Across the seasons sit tracks from Childish Gambino, Noname, Michael Kiwanuka, Rapsody, Shamir (who appears in the show too), A Tribe Called Quest, Tkay Maidza, Tyler, the Creator, BROCKHAMPTON, DeJ Loaf, Thelma Houston, Moses Sumney, J Dilla, and so many more, not to mention a copious amounts of Tchaikovsky. Combined with composer Kris Bowers' stunning score, the soundtrack for Dear White People is stocked with hundreds of songs across decades and genres - from '70s R&B to 2010s hip hop, classical to bebop. Look, a lot of the soundtracks here are inspired by the '80s - including 'Never Have I Ever.'Īmid the rampant systemic racism on-campus at Winchester College sits one of Netflix's most superb soundtracks. You love the show or movie, now stream the soundtrack.

Just for fun, I've also included a big music moment for each, just to celebrate the power a strategic song choice has (and to dredge up all that raw emotion again, you're welcome). And everything on this list is a Netflix series or film, to avoid picks not being available in different countries. series to the swinging '60s vibes of The Queen's Gambit, Netflix soundtracks might bring a little thematic coherence to your day, whether you're working at home, need to stimulate your brain, want to expand your music knowledge, or just want to dance around a little in between tasks or cries.įor the record, I've left musicals, music films, or music documentaries out of this list (that's way too easy, and would read 'just play the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend soundtrack all the time'), but if you're really looking for these, make a start with the excellent film The Forty-Year-Old Version. Turning your own to-do list into an enthusiastic filmic moment is a hard ask in this uneditable reality, but I've come up with my own cinematic technique for getting shit done: Netflix soundtracks.įrom the John Hughes-channelling dreampop of the To All the Boys. Getting stuff done right now is a hard task, one you'd probably rather watch in an onscreen montage of your own life, a minute-and-a-half of soundtracked productivity without the IRL effort.

Erykah badu tyrone dear white people