diff --git a/ui/v2.5/graphql/data/scene.graphql b/ui/v2.5/graphql/data/scene.graphql
index f3425ca10..2b9ef76a3 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/graphql/data/scene.graphql
+++ b/ui/v2.5/graphql/data/scene.graphql
@@ -79,3 +79,19 @@ fragment SceneData on Scene {
     label
   }
 }
+
+fragment SelectSceneData on Scene {
+  id
+  title
+  date
+  code
+  studio {
+    name
+  }
+  files {
+    path
+  }
+  paths {
+    screenshot
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/graphql/queries/scene.graphql b/ui/v2.5/graphql/queries/scene.graphql
index 9186e09ca..d6a3afd47 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/graphql/queries/scene.graphql
+++ b/ui/v2.5/graphql/queries/scene.graphql
@@ -89,3 +89,16 @@ query SceneStreams($id: ID!) {
     }
   }
 }
+
+query FindScenesForSelect(
+  $filter: FindFilterType
+  $scene_filter: SceneFilterType
+  $ids: [ID!]
+) {
+  findScenes(filter: $filter, scene_filter: $scene_filter, ids: $ids) {
+    count
+    scenes {
+      ...SelectSceneData
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Galleries/GalleryDetails/GalleryEditPanel.tsx b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Galleries/GalleryDetails/GalleryEditPanel.tsx
index b400c6329..4c12b0232 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Galleries/GalleryDetails/GalleryEditPanel.tsx
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Galleries/GalleryDetails/GalleryEditPanel.tsx
@@ -18,14 +18,12 @@ import {
   useListGalleryScrapers,
   mutateReloadScrapers,
 } from "src/core/StashService";
-import { SceneSelect } from "src/components/Shared/Select";
 import { Icon } from "src/components/Shared/Icon";
 import { LoadingIndicator } from "src/components/Shared/LoadingIndicator";
 import { useToast } from "src/hooks/Toast";
 import { useFormik } from "formik";
 import { GalleryScrapeDialog } from "./GalleryScrapeDialog";
 import { faSyncAlt } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";
-import { galleryTitle } from "src/core/galleries";
 import isEqual from "lodash-es/isEqual";
 import { handleUnsavedChanges } from "src/utils/navigation";
 import {
@@ -40,6 +38,7 @@ import {
 import { formikUtils } from "src/utils/form";
 import { Tag, TagSelect } from "src/components/Tags/TagSelect";
 import { Studio, StudioSelect } from "src/components/Studios/StudioSelect";
+import { Scene, SceneSelect } from "src/components/Scenes/SceneSelect";
 
 interface IProps {
   gallery: Partial<GQL.GalleryDataFragment>;
@@ -56,12 +55,7 @@ export const GalleryEditPanel: React.FC<IProps> = ({
 }) => {
   const intl = useIntl();
   const Toast = useToast();
-  const [scenes, setScenes] = useState<{ id: string; title: string }[]>(
-    (gallery?.scenes ?? []).map((s) => ({
-      id: s.id,
-      title: galleryTitle(s),
-    }))
-  );
+  const [scenes, setScenes] = useState<Scene[]>([]);
 
   const [performers, setPerformers] = useState<Performer[]>([]);
   const [tags, setTags] = useState<Tag[]>([]);
@@ -116,12 +110,7 @@ export const GalleryEditPanel: React.FC<IProps> = ({
     onSubmit: (values) => onSave(schema.cast(values)),
   });
 
