A soundtrack should evoke the mood of the film it is from. The Usual Suspects soundtrack by John Ottman does that and then goes on to be a beautiful piece of art in and of itself. This is the kind of music that is designed to make you close your eyes and watch the pictures unfold in your head. The use of violin and piano is wonderful. It is quite a change from oh, the Godzilla soundtrack :-) The "Main Theme" (track 1) has a timeless quality, almost out of place for a violent mystery movie. Bookending it nicely is "Les Sons Et Les Parfums Tournent Dans L'Air Du Soir" (track 24) by Claude Debussy, performed by Jon Kull. And between...is the movie. Highly recomended.