Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein, the composers for all three seasons of the Netflix mega-hit Stranger Things, recently released their score of Stranger Things 3. The score was released digitally on June 28th. While there is not currently an official release date for the physical CD and vinyl editions, information on those special releases will be coming soon.
The album was preceded by the release of two singles: “Starcourt” and “The Ceiling is Beautiful”.
“Starcourt” combines drums that would fit right in on any number of great 80s records with bright synths to create an exciting and very dance-able modern atmosphere, while still paying plenty of homage to the 80s, the era from which Stranger Things draws much visual influence, along with the musical influence.
“The Ceiling is Beautiful” goes a somewhat different direction emotionally from “Starcourt”, opting instead for a beautiful but much more eerie synth-driven soundscape. As the synths start to pitch shift and fade out at the end of the song, that eeriness reaches its peak.
Dixon and Stein, along with Adam Jones and Mark Donica, also perform as the electronic band S U R V I V E. S U R V I V E has been active for about a decade now, and continues to produce music that shares some similarities with the Stranger Things scores (especially synths and film-score influences) for which Dixon and Stein have now become much more well-known.
Stranger Things 3—Original Score from the Netflix Series Track List –
01. Boys and Girls
02. I Like Presents Too
03. Starcourt
04. Blank Makes You Crazy
05. I Need You to Trust Me
06. You’re a Fighter
07. The Ceiling Is Beautiful
08. The First I love You
09. Rats
10. What Did You Do To Him?
11. Find the Source
12. The Silver Cat Feeds
13. Heather’s
14. William
15. Destroying the Castle
16. In the Void
17. Tammy
18. Mirkwood
19. Portal Drill
20. Happy Screams
21. Ruins
22. It’s Just Ice
23. The Door Is Opening
24. Planck’s Constant
25. She’s Gone Home
26. Seven Feet
27. The Week Is Long
28. Sauna Test
29. Six Facts
30. The Trees Are Moving
31. On Their Tracks
32. Not Chinese Food
33. Blueprints
34. Land Deeds
35. Not Kids Anymore
36. Code Red
37. Feel Safe
38. He’s Here
39. Scoops Troop
40. We Don’t Understand Each Other
41. Aftermath
Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat
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