The US singer, one of the most enigmatic figures in rock history, was hugely influential.
A reclusive, contradictory figure, Walker was never at ease with pop stardom. His orchestral pop was frequently scattered with characters from society's margins - prostitutes, transvestites, suicidal brooders and even Joseph Stalin.
After 1984's Climate of Hunter, he walked away from music for almost a decade. When he returned in the mid-1990s, it was with Tilt, a collection of fraught, uncompromising tone poems. "Imagine Andy Williams reinventing himself as Stockhausen," wrote The Guardian's Simon Hattenstone inWalker went on to collaborate with Pulp, producing the 2001 album We Love Life. He recently completed the score to Natalie Portman film Vox Lux.Radiohead's Thom Yorke said he was"so very sad" to hear of Walker's passing, saying he had been"a huge influence" on both the band and himself.
The singer-songwriter said he had met Walker once at the Meltdown arts festival in London and found him to be"such a gentle outsider".So very sad to hear that Scott Walker has passed away, he was a huge influence on Radiohead and myself, showing me how i could use my voice and words. Met him once at Meltdown, such a kind gentle outsider. He will be very missed.
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