Synthwave-revival

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre

Synthwave-revival · Around 2010, musicians reached back to the synthesizer sound of the 1980s, with soft washes of sound, arpeggios and drum machines. Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive (2011) brought that style to the cinema with a score by Cliff Martinez, former drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, supplemented with songs by Kavinsky and College, among others. Disasterpeace, who had previously made music for games, wrote a hard synthesizer score for the horror film It Follows (2014) in the spirit of John Carpenter. Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein of the band S U R V I V E made the title music for the series Stranger Things (2016). Nostalgia and a warm, analogue sound are characteristic.

Listening

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  Rubber Head · Cliff Martinez, 2011
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  Heels · Disasterpeace, 2014
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  Stranger Things · Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, 2016

In School of Rock

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• Film Music Map^NL Map

See also

• Daft Punk
• Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Horror synth (Carpenter school)
• Disco and synth-pop scores