Stranger Things, Netflixsmega-popularsci-fi/horror series, thrives on Eighties pop-culture nostalgia. Themixtapes shared between the series characters Jonathan Byers and younger brother Will are an emotional anchor of the shows first season. Now a real mixtape, inspired by the series, has been released,NME reports.
DJ Yoda released an eclectic mixtape, which weaves period-friendly alt-rock (the Smiths There Is a Light That Never Goes Out), progressive electronica (Tangerine Dreams Beach Scene) and New Wave (Modern Englishs I Melt With You) with other classic tracks and samples of Stranger Things dialogue.
The mix opens with Jonathan Byers telling Will, I made you a new mixtape. Theres some stuff on there I think you really might like. After a sample of the shows haunting opening synth theme, DJ Yoda works in pieces of Totos Africa, Dolly Partons The Bargain Store, Jefferson Airplanes White Rabbit and Extra T.s funky E.T. Boogie, among others ending, fittingly, with Byers brothers favorite Clash tune, Should I Stay or Should I Go.
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Yodas mix should hold over fans pining for the Stranger Things Soundtrack, created by Austin duo S U R V I V E. According to the seriesFacebook page, the X-Files-leaning score is coming soon.
Stranger Things co-creators Matt and Ross Duffer recently told Varietythat, if granted a second season, they plan to more deeply explore the shows mythology.Theres a lot there we dont know or understand, Ross said. We have all this stuff that we just didnt have time for, or we didnt feel like we needed to get into in season one, because of the main tension of Will. We have that whole other world that we havent fully explored in this season, and that was very purposeful.
From musical cues to Spielberg movie references,Netflixs Stranger Things resurrects the Eighties. Watch here for an inside look into the hit series.