Best 2025 TV Shows for soundtrack quality

#1 Spartacus: House of Ashur
5.0

The music is included among the elements one enthusiastic reviewer calls phenomenal.

Pros: episode structure, finale satisfaction

Cons: makeup quality, family friendliness

#2 The Beast In Me
5.0

The soundtrack gets a memorable boost from a particularly well-chosen Talking Heads cue that briefly shifts the mood without breaking the thriller’s tension.

Pros: plot clarity, series finale quality

Cons: family friendliness, age appropriateness

#3 What It Feels Like For A Girl, Season 1
4.6

The soundtrack is a standout nostalgia engine, with references to UK garage, 2000s dance music, and Blackberry-era pop texture. It helps make the club scenes feel infectious and specific.

Pros: genre satisfaction, main cast performance

Cons: family friendliness, violence level

#4 Squid Game: The Challenge, Season 2
4.5

A highlighted Nina Simone cue is used as a clever counterpoint to the chaos, giving at least one major challenge a sharply judged musical touch.

Pros: world-building, visual style

Cons: pilot episode quality, directing quality

#5 The Seduction
3.8

The late use of “Hallelujah” divides opinion: it can feel familiar and overplayed, yet other reactions find the modern melancholy surprisingly fitting and effective in the finale.

Pros: episode structure, cast chemistry

Cons: character consistency, editing quality

#6 Amadeus
3.5

The music divides critics more than expected. Some say it comes alive thrillingly, while others argue Mozart’s work is pushed into the background when it should dominate the series.

Pros: finale satisfaction, acting quality

Cons: renewal interest, family friendliness

#7 Pluribus, Season 1
3.0

Music is generally treated as atmospheric and purposeful, although not every reviewer finds it especially memorable.

Pros: dialogue quality, franchise connection

Cons: season finale quality, finale satisfaction

#8 Emily in Paris season 5
2.5

Music is uneven. Mindy’s performance material earns both enthusiastic praise and strong criticism, and one reviewer says the early soundtrack feels unusually muted.

Pros: plot clarity, release schedule

Cons: finale satisfaction, cliffhanger effectiveness

#9 Summerwater, Season 1
1.5

The soundtrack draws a clear complaint in one review, which says it aims for ethereal unease but lands as tuneless and annoying.

Pros: supporting cast performance, season finale quality

Cons: season pacing, humor

#10 The Abandons
1.0

The soundtrack draws criticism where it is discussed, especially for modern or alt-country choices that some reviewers find jarring against the period setting.

Pros: cast chemistry, renewal interest

Cons: episode structure, character consistency