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Why Do So Many Modern Film Scores Sound Like '80s Music? The Movie Music Investigation You Need

Can a certain sound, made by a particular instrument, sum up an entire era? It seems unlikely, yet think about those opening notes of Harold Faltermeyer's "Axel F" from "Beverly Hills Cop" or Brad ...
Game Rant

Narita Boy Composer Talks Synthwave and Musical Influences

Hank Whitson is a pop culture omnivore, gaming geek, escapism nerd, and unrepentant anime addict who has been writing for Game Rant since 2020. He plays and writes about literally everything, but ...
Alternative Press

Here’s what blink-182 would sound like as a 1980s synthwave band

A blink-182 fan recently reimagined “The Rock Show” and “Feeling This” as 1980s synthwave songs. Additionally the YouTube user, MartyCanFly cleverly reworked blink’s name to fit the occasion as ...
Wall Street Journal

Synthwave, the Sound of an ’80s Childhood, Goes Mainstream

If you grew up with “The Goonies,” “Super Mario Bros.” or Cyndi Lauper, you may hear something familiar in synthwave. This niche electronic-music genre, inspired by the sounds of 1980s pop, movies and ...
American Songwriter

This German Electronic Musician From the 80s Invented Chillwave (And I Bet You’ve Never Heard of Him)

When most people think of late 2000s and early 2010s chillwave and synthwave music, one often thinks of artists like Washed Out, Toro y Moi, and Neon Indian. If you were a young adult (like me) at the ...
The Verge

GUNSHIP’s synthwave sound is rooted in ‘80s cyberpunk nostalgia

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Band co-founder Alex Westaway, told The Verge that nostalgia was a huge inspiration for the group, but rather ...