-  interface ISceneSelectValue {
-    id: string;
-    title: string;
-  }
-
-  function onSetScenes(items: ISceneSelectValue[]) {
+  function onSetScenes(items: Scene[]) {
     setScenes(items);
     formik.setFieldValue(
       "scene_ids",
@@ -162,6 +151,10 @@ export const GalleryEditPanel: React.FC<IProps> = ({
     setStudio(gallery.studio ?? null);
   }, [gallery.studio]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setScenes(gallery.scenes ?? []);
+  }, [gallery.scenes]);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     if (isVisible) {
       Mousetrap.bind("s s", () => {
@@ -412,7 +405,7 @@ export const GalleryEditPanel: React.FC<IProps> = ({
     const title = intl.formatMessage({ id: "scenes" });
     const control = (
       <SceneSelect
-        selected={scenes}
+        values={scenes}
         onSelect={(items) => onSetScenes(items)}
         isMulti
       />
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Scenes/SceneMergeDialog.tsx b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Scenes/SceneMergeDialog.tsx
index 55301f926..af050a6ec 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Scenes/SceneMergeDialog.tsx
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Scenes/SceneMergeDialog.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import * as GQL from "src/core/generated-graphql";
 import { Icon } from "../Shared/Icon";
 import { LoadingIndicator } from "../Shared/LoadingIndicator";
-import { StringListSelect, GallerySelect, SceneSelect } from "../Shared/Select";
+import { StringListSelect, GallerySelect } from "../Shared/Select";
 import * as FormUtils from "src/utils/form";
 import ImageUtils from "src/utils/image";
 import TextUtils from "src/utils/text";
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import {
   ScrapedStudioRow,
   ScrapedTagsRow,
 } from "../Shared/ScrapeDialog/ScrapedObjectsRow";
+import { Scene, SceneSelect } from "src/components/Scenes/SceneSelect";
 
 interface IStashIDsField {
   values: GQL.StashId[];
@@ -645,12 +646,8 @@ export const SceneMergeModal: React.FC<ISceneMergeModalProps> = ({
   onClose,
   scenes,
 }) => {
-  const [sourceScenes, setSourceScenes] = useState<
-    { id: string; title: string }[]
-  >([]);
-  const [destScene, setDestScene] = useState<{ id: string; title: string }[]>(
-    []
-  );
+  const [sourceScenes, setSourceScenes] = useState<Scene[]>([]);
+  const [destScene, setDestScene] = useState<Scene[]>([]);
 
