Been a busier than expected week so missed your prior entry. That said... I actually have comments on several of these!!

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> Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) - **

I haven't revisited the score or the film in many years, but looking back at my contemporary review we agree pretty much. I clearly remember hating the Winter Soldier material in both the film and especially on album though Jackman did manage to give some scene specific highlights.

My old review if anyone is interested:
https://soundtrack-universe.blogspot.com/2014/04/captain-america-winter-soldier-digital.html?q=captain+america

> How To Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) - *****...but really it’s a
> scale-breaking 6 stars

I really need to revisit both score and film, though previously my affinity for Dragon 2 steadily decreased each time I watched it. That said, remember thinking the score was great but not as good as the first. Apparently this is not the right opinion, though. Will probably give the HTTYD trilogy a re-watch in January and see how 2 stacks up now.

> Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) - **

Again, we basically agree. Looking back at my contemporary review I was not impressed by Jablonsky's efforts and felt it fell short from the prior entires. Currently I can't remember anything about the score whatsoever. Remember various moments in the film (including that cringe "Romero & Juliet law" bit) but nothing in the music comes to mind. Guess that speaks volumes.

Again, my contemporary review if anyone is interested:
https://soundtrack-universe.blogspot.com/2014/07/transformers-age-of-extinction-review.html?q=transformers

> The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) - ***½

The Elctro material kept this from getting that extra 1/2 from me, but considering the "jam session" methodology for ASM2 and the complete cluster that the movie was... Zimmer & Friends did alright. Had never read that quote from Horner but it's probably a good thing he left when he did. I honestly doubt his music would have been kept if he had stuck around.

All that said... I never return to this one. If I ever need my non-Elfman Spider-Man fix it's always Horner's take.