Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

Jon Brion's score for Michel Gondry's 2004 film is a timeless ambient masterpiece

There’s a key scene in Michel Gondry’s film Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, when the shy, introverted Joel (Jim Carrey) leaves the apartment of his crush, the outgoing, rebellious Clementine (Kate Winslet), after they first met.

Joel walks down the street and a sad, lo-fi-sounding guitar loop emerges. An ambiguous message to the audience: Shouldn’…