Reception
What did AllMusic give The Terminator for a score?
The Terminator
Online music database AllMusic praised the score of the film, referring to it as "underrated highlight" of "The Terminator" and referred to it as a "marvelous synthesizer score". The review stated that the second half of the album featuring the pop songs was "generic". The review praised the "Definitive Edition" version of the album which featured the entire film score, opining that it "comprises some of the best science fiction-oriented film music of recent decades."