r/soundtracks • • 27d ago

Discussion r/Soundtracks - Monthly Discussion Thread

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This thread is for discussing anything and everything related to soundtracks - opinions, recommendations, reviews, etc. New obsession? Newfound appreciation? Rediscovered gem? Let us know!

Soundtrack-related self-promotion is not allowed as posts in the subreddit, but is encouraged here - show us what you've created!

Also, friendly reminder that Friday is the default release date for new music - keep an eye out for your most anticipated releases here.


r/soundtracks • • Jun 11 '26

πŸ“’ Discussion Round 11 of 13 - Star Trek Soundtrack Scores Battle Royale

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Round 11 is open!Β Get your votes in!Β 

https://startreksoundtracks.fillout.com/t/3RsmZDqaKKus

Here are the results after Round 10! Remember you are voting for the best soundtrackΒ notΒ best movie.

  1. The Wrath of Khan (NC)
  2. The Motion Picture (NC)
  3. First Contact (NC)
  4. The Undiscovered Country (NC)
  5. The Search for Spock (NC)
  6. Insurrection (NC)
  7. The Final Frontier (NC)
  8. The Voyage Home (+2)
  9. Star Trek (2009) (NC)
  10. Generations (-2)
  11. Nemesis (+1)
  12. Beyond (-2)
  13. Into Darkness (NC)
  14. Section 31 (NC)

r/soundtracks • • 3m ago

πŸ“’ Discussion I didn't know this joke from Powell in the credits of Minions & Monsters, that's so funny

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r/soundtracks • • 2h ago

πŸ“’ Discussion I listen this 9 soundtracks pratically everyday

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Here is my top 9 soundtracks. Each one gave me so many different emotions, just like these films that I consider most of them masterpieces!

My 3 favorite composers are Ennio Morricone, Nino Rota and Henry Mancini (I think it can be seen). And it can also be seen that I love Italian cinema.

To go even further I also made a top Letterboxd of all my favorite soundtracks, if it ever interests some I put the link here : https://boxd.it/LJhgu


r/soundtracks • • 12h ago

πŸ“ Insight The favorite 18 scores of this subreddit

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Hello, I decided to count all the entries of the subreddit until today (sorry for the users that didn't get to participate). If you are worried that I miscounted, my method was to register the scores with a python program with a voice command, and then asked 3 AIs to register the composers, then I put everything in excel and made the basic statistics and some corrections.

So let's get to the results.

We have basically a tie in first, second and third place:

Interstellar - 21

The Fellowship of the ring - 20

Star Wars IV - 20

(The very last post added 1 to interstellar)

Then we have the rest

TRON: Legacy - 16

How to train your dragon - 16

Jurassic Park - 15

Blade Runner - 14

Star Wars V - 13

Star Wars III - 12

The Dark Knight - 10

Then we have six scores with 9 votes (they're the rest in the images)

And the last two with 8 votes:

- Star Trek The Motion Picture

- The Good, the bad and the ugly

RANKING SAGAS AND TRILOGIES

  1. Star Wars - 50

  2. The Lord of the Rings - 39

  3. Star Trek - 24

  4. Indiana Jones - 20

  5. Harry Potter - 19

  6. Pirates of the Caribbean - 19

  7. Nolan's Batman trilogy - 16

TOP 10 COMPOSERS

  1. John Williams - 154

  2. Hans Zimmer - 120

  3. James Horner - 49

  4. Jerry Goldsmith - 38

  5. Danny Elfman - 34

  6. Howard Shore - 33

  7. James Newton Howard - 33

  8. Ennio Morricone - 26

  9. John Powell - 23

  10. Michael Giacchino - 22

Most voted videogame:

Skyrim

Most voted TV show (tie):

Doctor Who, Game of thrones

The oldest soundtrack:

Gone with the wind (1939)

The newest soundtrack:

Wildwood (2026)

My conclusions:

This result is very much what we were expecting I think, of course there were only 132 entries so the statistics are very poor but still, it pretty much resembles the popular surveys of the type "the Best 100 Soundtracks of all time" like FM or that other radio station that was recently in this subreddit promoting a similar survey and criticizing the FM one, claiming that they're just the most popular scores but not the best scores. I don't think that's true, the same scores will always pop up.

