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STYE883 · Synthwave Stranger Things Type Songs · Paul Tonks
The new Tonks EP mashes up synthwave, dark pop and 80s production tricks to create a collection of songs and instrumentals reminiscent to the Stranger Days soundtrack.
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ReleasedAug 2022

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5 main mixes
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STYE883 · Hologram · Paul Tonks
2:20·92 bpm·Fm·4 versions
Synthwave, ElectronicDark, Haunting, Introspective

A 92bpm synthwave song in F minor built on analogue arpeggios and a steady 4/4 kick, with a male vocal sitting in the moody, detached 80s register. The pulse is firm but the mood stays cold and introspective, which suits night-drive footage and small-town unease.

SynthwaveElectronic80sPopDarkHauntingIntrospectiveMoodyMysteriousSlowNewaveStranger ThingsStrangeSomberWeird
2:20
Hologram
STYE883 · Hologram · Paul Tonks
2:55·86 bpm·Gm·4 versions
Synthwave, ElectronicDark, Haunting, Introspective

At 86bpm in G minor and the longest cue here at nearly three minutes, this is the album's title song: pulsing synth arpeggios, a mid-tempo programmed beat and a haunted male vocal. The extra length gives room for a slow-burn build, making it the best choice when a scene needs a full song arc rather than a bed.

SynthwaveElectronic80sPopDarkHauntingIntrospectiveMoodyMysteriousSlowNewaveStranger ThingsStrangeSomberWeird
2:55
Shadow
STYE883 · Hologram · Paul Tonks
2:32·82 bpm·Gm·4 versions
Synthwave, ElectronicDark, Haunting, Introspective

The slowest of the vocal songs at 82bpm in G minor, leaning somber and shadowy with arpeggiated synths, restrained beat and a brooding male vocal. Its drag and darkness fit grief, secrets and the aftermath of something gone wrong.

SynthwaveElectronic80sPopDarkHauntingIntrospectiveMoodyMysteriousSlowNewaveStranger ThingsStrangeSomberWeird
2:32
Gateway
STYE883 · Hologram · Paul Tonks
2:20·160 bpm·Em·2 versions
Synthwave, ElectronicDark, Haunting, Introspective

The only fully instrumental cue on the set and by far the fastest at 160bpm in E minor, driven by racing synth arpeggios and a hard electronic beat. With no vocal in the way it works as a chase or escape engine and leaves the midrange clear for dialogue or narration.

SynthwaveElectronic80sPopDarkHauntingIntrospectiveMoodyMysteriousSlowNewaveStranger ThingsStrangeSomberWeird
2:20
Super Natural
STYE883 · Hologram · Paul Tonks
2:20·85 bpm·B flatm·4 versions
Synthwave, ElectronicDark, Haunting, Introspective

An 85bpm B flat minor track that swaps lead vocals for processed vocal samples and effects over arpeggios and a 4/4 kick, and it is the one cue tagged for outright tension. Strange, weird and unsettled, it reads as the supernatural-event music rather than a song.

SynthwaveElectronic80sPopDarkHauntingIntrospectiveMoodyMysteriousMid TempoNewaveStranger ThingsStrangeSomberWeird
2:20

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