   const [loadedSources, setLoadedSources] = useState<
     GQL.SlimSceneDataFragment[]
@@ -773,7 +770,7 @@ export const SceneMergeModal: React.FC<ISceneMergeModalProps> = ({
               <SceneSelect
                 isMulti
                 onSelect={(items) => setSourceScenes(items)}
-                selected={sourceScenes}
+                values={sourceScenes}
               />
             </Col>
           </Form.Group>
@@ -805,7 +802,7 @@ export const SceneMergeModal: React.FC<ISceneMergeModalProps> = ({
             <Col sm={9} xl={12}>
               <SceneSelect
                 onSelect={(items) => setDestScene(items)}
-                selected={destScene}
+                values={destScene}
               />
             </Col>
           </Form.Group>
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Scenes/SceneSelect.tsx b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Scenes/SceneSelect.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4826ef1f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Scenes/SceneSelect.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,264 @@
+import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import {
+  OptionProps,
+  components as reactSelectComponents,
+  MultiValueGenericProps,
+  SingleValueProps,
+} from "react-select";
+import cx from "classnames";
+
+import * as GQL from "src/core/generated-graphql";
+import {
+  queryFindScenesForSelect,
+  queryFindScenesByIDForSelect,
+} from "src/core/StashService";
+import { ConfigurationContext } from "src/hooks/Config";
+import { useIntl } from "react-intl";
+import { defaultMaxOptionsShown } from "src/core/config";
+import { ListFilterModel } from "src/models/list-filter/filter";
+import {
+  FilterSelectComponent,
+  IFilterIDProps,
+  IFilterProps,
+  IFilterValueProps,
+  Option as SelectOption,
+} from "../Shared/FilterSelect";
+import { useCompare } from "src/hooks/state";
+import { Placement } from "react-bootstrap/esm/Overlay";
+import { sortByRelevance } from "src/utils/query";
+import { objectTitle } from "src/core/files";
+import { PatchComponent } from "src/patch";
+import {
+  Criterion,
+  CriterionValue,
+} from "src/models/list-filter/criteria/criterion";
+import { TruncatedText } from "../Shared/TruncatedText";
+
+export type Scene = Pick<GQL.Scene, "id" | "title" | "date" | "code"> & {
+  studio?: Pick<GQL.Studio, "name"> | null;
+} & {
+  files?: Pick<GQL.VideoFile, "path">[];
+} & {
+  paths?: Pick<GQL.ScenePathsType, "screenshot">;
+};
+
+type Option = SelectOption<Scene>;
+
+type ExtraSceneProps = {
+  hoverPlacement?: Placement;
+  excludeIds?: string[];
+  extraCriteria?: Array<Criterion<CriterionValue>>;
+};
+
+const _SceneSelect: React.FC<
+  IFilterProps & IFilterValueProps<Scene> & ExtraSceneProps
+> = (props) => {
+  const { configuration } = React.useContext(ConfigurationContext);
+  const intl = useIntl();
+  const maxOptionsShown =
+    configuration?.ui.maxOptionsShown ?? defaultMaxOptionsShown;
+
+  const exclude = useMemo(() => props.excludeIds ?? [], [props.excludeIds]);
+
+  async function loadScenes(input: string): Promise<Option[]> {
+    const filter = new ListFilterModel(GQL.FilterMode.Scenes);
+    filter.searchTerm = input;
+    filter.currentPage = 1;
+    filter.itemsPerPage = maxOptionsShown;
+    filter.sortBy = "title";
+    filter.sortDirection = GQL.SortDirectionEnum.Asc;
+
+    if (props.extraCriteria) {
+      filter.criteria = [...props.extraCriteria];
+    }
+
+    const query = await queryFindScenesForSelect(filter);
+    let ret = query.data.findScenes.scenes.filter((scene) => {
+      // HACK - we should probably exclude these in the backend query, but
+      // this will do in the short-term
+      return !exclude.includes(scene.id.toString());
+    });
+
+    return sortByRelevance(input, ret, objectTitle, (s) => {
+      return s.files.map((f) => f.path);
+    }).map((scene) => ({
+      value: scene.id,
+      object: scene,
+    }));
+  }
+
+  const SceneOption: React.FC<OptionProps<Option, boolean>> = (optionProps) => {
+    let thisOptionProps = optionProps;
+
+    const { object } = optionProps.data;
+
+    const title = objectTitle(object);
+
+    // if title does not match the input value but the path does, show the path
+    const { inputValue } = optionProps.selectProps;
+    let matchedPath: string | undefined = "";
+    if (!title.toLowerCase().includes(inputValue.toLowerCase())) {
+      matchedPath = object.files?.find((a) =>
+        a.path.toLowerCase().includes(inputValue.toLowerCase())
+      )?.path;
+    }
+
+    thisOptionProps = {
+      ...optionProps,
+      children: (
+        <span className="scene-select-option">
+          <span className="scene-select-row">
+            {object.paths?.screenshot && (
+              <img
+                className="scene-select-image"
+                src={object.paths.screenshot}
+                loading="lazy"
+              />
+            )}
+
+            <span className="scene-select-details">
+              <TruncatedText
+                className="scene-select-title"
+                text={title}
+                lineCount={1}
+              />
+
+              {object.studio?.name && (
+                <span className="scene-select-studio">
+                  {object.studio?.name}
+                </span>
+              )}
+
+              {object.date && (
+                <span className="scene-select-date">{object.date}</span>
+              )}
+
+              {object.code && (
+                <span className="scene-select-code">{object.code}</span>
+              )}
+            </span>
