Thanks for This, Sorry for That

I stole this bit from Entertainment Weekly, and I think it will make a nice little game here.

The premise is simple. Choose a composer. Pick a soundtrack of his or her's that you really enjoy and explain why (Thanks for this). Conversely, pick a soundtrack of theirs that you didn't enjoy or you think is subpar and explain (Sorry for that).

I'll go first with my favorite, Yasunori Mitsuda:

Thanks for .... Sailing to the World: A forgotten little gem deserves recognition. In many ways it's a tidy 10-track snapshot of Mitsuda's many styles, but it also stands on its own. Highlights includes the acoustic flair of "Rhythm of Red" and the ubiquitious celtic style of "Melody of Aqua" and one of his best unknown battle tracks, "Point of No Return."

Sorry for ... Moonlit Shadow: I hoped that Mitsuda shook out his jazz kicks with the "Brink of Time" Chrono Trigger arrangement. Unfortunately, he wanted to do a full OST dedicated to the same stuff. Moonlit Shadow isn't particularly wretched, but it's jazz through and through, and not exactly genre-busting. A couple tracks (Cool Sky, An Illegal Messenger) fare better by shying away from full sax-screeching territory, but other tracks do not work as well when they embrace all the trappings of the genre. Ultimately, an experiment and a disappointing one at that.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Can't say I didn't try.

There's nowhere I can't reach.