As time has passed , however , it is increasingly accepted , though by no means universally so , that the boundaries are more porous than the many polemics would lead one to believe : many of the techniques pioneered by the above composers show up in popular music by the beatles , pink floyd , mike oldfield , nirvana , radiohead , r . e . m . and in film scores that draw mass audiences 随著时间，前卫的概念已经逐渐的被接受，两个领域彼此之间的分野不再那么壁垒分明，并且出人意表的，这些开拓性的技巧常常被流行音乐所引用：甲壳虫、平克佛洛伊德、迈克欧?菲尔德、涅? 、电台司令等等耳熟能详的著名艺人组合，还有许多电影使用的配乐。
