The score too is well layered into the mix to keep the speakers busy. Add to this some tight, controlled, yet powerful bass and you have a soundtrack that really packs a punch (check out trains as they pull into the station, or gun shots, how that low down thump in the chest is followed by just the right amount of reverb and echo).

Effects are near constant not the bombastic wild surround effects from a modern movie, no, natural, ambient effects that make you feel you are in an office (chatter, paper rustling, computer keyboard clacking, printers) or a bar (glasses clinking, low music, stools creaking, drinks being poured) or in the desert (wind, sand movement, wildlife) or on the street (vehicle movement, weather, footsteps).

Dialogue is very natural sounding, dominated by the frontal array but given directionality when called for. I, obviously, went for the English DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround track – it too, like the picture, is a stunning use of the surround environment, rich in layers with natural, yet powerful bass.

Better call saul season 1 soundtrack