Benjamin Gibbard

Benjamin Gibbard

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Benjamin Gibbard is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist known best as front man of the alternative pop band Death Cab for Cutie and one half of duo The Postal Service. In 2012, he released a solo album titled 'Former Lives' which peaked at number seven on Billboard's Independent Albums Chart, number eight on the Alternative Albums Chart and number eleven on the Top Rock Albums Chart. 'One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Music from Kerouac's Big Sur', a collaboration with Jay Farrar with lyrics taken from the 1962 novel 'Big Sur' by Jack Kerouac, went to number 50 on the Top Rock Chart.

Born in the state of Washington, Gibbard formed a band called Pinwheel in the 1990s and recorded under the name ¡All-Time Quarterback! His songs with various outfits can be heard on television shows including 'Veronica Mars', 'Fun With Dick and Jane', 'Friday Night Lights', and 'Quantico'. He was married for a time to 'New Girl' star Zooey Deschanel.

Top tracks

01
Frightening Fishes (Main Title Theme from "Shrinking")
Benjamin Gibbard
Shrinking: Season 1 (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack)
02:27
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard - Tom Howe / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard - Tom Howe
01
Every Beginning Ends
Noah Cyrus
Every Beginning Ends
02:30
Writer: Noah Cyrus - Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Noah Cyrus - Benjamin Gibbard
06
Something's Rattling (Cowpoke)
Benjamin Gibbard
Former Lives
03:51
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
01
You Remind Me of Home
Benjamin Gibbard
Home EP
02:16
Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
01
Crystals (feat. Benjamin Gibbard)
Sea Lemon
Crystals (feat. Benjamin Gibbard)
04:29
Composers: Benjamin Gibbard - Natalie Lew
02
Dream Song
Benjamin Gibbard
Former Lives
03:33
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
11
Broken Yolk in Western Sky
Benjamin Gibbard
Former Lives
03:32
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
06
Star Sign
Benjamin Gibbard
Bandwagonesque
03:56
Writer: Gerard Love
10
Alcoholiday
Benjamin Gibbard
Bandwagonesque
04:55
Writer: Norman Blake
01
Only Love (with Brijean)
Tycho
Only Love (with Brijean)
04:15
Writer: Scott Hansen - Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Scott Hansen - Benjamin Gibbard
12
I'm Building a Fire
Benjamin Gibbard
Former Lives
02:33
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
04
Bigger Than Love
Benjamin Gibbard
Former Lives
04:48
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
03
Teardrop Windows
Benjamin Gibbard
Former Lives
02:48
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
05
Lily
Benjamin Gibbard
Former Lives
02:01
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
02
Carolina
Benjamin Gibbard
Home EP
02:25
Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
10
Lady Adelaide
Benjamin Gibbard
Former Lives
03:34
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
01
Shepherd's Bush Lullaby
Benjamin Gibbard
Former Lives
00:50
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
05
Hollywood
Toro Y Moi
Hole Erth
03:05
Composers: Chaz Bear - Benjamin Gibbard
07
Duncan, Where Have You Gone?
