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the list has a genre filter so i went through it and pulled out the horror ones. 11 out of 100, in the order they show up:

1. A Quiet Place (2018) - Brandon Proctor, Noyan Cosarer
2. Nope (2022) - Oleg Kulchytskyi, Johnnie Burn
3. Sinners (2025) - Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor
4. Doctor Sleep (2019)
5. Us (2019) - Doug Hemphill, Ron Bartlett
6. Alien: Romulus (2024) - Will Files, Mark Paterson
7. Nosferatu (2024) - David Giammarco
8. Suspiria (1977)
9. Overlord (2018)
10. Evil Dead Rise (2023) - Gabriel Gutiérrez, Garret Farrell
11. A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) - Skip Lievsay, Lee Salevan

a quiet place is the only one that cracks the top 10 overall, at #10. Part ii is on the list as well but it's filed under sci-fi, so the franchise really has three entries. Brandon proctor mixed all three of those.

Recently I purchased a spatial audio enabled speaker, to take the next step and hear music in Dolby Atmos. Some songs really sound amazing, but the songs from my library were more like... meh. So I wanted to hear the best Atmos mixes and started searching for high quality Dolby Atmos content on Apple Music. And it's weird, but it's not that easy to find great albums. I did ultimately find some sources, but the landscape feels pretty messy.

I have no affiliation with any of these apps/websites.

Music Library Tracker
Scans your Apple Music library for Spatial Audio upgrades. Useful for knowing what you already have, but won't help you find great mixes, that depends entirely on what's in your library. The UI feels very old and not updated.

Pros:

• Scans your existing library for Atmos tracks
• One-time purchase, no subscription

Cons:

• Only as good as your library. Won't surface quality mixes you don't own
• Crappy UI
• Apple Music only, no discovery features

Spatial Audio Finder
Website that lets you search for an artist, see their Dolby Atmos tracks. That's it.

Pros:

• Free
• Filters to Atmos-only results for a given artist
• Better than Apple Music search for finding Atmos

Cons:

• Artist search only. No album or track search
• No rankings, library scanning, or new releases

Spatial Audio DB
A live feed of every newly upgraded Dolby Atmos track on Apple Music. Good if you want to stay on top of what just got upgraded, not useful for finding the best-sounding mixes.

Pros:

• Free
• Daily feed of new Atmos upgrades (and RSS, but I didn’t try it)

Cons:

• Recency, not quality
• No artist/album search
• Apple Music only

Hello Atmos
The most complete tool here, but the good stuff is behind a subscription paywall. Community rankings, curated lists, library scanner for Apple Music. Best option for finding genuinely great Atmos mixes. I subscribed for a month, scanned my library, built a few playlists, then cancelled.

Pros:

• Best community-rated rankings for quality Atmos mixes
• Library scanner for Apple Music
• New releases feed

Cons:

• Best features require a paid subscription (not a one-time fee)
• Web only, no mobile app

Apple Music Spatial Audio Page
Apple Music's official Dolby Atmos hub. At least everything here is Atmos, but it's completely marketing-driven. Lots of featured content, not the best mixes. Limited genres covered.

Pros:

• Included with Apple Music subscription
• Student discount available
• All content is Dolby Atmos

Cons:

• Feels like a marketing page, not a quality guide
• Not quality-driven
• Limited genre coverage

Bonus: Wikipedia Grammy Award for Best Immersive Audio Album
Not a discovery tool, but a great reference. These are the best Atmos mixes as picked by industry experts. If you want to hear what experts think deserved a Grammy award.

For anyone who’s into Spatial Audio ⭐️