Great Indie-Rock Moments in Oscar History

When most of us think of the music of the Oscars, we think big, blowhard ballads by Celine Dion, Phil Collins, and Diane Warren, bombastic scores by John Williams, or Rob Lowe’s duet fail with Snow White. Here are the best indie-rock hipster musical moments in Oscar history. 1988: Ryuichi Sakamoto, founder of the pioneering Japanese electronic group Yellow Magic Orchestra, and Talking Heads’ David Byrne win the Best Original Score Academy Award for their work with Chinese composer Congu Su on The Last Emperor.