Jon Brion
Production and guest appearances

Jon Brion

Section Title: Production and guest appearances
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Year	Album	Artist	Details	Ref.

1989	Rei Momo	David Byrne	Harmonium on "I Know Sometimes a Man Is Wrong"

1993	Broken Toy Shop	E	Background vocals on "Shine It All On"

Whatever	Aimee Mann	Co-producer, co-writer (three tracks), bass, guitar, drums, keyboards, synthesizers, piano, background vocals, and others

Tuesdays Are Forever	D.D. Wood	Harmonium

Spilt Milk	Jellyfish	Guitar on eight tracks

In Thrall	Murray Attaway	Bass, guitar, mellotron, piano, vibraphone

Here's to the Losers	Love Jones	Keyboards, synthesizers, electric organ, vibraphone

1994	Love Spit Love	Love Spit Love	Keyboards, piano, string arrangements

1995	Powerful Pain Relief	Love Jones	Keyboards, synthesizers, piano, organ

I Don't Know Why I Act This Way	Jude Cole	Guitar, keyboards, harmonium, calliope

For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson	Various artists	Producing, instrumentation for "One" by Aimee Mann

I'm with Stupid	Aimee Mann	Producer, co-writer (five tracks), bass, guitars, drums and percussion, keyboards, cello, harmonica, background vocals

1996	Come and Get It: A Tribute to Badfinger	Cherry Twister	Producer, instrumentation, background vocals

Tidal	Fiona Apple	Guitar, keyboards, vibraphone, tack piano, marimba

Braver Newer World	Jimmie Dale Gilmore	Guitar, bass, optigan

This Can't Be Life	Wild Colonials	Guitar, Chamberlin, organ

Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation	Various artists	Optigan, vibraphone on "Guilty by Association" by Joe Henry & Madonna

Susanna Hoffs	Susanna Hoffs	Guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, drums

Prettier Than You	Brian Stevens	Guitar, clavinet

Phantom Blues	Taj Mahal	Guitar, Chamberlin

Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop)	Sam Phillips	Guitar, bass, Chamberlin, drums, piano

Beautiful Freak	Eels	Co-producer, guitar, keyboards, trombone, engineering, co-writer of "Not Ready Yet"

Just Say Noël	Various artists	Co-producer on "Christmastime" by Aimee Man with Michael Penn

1997	Shaken and Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project	David Arnold and various artists	Guitar, sitar, harmonium on "Nobody Does It Better" by Aimee Mann

The Mommyheads	Mommyheads	Keyboards

Megiddo	Lauren Hoffman	Keyboards, organs, vibraphone

Little Head	John Hiatt	Keyboards, vibraphone

Lincoln	Lincoln	Guitar, keyboards

Farewell	Uma	Guitar, keyboards

Eighteen Over Me	Garrison Starr	Organ, vibraphone

10 Cent Wing	Jonatha Brooke	Guitar

1998	XO	Elliott Smith	Vibraphone and keyboards on two tracks

Two Kinds of Laughter	Sara Hickman	Co-composer of "Coolness by Mistake"

Songs From The Pipe	The Surfers	Guitar, keyboards, background vocals

Sliding Doors soundtrack	Various artists	Producer, co-writer of "Amateur" by Aimee Man

Pleasantville: Music from the Motion Picture	Various artists	Producing, instrumentation, mixing on "Across the Universe" and "Please Send Me Someone to Love by Fiona Apple

Kool Trash	The Plimsouls	Piano, organ

Jubilee	Grant Lee Buffalo	Piano, Chamberlin, vibraphone, harmonium, optigan, tack piano

Got No Shadow	Mary Lou Lord	Harmonium, Chamberlin

Electro-Shock Blues	Eels	Chamberlin and organ on "Climbing to the Moon"

Burning the Daze	Marc Cohn	Harmonium, harmonica

Wishbone	Eleni Mandell	Co-producer, guitar, keyboards, Mellotron, bass, backing vocals, organ, banjo, drums, slide guitar, vibraphone, celesta, talk box

1999	Rufus Wainwright	Rufus Wainwright	Producer, additional engineering, vibraphone, marimba, keyboards, accordion, bass, guitar, organ, backing vocals, percussion, celesta, mandolin

Word of Mouth Parade	Gus	Guitar, mandolin, keyboards

When the Pawn...	Fiona Apple	Producer, guitars, bass, keyboards, vibraphone, drums, percussion, mixing

On How Life Is	Macy Gray	Guitar, electric keyboards and synthesizers, piano, vibraphone

Jewels for Sophia	Robyn Hitchcock	Co-producer, bass, drums and percussion, keyboards, organ, background vocals, engineer

Imaginate	Taxiride	Chamberlin

Fight Songs	Old 97's	Organ on "Murder (Or a Heart Attack)"

Magnolia: Music from the Motion Picture	Aimee Mann	Co-producer, co-writer of "Build That Wall", composer of "Magnolia", guitar, keyboards, organ, percussion, glockenspiel, background vocals

