Stranger Things Composers Break Down the Show's Music

[rand thompson]

"The composers of the hit Netflix show Stranger Things, Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein, break down the music of the show. Kyle and Michael talk about how they were approached by the Duffer Brothers to score the show, the biggest influences on their music, and the differences between the music of Stranger Things season one and season two."

 

[Michael Tiemann]

"The composers of the hit Netflix show Stranger Things, Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein, break down the music of the show. Kyle and Michael talk about how they were approached by the Duffer Brothers to score the show, the biggest influences on their music, and the differences between the music of Stranger Things season one and season two."

Awesome video!

 

[rand thompson]

Thanks Michael! One of the things I liked the most about Stranger Things was that kinda Moog synth sound I loved from the 80's. Tom Baker's , my all time
favorite Doctor Who, Doctor Who intro music from the late 70's was my favorite.

 

[rand thompson]

 

[rand thompson]

Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein's Band "Survive".

S U R V I V E perform at Primavera Sound in Barcelona for Pitchfork Live, Full set

 

[rand thompson]

S U R V I V E Explores Four Vintage Synths | Reverb Soundcheck

The throwback music of hit Netflix series "Stranger Things" was the brainchild of Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein of S U R V I V E. To create brooding atmosphere, the two used a selection of vintage and modern synthesizers and drum machines to craft John Carpenter-esque synth soundscapes. In this video, S U R V I V E explores four vintage synths at Reverb's Justin Delay's studio: the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, the Roland Juno-6, the Korg Mono/Poly and the Roland TR-707 drum machine.

Read more about S U R V I V E & these vintage synths at http://bit.ly/2k7TVoa

Gear Used:
Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 - http://bit.ly/2k7NyB3
MOOG MiniMoog Model D - http://bit.ly/2kNmkx0
Korg Mono/Poly - http://bit.ly/2loIadb
Roland TR-707 - http://bit.ly/2lsOwUK
Roland Juno-6 - http://bit.ly/2lvLd0b
DigiTech Whammy II - http://bit.ly/2kTlpgT
Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man - http://bit.ly/2kXONlF

 

[rand thompson]

Moogfest 2017 | Future Sound :. SURVIVE

 

[PatrickFaith]

Great post. I really like these guys approach. I think "modular", be it from picture or audio side, is something I'm attracted to in how it works for my brain. I also think in "nodes", so nuke/davinci/fusion/5u/euro/vcv it's all the same thing (i.e. what a person can learn in davinci can be directly applied to 5u). I also think this helps me in dealing with technical transitions. I learned on analog computers and information theory, and even things like wavelets are pretty much a subset of the old granular computing audio back then. I sometimes seriously joke that I haven't had to learn anything new in the last 40 years, it's just that the price of things drops drastically every year which creates a network effect. I also think that people that don't get "modular" are at a serious disadvantage as technology advances, since they have "relearn" everything was the tech transitions even young people start freaking out on technology revolutions.

 

[Zeb B]

Good stuff. Reverb has a nice range of quality vids on a range of topics. If you love to understand some of your fav songs, and hear from the Anthony Bourdain of music, check Rick Beato on YT. "What Makes this Song Great"