by
Kyle Dixon
- Record Label: Lakeshore Records
- Release Date: Aug 12, 2016
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Aug 24, 2016This is music that also stands on its own, a work by turns eerie and sparse, but also tinged in the warm nostalgia of bike rides at dusk and the loyalty of friends.
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Dec 22, 2016While the show itself is clear about its influences, its soundtrack manages to do this too, while ultimately culminating as an in-depth and invigorating piece of atmospheric electronic music.
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Aug 24, 2016An hour of music which can be moving, transcendent, invigorating and relaxing all in a matter of minutes.
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Sep 30, 2016Like composers Mike Post (Law & Order), Danny Elfman (The Simpsons), or Angelo Badalamenti (Twin Peaks), Survive axis Dixon and Stein's heterodox hard-wiring ameliorates TV's ambient takeaway.
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Aug 25, 2016In the show’s context, this soundtrack is a solid A. Evocative, thrilling, and dynamic, it’s everything you could possibly want from a TV score. On its own, it’s one of the most refreshingly forward-thinking electronic releases of the year, even if the tracklist could use some cleaning up.
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Aug 24, 2016Removed from the narrative of the series itself, every emotion is given the space to take its own form – and the result is as mysteriously powerful as the world that it hails from.
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Aug 24, 2016Taken as a suite of music on its own merits, Volume One flows rather seamlessly—no small achievement. The canvas they paint on is remarkably spare and restrained.
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Nov 8, 2016For all the memories Stranger Things and its soundtrack evoke, they've also given us something new worth remembering.
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The WireNov 8, 2016Stripped of the visuals, the seemingly endless succession of minor variations (75 tracks between the two collections) on the same sets of glossy and pleasant synth arpeggios can be at once bitty and overwhelming. [Oct 2016, p.63]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 34 out of 39
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Mixed: 1 out of 39
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Negative: 4 out of 39
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Sep 25, 2022Very coooooool i love it its very good oh my god thanx duffer brother for this coool series
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Apr 25, 2021This OST is so amazing. It fits the show of the tone so perfectly, and yet fits on it's own.
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Jul 7, 2019