Jordan Dykstra

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Jordan Dykstra is an American composer and violist from Sioux City, Iowa, United States.^[1]

Academically, Dykstra studied composition at CalArts with Michael Pisaro, Wolfgang von Schweinitz, and Ulrich Krieger; privately with Daníel Bjarnason,^[2] Chiyoko Szlavnics, and at Wesleyan University with Alvin Lucier.^[3] Dykstra contributed to the score of the 2017 psychological thriller/horror film It Comes At Night (dir. Trey Edward Shults), which received the NYT Critic's Pick from A.O. Scott, film critic at the New York Times.^[4] He has also worked as a composer on film music for Gus Van Sant's 2011 film Restless,^[5] Penny Lane's 2019 documentary Hail Satan?,^[6] and the 2019 narrative film Blow the Man Down^[7] which was directed by Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy. Dykstra was a session violist and string director for Dirty Projectors' 2009 album Bitte Orca and has performed at venues worldwide including MOCA, Los Angeles, CA,^[8] the RISD Museum in Providence, RI,^[9] the Portland Art Museum in Portland, OR,^[10] Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, Iceland,^[11] and at the in Ano Syros, Greece.^[12]

While in Val Verde, CA in 2015, Jordan Dykstra founded , which publishes art and musical objects.^[13]

Discography[]

as Jordan Dykstra (film composer, performer, audio recording engineer, music consultant)[]

• Blow the Man Down (2019) Amazon Studios^[14] - premiered at Tribeca on April 26, 2019
• Hail Satan? (2019) Magnolia Pictures - premiered at Sundance^[15] on January 25, 2019
• Documenting Hate (2018) PBS/ProPublica - Emmy nominated^[16] 2-part series which premiered on FRONTLINE^[17] on August 7, 2017
• It Comes At Night (2017) A24^[18] - premiered at the Overlook Film Festival at Timberline Lodge on April 29, 2017
• Restless (2011) Sony Pictures Classic - premiered at Cannes on May 12, 2011

as Jordan Dykstra[]

• The Arrow of Time - CD for string quintet and percussion, chamber ensemble (2 violas, vibraphone, pedal synthesizer, reed organ), string trio, duet of viola and Sheng, and solo piano with hand-crank siren and fixed playback (New World Records, September 2020)^[19]
• 14 Horse Bells - CD for electronics, viola, percussion, and prepared speakers with electronics (, September 2020)^[20]
• A Known Unknown - Bundle containing sheet music, CD, and download code - for grand piano, percussion, and electronics (, June 2018)^[21]
• Found Clouds - CD for vibraphone, pedal harp, Farfisa organ, and grand piano (, March 2018)^[22]
• Is Land a Voice - CD for field recording, air-horns, and sine-tones (, March 2017)^[23]
• The Psychological Future - digital LP for gamelan, percussion, viola, cello, double bass, and sine-tones (January 2017)^[24]
• Chimes Nine Times - digital EP for viola, electric guitar, and sine-tones (July 2016)^[25][26]
• Stressings - CD (, April 2016)^{[27][28][29][30]}
• Elegant Music - digital EP for viola, koto, noh-kan, ryūteki, and percussion (June 2015)^[31]
• Three Horns - digital EP for air-horn and sine-tones in 3 movements (May 2015)^[32]
• Like a Sun That Pours Forth Light but Never Warmth - digital LP, composed for solo dance show at Conduit Dance Studio in Portland, Ore. from October 24-26, 2014 (January 2015)^[33]
• Audition^[34] - LP (Marriage Records / / , August 2014)^[35]
• Phonography - digital album of 20 field recordings (March 2014)^[36]
• Sundries - ongoing digital album (2013–present)^[37]
• Pianodrones - digital EP card in 3 movements (December, 2012)^[38]
• A Quiet Night - film score (April, 2011) for "A Quiet Night"^[39][a]

as DASH![]

• TSS REMIXES - digital download card (Self released, March 2013)^[41]
• TAKES SWIFT STRIDES - digital download card (Marriage Records, August 2009)^[42]

with Beau Breather[]

• College Hotel - CD (, August 2016)^[43][44]

with Tom Blood and Jordan Dykstra[]

• Seems Like It Means Something Else^[45] from EXP3 (Editions Verde, March 2016)^[46]
• Preludes (November 2014)*
• Greatest Hits Live: Volume One (May 2012)*
• A June Afternoon (June 2011)*
• The Act (June 2011)*

*Digital EPs^[47]

with The Righteous and Harmonious Fists[]

• Fangs, But No Fanks - Split 7" EP with (Marriage Records, 2008)^[48]

Credits[]

• Blow the Man Down directed by and , co-composed with , string arranger, viola, prepared piano, percussion (Amazon Studios, 2020),^[49] film soundtrack (, 2020)^[50]
• It Comes At Night directed by , assistant composer with , string arranger, viola, percussion, musical collaborator, synthesizer and electronics, additional music preparation, recording engineer (A24, 2017), film soundtrack (Milan Records, 2017)^[51]
• Like a Sun that Pours Forth Light but Never Warmth by Allie Hankins, composer, string quintet director, and viola,^[52] dance performance (October, 2014)
• Identify by Caspar Sonnet, composer and viola,^[53] LP (Marriage Records, 2013)
• Belfast Sessions by Davis Hooker, string trio director, composer, and viola,^[54] LP (self-released, 2012)
• Annabel's Wake written by Jordan Dykstra and Danny Elfman,^[55] composer and mellotron, Restless (2011 film) directed by Gus Van Sant, film soundtrack (Sony Pictures Classics, 2011)
• Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors, string quartet director and viola,^[56] LP (Domino Recording Company, 2009)
• Stillness Is The Move by Dirty Projectors, string quartet director and viola,^[57] LP (Domino Recording Company, 2009)
• False Face Society by Valet, composer and viola,^[58] LP (Mexican Summer, 2009)
• Malaikat Dan Singa by Arrington De Dionyso, composer and viola, LP and CD (K Records, 2009)
• Caffeine, Alcohol, Sunshine, Money by Jared Mees and the Grown Children, composer, string director, and viola, CD (Tender Loving Empire, 2008)^[59]

Other projects[]

• Rob Walmart - an improvised electronic music collective

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• 2014 Textura review of "Audition"
• 2014 Impose interview and article
• 2014 Tiny Mix Tapes video premiere article
• 2016 Tiny Mix Tapes "Stressings" video premiere
• 2016 Textura review of "Stressings"
• 2016 Exclaim video premiere of "I'm Not A Horse Person, Dog" from "Stressings"
• 2016 THRU Media review of "Stressings"
• 2016 THRU Media review of "College Hotel" by Beau Breather