On My Turntable Today - #4 - Stranger Things (Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein) Volume One and Two

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Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein from the Austin band S U R V I V E got together to record the amazing synth-heavy music for the Stranger Things television series. Volume One of the soundtrack won the Emmy for 'Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music' in September. On the heels of that win, the soundtrack for season two of the show has already been nominated for an Emmy. Winning this prestigious award speaks volumes to the quality of this release.

Being a soundtrack, there are no vocals on any of the tracks. I immediately thought of John Carpenter’s music and Vangelis’ Blade Runner. At times the songs seemed delicate and beautiful like a lullaby. Some of the songs are relaxing and calming, while others dive deep into the realm of being dark and haunting.

I’ve added these tracks to my “Get shit done” playlist at work alongside Tycho and M83.

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Notice any...similarities?

Here is an Interesting article I found talking about all of the nods to Stephen King’s work, hidden like easter eggs throughout the show.: https://goo.gl/LyEfHZ

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Volume 1

Stranger Things - Full Soundtrack vol. 1 (High Quality)

Tracklist:

1. Stranger Things
2. Kids
3. Nancy And Barb
4. This Isn't You
5. Lay-Z-Boy
6. Friendship
7. Eleven
8. A Kiss
9. Castle Byers
10. Hawkins
11. The Upside Down
12. After Sarah
13. One Blink For Yes
14. Photos In The Woods
15. Fresh Blood
16. Lamps
17. Hallucinations
18. Hanging Lights
19. Biking To School
20. Are You Sure?
21. Agents
22. Papa
23. Cops Are Good At Finding
24. No Weapons
25. Walking Through The Upside Down
26. She'll Kill You
27. Run Away
28. No Autopsy
29. Dispatch
30. Joyce And Lonnie Fighting
31. Lights Out
32. Hazmat Suits
33. Theoretically
34. You Can Talk To Me
35. What Else Is There To Do?
36. Hawkins Lab

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The second soundtrack release for Season 2 picks up right where Season 1 left off...in a scary dark place. This album seems to be a lot more moody, and generally less happy than the first album. The music at times can seem a bit ‘dreamy’, for a bit, only to slowly transform into something bordering on uncomfortable or even scary. They make great use of deep, rumbling bass in many of the tracks that add to the general dark feel of the album. I really liked the darker feel, as I do not think all music needs to be light and happy to make a strong emotional impact. Cover-to-cover, this is another strong Emmy award contender. It will be interesting to see how this release does in the contest.

Stranger Things - Full Soundtrack vol. 2 (High Quality)

Tracklist:

1. Hopper Sneaks In
2. I Know What I Saw
3. Rolling Out the Pool
4. Over
5. Gearing Up
6. Flickering
7. First Kiss
8. Crying
9. Walking Down the Tracks
10. Where's Barb?
11. Speak of the Devil
12. Danger Danger
13. Tribulations
14. Flashback
15. Kids Two
16. Talking to Australia
17. Night of the Seventh
18. See Any Rain?
19. Coffee & Contemplation
20. Inside the Black Room
21. Starts to Rain
22. Eleven Is Gone
23. Time For A 187
24. Something in the House
25. Still Pretty
26. Abilities
27. Tendril
28. They Found Us
29. Bad Men
30. Spiked Bat
31. Making Contact
32. What Do You Know
33. It's Not My Boy
34. Something in the Wall
35. Let's Go
36. Leap of Faith
37. In Pursuit
38. Breaking and Entering
39. Stranger Things (Extended)

I am highly anticipating both Season 3 of the show, and the next installment of songs from Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein (AKA: S U R V I V E). I may even have to go back and re-watch both seasons before season 3 starts up. This series is great and I strongly advise checking it out if you have not seen it already.

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Synth Sounds of Stranger Things

I’m a huge synth nerd, so I thought I’d also include these videos:

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Watch Stranger Things television Series (Netflix):
https://www.netflix.com/title/80057281

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Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein on the web:

• Official webpage: http://kraft-engel.com/clients/kyle-dixon-michael-stein/
• Twitter Feed:
  Kyle Dixon: https://twitter.com/prrrple
  Michael Stein: https://twitter.com/MichaelStein91
• YouTube: https://www.google.com/search?q=Kyle+Dixon+%26+Michael+Stein+youtube&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
• Wikipedia.com: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survive_(band)

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Next up in this series:
On My Turntable Today - #5 - Heavenly Bodies - Rains on Me (Coming soon)

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