+          </span>
+
+          {matchedPath && (
+            <span className="scene-select-alias">{`(${matchedPath})`}</span>
+          )}
+        </span>
+      ),
+    };
+
+    return <reactSelectComponents.Option {...thisOptionProps} />;
+  };
+
+  const SceneMultiValueLabel: React.FC<
+    MultiValueGenericProps<Option, boolean>
+  > = (optionProps) => {
+    let thisOptionProps = optionProps;
+
+    const { object } = optionProps.data;
+
+    thisOptionProps = {
+      ...optionProps,
+      children: objectTitle(object),
+    };
+
+    return <reactSelectComponents.MultiValueLabel {...thisOptionProps} />;
+  };
+
+  const SceneValueLabel: React.FC<SingleValueProps<Option, boolean>> = (
+    optionProps
+  ) => {
+    let thisOptionProps = optionProps;
+
+    const { object } = optionProps.data;
+
+    thisOptionProps = {
+      ...optionProps,
+      children: <>{objectTitle(object)}</>,
+    };
+
+    return <reactSelectComponents.SingleValue {...thisOptionProps} />;
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <FilterSelectComponent<Scene, boolean>
+      {...props}
+      className={cx(
+        "scene-select",
+        {
+          "scene-select-active": props.active,
+        },
+        props.className
+      )}
+      loadOptions={loadScenes}
+      components={{
+        Option: SceneOption,
+        MultiValueLabel: SceneMultiValueLabel,
+        SingleValue: SceneValueLabel,
+      }}
+      isMulti={props.isMulti ?? false}
+      placeholder={
+        props.noSelectionString ??
+        intl.formatMessage(
+          { id: "actions.select_entity" },
+          {
+            entityType: intl.formatMessage({
+              id: props.isMulti ? "scenes" : "scene",
+            }),
+          }
+        )
+      }
+      closeMenuOnSelect={!props.isMulti}
+    />
+  );
+};
+
+export const SceneSelect = PatchComponent("SceneSelect", _SceneSelect);
+
+const _SceneIDSelect: React.FC<
+  IFilterProps & IFilterIDProps<Scene> & ExtraSceneProps
+> = (props) => {
+  const { ids, onSelect: onSelectValues } = props;
+
+  const [values, setValues] = useState<Scene[]>([]);
+  const idsChanged = useCompare(ids);
+
+  function onSelect(items: Scene[]) {
+    setValues(items);
+    onSelectValues?.(items);
+  }
+
+  async function loadObjectsByID(idsToLoad: string[]): Promise<Scene[]> {
+    const query = await queryFindScenesByIDForSelect(idsToLoad);
+    const { scenes: loadedScenes } = query.data.findScenes;
+
+    return loadedScenes;
+  }
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!idsChanged) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (!ids || ids?.length === 0) {
+      setValues([]);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // load the values if we have ids and they haven't been loaded yet
+    const filteredValues = values.filter((v) => ids.includes(v.id.toString()));
+    if (filteredValues.length === ids.length) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const load = async () => {
+      const items = await loadObjectsByID(ids);
+      setValues(items);
+    };
+
+    load();
+  }, [ids, idsChanged, values]);
+
+  return <SceneSelect {...props} values={values} onSelect={onSelect} />;
+};
+
+export const SceneIDSelect = PatchComponent("SceneIDSelect", _SceneIDSelect);
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Scenes/styles.scss b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Scenes/styles.scss
index e40f62ac5..ed74de97f 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Scenes/styles.scss
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Scenes/styles.scss
@@ -842,3 +842,52 @@ input[type="range"].blue-slider {
     }
   }
 }
+
+.scene-select-option {
+  .scene-select-row {
+    align-items: center;
+    display: flex;
+    width: 100%;
+
+    .scene-select-image {
+      background-color: $body-bg;
+      margin-right: 0.4em;
+      max-height: 50px;
+      max-width: 89px;
+      object-fit: contain;
+      object-position: center;
+    }
+
+    .scene-select-details {
+      display: flex;
+      flex-direction: column;
+      justify-content: flex-start;
+      max-height: 4.1rem;
+      overflow: hidden;
+
+      .scene-select-title {
+        flex-shrink: 0;
+        white-space: pre-wrap;
+        word-break: break-all;
+      }
+
+      .scene-select-date,
+      .scene-select-studio,
+      .scene-select-code {
+        color: $text-muted;
+        flex-shrink: 0;
+        font-size: 0.9rem;
+        overflow: hidden;
+        text-overflow: ellipsis;
+        white-space: nowrap;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  .scene-select-alias {
+    font-size: 0.8rem;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    width: 100%;
+    word-break: break-all;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/ReassignFilesDialog.tsx b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/ReassignFilesDialog.tsx
index ffe388c2f..c34cd2a7e 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/ReassignFilesDialog.tsx
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/ReassignFilesDialog.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import React, { useState } from "react";
 import { ModalComponent } from "./Modal";
-import { SceneSelect } from "./Select";
 import { useToast } from "src/hooks/Toast";
 import { useIntl } from "react-intl";
 import { faSignOutAlt } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";
 import { Col, Form, Row } from "react-bootstrap";
 import * as FormUtils from "src/utils/form";
 import { mutateSceneAssignFile } from "src/core/StashService";
+import { Scene, SceneSelect } from "src/components/Scenes/SceneSelect";
 
