How skillful is Yasunori Mitsuda?

Didn't Mitsuda do some or all of the arrangements from Xenogears Creid? I agree that his music is definitely not suited to symphonic arrangements for many reasons, although there are some exceptions from Xenogears and even more from Chrono Trigger.

To me, Mitsuda's Chrono Cross soundtrack, for example, is more suited towards something along the lines of the Creid arranged album. If he did in fact do the arrangements, then who cares if he went to music school. Nothing against music school -- I went to music school -- but Creid shows a specific skill and knowledge of Celtic music, which is not necessarily taught in music schools. Mitsuda understands what he's good at, and expands on it.

Jam it back in, in the dark.