‘Stranger Things’ Soundtrack Out This Week

Robbie Daw | August 10, 2016 12:00 pm

Orange Is The New Black? That’s so two years ago.

In case you’ve avoided all things pop culture this summer, the Netflix original series everyone is losing their shit over is creepfest period piece Stranger Things. Set in 1983, the show’s creators, the Duffer Brothers, proudly let influences like John Carpenter, Stephen King and Steven Spielberg shine through. And just like the bulk of Carpenter’s own output between the 1970s and 1990s, Stranger Things comes packed with an era-appropriate, analog synth-filled score.

The first of two volumes of music from the series, composed by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein of S U R V I V E, is out digitally this Friday (August 12), and physically on September 16, with the same formats of the second volumes arriving the following weeks, respectively.

Dixon says in a press release, “The directors were previously fans of S U R V I V E. They used a song from our first LP in a trailer they made to pitch their concept to Netflix. Once the show was picked up, they reached out to see if we were available to score the show.”

Michael Stein adds, “We discussed having a classic tone and feel to the music for the show but being reserved enough that it wasn’t ’80s cheese, while offering a refreshing quality so that felt modern. This was one of the qualities that drew them to our music in the first place. Having a familiarity with classic synths worked, but with an overall forward thinking approach.”

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