The original soundtrack album for the fifth and final season of the Netflix series Stranger Things, titled Stranger Things 5, was released on January 1, 2026, via Lakeshore and Invada Records. Like the previous four seasons, the soundtrack was composed by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein of the electronic band Survive. The album had a digital-only release compiling of ninety-five tracks split into two volumes, and had a nearly three-hour duration.
Background
Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein worked on three years for the final season, that had them working on 6–7 days per week, and added that the score had several sonic ties to the previous seasons, as a continuation, hence they had to reinvent those older themes and modify it with newer orchestrations, arrangements and production while providing a lot of colors on the score.
Reception Damien Knightley of Still Listening wrote "The score is rich with nostalgia and atmosphere, and the series simply would not be the same without it." Shaurya Thapa of Time Out called it a "synth-heavy and dark, atmospheric score."
Track listing
Chart performance +Weekly chart performance for Stranger Things 5 Chart (2026) Peakposition New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 23 UK Album Downloads (OCC)20US Top Soundtracks (Billboard)18
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