Letterkenny introduced me to Japanther, Black Mountain, DZ Deathrays, and a bunch of other bands that would never hit my recommendations on any streaming services.
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Scrubs immediately comes to mind, though it’s not a very current reference. I still listen to Colin Hay thanks to these scenes. And this one.
The music choices were almost always spot on, exactly matching the tone of the scene
I was sad when I learned the episodes now available on streaming don’t have the same music - apparently the rights expired and they had to change many/all of the songs. I only checked one episode and immediately went back to my low-res, offline copy
I still watch from my old DVD rips even though they’re all standard definition because the music is intact (as far as I’ve ever noticed).
Similar happened with the The State but before there was even a DVD release. When the episodes aired their had access to so much music through MTV that it became a big part of the show. It’s not the same without some of it.
Had to double check myself but that’s the guy from men at work.
Silicon Valley. The songs they played at the end of every episode were pretty much universally bangers.
The Venture Brothers and J. G. Thirwell.
Cowboy Bebop and Yoko Kanno.
Definitely Bebop!
Not a show, but Tales From the Borderlands introduced me to Jungle, possibly my favourite music artist right now, as well as a few other gems.
Jungle fuckin rocks
The episode intro with “To The Top” by Twin Shadow is amazing.
Breaking Bad & Atlanta both had many new discoveries for me. Twin peaks s3 had some amazing music but I was aware of the majority of the artist beforehand
Edit: add Sharp Objects. Amazing sound design and found a few new gems
The Top Gun soundtrack definitely sets the standard.
If we’re doing movies, Pretty in Pink was always my jam.
Grosse Pointe Blank’s soundtrack is absolutely amazing.
I loved cliff martinez’s ost for “the knick” breaking historical accuracy that obviously did the show really well.
Smallville always had well curated songs for each episode… at the time some were fairly obscure bands
Remy Zero!
Peacemaker! So many good songs from bands I’ve never heard of. Especially Wig Wam and Band-Maid.
Stargate Universe
Definitely Arcane for a start. I’ll probably think of others later.
As a person with an interest in the history of movies I got throw in The Big Chill. It was the OG film soundtrack, I’m pretty sure it was the first soundtrack to hit the billboard top 10 albums in a time when that meant something and is full of ‘50s & ‘60s bangers.
