--- title: Zach Braff's New Movie Features New Bon Iver Song description: Featuring new Bon Iver Song canonical: https://time.com/2941541/zach-braff-wish-i-was-here/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-30T19:40:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:54:27.624Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Zach Braff's New Movie Features New Bon Iver Song og:description: Featuring new Bon Iver Song og:url: https://time.com/2941541/zach-braff-wish-i-was-here/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt177f7e89bb386050/698699f5810bbb038cc926d0/wish-i-was-here.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Wish I was Here og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Zach Braff's New Movie Features New Bon Iver Song twitter:description: Featuring new Bon Iver Song twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt177f7e89bb386050/698699f5810bbb038cc926d0/wish-i-was-here.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Zach Braff Recruits Bon Iver for _Wish I Was Here_ Soundtrack  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jun 30, 2014 7:40 PM UTC  Wish I was Here Wish I was HereFocus Features—Merie Weismiller Wallace  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jun 30, 2014 7:40 PM UTC Zach Braff’s always been particular about the music in his projects, from _Garden State_ to _Scrubs,_ and his new movie _Wish I Was Here_ is no different. Braff asked singer-songwriter Justin Vernon, of Bon Iver, to write a new song for his upcoming _Wish I Was Here,_ which is set to hit U.S. theaters in July. Some are calling the new film a grown-up version of _Garden State,_ which was also written and directed by Braff. Music Supervisor Mary Ramos told [NPR](http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2014/06/30/326213324/song-premiere-bon-iver-writes-a-tune-for-zach-braff) that Vernon was immediately inspired when he saw the film. --- > “” --- Check out the song [here. ](http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=326213324&m=326936657) \[[_NPR_](http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2014/06/30/326213324/song-premiere-bon-iver-writes-a-tune-for-zach-braff)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2941541/zach-braff-wish-i-was-here/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2941541/zach-braff-wish-i-was-here/"},"headline":"Zach Braff Recruits Bon Iver for Wish I Was Here Soundtrack","datePublished":"2014-06-30T19:40:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:54:27.624Z","description":"Featuring new Bon Iver Song","url":"https://time.com/2941541/zach-braff-wish-i-was-here/","keywords":["movies","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt177f7e89bb386050/698699f5810bbb038cc926d0/wish-i-was-here.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt177f7e89bb386050/698699f5810bbb038cc926d0/wish-i-was-here.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Wish I was Here","caption":"Wish I was Here","creditText":"Focus Features—Merie Weismiller Wallace","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2941541/zach-braff-wish-i-was-here/","name":"Zach Braff Recruits Bon Iver for Wish I Was Here Soundtrack"}}]}] ```