Music Composed by DANA KAPROFF
Intrada Records just released on 31st October the original motion picture soundtrack for the 2026 documentary Who Killed Alex Odeh.
The film explores the events surrounding the October 11, 1985, murder of Odeh—a teacher, poet, husband, father of three and advocate for Arab-American rights—who was killed by a trip-wire bomb planted at his office in Santa Ana, California. Despite evidence and suspects identified during the investigation, no one has ever been held accountable for his murder. Using archival footage, interviews and renewed investigative reporting, the film retraces the decades-long search for justice, examining suspected far-right extremist connections and the political forces surrounding the killing.
For the documentary Who Killed Alex Odeh?, directors Jason Osder and William Lafi Youmans hired veteran composer Dana Kaproff (The Big Red One, When a Stranger Calls) to score the investigation of the unsolved assassination of Palestinian-American civil rights activist Alex Odeh.
The score contrasts intimate, solitary piano themes of personal grief with driving, ominous orchestral rhythms that propel the film’s 40-year investigation forward.
As Kaproff describes, “My approach to the score was to move between intimate reflection and relentless investigation, mirroring both the emotional journey of the grieving Odeh family and the determination of the lone Israeli investigator willing to risk everything in pursuit of those responsible for Alex Odeh’s assassination.” A haunting solo piano theme gives voice to Alex’s humanity and the personal loss at the heart of the film, while propulsive rhythms, dark orchestral textures and sound design drive the investigation forward with mounting tension and urgency.
ABOUT DANA KAPROFF
Dana Kaproff is an award-winning American film composer, songwriter, and record producer with a prolific career spanning over four decades. Born into a prominent musical family in Los Angeles, he grew up immersed in the classic Hollywood studio scene, later apprenticing under industry legends like Elmer Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith, and John Barry. A versatile master storyteller and a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for over 35 years, Kaproff has scored more than 100 feature films, documentaries, and television series across nearly every genre—ranging from network classics like Cagney & Lacey and the 1970s The Amazing Spider-Man to recent critically acclaimed documentaries like PBS American Masters’ Oliver Sacks: His Own Life and the Sundance investigative feature Who Killed Alex Odeh?.
The documentary won the Special Jury Award for Journalistic Excellence at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival and premieres the week of Oct 30th.
The digital release of the Dana Kaproff score for the the documentary Who Killed Alex Odeh? is now available through Amazon, iTunes, and other digital music stores.
TRACKLIST
- When I Arrived
- Box of Photos
- Seek and Hide
- Much to Ponder
- Rendezvous Aborted
- A Pattern Emerges
- Blood on the Street
- It’s a Match
- Time to Roll
- Hiding in Plain Sight
- The Aftermath
- The Remembrance
