Best 90s Soundtrack Tournament Round 3
We started this tournament because The Batman reminded us of the greatness of the 89-97 Batman soundtracks. Batman Forever was defeated in Round 2. We move on without a Batman soundtrack. RIP, collections of songs tangentially related to the Caped Crusader.
Round 2 was eye opening. We learned that there’s more consensus on the older films than the newer. Most of the 90-94 and 94-96 matchups were definitively decided. The second half of the decade was much closer. Only one matchup was a runaway (The Matrix destroyed Godzilla), the rest were decided by a handful of votes. Grosse Pointe Blank and The Craft faced off in a tiebreaker and the assassin beat the witches.
We did not include The Bodyguard, Dead Man, Night on Earth or Spiceworld since those are albums by one artist and could be considered typical, non-film albums. We did not include The Nightmare Before Christmas because it’s an original score. We did not include Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me because it’s an original score with one song from the TV series.
Our four conferences are separated by release date.
Our films are ranked by their AllMusic rating. Since the rating is a culmination of reviews, it seems to be the fairest representation of critical acclaim.
If you’d like to see the 48 OST the following soundtracks defeated, check out Round 1 and Round 2.
Round 3 begins now…
90-94
94-96
96-97
98-99
Recommend If You Like pays all our writers. Some of that comes from our Patreon. If you've enjoyed anything we've done, cool. We have a Patreon. We promise that once we're bought by a billionaire or millionaire looking for a fun new vanity project, we'll stop asking for money. Until then, please consider the Patreon. If you can't afford to become a patron, please sign up to our mailing list. It's free and we're asking here instead of a pop-up.