Benjamin Gibbard
Former Lives
03:47
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
01
The Concept
Benjamin Gibbard
Bandwagonesque
08:05
Writer: Norman Blake
08
Oh, Woe
Benjamin Gibbard
Former Lives
02:50
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
09
A Hard One to Know
Benjamin Gibbard
Former Lives
02:41
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
01
Only Love
Tycho
Only Love
04:46
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard - Scott Hansen / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard - Scott Hansen
05
I Don't Know
Benjamin Gibbard
Bandwagonesque
04:46
Writer: Raymond McGinley
08
One Fast Move or I'm Gone
Jay Farrar
One Fast Move Or I'm Gone Music From Kerouac's Big Sur
04:15
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard
09
Sidewinder
Benjamin Gibbard
Bandwagonesque
03:01
Writer: Brendan O'Hare - Gerard Love
04
All in One
Jay Farrar
One Fast Move Or I'm Gone Music From Kerouac's Big Sur
02:07
Writer: Jack Kerouac - Jay Farrar
11
The Void
Jay Farrar
One Fast Move Or I'm Gone Music From Kerouac's Big Sur
02:58
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard - Jack Kerouac - Jay Farrar
01
Ichiro's Theme
Benjamin Gibbard
Ichiro's Theme
03:06
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
01
California Zephyr
Jay Farrar
One Fast Move Or I'm Gone Music From Kerouac's Big Sur
02:23
Writer: Jack Kerouac - Jay Farrar
03
December
Benjamin Gibbard
Bandwagonesque
03:17
Writer: Gerard Love
03
Farmer Chords
Benjamin Gibbard
Home EP
02:26
Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
07
Big Sur
Jay Farrar
One Fast Move Or I'm Gone Music From Kerouac's Big Sur
03:24
Writer: Jack Kerouac - Jay Farrar
01
Proxima B
Benjamin Gibbard
Proxima B / Filler
04:15
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
01
Only Love (LP Giobbi Remix)
Tycho
Only Love (LP Giobbi Remix)
05:51
Writer: Scott Hansen - Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Scott Hansen - Benjamin Gibbard
07
Metal Baby
Benjamin Gibbard
Bandwagonesque
03:09
Writer: Norman Blake
05
Breathe Our Iodine
Jay Farrar
One Fast Move Or I'm Gone Music From Kerouac's Big Sur
02:57
Writer: Jack Kerouac - Jay Farrar
22
It's Never Too Late (End Credits)
Benjamin Gibbard
Laggies (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
04:09
04
What You Do to Me
Benjamin Gibbard
Bandwagonesque
02:03
Writer: Norman Blake
12
Is This Music?
Benjamin Gibbard
Bandwagonesque
04:10
Writer: Gerard Love
10
Keep Yourself Warm
Benjamin Gibbard
Tiny Changes: A Celebration of Frightened Rabbit's 'The Midnight Organ Fight'
05:33
Composers: Frightened Rabbit - Scott Hutchison
11
These Roads Don't Move
Benjamin Gibbard
Country Rock
03:05
Writer: Jack Kerouac - Jay Farrar
02
Low Life Kingdom
Jay Farrar
One Fast Move Or I'm Gone Music From Kerouac's Big Sur
03:20
Writer: Jack Kerouac - Jay Farrar
03
Williamine
Jay Farrar
One Fast Move Or I'm Gone Music From Kerouac's Big Sur
03:59
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard - Jack Kerouac - Jay Farrar
01
Snowy Owl (Benjamin Gibbard Remix)
Stars
Snowy Owl (Benjamin Gibbard Remix)
03:35
Composers: Amy E. Millan - Evan Whitney Cranley - Torquil John Campbell - Patrick McGee - Christopher Allen Seligman - Christopher Alexander McCarron
01
Life in Quarantine
Benjamin Gibbard
Life in Quarantine
02:57
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
09
Final Horrors
Jay Farrar
One Fast Move Or I'm Gone Music From Kerouac's Big Sur
02:39
Writer: Jack Kerouac - Jay Farrar
12
San Francisco
Jay Farrar
One Fast Move Or I'm Gone Music From Kerouac's Big Sur
03:58
Writer: Jack Kerouac - Jay Farrar
10
Sea Engines
Jay Farrar
One Fast Move Or I'm Gone Music From Kerouac's Big Sur
03:29
Writer: Jack Kerouac - Jay Farrar

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  • Discography
Albums
Bandwagonesque
℗ 2017 Benjamin Gibbard under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
28-07-2017
Bandwagonesque
01
The Concept
Benjamin Gibbard
Bandwagonesque
08:05
Writer: Norman Blake
02
Satan
Benjamin Gibbard
Bandwagonesque
