So... no more Jeremy Soul for us?
TBH, a lot of his stuff sounds very samey to me. With the exception of Fear Not This Not, the newer stuff has been far better.
Not to mention, people found it nightmarish to order the soundtrack from his company. Even for those of us that got it, the wait was unnecessarily long. Many simply didn’t get what they ordered at all. It’s for the best if nobody has to deal with that to get any new soundtracks that may come out for GW2 (or any other ANet games).
delicate, brick-like subtlety.
I think the newer stuff is as good or better. But it’s a matter of taste.
I believe it was Jeremy Soule’s decision to part ways (at least that seemed to be the rumor at the time), so now we can look forward to Maclaine’s and Lena’s work. I think they are quite talented. =)
The new stuff is good, but I certainly wouldn’t say it’s better. Fear not this night, norn theme, tengu wall, here be dragons, etc still beat any of the new songs. Though battle on the breachmaker and the marionette music are very, very good. There is a lot of potential with these inhouse folks.