Best HBO Entertainment for score quality

#1

The instrumental score is a consistent craft highlight, using plucky strings and sharp keys to inject stress, pace, and energy into otherwise dialogue-heavy scenes.

#2

The score is praised for building dread without obvious musical cues, complementing the show’s restrained and uneasy suburban atmosphere.

#3

The music is repeatedly praised for heightening dread without overwhelming the drama.

#4

The pastoral, folksier music helps distinguish this series from the grander Thrones sound while still nodding to familiar themes. It fits the humble scale especially well.

#5

The Roots’ floaty ambient score evokes the muted grooves of period self-help recordings and White’s metaphysical interests.

#6

A more restrained musical approach is viewed as an improvement over the comically driven cues that one critic felt undermined Goode’s earlier series.

#7

One negative review singles out the oppressive score as part of a self-serious presentation that tells viewers how heavily to feel every moment.