[Thor Joachim Haga]

I’m pretty sure that the original topic was created because I witnessed a lot of criticism that was NOT taken on its own terms. And it’s something I see today as well. People evaluating Hans Zimmer scores by the criteria of classical orchestral music, for example. Which would be akin to evaluating Bob Dylan by how he well he writes techno music. Or somehow conflating criteria used to evaluate a Hollywood action adventure blockbuster with ones you use for European arthouse films.

I see it all the time, all these years later (on messageboards like FSM and JWFAN, for example), so the frustration of that original post is very much relevant still.