I agree completely. The sound mix was flat and boring throughout. The music was completely lacking any low end or punch of any kind. The sound effects were dull and generic, aside from the ones that actually did manage to get re-used from the original films, which wasn’t all that many. The Millennium Falcon’s engine was authentic about 50% of the time, Han’s blaster was the right sound, and Ren doing his mind-reading thing sounded like when Vader chokes someone. Other than that, hardly anything sounded like itself. Whatever they’re doing to record and mix these tracks clearly isn’t working. It may be technically cleaner than the work from the 70’s and 80’s, but it isn’t nearly as interesting to listen to.

I’m inclined to blame Matthew Wood. Everything that guy touches turns to sh!t.