Cowboy bebop is awesome.
RWBY's OST has no business being as good as it is.
The Mandalorian OST is great too.
Also a mention for One Punch Man OST, specifically Genos's theme, my man looks like a total badass and his theme really complements the fights right up until he lets his guard down and gets flattened every fucking time.
Mr. ROBOT and Westworld have some amazing scores aside from the cover versions they provide.
Twin Peaks. Lots of mood. The revival had several musical guests, too.
Battlestar Galactica! All of the themes for the various characters fit really well, and the taiko-style drums during space battles, which at first might seem stylistically a bit strange, work amazingly well to amp up the sense of urgency.
Scrubs
It’s old but for a long time The Wonder Years supposedly couldn’t be released on home video because there were so many music licenses to get clearance for.
I wish they kept doing shows like that. Every ten years, try to make a decent, smart, earnest show about teenagers living twenty years prior.
The Taskmaster intro always hypes me up for every episode
Also the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme could not fit any more perfectly. To this day every time I see the static noise before any HBO show I expect to hear "bum Bum BUM daaaaaaah..."
WKRP in Cincinnati
The Drew Carey show
I really like the theme song and musical setting of Firefly. I'm not as hyped about the story now as I once was, but the music is still great.
FLCL season 1
Puella Magi Madoka Magicka
Severance was pretty solid
The criminally underrated Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles had some absolutely gorgeous music. As an example, I think “Sarah Connor’s Theme” is achingly beautiful: https://youtu.be/sJk8BjEkmx0
Really fit the series, too which, while not being short of wit and action, always had a seriously melancholy undercurrent.
The opening theme to “Taxi.”
Samurai Champloo has a good soundtrack.
I like shows that consequently and (almost) exclusively use actual songs made by real* artists. I remember Orange Is The New Black doing this. And The Wire. Russian Doll. Borat. The list is long.
I prefer shows that do not have a constant mood-setting musical soundtrack.
* a little debatable if their only known the track is the one from the show
Black Sails
White Lotus. The opening themes are all incredible, but all the background music perfectly sets the tone in every scene. Most of it is done by Cristobal, who apparently has had "creative differences" with the show's creator for the show's first three seasons. He's had enough arguing and won't be returning for the fourth season, which is honestly enough to make me skip it despite liking the show.
Probably Michael Giacchino's score for the show Lost. I felt like I was watching a movie. If we're talking about anime, then Evan Call's score for Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
It wasn't a great show but the anime Kubikiri Cycle had a very interesting soundtrack, composed by Yuki Kajiura. Some examples:
Old-fashioned Fairy Tale (this one features her own language)
Generally the only TV show I ever really think about the music for is Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Sick intro theme, and my all time favorite episode of anything is Once More, With Feeling, the musical episode.
Max Richter and his score for The Leftovers is great.
Second someone else mention Westworld, which is the same composer as GoT: Ramin Djawadi
There's others I very much enjoy but these two are worth commenting
Ba-da ba-da bad-daaaah da.
Utopia (the original british series) has a fucking amazing score.
Best use of music has to be Supernatural for sure
The first season of American Horror Story.
The Blacklist had a pretty dope soundtrack.
Edit: definitely not "original" music though.
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