
2014 Tough Love Composer
2013 Limbus Composer
2013 The Beauty Composer
2013 Schooled: The Price of College Sports Composer
2013 The Genius of Marian Composer
2013 Alone Time Composer
2012 Hot Girl, Fast Car, Eating a Banana Composer

References

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  1. ^ Grein, Paul (2022-06-19). "Beyonce Comes Up Short at 2022 Daytime Creative Arts & Lifestyle Emmy Awards". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  2. ^ "Sundance Composer Spotlight: Tyler Strickland". BMI.com. 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  3. ^ "ABOUT TYLER". TYLER STRICKLAND. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  4. ^ a b "Columbia River: Composer Tyler Strickland on the music for 'Great River'". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  5. ^ Inc., POV | American Documentary. "Keeping Score: How Documentary Filmmakers Can Work With Composers". POV's Documentary Blog. Retrieved 2017-01-26. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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