Magnolia score	Himself	Composer

Breakdown	Melissa Etheridge	Guitar

After the Party	The Menzingers	Guitar

2000	Two Lips: The Lost Album	Dan Castellaneta	Guitars, saxophone

Tonight and the Rest of My Life	Nina Gordon	Bass, guitars, keyboards, organ

Teddy Thompson	Teddy Thompson	Guitar on two tracks

From There to Here	John Oszajca	Guitar

Figure 8	Elliott Smith	Background vocals on "Happiness"/"The Gondola Man"

Breach	The Wallflowers	Additional musician

Bachelor No. 2 or, the Last Remains of the Dodo	Aimee Mann	Co-producer, guitar, drums and percussion, keyboards, background vocals

A Star for Bram	Robyn Hitchcock	Producer, bass, guitars, drums, keyboards, piano, background vocals

2001	Trust No One	Dave Navarro	Intro voice and slide bass, "Mourning Son", guitars on "Very Little Daylight"

Tweekend	The Crystal Method	Bass, guitars, drums, keyboards, engineering, mixing on "Over the Line"

The Herethereafter	Miranda Lee Richards	Producer, bass, guitar, Chamberlin, bells, optigan, Marxophone, engineering

Meaningless	Himself	Producer, lead vocals, bass, guitars, drums, keyboards

2002	Up	Peter Gabriel	Mandolin and Chamberlin on "More Than This"

The Last DJ	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	Orchestral arrangements, conductor

The Instigator	Rhett Miller	Producer, bass, guitars, drums, piano, organ, vibraphone, background vocals, co-composer of "Things That Disappear"

Robyn Sings	Robyn Hitchcock	Guitar

Restless Night	Julianna Raye	Piano

No Fear	Abra Moore	Bass, guitar, drums, keyboards

Largo	Brad Mehldau	Producer, guitar, guitar synthesizer, prepared piano, Chamberlin, percussion, co-composer of "Dropjes"

Kissin Time	Marianne Faithfull	Drums, keyboards, Chamberlin, celeste, harmonium

Have You Fed the Fish?	Badly Drawn Boy	Bass, guitars, keyboards Chamberlin, orchestral arrangements, conductor

Alice Peacock	Alice Peacock	Guitar, organ

Punch-Drunk Love soundtrack	Himself	Producer, vocals, composer, instrumentation, mixing

About a Boy soundtrack	Badly Drawn Boy	Bass, guitar, vibraphone, background vocals

2003	To Whom It May Concern	Lisa Marie Presley	Guitar on "Lights Out"

Thirteenth Step	A Perfect Circle	Instrumentation on "The Nurse Who Loved Me"

Return to Planet Earth	Kim Fox	Guitars, ukulele, celeste

Luxor	Robyn Hitchcock	Guest musician on "You Remind Me of You"

Blondes Prefer the Gentlemen	The Gentlemen	Chamberlin, mellotron

Baby I'm Bored	Evan Dando	Co-producer, co-writer (five tracks), instrumentation

Amorama	Érica García	Guitar, keyboards, sampling

2004	Virginia Creeper	Grant-Lee Phillips	Ukulele

The Giant Pin	The Nels Cline Singers	Chamberlin, harmonium, celeste, sampling

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind soundtrack	Himself	Producer, vocals, composer, instrumentation, mixing

Mutual Admiration Society	Mutual Admiration Society	Co-writer (two tracks)

I Heart Huckabees soundtrack	Himself	Producer, vocals, composer, instrumentation, mixing

Legion of Boom	The Crystal Method	Guitar on "Realizer"

From a Basement on the Hill	Elliott Smith	Additional recording

Everyone Is Here	Finn Brothers	Co-producer, guitars, drums, Harmonium, organ, percussion, programming

A Strange Mess of Flowers	Davíd Garza	Keyboards

2005	Winter Pays for Summer	Glen Phillips	Guitar, toy piano

Self Help Serenade	Marjorie Fair	Bass, drums, piano

Late Registration	Kanye West	Co-executive producer, instrumentation, string and brass arrangement

Fires	Nerina Pallot	Guitar, keyboards

Fate Is the Hunter	Kate Earl	Organ

Extraordinary Machine	Fiona Apple	Co-producer (two tracks), bass, marimba, orchestral arrangement

Can'tneverdidnothin'	Nikka Costa	Organ on "I Gotta Know", synthesizer on "Happy in the Morning"

Before the Poison	Marianne Faithfull	Co-writer of "City of Quartz"

2006	Wait	The Polyphonic Spree	Producer

The Believer	Rhett Miller	Co-writer of "I Believe She's Lying", bass, guitar, Chamberlain, piano,

Late Orchestration	Kanye West	Producer

Friendly Fire	Sean Lennon	Bass, guitars, drums, organ

Blinders On	Sean Watkins	Piano

2007	Graduation	Kanye West	Co-producer on "Drunk and Hot Girls", keyboards on "I Wonder", percussion on "Homecoming"

Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga	Spoon	Production, bass, Chamberlin on "The Underdog"

