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Rankings, deep dives, and essays on the music behind the screen — backed by the numbers.
June 20, 2026 · 2 min read
The best soundtracks we've reviewed, ranked by the numbers
Our highest-scoring film, TV, and video-game soundtracks — ranked track by track, then weighted by runtime. No vibes, just the data.
June 12, 2026 · 2 min read
The Lord of the Rings soundtracks, ranked
Howard Shore's Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of film's greatest scores. We rated all three soundtracks track by track — here's how they stack up.
May 28, 2026 · 2 min read
Time-weighted vs track-weighted: how we score soundtracks
Why every soundtrack here gets two scores — one weighted by track length, one treating every track equally — and what the gap between them reveals.
June 25, 2025 · 1 min read
I hate writing, and as a result there will be more reviews
Why the reviews here are shifting toward background, technicalities, and trivia — and away from song-by-song motif analysis.
December 10, 2023 · 2 min read
Reviewing soundtracks, an analytical approach to an personalized adventure
The philosophy behind scoring soundtracks track by track: three postulates for reviewing music analytically.