Ryu Taylor
Unwavering beliefs. Richter Taylor is my name now.
The dub OST succeeds where the JP music of SM (and also XY) failed, too.Super disappointed so many people are upset with the new soundtrack. Yuki Hayashi is LEGENDARY, and the fact that he is making music for this series is incredible. The soundtrack this episode was breathtaking, easily better than 99.9% of sun and moon. I don't know why people are criticising this series so bad already. It is leagues ahead of what the last series so spectacularly failed to deliver, especially in the music department. And before someone replies that the soundtrack is too similar to My Hero, this is a WELCOME change. The fact that the alola league had the regi theme play in virtually every episode demonstrates the fact that this show's soundtrack was well overdue for an overhaul, and Sword and Shield did just that.
However, you are 100% correct about Hayashi's music also achieving that. Who cares if it's similar to MHA?
As I said before, the dub music for this new saga has formidable competition now. I can see myself conceding that they're both good in their own ways (the mindset I've been wanting to have all along about the entire show).
As for people's problems with Hayashi's Pokemon music...it's really best I don't answer that here.