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 recently won the 2022 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition[1] for Cat People on Netflix.
Early in his career as a musician, Strickland toured as a multi-instrumentalist for an artist signed to Capitol Records.
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.
[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.