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

It was, especially when driving the car. Needed some AC/DC. excellent

Let's be honest, the music for Andromeda was fucking awesome.

I do like a few of the tracks - Neutron Purge is awesome, Better beginning, A trail of hope, Exaltation, Jardaan. The lack of music while exploring also hurt the game more than it needed too. Still i enjoyed it, and i would rate it as ok/good depending on the track. Noticed that in the patch notes there was something about scenes not having music that would be corrected. Actually i never got into Mass Effect's soundtrack until ME2.

I like the start menu theme, but yeah, can't recall anything else.

Yeah and music while driving in the old Mako was usually quite good, like this piece from Virmire:



I don't remember music while driving in the Nomad.

My problem isn't the lack of music or that it didn't feel like Mass Effect or anything, but whenever it was there it sounded like it didn't want to be heard.

You are 1,000 % right

It's not so much that the soundtrack is bad, just that there's not near enough for a game of this size.

I suppose it's what an artist would call "minimalist".

There was a brief moment (brief) during Jaal's LM that I noticed a short segment of music I liked but I didn't care for where it went. I honestly can't remember any of the tracks, except that when I heard them they felt like they attempted to sound like a ME track. And it sounded like ME, but like a store brand version of the original trilogy's tracks. The songs on the radio in the Pathfinder's Quarters were atrocious to me.

The ending theme was okay... I prefer Faunts' ending theme from ME1 <- that song got me pumped and made the whole adventure feel epic. (Same feeling I got after beating VtM:Bloodlines, a game with one of the best soundtracks and ambiance I've ever heard.) Andromeda's started playing and I wasn't keen on it but grew to a, " 's alright" feel halfway through.

Music was definitely one of the weaker points of this game for me. It wasn't bad, just there (or not, for some people) and to a brand like ME, that's a sad turn of events.

I went 90 hours into the game before realizing my Tempest quarters had 20-some music tracks to listen to.

As cool as they are, I would give them all up for 5 minutes of ambient music on the Nexus.

If the goal was to be "pioneers" and "find a new sound," I'd have to say they fell short. Not only was it not memorable, but it didn't sound all that original either. It was just far too passive for one to really have an opinion one way or the other. I don't know where the blame lies, whether it's the Creative Director, Sound Director, or the composer. It just came across as uninspired, which is really odd considering going to a new galaxy and finding a new home should be exciting.

It may have been in their best interest to play it a little safe with the soundtrack and not depart too much from that iconic soundtrack. When you think of iconic franchises, such as Star Wars or The Lord of the Rings, they have a recognizable sound that's never lost no matter how many iterations or stories are created in those universes. In this case, it probably would have been better to be safe than sorry.

It was generic sadly. only got my attention during the final mission and it is still not memorable. hope the composer did better with his next incoming project which is the Defenders tv show apparently.