Excerpts from the album "The Arrow of Time" by Jordan Dykstra
Available September 11, 2020 from New World Records
www.newworldrecords.org

All music composed, produced, and mixed by Jordan Dykstra.
Digital mastering by Paul Zinman.

Fathom Peaks Unseen:
Sara Cubarsi (violin)
Jonathan Tang (violin)
Joy Yi (viola)
David Mason (cello)
Miller Wren (double bass)
Jordan Dykstra (crotales)
recorded by Jordan Dykstra in Val Verde (May 2016)

Ghosting No. 3:
Nadya Potemkina (viola)
Jordan Dykstra (viola)
J.P.A. Falzone (vibraphone and bass pedals)
Dave Scanlon (reed organ)
recorded by Dave Scanlon in Beckham Hall at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT (2017)

Orbits:
Eugene Moon (sheng)
Jordan Dykstra (viola and electronic programming)
recorded by Jordan Dykstra in Val Verde (June 2016)

In the Snow:
Morgan Evans-Weiler (violin)
Jordan Dykstra (viola)
Laura Cetilia (cello)
recorded by Luke Modolf at Brown University in Providence, RI (October 2017)

The Arrow of Time:
Reinier van Houdt (piano and hand-crank siren)
Jordan Dykstra (field recordings and electronic programming)
Adam Forkner (additional drum programming)
recorded by Jordan Dykstra at Splendor in Amsterdam (May 2019)

The Arrow of Time (2020) — full album excerpts

Music video promo: www.youtube.com/watch

Magic Hour is a TV anthology series (written and directed by Che Grayson) that features magical and mystifying stories with Queer & POC folks at the center. The show explores identity through the lens of fantasy, science-fiction and horror.

Similar to Black Mirror or The Twilight Zone, each episode will be its own contained story with a beginning, middle and end. The thing that connects all of the episodes together is the occurrence of "magic hour," a time of day when everything looks freaking gorgeous or, in the show's case, a time when parallel dimensions and realities overlap and collide with each other to create remarkable stories that stretch the imagination and shock the senses. When the magic hour begins that's when the real fun starts. Each episode will explore themes like love, belonging, humanity and sacrifice. Stories that will keep you up at night, will make you think, or just creep you the hell out. Tales of robots exploring the gender binary, girls curing addictions, bigots turning into animals and femmes giving birth to celestial beings (to name a few).

The pilot episode, Soul-Search starring Indya Moore (POSE) is a retelling of Frankenstein with a modern twist; telling this classic story through the perspective of the "monster."

Via www.kickstarter.com/projects/chegrayson/magic-hours-pilot-episode-starring-indya-moore

Magic Hour (2020)

Film Music Reel

Original motion picture soundtrack by Jordan Dykstra & Brian McOmber — featuring shanties by David Coffin — for the 2020 film Blow the Man Down (Amazon Studios).

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Blow the Man Down (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

20 Days in Mariupol

Excerpts from the soundtrack for the feature film documentary "GLOBES" (dir. Nina de Vroome, 2021).

Globes (2021) (excerpts)

Ball (2021) (excerpts)

Track 03 from "Audition", digital and 12" LP available at www.jordandykstra.com

Audition

Darkened Bar

Excerpts from the soundtrack for the PBS/FRONTLINE and ProPublica documentary film "Plot to Overturn the Election" (dir. Sam Black, 2022).

Plot to Overturn the Election (2022) (excerpts)

Trailer for Globes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=goliPcH5XWg&ab_channel=Avila

Director’s Statement about Globes:

Often seen as creatures to be carelessly waved away, bees also invite us to take a fresh look at the world. The bee’s language consists of a dance, itself a roadmap to fertile flower fields. In honeycombs, the colour of the pollen indicates the flowers living in the wider area: in the hive, a whole landscape is mapped out. A bee is always part of something larger, of its colony but also of society at large. As
a cultivated insect, bees have lived together with humans for around eight thousand years. Could it be that bees have a lot to tell us?
The story of the bees starts with the lifespan of a single bee. This immediately forced me to invent my approach to cinematic representation; bees are difficult to depict. They hide in the darkness of their hives; opened up, hundreds of bodies are seen wriggling together. The complexity of the subject led me to an essayistic approach.

Globes began as a narrative in which the invisible is gradually rendered visible. Soon my story began to interweave with that of others; bees take on a role in many histories. I ended up in Slovenia, a country with a tradition of depicting hives containing biblical stories, mythological figures and even news from the surrounding area. In North America, bees are deeply enmeshed in the story of modernity. In plantations reaching to the horizon, masked beekeepers are reminiscent of space travelers trying to maintain artificial ecologies on a barren planet. The title refers to a notion of ‘worlds’, of which the earth comprises many. The documentary considers our globalised economy, but also the landscapes around the beehive. The micro-level is thus always connected to the macro-level, the local to the global. In Globes, bonds are forged between culture and nature and the ways in which the concept of 'ecology' can be given meaning are explored. Through these encounters, the film both wanders and always returns to its core, much like the bees which fly around on the hunt for flowers return to their hives laden with nectar.

