It's not rare to see Wilson's bright, sunny Southern California music with The Beach Boys used to contrast dark moments on ...

Wilson, who started with surf music but soared to symphonic heights, created beauty in songs that ranged from “Surfin’ U.S.A’ ...

David Muir looks back at the behind-the-scenes moment with The Beach Boys singing "Their Hearts Were Full of Spring" on 20/20.

Vanilla Sky has some amazing music moments. One of the most famous comes at the end of the movie when Tom Cruise's character starts to realize what is really going on. The Beach Boys' masterpiece ...

In honor of Brian Wilson’s passing, here are three movies that celebrate his legacy, including documentaries and an ...

We’re picking up sad vibrations. But how traumatized can we feel, once the first few notes of any of Brian Wilson’s most ...

Two "Pet Sounds" highlights, the former featuring envelope-pushing instrumentation and production and the latter, a deceptively complex harmonic structure as well as lyrics that were, at that point, ...

From "Almost Famous" to "American Graffiti" and "Full House," Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys have soundtracked some of ...

In this 1965 interview — his first with the Los Angeles Times — Brian Wilson already showed a remarkably prescient grasp of ...

June 11, 2025 • The Beach Boys' co-founder Brian Wilson has died at the age of 82, leaving behind a storied legacy as one of pop music's greatest songwriters and producers. Here are NPR's best ...