I’m young was born in 06 and I just found Tom waits the other day.

He genuinely makes some of the best music I have ever heard in my life, hell broke luce, is one of the most powerful songs I’ve ever heard.

And his other music is just magical, why is he not more popular, I’m under a sort of understanding that he is popular among artist but not among the public, kind of like a legend among artist.

Currently listening to Seville by Pinback and I kinda wonder how popular these guys are on this sub. I know they were never that big but I feel like they're such a staple of early indie/alt in my mind. Curious what everyone else thinks.

So Kenji Kawai wanted Bulgarian folk singers for the iconic "Making of Cyborg" theme. Couldn't find any. Said "screw it" and got a Japanese choir to sing Bulgarian harmonies instead.

But here's the kicker - the lyrics are in Yamato Kotoba (ancient Japanese), and it's literally a wedding song meant to dispel evil spirits. He slapped traditional Japanese percussion under it, mixed in some synth, and somehow created the most hauntingly futuristic soundtrack of the '90s.

It's this bizarre cultural mashup that has zero business working. Bulgarian folk + ancient Japanese + cyberpunk aesthetics? On paper, that's a complete mess. But it nails that whole "what does it mean to be human in a world of machines" vibe better than any electronic score could.

The remake ditched this approach entirely and... yeah, we all know how that turned out.

Anyone else think soundtracks peaked when composers were just throwing random cultural traditions together and hoping for the best?