Survive (often styled S U R V I V E) is an American electronic band formed in 2009 in Austin, Texas. Its members are Kyle Dixon, Michael Stein, Adam Jones, and Mark Donica. Dixon and Stein compose and produce as a duo and are best known for composing the score to the Netflix series Stranger Things, which brought them wider recognition. The band produces synth-heavy, horror-score-influenced compositions using drum machines and analog synthesizers across a range of 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 detailsMnq026HD015 Release 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 - DirgeHD009 Release date: 4 September 2012 Label: Holodeck Records Formats: cassette Songs: - cschz 01 - cschz 02RR7349 Release 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 - CutthroatRR7400: LA041717 Release 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 YearTitleLabel2010BATH017 (As part of Dark of Night Compilation)Bathetic Records 2010LLR002Light Lodge2011LT019Living Tapes 2012TLLT21To Lose La Track2013HD009Holodeck Records 2016 HD037 Holodeck Records2014MF064Monofonus Press
Music videos TitleYearRefFloating Cube2013Omniverse2015Copter2016
Soundtracks TitleDetailsStranger Things (season 1) Released (Vol. 1): 12 August 2016 Released (Vol. 2): 19 August 2016Stranger Things (season 2) Released: 20 October 2017Stranger Things (season 3) Released: 28 June 2019Stranger Things (season 4) Released: 1 July 2022The Retaliators (Original Motion Picture Score) Released: 21 October 2022Stranger Things (season 5) Released: 1 January 2025
Awards and nominations
+ Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2017 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music Stranger Things 2017 Grammy Award Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Stranger Things, Vol. 1 2017 Grammy Award Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Stranger Things, Vol. 2 2017 ASCAP Composers' Choice Awards TV Composer(s) of the Year Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein for Stranger Things 2017 World Soundtrack Awards Television Composer of the Year Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein for Stranger Things 2018 Venice Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Best Virtual Reality Immersive Story Spheres (as composers) 2018 Hollywood Music in Media Awards Original Score – Short Film Spheres 2021 Hollywood Music in Media Awards Original Score – Independent Film The Hole in the Fence References
External links S U R V I V E channel YouTube S U R V I V E at SoundCloud S U R V I V E at Bandcamp https://www.allmusic.com/artist/s-u-r-v-i-v-e-mn0003090193 https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9e26116a-2d3b-4765-855f-734e9453a45e