 interface IFile {
   id: string;
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ interface IReassignFilesDialogProps {
 export const ReassignFilesDialog: React.FC<IReassignFilesDialogProps> = (
   props: IReassignFilesDialogProps
 ) => {
-  const [scenes, setScenes] = useState<{ id: string; title: string }[]>([]);
+  const [scenes, setScenes] = useState<Scene[]>([]);
 
   const intl = useIntl();
   const singularEntity = intl.formatMessage({ id: "file" });
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export const ReassignFilesDialog: React.FC<IReassignFilesDialogProps> = (
           })}
           <Col sm={9} xl={12}>
             <SceneSelect
-              selected={scenes}
+              values={scenes}
               onSelect={(items) => setScenes(items)}
             />
           </Col>
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/Select.tsx b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/Select.tsx
index 905147ddf..71724c74e 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/Select.tsx
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/Select.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { TagIDSelect } from "../Tags/TagSelect";
 import { StudioIDSelect } from "../Studios/StudioSelect";
 import { GalleryIDSelect } from "../Galleries/GallerySelect";
 import { MovieIDSelect } from "../Movies/MovieSelect";
+import { SceneIDSelect } from "../Scenes/SceneSelect";
 
 export type SelectObject = {
   id: string;
@@ -254,54 +255,10 @@ export const GallerySelect: React.FC<
   return <GalleryIDSelect {...props} />;
 };
 
-export const SceneSelect: React.FC<ITitledSelect> = (props) => {
-  const [query, setQuery] = useState<string>("");
-  const { data, loading } = GQL.useFindScenesQuery({
-    skip: query === "",
-    variables: {
-      filter: {
-        q: query,
-      },
-    },
-  });
-
-  const scenes = data?.findScenes.scenes ?? [];
-  const items = scenes.map((s) => ({
-    label: objectTitle(s),
-    value: s.id,
-  }));
-
-  const onInputChange = useDebounce(setQuery, 500);
-
-  const onChange = (selectedItems: OnChangeValue<Option, boolean>) => {
-    const selected = getSelectedItems(selectedItems);
-    props.onSelect(
-      (selected ?? []).map((s) => ({
-        id: s.value,
-        title: s.label,
-      }))
-    );
-  };
-
-  const options = props.selected.map((s) => ({
-    value: s.id,
-    label: s.title,
-  }));
-
-  return (
-    <SelectComponent
-      onChange={onChange}
-      onInputChange={onInputChange}
-      isLoading={loading}
-      items={items}
-      selectedOptions={options}
-      isMulti={props.isMulti ?? false}
-      placeholder="Search for scene..."
-      noOptionsMessage={query === "" ? null : "No scenes found."}
-      showDropdown={false}
-      isDisabled={props.disabled}
-    />
-  );
+export const SceneSelect: React.FC<IFilterProps & { excludeIds?: string[] }> = (
+  props
+) => {
+  return <SceneIDSelect {...props} />;
 };
 
 export const ImageSelect: React.FC<ITitledSelect> = (props) => {
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/core/StashService.ts b/ui/v2.5/src/core/StashService.ts
index 6ccc52db8..5a7b6d811 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/core/StashService.ts
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/core/StashService.ts
@@ -166,6 +166,23 @@ export const queryFindScenesByID = (sceneIDs: number[]) =>
     },
   });
 
+export const queryFindScenesForSelect = (filter: ListFilterModel) =>
+  client.query<GQL.FindScenesForSelectQuery>({
+    query: GQL.FindScenesForSelectDocument,
+    variables: {
+      filter: filter.makeFindFilter(),
+      scene_filter: filter.makeFilter(),
+    },
+  });
+
+export const queryFindScenesByIDForSelect = (sceneIDs: string[]) =>
+  client.query<GQL.FindScenesForSelectQuery>({
+    query: GQL.FindScenesForSelectDocument,
+    variables: {
+      ids: sceneIDs,
+    },
+  });
+
 export const querySceneByPathRegex = (filter: GQL.FindFilterType) =>
   client.query<GQL.FindScenesByPathRegexQuery>({
     query: GQL.FindScenesByPathRegexDocument,
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/pluginApi.d.ts b/ui/v2.5/src/pluginApi.d.ts
index 24b441336..f16e672aa 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/pluginApi.d.ts
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/pluginApi.d.ts
@@ -672,6 +672,8 @@ declare namespace PluginApi {
     GalleryIDSelect: React.FC<any>;
     MovieSelect: React.FC<any>;
     MovieIDSelect: React.FC<any>;
+    SceneSelect: React.FC<any>;
+    SceneIDSelect: React.FC<any>;
     DateInput: React.FC<any>;
     CountrySelect: React.FC<any>;
     FolderSelect: React.FC<any>;