Tyler Strickland Explained

Tyler Strickland
Genre:Film Score, Classical, Modern Ambient, Rock
Years Active:2005-Present

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.

Career

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

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

YearTitleNotes
2022Edge of the EarthComposer
2022HystericComposer
2022Make People BetterComposer
2021Four Seasons Total DocumentaryComposer
2021Cat PeopleComposer
2021PrideComposer
2021John Wayne Gacy: Devil in DisguiseComposer
2021The Oxy KingpinsComposer
2020NasrinComposer
2020Chef's Table Composer
2020Street Food: Latin AmericaComposer
2020Trial by MediaComposer
2019Jaiquan's SketchComposer
2019Torn Apart: Separated at the BorderComposer
2019Cooking for LifeComposer
2019StuckComposer
2019Just BreatheComposer
2019SplashComposer
2019Changing the GameComposer
2019TeethComposer
2019Ernie & Joe: Crisis CopsComposer
2017-2018Independent LensComposer
2018Rhapsody in BlackComposer
2018Young Men and FireComposer
2018Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital AgeComposer
2018Back to Malheur: Two Years LaterComposer
2018SurvivorsComposer
2018The American MemeComposer
2017Secret History of ComicsComposer
2017Gavin Grimm vs. Composer
2017MonumentComposer
2017MankillerComposer
2017A River BelowComposer
2017Eyes of ExodusComposer
2017Out of StateComposer
2017They Took Them AliveComposer
2017The Mars GenerationComposer
2016Plastic ChinaComposer
2016JacksonComposer
2016ExplorerComposer
2014-2016P.O.V.Composer
2016The ReturnComposer
2016Best and Most Beautiful ThingsComposer
2016Audrie & DaisyComposer
2016Santiago CalatravaComposer
2015The Many Sad Fates of Mr. ToledanoComposer
2015OverburdenComposer
2015Fresh DressedComposer
2015Hot Girls WantedComposer
2014In Three SeasonsComposer
2014BlindSightComposer
2014First Sight: Sonia & AnitaComposer
2014Tough LoveComposer
2013LimbusComposer
2013The BeautyComposer
2013Schooled: The Price of College SportsComposer
2013The Genius of MarianComposer
2013Alone TimeComposer
2012Hot Girl, Fast Car, Eating a BananaComposer

Notes and References

  1. Grein . Paul . 2022-06-19 . Beyonce Comes Up Short at 2022 Daytime Creative Arts & Lifestyle Emmy Awards . 2022-07-14 . Billboard . en-US.
  2. News: Sundance Composer Spotlight: Tyler Strickland. 2015-01-21. BMI.com. en. 2017-01-26.
  3. Web site: ABOUT TYLER. TYLER STRICKLAND. en-US. 2017-01-26.
  4. News: Columbia River: Composer Tyler Strickland on the music for 'Great River'. OregonLive.com. en-US. 2017-01-26.
  5. News: Keeping Score: How Documentary Filmmakers Can Work With Composers. Inc.. POV American Documentary. POV's Documentary Blog. en-US. 2017-01-26.