Soundtrack

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 18, 2019
Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
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  1. Primetimer
    Reviewed by: Aaron Barnhart
    Dec 18, 2019
    85
    Creator Joshua Safran has assembled a good crew of writers to weave all the threads together. The dialogue of Sam and Nellie’s first date crackles.
  2. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Rebecca Nicholson
    Dec 18, 2019
    80
    It is bold, big and unabashedly soapy. It wears its emotional excesses with pride. There are twists and turns so manipulative it is almost cruel. When everything starts to fit together, when the connections start to make sense, joyfully and tragically, it is satisfying.
  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Jen Chaney
    Dec 18, 2019
    50
    Bold but very wobbly new series. ... I like the idea of Soundtrack, which has the potential to appeal to every musical theater nerd who misses Smash and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. But its execution doesn’t meet its potential. This show is the opposite of an earworm. It’s a song you hear and forget before you can even begin to get it stuck in your head.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Caroline Framke
    Dec 18, 2019
    40
    A deeply frustrating entry to the genre. ... The song selection tends to be either totally nonsensical or cloyingly literal. It’s often clear when a musical interlude happens just because the show wanted to see a performer tackle it.