Tyler Strickland is an Emmy Award Winning film and television composer based in Los Angeles, CA. He is best known for providing the scores for films such as John Candy: I Like Me, Descendent, John Wayne Gacy: Devil In Disguise, Faye and Chef's Table. He has composed the music for over 80 films and television shows. He won the 2022 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for Cat People. He won the 2026 Emmy for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary/Nonfiction or Reality Program for John Candy: I Like Me.
He is also an award winning music producer, having received a Dove Award for producing Jon Foreman's solo album.
Career Early in his career as a musician, Strickland toured as a multi-instrumentalist for an artist signed to Capitol Records. 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. 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.
Selected filmography YearTitle2025 John Candy: I Like Me2025 Descendent 2024 Face to Face with Scott Peterson2024 Faye 2023 Thriller 40 2023 Navajo Police: Class 572023 Sly 2023 Who Killed Robert Wone?2022Edge of the Earth2022Make People Better2021Cat People2021Pride2021John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise2021The Oxy Kingpins2020Nasrin2020Chef's Table: BBQ2020Street Food: Latin America2020Trial by Media2019Torn Apart: Separated at the Border2019Changing the Game2019Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops2017-2018Independent Lens2018Young Men and Fire2018Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age2018Back to Malheur: Two Years Later2018Survivors2018The American Meme2017Secret History of Comics2017Mankiller2017A River Below2017The Mars Generation2016Plastic China2016Explorer2014-2016P.O.V.2016Best and Most Beautiful Things2016Audrie & Daisy2015Overburden2015Fresh Dressed2015Hot Girls Wanted2014Tough Love2013Schooled: The Price of College Sports2013The Genius of Marian
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