Is writing for Stranger Things decidedly different or more pressurised because you have to deliver something more specific?

MS: “It’s just a different process and a different presentation since it’s not supposed to be what the band is. The show needed lots of moods that the band would never release… cheerful and happy stuff. A lot of scoring tends to be minimal to be effective. So you’re not going to write some huge bombastic SURVIVE epic for some screen thing. That just doesn’t make sense.”