It doesn't have anything to do with it--directly. But it sure as heck doesn't surprise me that bad taste in one area would also carry over to another.

The 2004 mix being a pile of crap is a pretty commonly held opinion on this forum. I have, in fact, analysed it in detail, and it's worse even than most people realise. The sound quality is often very bad, and aesthetically it stomps all over the original sound design and replaces it with a misguided mess that bears only superficial resemblance to what the movie is supposed to sound like.