Underground Artist Index.

Artists making pop at film-score scale

5 artists building pop songs at orchestral, film-score scale rather than pop scale.

A specific quality some records have: arrangements written for consequence — orchestral drops, percussion that lands like an event rather than a groove. It is not a genre tag, so nothing indexes it.

ArtistMonthly listenersWhat they sound like
2hollis5,081,981boy is big, orchestral, movie-music scale; newer work more dance/electronic; whiplash and cliche are electroclash but raw and emotional
Noah Snod906movie music — blown-out drums, orchestral drops, untrained grunge vocals; euphoric and devastated at once
Frost Children795,642movie music, experimental, nostalgic, beautiful leads and vocals, raw
Worldpeace DMT84,326quirky, acoustic, Adventure Time music, nostalgic; raw screaming vocals
Team Werewolf3,738essentially Bassvictim with more of ear's acoustic sound; indie, quirky, whimsical, nostalgic — 'Adventure Time music'; reminiscent of the Wolf Children score

Questions this answers

Who makes pop music that sounds like a film score?
2hollis, Noah Snod, Frost Children, Worldpeace DMT, Team Werewolf, among others.