Best Netflix TV Shows for soundtrack quality

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Safest pick

Rafa, Season 1

5.0 feature score

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Best overall product

The Boroughs, Season 1

4.0 overall score

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#1 Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, Season 1
5.0

Haunting love songs and well-timed needle drops deepen the wedding theme while making familiar romance music feel threatening.

Pros: special effects quality, soundtrack quality

Cons: screenplay quality, series finale quality

#2 Rafa, Season 1
5.0

The soundtrack gets a direct compliment for its musical selection. Music is one of the craft details that helps the documentary feel carefully finished.

Pros: genre satisfaction, soundtrack quality

Cons: writing quality, plot clarity

#3 The Boroughs, Season 1
4.8

The soundtrack stood out for its Springsteen use and broader musical choices. Reviewers who mentioned it treated the music as emotionally important and highly enjoyable.

Pros: main cast performance, acting quality

Cons: cancellation satisfaction, plot clarity

#4 Mating Season, Season 1
4.5

The opening theme stands out positively for at least one viewer. The music gives the season a stronger adult-rom-com identity than some of the individual musical material.

Pros: realism, cultural representation

Cons: age appropriateness, violence level

#5 Human Vapor, Season 1
4.2

The soundtrack earns a positive note for blending retro roots with modern energy. Music also matters to the story through the recurring song tied to memory and the finale.

Pros: plot originality, emotional impact

Cons: humor, writing quality

#6 Stranger Things: Tales From ’85
4.1

The soundtrack effectively restores the franchise’s 1980s identity through recognizable rock and pop songs, though one viewer feels the middle episodes need more memorable needle drops.

Pros: world-building, production design

Cons: plot clarity, realism

#7 Berlin and the Lady with an Ermine, Chapter 2
4.0

The death scene benefits from musical restraint, avoiding an overbearing heroic cue and letting the silence carry the emotion.

Pros: main cast performance, bingeability

Cons: realism, season length

#8 Louis C.K.: Ridiculous
4.0

The Miles Davis-style opening earns a positive nod for evoking C.K.’s earlier creative identity. Music is otherwise a minor part of the conversation.

Pros: main cast performance, dialogue quality

Cons: accountability handling, family friendliness