I appreciate the motivation of adding music cues, but I do agree with Hal, in that music is pretty much associated with Jar Jar and mesa got some bad vibes from dat.
Although I can appreciate music cues, but it shouldn’t be used “for the sake of filling in gaps.”
Limiting/not having music cues/notes/sounds/etc. it just as important as using them. It’s a balancing act.
Yeah, just look at Empire Strikes Back for an example of that. Almost the entire movie was scored by John Williams originally, but quite a bit of the music was removed in post, just because the scenes sounded better with no music.
Take the duel between Luke and Vader, for example. Here’s the scene with the original music score:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq1Y7HXivCQ
And here’s the scene as it is in the movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ_voJl29eE
Although the music is good on its own, it doesn’t fit the tone of the scene, and it’s just more tense with no music.