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 | |
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| Genres | Film Score, Classical, Modern Ambient, Rock |
| Years active | 2005-Present |
Career
editEarly 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
editStrickland 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ Grein, Paul (2022-06-19). "Beyonce Comes Up Short at 2022 Daytime Creative Arts & Lifestyle Emmy Awards". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ "Sundance Composer Spotlight: Tyler Strickland". BMI.com. 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
- ^ "ABOUT TYLER". TYLER STRICKLAND. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
- ^ a b "Columbia River: Composer Tyler Strickland on the music for 'Great River'". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
- ^ Inc., POV | American Documentary. "Keeping Score: How Documentary Filmmakers Can Work With Composers". POV's Documentary Blog. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
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External links
edit- Tyler Strickland at IMDb
- Tyler Strickland at AllMusic
- Tyler Strickland discography at Discogs
