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Music: Elliott Smith

Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith (August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He rose to mainstream prominence when his song "Miss Misery" — included in the soundtrack for the film Good Will Hunting — was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Original Song category in 1998. Smith suffered from depression, alcoholism, and drug addiction, and these topics often appeared in his lyrics. At age 34, he died in Los Angeles, California from two stab wounds to the chest.

Discography:

Roman Candle (1994)
Elliott Smith (1995)
Either/Or (1997)
XO (1998)
Figure 8 (2000)
From a Basement on the Hill (2004)
New Moon (2007)
An Introduction to... Elliott Smith (2010)

Tropes associated with Elliott Smith include:

Author Existence Failure: Smith committed suicide before the release of "From A Basement On The Hill", which was initially planned as a double album.
Breakup Breakout: He was originally in an indie rock band called Heatmiser, who broke up just after he became recognized as a solo artist. Elliott Smith eventually became a household name in the world of independent music. Heatmiser? Not so much.
Broken Record: In the song "Last Call" he repeats "ask for more" twice in rapid succession and then "I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me" seven times.
Cool Shades: The videos for "Coming Up Roses" and "Miss Misery."
Cover Version: "Because" and ''Thirteen"
Dead Artists Are Better
Freudian Excuse: He was sexually abused by his step father when he was young.
Garage Band: Many of his early songs were recorded in his basement on a Four Track.
Harsher in Hindsight: Songs like "The Biggest Lie" and "King's Crossing"
Literary Allusion Title: Either/Or
Never Suicide, Always Murder: Due to some irregularities in his autopsy some believe that his girlfriend at that time, Jennifer Chiba, murdered him.
No Title: "No Name #1-6," of which four are on the same album. Other song titles are equally indescriptive, like the B-side "Some Song."
One Woman Song: Subverted with the Two Woman Song "Cecilia/Amanda."
Precision F-Strike: "A Distorted Reality is Now a Necessity to Be Free"
Something Something Leonard Bernstein: The intro to "King's Crossing"
Tear Jerker: Many of his songs.