Jon Brion is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and composer. He performed with the Excerpts, the Bats,

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and

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before becoming an established producer and film score composer. Brion has produced music for artists and bands including Of Montreal,

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, Love Jones,

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and

Mac Miller Malcolm James McCormick (January 19, 1992 – September 7, 2018), known professionally as Mac Miller, was an American rapper and record producer. Miller began his career in Pittsburgh's hip hop scene in 2007, at the age of fifteen. In 2010, h ...

. According to ''

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,'' Brion's work on Mann's first solo albums "lay the groundwork for a sound that became synonymous with a strain of notable alternative acts at the turn of the century". Brion's film scores include '' Hard Eight'' (1996), ''

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'' (1999), ''

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'' (2002), ''

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'' and ''

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'' (both 2004), ''

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'' (2008), ''

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'' (2012), '' Lady Bird'' (2017), and ''

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'' (2018). He released his debut solo album, '' Meaningless'', in 2001.

Early life

Brion was born in Glen Ridge,

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. He comes from a musical family; his mother, LaRue, was an administrative assistant and singer, and his father,

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, was a band director at

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. His brother and sister became a composer/arranger and a violinist, respectively. Brion grew up in Connecticut, where he dropped out of

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at the age of 17, opting instead to play music professionally. From 1980–85 Jon was part of the band The Excerpts, along with Stephen Harris, Dean Falcone, Jim Balga, Bobby Butcher & Spike Priggen.

Career

The Bats

In the early 1980s, Brion and musician/producer Bill Murphy began a writing collaboration in

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. They eventually enlisted bassist Don "Riff" Fertman and together formed the Bats (not to be confused with the New Zealand group or South African group of the same name). The Bats released a single, "Popgun", and one album, '' How Pop Can You Get?'', on Gustav Records in 1982. The recordings had much critical acclaim, but little commercial success, and the trio eventually disbanded.

Session work

In 1987, Brion moved to

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, where he played solo gigs, formed the short-lived band World's Fair and became a member of the last touring version of

's new wave band

. He contributed guitar work to

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's 1993 album ''Spilt Milk'', and in 1994, joined Dan McCarroll, Buddy Judge and ex-Jellyfish guitarist

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in the short-lived pop band

. He also played guitar on

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' hit song "

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", using a screwdriver that was sitting atop a nearby amp as a slide. Brion played numerous instruments on

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' 1996 release '' Omnipop''. Brion is featured as keyboardist and drummer on

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's 2003 album, '' Kissin Time'', and co-wrote a song, "City of Quartz", for her next work, 2005's '' Before the Poison''.

Production

After being recognized as an accomplished session player, Brion branched out into production on then-girlfriend Mann's 1993 solo debut, '' Whatever'', and its follow-up, '' I'm With Stupid''. He has also produced albums by

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and

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, and co-produced

's ''

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'' in 2005. In the fall of 2002, Brion began producing the album ''

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'' with Fiona Apple, but she later brought in producers

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and

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(a friend of Brion's) to complete the album. Brion's versions leaked onto the Internet, where the album gained a cult following long before its official release. Brion worked and performed on some of the tracks for

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's 2006 album ''

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''. Lennon said that working with him was "how I would imagine it's like to work with

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. It's like having a weird alien prodigy in your room." Brion has produced recordings by British pop performer

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, and Keane, as well as 2010's '' False Priest'' by Of Montreal. Brion also produced

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's second album which was released in early 2012. Brion worked on rapper

's album ''

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'' (2018), and completed production on Miller's posthumous album ''

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'' (2020). According to ''

,'' Brion's work on Aimee Mann's first solo albums "lay the groundwork for a sound that became synonymous with a strain of notable alternative acts at the turn of the century".

''Meaningless''

Brion was signed to the

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label in 1997, but was released from his contract after turning in his solo debut album '' Meaningless''; the album was released independently in 2001. He is rumored to be working on his second solo full-length album at Abbey Road Studios.

Film scores

Brion is an accomplished film composer, having started scoring by frequently working with director

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, with whom he has a preferential working relationship. In addition to scoring many of his films, Brion contributed music to ''

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'' and had a cameo in the film as a moustached guitar player. Particularly in his film soundtracks, Brion is noted for his use of early analog sampling instruments, particularly the

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and

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, to create near-realistic emulations of certain instruments. He has earned Best Score Soundtrack Album Grammy nominations for his work on 1999's ''

'' and 2004's ''

''. Brion was hired at the last minute to write the incidental music for ''

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''. He has also scored and provided original music for ''

'', ''

'', '' Step Brothers'' (with

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), ''

'', ''

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'', ''

,''

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's '' Lady Bird'' and Disney's ''

'' (with

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). He also did live composition for a musical commentary on the ''Step Brothers'' DVD. He also composed the score to the Disney/

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short film, ''The Blue Umbrella'', working alongside Sarah Jaffe.

Touring and live performances

Brion is renowned for his regular Friday-night gigs at the Los Angeles club Largo, which feature covers and original songs, a variety of instruments and occasional guest musicians and comedians. He works without a set list, instead using audience suggestions as a jumping-off point. He uses a "jigsaw puzzle" approach to performing songs, and uses looping systems to record himself starting often with drums, then adding piano, bass, guitar, and vocals. Recent shows have featured spontaneous appearances with singer-songwriter Jackson Browne,

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, vocalists

and

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, singing old jazz standards like "My Funny Valentine", with upright bassist Stephen Patt (ex-

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), percussionist

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(

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), bassist Sebastian Steinberg (ex-

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), and fiddler

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(

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). In April 2006, recurring tendonitis in Brion's right hand forced him to cancel all of his upcoming Largo shows. As a temporary 'farewell', he played one show only using his left hand, even looping his songs as he normally does and playing the drums with one stick. He resumed playing at Largo on a regular basis. Recalling his approach to the Largo shows with ''

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'' music editor Lou Carlozo, Brion said: "I taught my hands to follow whatever was coming into my head—and wherever my consciousness would go, I had to push my hands to follow. And at some level, you just had to abandon any concern about how you’d look. Performing without a set list: That was special." In March 2016, Brion performed his score for ''

'' with Wordless Music Orchestra in both Los Angeles and New York City, at the

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and the

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, respectively.

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provided guest vocals in New York and

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in Los Angeles. In February 2018, Brion opened for

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as part of Mulaney's special, ''Kid Gorgeous''. Brion performed during Mulaney's New York City leg of his tour, playing classic rock songs on Radio City's Mighty

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Discography

Solo

* '' Meaningless'' (2001)

The Bats

* The Bats – '' How Pop Can You Get?'' (1982)

The Grays

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– '' Ro Sham Bo'' (1994)

Film scores

* '' Hard Eight'' (with

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) (1996) * ''

'' (1999) * ''

'' (2002) * ''

'' (2004) * ''

'' (2006) * ''

'' (2008) * '' Step Brothers'' (2008) * '' Glago's Guest'' (2008)"Please welcome Glago’s Guest"
''Animated News'', June 23, 2008. * ''

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'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2010) (Main Theme Composer) * ''

'' (2011) * ''

'' (2012) * ''

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'' (2012) * '' The Blue Umbrella'' (2013) * '' Delivery Man'' (2013) * '' The Gambler'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2015) * ''

: The Comeback Kid'' (2015) * '' Curmudgeons'' (2016) * ''

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'' (2017) * '' Lady Bird'' (2017) * '' Sink or Swim'' (2018) * ''

'' (2018) (with

)

Production and guest appearances

References

External links

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)
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