r/soundtracks

Music by Bruce Broughton. Released Today, May 21, 2026.

After seeing Obsession this Sunday, I was absolutely enamored by what I just watched. From the get-go the music immediately stood out to me with this ethereal, liminal, almost nostalgic sound. I feel like nobody is really discussing how actually amazing the music in this movie was. My favorite tracks are

Obsession
Nikki
One Wish Willow
Make a Wish
Love is in The Air Pt. 1
Into Darkness

So fucking good. I can’t stop listening to One Wish Willow that spacey jingle, and then just recently discovered Into Darkness. It takes place the scene after the party where Bear is taking Nikki to the hospital but she refuses service.

I would love to know your guys thoughts and what your favorite tracks from the soundtrack is!

I’m having a hard time finding the actual soundtrack for this. There’s some of the songs released on YouTube, but I can’t find a full soundtrack release with the actual songs anywhere?

I will start with a significant caveat: I don't really know music from the last, say, 5-6 years of the franchise (after Beyond I haven't watched much). If somebody wants to advocate for some of the recent stuff, be my guest, I will give it a try.

Personally I think there are four candidates:

TOS: "Amok Time" - I think Gerald Fried's score for the premiere episode of S2 is amazing. It's exotic, exciting, unique, and has had a stunningly long life in our culture. It is small in scale compared to the other candidates but eminently effective nonetheless.

TMP: The shadow cast by Jerry Goldsmith's effort in the first movie covered the franchise for the succeeding 25 years and still resonates today. The main theme obviously carried over not just to several movies but a whole other TV series. It was never played with more verve and panache than in those first recordings, though. Beyond the iconic main theme, you have the Klingon music that was also used in future movies and TV episodes, the haunting Ilia theme, the blaster beam, etc.

TWOK: James Horner's freshman effort for a major studio film is arguably also his best. If nothing else, it establishes some of the iconic phrases and textures that he famously borrowed in future works. If it also borrows from work by other composers (especially Prokofiev) it doesn't rise to a level I would call plagiarism. What he does is perfectly accentuate the dramatic tension of the most heart-pounding (and eventually heart-breaking) moments in franchise history.

TUC: Maybe a bit of a dark horse (and not my personal pick, just one perhaps deserving of a spot on the podium). Director Nick Meyer (as he did on TWOK) once again pulled an unknown composer out of obscurity, explained the sound he wanted to hear (inspired by Holst's The Planets), and let Cliff Eidelman create a dark, brooding, totally unique score in the Star Trek pantheon. That Eidelman (unlike Horner) was unable to build a lasting, important career from this terrific beginning is a shame.

I know everybody glazes over the score of ‘Lion King’, but to me this is just even better.

Some of the best soundtracks from movies are the love themes. Share your favourite love theme from movies. Mine are

1. Will and Elizabeth love theme from Pirates of the Caribbean

2. Across the Stars from Star Wars

3. The Godfather love theme, Speak Softly love

4. Well it's not Movie but TV show... ATLA love theme. The Avatars Love

Personally I've always loved those first 5 notes you can hear at the beginning of Molossus.

They are always played in action scenes where Batman is facing big challenges (saving Rachel, fighting the SWAT team or being chased after 8 years).

Plus, since Molossus is considered by many the most representative track of the trilogy, every time I think about Nolan's Batman those notes come to my mind.

Deep concentration: Stellaris or Skyrim

Workout: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Vibing: RDR2

I’m feeling incredibly nostalgic for the cassette tapes I listened to growing up. I don't have the physical tapes or a player anymore, but I would give anything to hear these specific versions again. Does anyone know if high-quality rips of these exist online (on YouTube, the Internet Archive, or elsewhere)? Here is the list of what I'm hunting for:

* My Little House Songbook

* Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed (Eileen Christelow book tape)

* Sleepytime Bird / Sleepytime on Sesame Street

* Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault book tape)

* A Child’s Celebration of Song

* Classic Disney Volumes 1–5

I'd be so grateful for any links, leads, or directions to where these might be hosted. Thank you so much!