Survive (often styled S U R V I V E) is an electronic band consisting of Michael Stein, Kyle Dixon, Adam Jones and Mark Donica formed in 2009 in Austin, Texas.

Band

The Austin-based quartet have produced synth-heavy, horror-score-influenced compositions for over a decade, exploring these themes through drum machines and analog synths across various single, EP and LP releases.

Film soundtracks

Survive contributed to the soundtrack for the indie horror film The Guest.

The band gained wider fame after members Dixon and Stein were hired to compose the musical score Music of Stranger Things for the Netflix supernatural horror hit series Stranger Things.

Both volumes of the soundtrack were nominated individually for the Best Score Soundtrack Category for the 2017 Grammy Awards, though neither won. 2017 saw Dixon and Stein also nominated for an ASCAP award as a result of their soundtrack work. In September 2017, Dixon and Stein won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for their work on the Stranger Things theme.

2017 has also seen the band curate the music for Sensory, a multi-dimensional immersive restaurant experience' at Sugar Hill Mountain Festival in Melbourne, Australia.

Discography

Albums

TitleAlbum details
Mnq026 HD015Release date: 28 May 2012 Label: Mannequin Records, Holodeck Records Formats: CD, Digital Download, 12" Vinyl Songs: - Deserted Skies - Floating Cube - To Light Alone I Bow - Hourglass - Omniverse - Black Mollies - Scalar Wave - Shunting Yard - Dirge
HD009Release date: 4 September 2012 Label: Holodeck Records Formats: cassette Songs: - cschz 01 - cschz 02
RR7349Release date: 30 September 2016 Label: Relapse Records Formats: CD, digital download, 12" vinyl Songs: - A.H.B - Other - Dirt - High Rise - Wardenclyffe - Sorcerer - Low Fog - Copter - Cutthroat
RR7400: LA041717Release date: 3 August 2018 Label: Relapse Records Formats: Digital Download, 12" Vinyl Songs: - Floating Cube (Los Angeles - 4-17-17) - Omniverse (Los Angeles - 4-17-17) - Sorcerer (Los Angeles - 4-17-17) - Cutthroat (Los Angeles - 4-17-17) - Holographic (Los Angeles - 4-17-17) - Black Mollies (Los Angeles - 4-17-17) - Parousia (Los Angeles - 4-17-17) - Wardenclyffe (Los Angeles - 4-17-17) - Copter (Los Angeles - 4-17-17)

Extended plays & tapes

YearTitleLabel
2010BATH017 (As part of Dark of Night Compilation)Bathetic Records
2010LLR002Light Lodge
2011LT019Living Tapes
2012TLLT21To Lose La Track
2013HD009Holodeck Records 2016 HD037 Holodeck Records
2014MF064Monofonus Press

Music videos

TitleYearRef
Floating Cube2013
Omniverse2015
Copter2016

Soundtracks

TitleDetails
Stranger Things (season 1)Released (Vol. 1): 12 August 2016 Released (Vol. 2): 19 August 2016
Stranger Things (season 2)Released: 20 October 2017
Stranger Things (season 3)Released: 28 June 2019
Stranger Things (season 4)Released: 1 July 2022
The Retaliators (Original Motion Picture Score)Released: 21 October 2022

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