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.
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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.
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.
The episode intro with "To The Top" by Twin Shadow is amazing.
Jungle fuckin rocks
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.
The Venture Brothers and J. G. Thirwell.
Cowboy Bebop and Yoko Kanno.
Definitely Bebop!
The Americans. Whoever did the soundtrack for that show was amazing. Really great 80s music.
Agreed on The Americana
Justified introduced me to modern gangsta crossover folk music
The Bear has an awesome soundtrack
Definitely Arcane for a start. I'll probably think of others later.
Sons of anarchy
Sons of anarchy had some really good cover versions of songs (or a specific song I don't remember)
It was very good but rubbed me the wrong way for some weird random reason
Katey Sagal's cover of Bird on a Wire is one of most extraordinary things ever recorded. Tears every time.
Songs of Anarchy is pretty brilliant all around.
Smallville always had well curated songs for each episode.. at the time some were fairly obscure bands
Remy Zero!
Stargate Universe
Dark
Rick and Morty
Everything from Jody Hill / Danny McBride: Eastbound & Down, Vice Principals, Righteous Gemstones all have amazing soundtracks.
Righteous Gemstones has some great music. Not really into country or gospel either, but they found a few winners that work for me.
Peacemaker! So many good songs from bands I've never heard of. Especially Wig Wam and Band-Maid.
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.
The outros in Hit Monkey introduced me to a lot of new artists. Here's a playlist of some of them: Hit Monkey
detroiters has some good motown, soul & punk songs.
this is a great question!
Final Space. They had a fairly unknown artist make masterpieces for them.
CSI Miami had a Papa Roach song I liked a lot better than that cheap knockoff of the original CSI.
Breaking Bad and Stargate Universe both come to mind. Also, a couple from House M.D.
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.
So many good recs on here. True Detective S1 really nailed it for me though.
Dark on Netflix
I loved cliff martinez's ost for "the knick" breaking historical accuracy that obviously did the show really well.
Sharp Objects Ep 2 Intro and another one by The Acid that I can’t recall which episode it was in.
Ep 2 end credits of Chainsaw Man had Zutomayo and while I believe I’ve heard of them before in passing, that song made me actively listen to them.
Killing Eve. I got into so many artists only from the soundtrack.
Lucifer
Mr. Robot
Monkey Dust, and in a similar but less animated vein Blue Jam both had great music picks joining sketches together.
Supernatural and Kansas
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts
The soundtrack for euphoria was amazing- in context anyway, been meaning to look some of it up.
True Blood
The show was kinda lame, but Shrill had a pretty rocking soundtrack