Kyle Dixon

In the annals of film and television, certain musical themes manage to transcend the moving image. From the whistle that brings in Morricone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly theme to Tangerine Dream's "Love On A Real Train," memorable scores have the uncanny ability to sum up an epoch, an entire aesthetic. The prolific Texan musicians Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein have crafted a body of work that's synonymous with the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, the supernatural everytown at the center of the Netflix hit Stranger Things. But in just a few short years, their sound has expanded far beyond '80s Indiana, acting as the natural counterpart for VR-visions of the Universe (Spheres), the Chicago streets of Rashid Johnson's Native Son adaptation, Silicon Valley (Valley Of The Boom) and even the intimate gender transition of an 11-year girl in the British mini-series Butterfly. Exploring the full potential of racks of synthesizers and drum machines, Dixon and Stein write music for the presen