I think Basil Poledouris set the standard for fantasy music with Conan the Barbarian, and believe me, I love it (before I found the CD for the soundtrack, I recorded the actual movie onto cassette and listened to it that way, horse cries, death screams and all). I found it refreshing, though, that Larian went away from the traditional, and honestly, worn out and overused style of choir and timpani to something different. I understand the desire to have the BG2 style of music revisited in BG3, but if Clint Eastwood were to make another Dirty Harry movie (ridiculous though that might be in it's own right), would we really expect the music be like the Jaco Pastorus themed jazz/funk fusion music of the 70s? I don't think so. The style of music were talking about might be more timeless and less generational, but still... things move on. Once again, I applaud Larian for taking a new approach and I hope they continue to forge new ground instead of futilely trying to recapture the past.
