chuck eddy of "entertainment weekly" gave the soundtrack an "a" rating and stated that the soundtrack had everything a "right posthumous" album should have. eddy also stated that listening to the album reveals why selena's death impacted many americans. enrique lopetegui of the "los angeles times" wrote that "one more time" was a "corny but effective" tribute to selena. lopetegui commented that "viviras selena" was the "weakest track" of the album and that "is it the beat?" was one of the "best songs" of "selena". he believed that "where did the feeling go?" was one of the "strongest". lopetegui also stated that "where did the feeling go?" was similar to "vision of love" which was recorded by mariah carey. lopetegui compared "is it the beat?" to the song "i wanna dance with somebody (who loves me)" by whitney houston, which had similar beats and sounds. a "miami herald" writer believed the soundtrack was "uneven" and stated that selena's unreleased recordings "outshines" the rest of the songs on the album. a score was released in the summer of 1997 and had music by dave grusin.