Best Netflix TV Shows for score quality

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Safest pick

The Boroughs, Season 1

4.5 feature score

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Best overall product

Bridgerton, Season 4

3.9 overall score

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#1 Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, Season 1
4.5

Colin Stetson’s ominous music intensifies dread without overwhelming the story, and the recurring musical motifs become part of the show’s identity.

Pros: special effects quality, soundtrack quality

Cons: screenplay quality, series finale quality

#2 Stranger Things: Tales From ’85
4.5

Brad Breeck’s score successfully carries over the synth-driven feeling of the main series while adding enough new material to give the spin-off its own sound.

Pros: world-building, production design

Cons: plot clarity, realism

#3 The Boroughs, Season 1
4.5

The score was praised for sounding like it belongs in an 1980s Spielberg-style adventure. That musical throwback supports the show’s nostalgic sci-fi tone.

Pros: main cast performance, acting quality

Cons: cancellation satisfaction, plot clarity

#4 Bridgerton, Season 4
4.3

The string-led scoring continues to heighten yearning and melodrama, though the music is sometimes treated as part of the show’s familiar formula.

Pros: rewatch value, supporting cast performance

Cons: CGI quality, continuity

#6 Mating Season, Season 1
4.0

The score receives limited but positive notice. It is not a major talking point, but one viewer specifically calls it quite good.

Pros: realism, cultural representation

Cons: age appropriateness, violence level

#7 Human Vapor, Season 1
3.9

The score is mostly praised, especially in one review that calls it among the year’s most memorable. Another finds the background cues a bit on the nose, so the reaction...

Pros: plot originality, emotional impact

Cons: humor, writing quality

#8 Vladimir, Season 1
1.5

One review found the score actively mismatched to the dialogue, saying it undercut scenes instead of reinforcing their intended emotion.

Pros: cinematography, production design

Cons: cliffhanger effectiveness, character consistency