Term Stranger Things with volume 2 of its fourth seasonbut beware, there is one more round to go so Eleven and her friends will continue to be talked about for at least another year.
And without giving spoilers or data on this season finale – in case you haven’t seen it – we have to talk about the music. Stranger Things is a series that pays homage to the 80s with hundreds of narrative, visual and musical nods, the latter of which have record companies and music streaming players, in addition to being happy, with a lot of work.
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the soundtrack
Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release the complete soundtrack of Stranger Things: Soundtrack of the Netflix series, Season 4 in digital and physical configurations.
The first set of songs, including Kate Bush’s current record “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)”, premiered digitally on Friday, May 27 with the complete soundtrack album adding this weekend—following the premiere of the season finale—six songs from the final episodes to the original digital release.
So, digitally it’s already available at all platforms: Amazon, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal and Deezer. And there is also pre-sale of vinyl (2LP of 12”), CD and even cassette (so that the 80s are more current).
The vinyl will be released on November 4th and the CDs and cassette will be available from September 9th.
On the vinyl it is known that it will be printed in standard black in a package that includes a 12×12 series poster insert, but there will also be a red variant available outside the United States.
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Spotify celebrates the end of the season with a personalized playlist
Is named Upside Down and includes some of the songs of the moment and mixes them with a handful of Stranger Things classics “to create a vibe strong enough to drive away Hawkins’ most fearsome enemy,” they say from the platform.
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But this It’s not the only Spotify playlist to be related to Stranger Things. On July 1, they added the last songs of season 4, vol. 2 to the official playlist of the series and added some fun surprises to explore: “On both Android and desktop, you can watch the progress bar turn into a flashlight that pierces through the darkness of the Upside Down. And if you scroll through the playlist long enough on mobile, you might discover something creepy.”
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According to data from Spotify, on May 30, after the premiere of season 4, the reproductions on this platform of the hits of the 80s increased by more than 8700% globally and 9900% in the United States.
And not only has the aforementioned Kate Bush song been found, but also, the global transmissions of the artist’s catalog have increased by more than 1600% since the premiere of season 4 of Stranger Things.
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About the music
The trailer for this fourth season brings the remix of “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” by the group Journey performed by Bryce Miller and Troy MacCubbin.
When Journey’s legendary vocalist/songwriter and frontman, Steve Perry, When he first heard the remix of his band’s 1983 smash hit he was shocked, telling its creators he loved it: “A week later, I had an idea for an extended version, so I called Bryce and we put together our Extended Remix.” . Being a huge fan of the show, having my music on the soundtrack made me so happy! I really love these two remixed versions as much as I do the original recording on the Journey Frontiers album.” The new Steve Perry & Bryce Miller Extended Remix de “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” is an epic power closure for the album.
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The songs of the series have been carefully selected and what the critics highlight is that they have also been well placed in the moments in which the emotional journeys of the characters and their stories take place.
It’s been heard since the sound of Kiss with “Detroit Rock City” during a pivotal game of Dungeons & Dragons, to catharsis and the psychic release of “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” de Kate Bush.
The soundtrack album is conceptualized and produced by The Duffer Brothers and Nora Fields (Grammy and Emmy nominated), Felder has served as music supervisor for “Stranger Things” since the show’s inception and was nominated for a Music Supervision Grammy the first year the category was recognized by the Academy of Music and Music. Television Sciences.
The compilation album is produced by The Duffer Brothers and the two-time Grammy nominee Timothy J. Smith (one for Stranger Things and one for the movie Lady Bird).
In season 4 they also stand out these songs:
– Rock Me Amadeus (The Gold Mix) – Falco
– Tarzan Boy – Baltimore
– California Dreamin’ – The Beach Boys
– Psycho Killer – Talking Heads
– You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) – Dead or Alive
– Chica Mejicanita – Mae Arnette
– Play With Me – Extreme
– I Was A Teenage Werewolf – The Cramps
– Pass The Dutchie – Musical Youth
– Wipe Out – The Surfaris
– Object Of My Desire (Single Version) – Starpoint
– Travelin’ Man – Ricky Nelson
– Dream A Little Dream Of Me – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
– Master of Puppets – Metallica
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