After much trial and error, I decided to throw five of the six channels through AI to remove the music from the scene. The results were a dramatic improvement over my original troubles. So much so, that I decided to just upload an audio test to see how others feel about it.
Some things to note: First, most of the AI work is in the shots where the ship is leaving. The shots of Groot watching Rocket were mostly worked over by me. Second, the video I’ve uploaded is in stereo. The final edit will (hopefully) be in 5.1 surround unless certain elements come into play to mess things up.