The loss of singular talent and visionary filmmaker David Lynch is not only felt in the world of cinema, but music, where he had inextricable influence on multiple generations of artists.

David Lynch, the groundbreaking director whose works include Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead, Blue Velvet and more, has died at age 78, according to a statement made on the artist's social media channels.

(You can hear all of the tracks on our Spotify playlist ... the foggy Pacific Northwest. Filmmaker David Lynch poses for a portrait in his private screening room in Los Angeles on Sept.

Remembering David Lynch's Musical Legacy ... (You can hear all of the tracks on our Spotify playlist.) “In Heaven” from “Eraserhead” Lynch composed much of the soundtrack to the clangorous ...

(You can hear all of the tracks on our Spotify playlist ... and very much not for the faint of heart. David Lynch and Karen O, “Pinky’s Dream” In 2011, Lynch released the album “Crazy ...

(You can hear all of the tracks on our Spotify playlist ... Nails and Donovan to the German nu-metal band Rammstein. David Lynch, “Thank You Judge” In 2001, Lynch released his debut ...

From Twin Peaks to his films to his own recording career, the director understood how much sound mattered — not only to the audience, but to the characters in his stories.

Music played a huge role in defining the filmmaker’s distinctive atmosphere on the big and small screens. Hear 13 examples.

Find out where to stream as many David Lynch movies as you can – including "Mulholland Drive" and "Twin Peaks."

Four days on and the passing of David Lynch still feels unreal, leaving behind a legacy of work that is an entire universe onto itself. Like many others, I've been catching up with the short films and oddities in his career I've missed,

Lynch’s work is unique and influential enough to have spawned the adjective “Lynchian”, which, like the man himself, is at once both easy to recognise and hard to define. It involved a unique storytelling approach, surrealistic visuals, atmospheric techniques and complex characters.

The visionary director was better known for film and television – but his adverts show how skilled he was at shorter formats too.