![]() ![]() “We have a cameo in season 3 of Stranger Things,” Stein said. Up next, Dixon and Stein plan to work on the next SURVIVE album - and make their debut on the other side of the camera. “Some of the music in Butterfly could be considered ’80s, but you don’t immediately think that, because it’s taking place in the present.” “A big goal for us was to take on more projects that aren’t necessarily nostalgic so we didn’t get pigeonholed into just doing ’80s stuff,” Dixon said. In the past year and a half, they have scored virtual-reality experience Spheres, National Geographic’s Valley of the Boom, Hulu’s Butterfly and their feature-film debut Native Son. In between seasons 2 and 3, Dixon and Stein made it a priority to broaden their own horizons. “But this season, you already know that there’s a monster in this world, so it’s like, ‘Oh shit.’” There’s a lot more mystery involved,” Dixon said. “Season 1 is mostly about figuring out what the hell is going on. “And now she’s like, ‘I’m a teenager, I have powers and I can fuck you up if I want to.’”Īlong with a more mature cast, Dixon and Stein said the third season has much more action in store, calling for them to “hype up” some of the sounds they were using before. “When Eleven was first introduced, her theme is this girl that doesn’t know how to talk, doesn’t know where she is - she’s just kind of scared and confused,” Dixon said. “There are things you remember from those movies - memories of feeling a certain way - so we made music from that.”īut for the third season, with the show’s protagonists now in their teenage years, Dixon and Stein have had to adjust. “After reading four or five scripts, we could tell that were using a lot of nostalgic ideas from ’80s movies that actually had kids in them,” Stein said. The fact that the show centers on young characters was a source of inspiration for its score. ![]() “That’s not going to sound like SURVIVE.” “One of first prompts was pitching demo themes for Eleven and these little kids that were going to be running around,” Stein said. 'Stranger Things' Co-Composer Shares the Story Behind 2016's Most Unlikely Musical Sensationĭespite the synth-driven quality of both projects, Dixon and Stein were forced to branch out to cater to Stranger Things’ more playful moments.
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