Let's face it, Andromeda's music was lacking

Yeah I also thought the main title of Andromeda was poached from DA:I's main title.

My girlfriend made sure to constantly remind me of this when booting up the game. Can't unhear it now.

I think you are spot on, besides DAI. The Inquisitor's theme was pretty good (especially the cello part), but the rest of the soundtrack was rather forgettable compared to DAO.

For whatever reason since DAI, BioWare is really reeling back the significance of the soundtrack, which I think is a mistake.

Lol the main theme of Andromeda is a rip off of Destiny. This composer was a mistake. I'm starting to hate this modern trend of ambient music. I want music to mean something, for it to evoke emotion. Ambient sounds make sense only for planet scanning. I want music to explore the setting and describe it through music. This game, of all the problems the music flat out sucks.

I think the tavern songs kinda made up for some of the "meh" of the DAI soundtrack.  I really loved some of those songs!

Memorable music has such a big impact on player experience though, to the point where I think it's unacceptable for a game of ME:A's budget and development time to not have EXCEPTIONAL music. You know those pieces of music which you get chills just from listening to without thinking about anything else? Combining them with an appropriate game scene can make for an incredible moment. I really think people seriously underestimate the effect of a amazing soundtrack. Just by subconsciously affecting people's emotions. We aren't all as objective as we think, and I'm sure that some people will have had better experiences with the game if it had been accompanied by excellent music.

Even if you want to compare to ME1 which is a similar style of game (exploration, RPG elements) ME1 still does it so much better. The original mass effect theme, vigil, etc. all provide so much more atmosphere.