That's surprisingly close actually, I wasn't expecting that. That said, they took inspiration from lots of different sources, and stuff like this was pretty common in the 80s. The 808 is itself pretty quintessentially 80s and has had lasting influence on electronic music.
This in some ways is what is so good about the way they've incorporated all these 80s references. Everyone will point to something and say "look, this is where they stole that from". Except, the chances are that two people will give you a different original source, because there is no single original source. A lot of people will say the intro is based on The Terminator, for example.
There's also a whole genre of music called synthwave, which is modern music heavily inspired by people like John Carpenter, Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis and especially 80s analogue synth soundtracks. The ST soundtrack was composed by a fairly obscure synthwave group called S U R V I V E (if you search on Spotify you must include the spaces or you'll get something else). The Duffer Brothers used one of their tracks when they pitched the idea to Netflix. After they got the green light, they asked the band to do the score for real.
For anyone that liked the Stranger Things score, I would suggest checking out bands like
Gunship (who have several more videos on Youtube),
Lazerhawk and
Carpenter Brut, to name a few of the best-known.
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