I enjoy the music to the 5th film. It isn't my favorite or least favorite of the 5. I loved Doyle's music and would have been happy if he came back, but Hooper has nice music too.
No, that would be OPINION. What constitutes the "lowest common denominator" is a matter of opinion. "Bad" and "good" are subjective. - music, like art, is subjective. It's not good or bad - you either like it or you don't. It's quite simple, really. I'm going to have to agree with bondo on this.
The german website ONLINE FOCUS revealed that Hans ZIMMER didn't want to be nominated for the Oscars anymore. "I was 7 times nominated ; Each time, it brought my life out its balance ; call, interviews and stress. That's why i decided it was enough. From now, I forbid the Filmstudios to submit my music to the Academy."
This might be bad timing because the 5th movie just came out, but out of the Harry Potter movies so far, which ones have had expanded/complete versions of the scores floating around the internet?