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Anyone like the synthpop/industrial revival soundtracks?


I really enjoyed this movie and love the synthpop soundtrack reminiscent of the films Drive and It Follows, all of which are 3 of my favorite soundtracks of all time. I find the atmospheres of these films all very similar and with a sleek, stylish nature similar to 80s films, all done on lower budgets. Does anyone else really enjoy these soundtracks? And for anyone that finds them detracting it'd be interesting to hear reasons why

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Reminded me of mass effect soundtrack. So much so that I thought it was a bit of a rip off.

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I absolutely loved it. The last scene in the maze reminded me a lot of giallo films and 80s slashers, a total blast. Murder Rock by Lucio Fulci comes to my mind. Awesome movie.

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The soundtrack is literally the reason I came here.

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I think the movie itself isn't all that memorable, but the soundtrack floored me. Most of the time I'm surprised if movies include a single song I enjoy (too much '60 & '70 nostalgia imo), but The Guest had Clan of Xymox, Love and Rockets, Front 242 and Hocico ++. That's a hitrate I cannot remember ever having encountered since Grosse Pointe Blank (back in 1997). I'm a huge fan of electonic/industrial music, but I always thought of it as an underground phenomena few filmmakers would care about.

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Beyond the Black Rainbow definitely fits this list

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I'm looking forward to Neon Demon because I'm sure it'll have a very similar retrowave soundtrack.

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yep. soundtracks were amazing. really stands out

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Its a good soundtrack

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Just gonna leave this here

https://youtu.be/ASKu3BF7ZYY

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