00:56
Writer: Brendan O'Hare - Gerard Love - Norman Blake - Raymond McGinley
03
December
Benjamin Gibbard
Bandwagonesque
03:17
Writer: Gerard Love
04
What You Do to Me
Benjamin Gibbard
Bandwagonesque
02:03
Writer: Norman Blake
05
I Don't Know
Benjamin Gibbard
Bandwagonesque
04:46
Writer: Raymond McGinley
06
Star Sign
Benjamin Gibbard
Bandwagonesque
03:56
Writer: Gerard Love
07
Metal Baby
Benjamin Gibbard
Bandwagonesque
03:09
Writer: Norman Blake
Access the complete album info (12 songs)
Laggies (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(P) 2014 Lakeshore Records
04-11-2014
Laggies (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
01
Main Titles
Benjamin Gibbard
Laggies (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
01:59
02
Post Reunion
Benjamin Gibbard
Laggies (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
00:45
03
A Pudding Bridge
Benjamin Gibbard
Laggies (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
00:36
04
Dad Office Sign
Benjamin Gibbard
Laggies (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
00:22
05
Meg's Parents' House
Benjamin Gibbard
Laggies (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
00:22
06
East to West
Benjamin Gibbard
Laggies (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
00:41
07
Garden
Benjamin Gibbard
Laggies (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
00:51
Access the complete album info (22 songs)
Former Lives
2013 Barsuk Records
15-10-2012
Former Lives
01
Shepherd's Bush Lullaby
Benjamin Gibbard
Former Lives
00:50
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
02
Dream Song
Benjamin Gibbard
Former Lives
03:33
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
03
Teardrop Windows
Benjamin Gibbard
Former Lives
02:48
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
04
Bigger Than Love
Benjamin Gibbard
Former Lives
04:48
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
05
Lily
Benjamin Gibbard
Former Lives
02:01
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
06
Something's Rattling (Cowpoke)
Benjamin Gibbard
Former Lives
03:51
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
07
Duncan, Where Have You Gone?
Benjamin Gibbard
Former Lives
03:47
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
Access the complete album info (12 songs)
One Fast Move Or I'm Gone Music From Kerouac's Big Sur
℗ 2009 Kerouac Films, LLC, Ben Gibbard & Jay Farrar
16-10-2009
One Fast Move Or I'm Gone Music From Kerouac's Big Sur
01
California Zephyr
Jay Farrar
One Fast Move Or I'm Gone Music From Kerouac's Big Sur
02:23
Writer: Jack Kerouac - Jay Farrar
02
Low Life Kingdom
Jay Farrar
One Fast Move Or I'm Gone Music From Kerouac's Big Sur
03:20
Writer: Jack Kerouac - Jay Farrar
03
Williamine
Jay Farrar
One Fast Move Or I'm Gone Music From Kerouac's Big Sur
03:59
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard - Jack Kerouac - Jay Farrar
04
All in One
Jay Farrar
One Fast Move Or I'm Gone Music From Kerouac's Big Sur
02:07
Writer: Jack Kerouac - Jay Farrar
05
Breathe Our Iodine
Jay Farrar
One Fast Move Or I'm Gone Music From Kerouac's Big Sur
02:57
Writer: Jack Kerouac - Jay Farrar
06
These Roads Don't Move
Jay Farrar
One Fast Move Or I'm Gone Music From Kerouac's Big Sur
03:05
Writer: Jack Kerouac - Jay Farrar
07
Big Sur
Jay Farrar
One Fast Move Or I'm Gone Music From Kerouac's Big Sur
03:24
Writer: Jack Kerouac - Jay Farrar
Access the complete album info (12 songs)
Kurt Cobain About A Son: Original Score
2008 Barsuk Records
01-01-2008
Kurt Cobain About A Son: Original Score
01
Overture
Steve Fisk
Kurt Cobain About A Son: Original Score
05:15
Writer: Steve Fisk - Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Steve Fisk - Benjamin Gibbard
02
A Good Childhood
Steve Fisk
Kurt Cobain About A Son: Original Score
04:35
Writer: Steve Fisk - Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Steve Fisk - Benjamin Gibbard
03
Scoliosis And Kind Teachers
Steve Fisk
Kurt Cobain About A Son: Original Score
11:45
Writer: Steve Fisk - Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Steve Fisk - Benjamin Gibbard
