Episode 016: Jon Brion & Punch Drunk Love (2002)

Jon Brion isn’t just the composer of “Punch Drunk Love” . We think he might be the subject.

How is the world wrong about Jon Brion & Punch Drunk Love?

From Andras: It’s easy to think of Jon Brion as a composer who is a product of director Paul Thomas Anderson but we think it could be the other way around. In this, the first of two episodes celebrating Jon Brion’s music, we’re using the score of “Punch Drunk Love” as the jumping off point to explore Brion’s work on films like “Magnolia”, “I Heart Huckabees”, “Eternal Sunshine Of A Spotless Mind”, “Lady Bird”, “Paranorman”, “Synechdoche, NY” & “The Future” and begin the conversation about Brion’s place in the pantheon of cinematic composers.

Here’s a semi-complete playlist of the songs featured on this episode…