Spoiler alert: Do not read this note if you have not seen episodes 8 and 9 of “Stranger Things 4”, now streaming on Netflix.
Making extraordinary comparisons, if “Running Up That Hill” by Kate Bush was the official song of the weekend memorial daylikewise “Master of Puppets” by Metallica could well be the weekend Independence Day. Since, thanks to the last season of stranger thingsBush’s 1985 hit rocketed to the top of the top charts in the US right now.
All this is due to the fact that, after appearing in the fourth installment of the series, in Volume II of this last season, the character of Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn) heads to the Upside Down with the rest of the group, setting out to confront the evil Vecna. In the scene, Eddie picks up his guitar and plays “Master of Puppets” by Metallica, performing “the most metal concert concert in history”. And so, as he plays his guitar, the bats surrounding Vecna’s lair move away from him, leaving Steve (Joe Keery), Nancy (Natalia Dyer) and Robin (maya hawke) attack the demon.
About, nora feldermusic supervisor stranger things explained that the executive producers Matt Y Ross Duffer they weaved the song into the script during pre-production.
“It was another one of those moments where it has to be this song. This part of the story was anticipated to be a pivotal and especially hair-raising scene in which Eddie heroically rose up to fight for his life. I think the brothers Duffer they felt that playing ‘Master of Puppets’ for the entire extended scene was the clear choice. No other song was discussed, and we jumped right into it,” he stated.
He also revealed that “in a way, the song and everything in the scene aligns with Eddie’s seemingly arrogant and nervous public persona.” And he finished by saying: “Eddie’s talismanic qualities of guitar and punk metal music help him reconnect with his well-kept traits of love, care and courage.”
So successful was choosing the theme of the iconic American band that, the leader of Metallica, James Hetfieldhas stated that The song, from Metallica’s 1986 self-titled album, is prodigiously regarded as one of the band’s all-time classics. The track is very significant because it oscillates between smashing riffs and a progressive rock midsection. The band Metallica is a big fan of stranger things and all authorizations regarding the use of the song in said scene had to go directly through her, who signed its release.
stranger things It has already released all the chapters of the fourth season and would return in 2024.
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