> I love how two respondents opined on how long ago 2018 was.

It's making us young'uns feel well... not so young.

> If I know I'm not going to like something but it has consequences for a
> storyline, I'll write about it. 12 Strong was a Bruckheimer
> production, and you can't get to later Lorne blockbusters scores for him
> without it. Also, yes, I am covering Gemini Man later, why do you
> ask? LOL.

> Hurricane Heist is, uh, decidedly not that. Neither is the FIFA
> game he and Zimmer scored in that year.

Haha! Totally understand that logic and you're definitely saving yourself however many minutes that atrociously stupid score is.

> I am intrigued by whatever you said to piss off a composer though. I've
> had Lorne respond to one of my comments before but he seemed to take it in
> stride.

I can't remember the exact wording, but Balfe retweeted two of my reviews (one being Hurricane Heist) and poked fun at the review with something like "This is hilarious. This person clearly hasn't heard many scores" (about Heist, of all things) and then the next one was something along the lines of "well, YOU try making a film score". I would be willing to believe he was having a bad day on one of those, but twice? And like several months apart? It was weird especially since I didn't even tag him or anything (never do if it's a negative review, anyway).

To add to the oddness was that it was a negative review that wasn't that negative, especially compared to some of Clem's writing. Oh yeah, the review for context:

https://soundtrack-universe.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-hurricane-heist-capsule-review.html?q=lorne+balfe

Haven't had anymore interactions with him since (thankfully) and thus far Balfe is the only composer I've interacted with that was rude. *shrugs* I try not to let it affected my perception and evaluation of his work, but I also steer clear of him on social media just the same.