What was interesting and special this time is that we got to see the personal 9 favorites of each of us. Giving space for much less popular scores like Tron Uprising, Good Time, The Road, videogame soundtracks, etc.


r/soundtracks • • 21m ago

πŸ“ Insight The Albums I Grew Up With

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Had a hard cutoff year of just out of college. Could easily have also included Empire Strikes Back and The Phantom Menace, but wanted to limit Star Wars to just 1/3 of the list.


r/soundtracks • • 2h ago

πŸ“’ Discussion Here’s mine - one per composer, roughly ranked by how important they are to me

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r/soundtracks • • 7h ago

πŸ“’ Discussion Since everyone’s doing one here’s mine…

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Being an 80s kid, the 90s movies left a big impression on me… does it show?


r/soundtracks • • 17h ago

πŸ“’ Discussion What soundtrack started it all ?

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For me it was Robin Hood Prince of Thieves by Michael Kamen. Before soundtracks it was Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, Jean Michel Jarre and some Kraftwerk.


r/soundtracks • • 12h ago

πŸ“’ Discussion I have enjoyed every single one of these - here are my 9

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Truth be told I have been loving every single post - I've really enjoyed seeing the mix of scores that resonate with everyone!


r/soundtracks • • 13h ago

πŸ“’ Discussion Joining the bandwagon

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This was hard to pick just 9, but here are mine. I have a thing for adventure. Some runner ups include:

Batman (Danny Elfman)
Robocop (Basil Poledouris)
Highlander (Michael Kamen)


r/soundtracks • • 17h ago

πŸ“’ Discussion Nine faves from an old boring guy

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This is awfully John Williams heavy, but I don't want to leave out some of those unbelievably classic scores he's produced. (And with Star Wars and Raiders, I'm using one icon for three movies each - the original Star Wars trilogy and the first three Indiana Jones films.) I'm also trying to pick the best single score from each of my favorite composers, if possible, but even here there are multiples - I'd vote for Star Trek III & III and How To Train Your Dragon I & II, for example. And I had to leave out some favorite composers like Michael Giacchino and Hans Zimmer. Still, this kinda captures my faves.


r/soundtracks • • 10h ago

🎻 Original Music 🎻 Mis 9

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r/soundtracks • • 6h ago

πŸ“’ Discussion You'll never guess my favourite composer

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r/soundtracks • • 15h ago

πŸ“’ Discussion Tried my hand at this β€” so hard to pick just 9!

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r/soundtracks • • 4h ago

πŸ“’ Discussion Does the Desert Chant from Dune Part 3 mirror Paul's character arc?

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Hans Zimmer dropped the Dune Part 3 'Desert Chant' and I have some thoughts (and a lot of hype 🀩🀩)…

I made a short analysis video exploring the track if anyone is interested:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DfAlxagR7Vq/


r/soundtracks • • 19h ago

πŸ“’ Discussion Oh man! You guys are doing lists? Here's mine. Love lists.

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r/soundtracks • • 1h ago

🎻 Original Music 🎻 Restored & unreleased: every Mark Snow track from The X-Files S02E17 "End Game" (Full Suites)

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Hi everyone. A few weeks ago, I shared the three suites for the first part "Colony", and I was really grateful for the discussions, feedback, and interest from this sub.

I've put together the unreleased cues for the concluding chapter, "End Game" (S02E17), assembled into two chronological suites. All cues were carefully isolated and restored to minimize dialogue and sound effects as cleanly as possible for a dedicated score-listening experience.

You can listen to both parts here:

I think Mark Snow did an extraordinary job here, so I hope you enjoy these suites as much as I do!


r/soundtracks • • 18h ago

πŸ“’ Discussion I feel like the odd man out

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r/soundtracks • • 20h ago

πŸ“’ Discussion Alright here comes the boring guy

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whatever


r/soundtracks • • 15h ago

πŸ“’ Discussion It was tough but here is 9

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r/soundtracks • • 18h ago

πŸ“’ Discussion It could have been "My 36 Albums"

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There were so many great soundtracks to choose from but these albums are played more often than others in my household. I tried (unsuccesfully) to have some diversity of composers.


r/soundtracks • • 8h ago

🎻 Original Music 🎻 Stargate Deluxe OST - Mastadge Drag

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r/soundtracks • • 11h ago

πŸ“ Insight Couldn’t resist doing it again but limited it to game soundtracks specifically

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r/soundtracks • • 22h ago

πŸ“’ Discussion Loving seeing what everyone listens to so here is mine

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