Me too. What is different is that they change up the synth patches, layer multiple arpeggio and sequences to create some polyrhythmic textures since the main tune is basically a I to flat VI and back. Very basic chord but TD does plenty with it. Showing' how it's done!
It's kind of sad that they had do that - can't they get noticed by doing their own stuff instead by bandwagonning?
Hey, that's kind of a weird thing to say. TD have been getting noticed pretty nicely for 46 years now. I think they've earned the right to have a little fun now and then with a nice piece of music. If you want to call it "bandwagonning", that's up to you, but it's not really an accurate description.
It's kind of sad that they had do that - can't they get noticed by doing their own stuff instead by bandwagonning?
Can't they get noticed!? They are one of the most internationally known and influential electronic groups since the late 60s. The guys that scored Stranger Things mostly like had TD in mind when they were composing the music. They are at a point now where they can do whatever they want and still be famous. If there is a band wagon TD is at the head of it.
It's kind of sad that they had do that - can't they get noticed by doing their own stuff instead by bandwagonning?
Can't they get noticed!? They are one of the most internationally known and influential electronic groups since the late 60s. The guys that scored Stranger Things mostly like had TD in mind when they were composing the music. They are at a point now where they can do whatever they want and still be famous. If there is a band wagon TD is at the head of it.
Totally agree. If there wasn't a TD, the guys who scored Stranger Things would have had a very different sound as hundreds if not thousands of other artists who were influenced by this seminal synth group.
Here is a track "No Future" from the movie Risky Business by Tangerine Dream. It should sound similar enough to show you were the Stranger Things theme may have come from.
Wow! Having never seen or heard Risky Business before, I can only say two things: 1) yes, that sounds exactly like where Stranger Things' main theme was coming from, and 2) I need someone to rerelease Risky Business NOW.
Dixon & Stein (sounds like a law agency) have made it pretty clear in several interviews that TD was one of their main inspirations for the score of STRANGER THINGS. So it was just a nice gesture from the German band, 'acknowledging' the tribute that was given to them in the series.
Wow! Having never seen or heard Risky Business before, I can only say two things: 1) yes, that sounds exactly like where Stranger Things' main theme was coming from, and 2) I need someone to rerelease Risky Business NOW.
My friend, Risky Business is one of the easier soundtracks to find. I've owned it on CD (purchased at a used album shop), and currently own it on vinyl and an iTunes rip from my CD.
Unfortunately, Virgin has not made it available as a digital download through iTunes or other sources. Nor is available on Spotify. It could definitely be used on these outlets. That said, the cue posted above (titled "No Future (Get Off the Babysitter)" on the soundtrack) is an abbreviation of one of TD's most brilliant tracks, "exit." That full song can be heard on their 1981 album of the same name. Find that here:
Thanks for the head's up! I had looked on Amazon but somehow landed on a different page where the same soundtrack (same exact track listing even) was going for upwards of $50 and $100.
Three members who 'call' themselves Tangerine Dream to make sales. Cute. Edgar's own son, Jerome, won't even support them. No thanks. The closest you'll get to Tangerine Dream is with Jerome and former member Johannes Schmoelling in LOOM.
Yeah, it's a bit weird. Of the three current members, Thorsten Quaeschning is the one that has been with the group the longest, i.e. since 2005. So he, at the very least, knows what TD is about and what Edgar's "sound" is. I remember there were some rumours about some of the former members re-joining TD after Edgar's death -- to at least have some sort of link to the past. Was it Baumann and Schmoelling? But I don't think anything has come of it yet.
Not to slight the original, but this one blows it out of the water. 