04
The First Show
Steve Fisk
Kurt Cobain About A Son: Original Score
02:51
Writer: Steve Fisk - Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Steve Fisk - Benjamin Gibbard
05
Interlude 1 (Olympia)
Steve Fisk
Kurt Cobain About A Son: Original Score
01:06
Writer: Steve Fisk - Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Steve Fisk - Benjamin Gibbard
06
Positively Fourth Ave Revisited
Steve Fisk
Kurt Cobain About A Son: Original Score
05:01
Writer: Steve Fisk - Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Steve Fisk - Benjamin Gibbard
07
Giganticism
Steve Fisk
Kurt Cobain About A Son: Original Score
01:40
Writer: Steve Fisk - Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Steve Fisk - Benjamin Gibbard
Access the complete album info (14 songs)
EPs
Home EP
2003 Benjamin Gibbard and Andrew Kenny, under license to Bedside Recordings
12-05-2003
Home EP
01
You Remind Me of Home
Benjamin Gibbard
Home EP
02:16
Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
02
Carolina
Benjamin Gibbard
Home EP
02:25
Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
03
Farmer Chords
Benjamin Gibbard
Home EP
02:26
Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
04
Choir Vandals
Benjamin Gibbard
Home EP
02:34
Composers: Andrew Kenny
05
Hometown Fantasy
Andrew Kenny
Home EP
01:53
Composers: Andrew Kenny
06
Secrets of the Heart
Andrew Kenny
Home EP
02:15
Composers: Andrew Kenny
07
Church Mouse in the Church House
Andrew Kenny
Home EP
04:42
Composers: Andrew Kenny
Access the complete album info (8 songs)
Singles
Ichiro's Theme
2025 Bedside Recordings
25-07-2025
Ichiro's Theme
01
Ichiro's Theme
Benjamin Gibbard
Ichiro's Theme
03:06
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
Crystals (feat. Benjamin Gibbard)
(P) 2024 Luminelle Recordings
09-09-2024
Crystals (feat. Benjamin Gibbard)
01
Crystals (feat. Benjamin Gibbard)
Sea Lemon
Crystals (feat. Benjamin Gibbard)
04:29
Composers: Benjamin Gibbard - Natalie Lew
Snowy Owl (Benjamin Gibbard Remix)
Last Gang Records Inc. / MNRK Music Group, LP
30-01-2023
Snowy Owl (Benjamin Gibbard Remix)
01
Snowy Owl (Benjamin Gibbard Remix)
Stars
Snowy Owl (Benjamin Gibbard Remix)
03:35
Composers: Amy E. Millan - Evan Whitney Cranley - Torquil John Campbell - Patrick McGee - Christopher Allen Seligman - Christopher Alexander McCarron
Every Beginning Ends
(P) 2022 Records Label, LLC / Columbia
26-08-2022
Every Beginning Ends
01
Every Beginning Ends
Noah Cyrus
Every Beginning Ends
02:30
Writer: Noah Cyrus - Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Noah Cyrus - Benjamin Gibbard
Only Love (with Brijean)
℗ 2021 Mom+Pop
02-12-2021
Only Love (with Brijean)
01
Only Love (with Brijean)
Tycho
Only Love (with Brijean)
04:15
Writer: Scott Hansen - Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Scott Hansen - Benjamin Gibbard
Only Love (LP Giobbi Remix)
℗ 2021 Mom+Pop
04-11-2021
Only Love (LP Giobbi Remix)
01
Only Love (LP Giobbi Remix)
Tycho
Only Love (LP Giobbi Remix)
05:51
Writer: Scott Hansen - Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Scott Hansen - Benjamin Gibbard
02
Only Love (LP Giobbi Remix) (Femme House Edit)
Tycho
Only Love (LP Giobbi Remix)
03:31
Writer: Scott Hansen - Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Scott Hansen - Benjamin Gibbard
Only Love
℗ 2021 Mom+Pop
13-07-2021
Only Love
01
Only Love
Tycho
Only Love
04:46
Writer: Scott Hansen - Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Scott Hansen - Benjamin Gibbard
Proxima B / Filler
2020 Barsuk Records / Bedside Recordings
29-05-2020
Proxima B / Filler
01
Proxima B
Benjamin Gibbard
Proxima B / Filler
04:15
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard
02
Filler
Benjamin Gibbard
Proxima B / Filler
02:54
Writer: Brian Baker - Ian MacKaye - Jeff Nelson - Lyle Preslar / Composers: Brian Baker - Ian MacKaye - Jeff Nelson - Lyle Preslar
Life in Quarantine
2020 Barsuk Records
27-03-2020
Life in Quarantine
01
Life in Quarantine
Benjamin Gibbard
Life in Quarantine
02:57
Writer: Benjamin Gibbard / Composers: Benjamin Gibbard