Fuzzbox	The Section Quartet	Producer of "Phenomena"

2008	Tooth of Crime	T Bone Burnett	Chamberlin, baritone guitar

Synecdoche, New York soundtrack	Himself	Producer, vocals, composer, instrumentation, mixing

Safe Trip Home	Dido	Co-producer, co-writer (five tracks), bass, guitars, drums, keyboards, piano, celeste, cello, additional percussion, orchestral arrangements, conductor, mixing

Perfect Symmetry	Keane	Co-producer on "You Haven't Told Me Anything"

Let It Come to You	Taylor Eigsti	Co-writer of "Not Ready Yet"

Big Bad World	Plain White T's	Chamberlin on "1, 2, 3, 4"

2009	Sara Watkins	Sara Watkins	Writer of "Same Mistakes", guitars

Rhett Miller	Rhett Miller	Bass, guitar

Divided by Night	The Crystal Method	Synthesizer on "Divided by Night", marxophone on "Sine Language"

Christina Courtin	Christina Courtin	Bass, guitars, Chamberlin, marxophone

Balm in Gilead	Rickie Lee Jones	Bass, guitars

An Eluardian Instance (Jon Brion Remix EP)	of Montreal & Himself	Producer, composer, instrumentation, mixing

2010	Mean Old Man	Jerry Lee Lewis	Bass, guitars

Intriguer	Crowded House	Guitar and vocal samples on "Twice if You're Lucky"

Highway Rider	Brad Mehldau	Producer, mixing

False Priest	of Montreal	Co-producer, drums, keyboards, synthesizers, mixing, engineering

Dirty Baby	Nels Cline	Electric piano, background vocals

Cho Dependent	Margaret Cho	Co-producer, co-writer, guitar, drums, piano, background vocals on "Enemies"

Chickens in Love	Various artists	Performer on "So Sleepy" (The Gummy Bears)" by Fiona Apple featuring Brion and the Punch Brothers

Antifogmatic	Punch Brothers	Producer, mixing, engineering

2011	The Interpreter: Live at Largo	Rhett Miller	Guitar, drums, piano, background vocals

Rave On Buddy Holly	Various artists	Production, vocals, guitars, percussion on "Everyday" with Fiona Apple

Belle	Bic Runga	Guitar, synthesizer, floor tom

Arthur: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Various artists	Producer of "Where Our Destination Lies" & "When the Sun Goes Down" by Benjamin Gibbard

Christmas	Michael Bublé	Orchestral arrangements on "All I Want for Christmas Is You"

2012	This Is 40 Soundtrack	Various artists	Producer, composer, instrumentation on "Theme 1 (Debbie and Oliver)"

Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection	Katy Perry	Producer, instrumentation, "The One That Got Away" (Acoustic)

The Only Place	Best Coast	Producer, bass, guitars, keyboards, percussion

Rize of the Fenix	Tenacious D	Bass, synthesizers, and mellotron on "The Ballad of Hollywood Jack and the Rage Kage"

Pines	A Fine Frenzy	Bass, guitar, keyboards, pump organ

ParaNorman soundtrack	Himself	Producer, composer, instrumentation, conductor

Ghost	Sky Ferreira	Co-producer and co-writer of "Ghost"

Floratone II	Floratone	Keyboards

2013	Tim McGraw & Friends	Tim McGraw	Featured musician on "Middle Age Crazy"

The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film	Various artists	Producer of "Crazy in Love" performed by Emeli Sandé and The Bryan Ferry Orchestra

Girl Who Got Away	Dido	Co-producer, co-writer of "Lost", keyboards, orchestral arrangements, conductor, mixing

Dreamchaser	Sarah Brightman	Guitar, piano, celeste, vibraphone

Division Street	Harper Simon	Guitar, synthesizer

Night Time, My Time B-Sides: Part I	Sky Ferreira	Producer and co-writer of "I'm on Top" and "Werewolf (I Like You)"

2014	Rock & Roll Time	Jerry Lee Lewis	Guitar

Heigh Ho	Blake Mills	Piano, tiple

2016	Young in All the Wrong Ways	Sara Watkins	Bass, guitar, piano, celeste, mellotron

Lemonade	Beyonce	Orchestral arrrangements

Rainbow Ends	Emitt Rhodes	Guitar on "Dog on a Chain"

Blonde	Frank Ocean	Co-producer, keyboards, orchestral arrangements, drum programming

2017	The Dream	Tashaki Miyakis	Musician

Lady Bird soundtrack	Himself	Producer, composer, instrumentation

2018	Dirty Computer	Janelle Monáe	Co-producer, writer of "Jane's Dream", synthesizer, mallets

Swimming	Mac Miller	Co-producer, co-writer of "Come Back to Earth", "Hurt Feelings", "Perfecto", "Ladders", "Small Worlds", "2009", and "So It Goes."

Christopher: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Himself & Geoff Zanelli	Co-composer

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