Nina de Vroome

CREDITS

Globes was directed by Nina de Vroome. For more information about the film visit www.avilafilm.be/en/distribution/film/globes

www.ninadevroome.be
www.jordandykstra.com

Original score composed by Jordan Dykstra
Score performed by Jordan Dykstra (viola, vibraphone, pitch pipe, piano, programming, percussion)
Josh Wise (cello)
J. P. A. Falzone (electric organ)

"The Swarm"
Performed by the Budapest Art Orchestra
Conducted by Peter Eötvös

Score produced by Jordan Dykstra and Nina de Vroome
Mixed by Jordan Dykstra in Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Al Jones at Laminal Audio
Album produced and designed by Jordan Dykstra
Kevin Volans' music is licensed by Signum Records
All other permissions granted from the respective artists

Kevin Volans — White Man Sleeps, Dance No. 2 (excerpt 2)

Good Things Take Time

"Audition" (Album Sampler) by Jordan Dykstra

Dir. Mstyslav Chernov, 2023

Told through the perspective of Ukrainian-born director and AP video journalist Mstyslav Chernov, 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL is a visceral, first-person view of the early days of Russia’s invasion of the city of Mariupol, Ukraine. (PBS FRONTLINE/AP News, 2023)

20 Days in Mariupol (2023) (excerpts)

Devastation Everywhere

The Darkest Basement

News Finally Gets Out

Black Body Bags

Flatlining

Civilians Are Dying

The Last Firehouse Was Destroyed

The Baby Survived

Desperation

Cold Opening

You Are Surrounded

La Cola del Camarón (2023) (excerpts)

Excerpts from the film Shaken (dir. Asher Levinthal).

Shaken (2023) (excerpts)

Directed by Juanita Ceballos

Drawing on real-time, firsthand accounts and using official bodycam and audio, FRONTLINE, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reconstruct the chaotic response to the Uvalde school shooting and examine the missteps. The documentary delves into the lessons learned and the lingering trauma of that day. (PBS FRONTLINE, 2023)

Stream the documentary:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/inside-the-uvalde-response/

Inside the Uvalde Response (2023) (excerpts)

Music from Vito A. Rowland's feature film "Ovid, New York."

Logline: Seven tales of transformation poetically reimagine Ovid's "Metamorphoses" and paint a picture of violence and catharsis, anchored in mythical landscapes.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/663787178/56c5a47ea0

Ovid, New York (2024) (excerpts)

Premiered at the RISD Museum on August 4, 2024 by Ordinary Affects (J. P. A. Falzone: piano, Morgan Evans-Weiler: violin, Jordan Dykstra: composition, viola, playback, and Laura Cetilia: cello).

The Leaky Eye (live) — performed by Ordinary Affects

1. Jordan Dykstra - viola
2. Manuel de Lima - melodica
3. Jon Tull - piano
4. Lee Hodel - double bass
5. Lucas Lipari-Mayer- trumpet
6. Eric Heep - electronics
7. Justin Scheid - electronics
8. D. Reuben Snyder - guitar
9. Michael Jarvey - piano
10. Davy Sumner - crotales 
11. Luke Martin - guitar
12. James Rushford - viola
13. Logan Hone - sax
14. Cooper Wolken - cymbals
15. Thea Mesirow - cello

Recorded live on February 15, 2015 at California Institute for the Arts in the Wild Beast concert hall.

Jordan Dykstra - Dots And Lines (2015)

Holding Liat (2025) (excerpts)

Hurricane Helene's Deadly Warning (2025) (excerpts)

In three movements:
I. Imbrication
II. Neither comedy, nor tragedy
III. Dual duets

World premiere by The Formalist Quartet on February 29, 2016
Andrew Tholl — violin
Mark Menzies — violin/viola
Andrew McIntosh — violin/viola
Ashley Walters — cello

Jordan Dykstra — "The Neutral Mask" (2016)

The Arrow of Time

The Arrow of TIme

The Arrow Of Time (2019) (excerpt)

In the Snow

In The Snow (2018) (excerpt)

Orbits

Orbits (2016/17) (excerpt)

Ghosting (No. 3)

Ghosting No. 3 (2017) (excerpt)

Fathom Peaks Unseen

Fathom Peaks Unseen (2015/16) (excerpt)

Magic Hour

A Chase, A Reprieve, The Chase Continues

Soft, Exterior Light Entering The Room

The Painful Discovery

An Ominous Storm

Enjoy House

In This Light, A Friendship Is Possible

Original music excerpts from the film HAIL SATAN? (Magnolia Pictures, 2019)

Hail Satan? (2019) (excerpts)

Original music from the film BLOW THE MAN DOWN (Amazon Studios, 2020). Soundtrack streaming worldwide on December 25, 2020 and CD available via www.Editions-Verde.com

Blow the Man Down (OST)

Blow the Man Down (OST) [Album Sampler]

Blow The Man Down (2020) (excerpts)

Original music excerpts from the film IT COMES AT NIGHT (A24, 2017)

It Comes At Night (2017) (excerpts)

Original motion picture soundtrack by Jordan Dykstra & Brian McOmber — featuring David Coffin — for the 2020 film Blow the Man Down (Amazon Studios).

21. Blood Red Roses (Traditional) (Alternate Take)

5. Pay Me What You Stole

4. A Bag Of Cash

3. Drink Up

2. Blow The Man Down (Maine Theme)

1. Blow The Man Down (Traditional)

Originally from Sioux City, IA, composer and performer Jordan Dykstra lives and works in Brooklyn, NY with his beloved cat Basil.

Feature Film Score Contributions:
Inside the Uvalde Response (2023) — composer
Shaken (2023) — co-composer
Fair Play (2023) — performer and score conductor
20 Days in Mariupol (2023) — composer
Echo (2022) — composer
Globes (2021) — composer
Blow the Man Down (2020) — co-composer
Hail Satan? (2019) — featured composer
Documenting Hate (2019) — "consultant" (music editor)
It Comes At Night (2017) — asst. composer
No Going Back Before Present (2016) — composer
Restless (2011) — co-composer

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