Stephin Merritt 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Merritt performs 20,000 Leagues at The Cinefamily in Los Angeles

Known mostly for concise, brainy pop songs, Stephin Merritt might not be an obvious choice for soundtrack-composer extraordinaire, usually the territory of folks who have a 10-minutes-plus song on every album, use a bow on their guitars, are survivors of that whole electronica thing, or are named "Björk." But the dude did write 69 Love Songs, so he obviously knows how to score.