---
name: "Jon Brion"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jon-brion"
fi1m_id: "jon-brion"
imdb_id: "nm0109726"
tmdb_id: 312
wikidata_id: "Q540389"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "11 December 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-05T14:46:18.650197+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jon Brion

## Identity

Jon Brion

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jon-brion
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jon-brion
- **IMDb ID:** nm0109726
- **TMDB ID:** 312
- **Wikidata ID:** Q540389
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Brion, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q540389, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0109726/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/312

Composer. Born 11 December 1963 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 11 December 1963, Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA
- **Active:** 1997–2018
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 9: 1 acting, 8 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://film.one/person/philip-seymour-hoffman.md), [Anthony Bregman](https://film.one/person/anthony-bregman.md), [Charlie Kaufman](https://film.one/person/charlie-kaufman.md), [Emily Watson](https://film.one/person/emily-watson.md), [JoAnne Sellar](https://film.one/person/joanne-sellar.md), [Paul Thomas Anderson](https://film.one/person/paul-thomas-anderson.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 85 (2), 2000s 78 (4), 2010s 75 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 71 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 5, Drama 5, Romance 3, Adventure 2, Family 2, Animation 1
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $740m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Brion, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q540389, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0109726/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/312

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*ParaNorman*](https://film.one/film/paranorman.md) (76), [*Christopher Robin*](https://film.one/film/christopher-robin.md) (62)
- **Apple TV:** [*Lady Bird*](https://film.one/film/lady-bird.md) (86)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Synecdoche, New York*](https://film.one/film/synecdoche-new-york.md) (84)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Punch-Drunk Love*](https://film.one/film/punch-drunk-love.md) (84)
- **HBO Max:** [*Magnolia*](https://film.one/film/magnolia.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jon Brion is an American composer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Born on 11 December 1963 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, he grew up in Connecticut in a musical family and performed with the bands the Excerpts, the Bats, 'Til Tuesday and the Grays before establishing himself as a producer and film composer.

Brion has scored numerous films, including *Hard Eight* (1996), *Magnolia* (1999), *Punch-Drunk Love* (2002), *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* (2004), *I Heart Huckabees* (2004), *Synecdoche, New York* (2008), *ParaNorman* (2012), *Lady Bird* (2017) and *Christopher Robin* (2018). He received Grammy nominations for Best Score Soundtrack Album for his work on *Magnolia* and *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind*.

He has also produced music for artists including Aimee Mann, Fiona Apple, Elliott Smith and Kanye West, and released the solo album *Meaningless* in 2001.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, allmusic.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

### Performed in (1)

- *Boogie Nights* (1997), Fi1m 86, as Awards Ceremony Band Member — [page](https://film.one/film/boogie-nights.md)

### Crew (8) — the average rests on these

- *Christopher Robin* (2018), Fi1m 62, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/christopher-robin.md)
- *Lady Bird* (2017), Fi1m 86, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/lady-bird.md)
- *ParaNorman* (2012), Fi1m 76, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/paranorman.md)
- *Synecdoche, New York* (2008), Fi1m 84, Original Music Composer, Music, Orchestrator, Conductor — [page](https://film.one/film/synecdoche-new-york.md)
- *The Break-Up* (2006), Fi1m 55, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-break-up.md)
- *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* (2004), Fi1m 88, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind.md)
- *Punch-Drunk Love* (2002), Fi1m 84, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/punch-drunk-love.md)
- *Magnolia* (1999), Fi1m 84, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/magnolia.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Outcome* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *One Battle After Another* (2025), Additional Music — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/one-battle-after-another.md)
- *Pee-wee as Himself* (2025), series, Original Music Composer
- *Beating Hearts* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Fool's Paradise* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Sink or Swim* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Christopher Robin* (2018), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/christopher-robin.md)
- *John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City* (2018), Music
- *Lady Bird* (2017), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/lady-bird.md)
- *Wilson* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Curmudgeons* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid* (2015), Music
- *Trainwreck* (2015), Original Music Composer, Musician
- *The Gambler* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Delivery Man* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Margot Rourke & The Boys Club* (2013), Music
- *The Blue Umbrella* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *This Is 40* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *ParaNorman* (2012), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/paranorman.md)
- *The Future* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *The Other Guys* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Funny People* (2009), as Jon Brion
- *Synecdoche, New York* (2008), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/synecdoche-new-york.md)
- *Step Brothers* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Glago's Guest* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *The Break-Up* (2006), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-break-up.md)
- *Scratches: Part 2* (2006), Music
- *I ♥ Huckabees* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* (2004), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind.md)
- *Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Live at the Olympic (The Last DJ)* (2003), as Orchestra Conductor
- *Punch-Drunk Love* (2002), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/punch-drunk-love.md)
- *Magnolia* (1999), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/magnolia.md)
- *Boogie Nights* (1997), as Awards Ceremony Band Member — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/boogie-nights.md)
- *Hard Eight* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Disconnected* (1984), as The Excerpts

## Gallery

- ![Jon Brion](https://film.one/media/person/88324/gallery-2439065a14ae.jpg) Jon Brion — Nadja Dee Tanaka, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Jon_Brion.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jon Brion performing at Union Park for the Intonation Music Festival on June 25, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois.](https://film.one/media/person/88324/gallery-e21f2194488b.jpg) Jon Brion performing at Union Park for the Intonation Music Festival on June 25, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. — soundfromwayout, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/CAM_4037_%28175437630%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jon Brion performing at Union Park for the Intonation Music Festival on June 25, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois.](https://film.one/media/person/88324/gallery-a5d627fde9f2.jpg) Jon Brion performing at Union Park for the Intonation Music Festival on June 25, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. — soundfromwayout, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/CAM_4037_%28175437630%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jon Brion performing at Union Park for the Intonation Music Festival on June 25, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois.](https://film.one/media/person/88324/gallery-1ee513e87013.jpg) Jon Brion performing at Union Park for the Intonation Music Festival on June 25, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. — soundfromwayout, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/CAM_4029_%28175437556%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jon Brion](https://film.one/media/person/88324/gallery-68b5368cb7ff.jpg) Jon Brion — Image via TMDB
- ![Jon Brion performing at Union Park for the Intonation Music Festival on June 25, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois.](https://film.one/media/person/88324/gallery-5a7bc45817c1.jpg) Jon Brion performing at Union Park for the Intonation Music Festival on June 25, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. — soundfromwayout, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/CAM_4042_%28175437740%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jon Brion performing at Union Park for the Intonation Music Festival on June 25, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois.](https://film.one/media/person/88324/gallery-96cd5ef1ce03.jpg) Jon Brion performing at Union Park for the Intonation Music Festival on June 25, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. — soundfromwayout, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/CAM_4041_%28175437695%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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