{"id":1896903,"date":"2026-04-22T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1896903"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:00:00","slug":"head-back-to-hawkins-with-new-stranger-things-tales-from-85-soundtrack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1896903","title":{"rendered":"Head Back to Hawkins With New \u2018Stranger Things: Tales From \u201985\u2019 Soundtrack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/stranger-things-tales-from-85-2026-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"a-content lrv-a-floated-parent lrv-a-glue-parent a-font-body-m u-font-size-19\">\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\" data-pmc-adm-ad-id=\"10140328\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\tTrending on Billboard\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tNetflix is bringing us back to the \u201980s, and it\u2019s making sure we have the right music for the occasion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOn Wednesday (April 22), <em>Billboard<\/em> can exclusively reveal that an original soundtrack is coming this week for the brand-new animated spin-off series <em>Stranger Things: Tales From \u201985<\/em>. The score album, composed by Brad Breeck (<em>Gravity Falls<\/em>, <em>We Bare Bears<\/em>), will be released globally Thursday (April 23) at midnight ET.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \"><em><em>Stranger Things: Tales From \u201985<\/em><\/em> also arrives Thursday on Netflix, bringing viewers back to the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, in the \u201980s and reuniting us with some of the original show\u2019s main characters. And much like <em>Stranger Things<\/em>, music plays a large role in the new show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-display-inline-block lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-margin-t-2 u-margin-t-26@mobile-max u-margin-b-0.875@mobile-max u-margin-b-150@tablet u-border-t-12 lrv-u-padding-t-025 u-padding-b-1.313 lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-border-color-black\">\n<div class>\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap u-font-weight-700 lrv-u-display-inline-block u-line-height-18px a-font-accent u-letter-spacing-0225 u-font-size-16 lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-article-badge-underline a-article-esp u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-margin-b-1@mobile-max u-margin-b-9@tablet\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between lrv-u-padding-tb-050@desktop a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/P102HKBH-e1776868040444.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Janet Jackson\" height width><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tHere&#8217;s Why There&#8217;s No Mention of Janet Jackson in the &#8216;Michael&#8217; 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Needle drops throughout the series include \u201cWe Got the Beat\u201d by The Go-Go\u2019s, \u201cA Forest\u201d by The Cure and \u201cWe\u2019ll Meet Again\u201d by Vera Lynn, \u201cRebel Yell\u201d by Idol, and Lauper\u2019s Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper \u201cTime After Time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIf it\u2019s anything like the original show, artists with songs played in the new series could see a bump in streams and chart placements in the aftermath of the show\u2019s premiere. After featuring the songs in pivotal moments, <em>Stranger Things<\/em> brought Kate Bush\u2018s \u201cRunning Up That Hill (A Deal With God)\u201d to a new peak of No. 3 on the Hot 100 in 2022, 37 years after its initial release, while Metallica\u2019s \u201cMaster of Puppets\u201d made its debut on the chart the same year, 36 years after it came out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFans can pre-save <em>Stranger Things: Tales From \u201985 (Soundtrack from the Netflix Series)<\/em> by Brad Breeck here, and find the full score track list below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image   lrv-u-margin-t-125 u-padding-b-10 u-margin-t-26@mobile-max lrv-u-display-inline-block lrv-u-width-100p\">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Stranger-Things_-Tales-From-85-Score-Artwork.jpeg?w=300\" alt height=\"1024\" width=\"1024\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   a-font-secondary-fancy-xl   \"><em>Stranger Things: Tales From \u201985 (Soundtrack from the Netflix Series)<\/em> by Brad Breeck track list\t<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFlamethrower (artists: Brad Breeck feat. Brian Parkhurst)<br \/>Kids Riding Bikes<br \/>Big Snowstorm Coming<br \/>Someone In There<br \/>HIC Theme<br \/>I Just Saved Your Life<br \/>Strange Stones<br \/>Gotta Go Dark<br \/>How Long Is Detention<br \/>Sewer Chase (artists: Brad Breeck feat. Brian Parkhurst)<br \/>Towns<br \/>Clean Up<br \/>Investigating Pumpkins<br \/>Heaven Eleven<br \/>Nice Time Tonight<br \/>Storm the Gates<br \/>What Were These Things<br \/>Ground Rules<br \/>seluR dnuorG<br \/>Her Royal Nastiness<br \/>We Have To Try<br \/>Tales from \u201985 End Titles (artists: Brad Breeck feat. 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