Composer
Jon Brion
Born 11 December 1963 · Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA
Jon Brion is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and film composer. He is known for producing albums for artists such as Aimee Mann and Fiona Apple, and for inventive, often quirky scores for Paul Thomas Anderson, Michel Gondry and Greta Gerwig. His work helped define the sound of turn-of-the-century indie film.
Key films
Hard Eight (1997)
His first feature score, starting a long collaboration with director Paul Thomas Anderson.
Magnolia (1999)
Anderson's ensemble drama, with a score that works closely alongside Aimee Mann's songs.
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
A jittery, offbeat score that suits Anderson's unusual romance.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
His best-known score, matching the film's dreamlike, bittersweet tone.
Lady Bird (2017)
A warm, understated score for Greta Gerwig's coming-of-age film.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 36
- 1984Disconnected · as The ExcerptsActor
- 1997Boogie Nights · as Awards Ceremony Band MemberActor
- 1997Hard EightComposer
- 1999MagnoliaComposer
- 2000That Moment: Magnolia Diary · as SelfActor
- 2002Punch-Drunk LoveComposer
- 2003Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Live at the Olympic (The Last DJ) · as Orchestra ConductorActor
- 2004Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindComposer
- 2004I ♥ HuckabeesComposer
- 2005Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine · as HimselfActor
- 2006The Break-UpComposer
- 2008Step BrothersComposer
- 2008Synecdoche, New YorkComposer
- 2008Glago's GuestComposer
- 2008Largo · as SelfActor
- 2008Mellodrama · as SelfActor
- 2009Funny People · as Jon BrionActor
- 2010The Other GuysComposer
- 2011The FutureComposer
- 2012ParaNormanComposer
- 2012This Is 40Composer
- 2013Delivery ManComposer
- 2013The Blue UmbrellaComposer
- 2014The GamblerComposer
- 2014Heaven Adores You · as SelfActor
- 2014The Past Is a Grotesque Animal · as SelfActor
- 2015TrainwreckComposer
- 2016CurmudgeonsComposer
- 2017Lady BirdComposer
- 2017WilsonComposer
- 2018Christopher RobinComposer
- 2018Sink or SwimComposer
- 2023Fool's ParadiseComposer
- 2023Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself · as Self - Film ComposerActor
- 2024Beating HeartsComposer
- 2026OutcomeComposer
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.