> Looking back I think there was some fatigue when I got to 2015-2016 since
> I seem to have omitted several works that I didn't think would be
> enormously consequential and/or tolerable. Deadpool got skipped.
> This did too. I'm sure there are a few others.

> Debatable if I should have done that for Out of the Shadows. On the
> one hand, it might have been something I liked more than, say,
> Skyscraper. And it was a continuation of the Jablonsky/Bay
> relationship, even if I doubt Michael Bay was terribly involved in the
> sequel. But it still feels less essential to the broader story -
> unsuccessful film, plus the music wasn't a bellwether of things to come in
> the next year or two.

It's a lovely score if you like the RC style, and he clearly relished the chance to write action music with fanfares and flair -- but it sounds like you've had your fill of that style lol. Given that the film underperformed and Bay was only kinda involved, it's a bit of a detour.

> This is admittedly less appealing for me than it probably is for many
> others - but only because Transformers tops out at a *** work for
> me.

Definitely, then. It's a fun score, but if you had Transformers at only three stars, it's probably nothing to write home about