Jordan Dykstra is an American composer and violist from Sioux City, Iowa, United States. Academically, Dykstra studied composition at CalArts with Michael Pisaro, Wolfgang von Schweinitz, and Ulrich Krieger; privately with Daníel Bjarnason, Chiyoko Szlavnics, and Alvin Lucier.Dykstra contributed to the score of the 2017 psychological thriller/horror film It Comes At Night, which received the NYT Critic's Pick from A.O. Scott, film critic at the New York Times.He has also worked as a composer on film music for Gus Van Sant, as a session violist and string director for Dirty Projectors, and performed at venues worldwide including MOCA, Los Angeles, CA, the RISD Museum in Providence, RI , the Portland Art Museum in Portland, OR , Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, Iceland , and at the Syros Institute in Ano Syros, Greece. While in Val Verde, CA in 2015, Jordan Dykstra founded Editions Verde, which publishes art and musical objects.