2001: A Space Odyssey
by Various Artists

Overall rank: 5,072nd | 1960s rank: 395th | 1968 rank: 70th
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80/100 (from 72 votes)

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75/100 !	09/24/2026 07:32	cicadelic	14,218	73/100
100/100 !	06/25/2026 07:43	stanchoiaz	377	75/100
85/100 !	03/17/2026 01:19	dukeboxkool	2,285	72/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.9/100, a mean average of 80.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2.

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From II 11/03/2025 00:46 in Why are movie soundtracks rated so low by this site?

“Top-rated soundtracks on BEA: From the "" page (Minimum ratings: ≥1 , Include compilations: No) I sorted all the soundtracks from that page on BEA, in order to create this customized chart. 1. (#67 on chart) 85.5 (2,562 votes) 2. (#152 on chart) 83.4 (1,657 votes) 3. (#168 on chart) 83.2 (703…”

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“Most of my favourites have already been mentioned. OG Twin Peaks, Ascenseur Pour L'Échafaud, OG Blade Runner, Morricone (I prefer A Few Dollars More score, but The Thing, The Good... , Days Of Heaven, Hateful Eight and some others are close), Mica Levi, Vince Guaraldi, Baby Driver, Into The Wild,…”

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LedZep 04/11/2020 19:57 in The Soundtracks Board

“Doom soundtrack is one of the best, so yeah, great game soundtracks have been around since the 90s at least. Twin Peaks is the GOAT, but here's another iconic one: And of course, this one: 12 Monkeys score by Paul Buckmaster gets a bit overlooked, but it's one of my faves. Of course, Howard Shore's…”

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dougotto 05/29/2014 01:16 | #113161 | TOP COMMENT

eery and beautiful. perfect companion to the film

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85/100

From Madrocker 01/20/2019 18:37 | #230119 | TOP COMMENT

Beautiful use of classical music in a sci-fi film. Not a bad track to be had. Great film, great album.

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From Coconut TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/11/2016 12:07 | #159343 | TOP COMMENT

A classic soundtrack to a groundbreaking and classic film. Highly recommended.

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From YoungPunk 03/19/2018 03:33 | #211264 | TOP COMMENT

Spectacular music and an informative movie about computers

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