The album consisted of an original score jointly composed by Skrillex and Cliff Martinez along with songs from electronic dance and southern hip hop artists.

[21] In a 3.5-star review, David Jeffries of AllMusic described the soundtrack as "a weird and wonderful set, as hyped-up, hallucinatory, and hot as the film that either oozed or sweated it out".

"[16] Corban Goble of Pitchfork assigned 7.6 (out of 10) to the album, summarising "Given its relatively seamless mesh of spiky, aggro party music and the more contemplative electronic moments created by Martinez and Moore, Spring Breakers is the rare soundtrack that covers both extremes and makes it work as a whole.

"[17] Adam Lukach of RedEye gave three out of four stars, describing the music as "a whimsical post-rock aesthetic that descends into mayhem and gloom at opportune moments".

[18] Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone described the album as "refined, minimalist, often quite lovely and even chiller than Trent Reznor's Social Network score".