I feel like a space battle that cuts back and forth between tense, Red October-style bridge scenes, and ships exploding in fire and chaos and absolute silence, would be pretty awesome.
That's actually pretty common in modern scifi. Mind you, I can't name one I'm certain of off the top of my head, but a lot of people like to get space explosions "right".
I believe "The Expanse" does this to pretty great effect.
The Expanse has engine/gun/explosion noise on most exterior shots.
A silent explosion in deep space, a perfect sphere of white light. Cut to the claustrophobic bridge, where the faint whine of fans is interrupted by the sound of the debris field hitting the hull.