The prequels used tracked music constantly. I don’t think it’s really that big an issue.
I just said it’s not that big an issue, LOL.
But: trying to use the prequels (often frequently terrible) tracking practices as a positive example for anything doesn’t play well, for me. And again, I’m not even arguing against the practice of tracking music. I’ve said multiple times now that the tracking of Burning Homestead in TFA worked. It’s the specific choice to use this single, already re-tracked cue again, and the way that re-tracked music is awkwardly inserted into the mix. On a technical level, it’s not good. On a thematic level, it’s threadbare and on-the-nose.
Usually, if Williams wrote music for a scene, it’s probably best to stick with what he wrote for that scene, or use nothing at all.