[1] The basis for the score was derived from the theme of the Rodger Young spaceship, titled "Klendathu Drop" which Verhoeven had chosen.

"[7] Christian Clemmensen of Filmtracks wrote "Starship Troopers is ambitiously rowdy ear candy, taking the heroic style from Robocop and magnifying it to nearly silly degrees that are engaging if only in their volume.

"[2] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote "Although it doesn't hold up particularly well when its removed from the sci-fi film, Starship Troopers is an appropriately rousing and melodramatic score, perfectly suited to Paul Verhoeven's dizzying action flick.

"[8] The Starship Troopers score was distributed by Varèse Sarabande which released through compact discs (CD) on November 4, 1997.

[2] On June 3, 2016, Varèse Sarabande unveiled the deluxe edition of the film's score in double CDs pressed to 3,000 copies.