He liked the music, but just because Conrad Pope was involved. According to the review, Pope is the main reason the score sounds good.
Not to be argumentative, but that's not what I said at all. I said that the score is really good, occasionally great, and that - quote - "the way they adopted both the compositional stylistics and dramatic impetus of Bernard Herrmann, and did it so convincingly, is impressive indeed, while the big band jazz and swing tracks are just remarkable, faithfully rendered and wonderfully arranged and performed." I mention Conrad Pope and Dan Higgins as being involved in the score, but I specifically went out of my way to say "in the end, the score for Mank has Reznor and Ross’s names on the credits, and so I’m going to give them the benefit of the doubt, and the majority of the plaudits. While I’m sure that Pope and Higgins and everyone else played their part and made significant contributions, this is a Reznor and Ross score".
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Mank (2020)
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Not to be argumentative, but that's not what I said at all. I said that the score is really good, occasionally great, and that - quote - "the way they adopted both the compositional stylistics and dramatic impetus of Bernard Herrmann, and did it so convincingly, is impressive indeed, while the big band jazz and swing tracks are just remarkable, faithfully rendered and wonderfully arranged and performed." I mention Conrad Pope and Dan Higgins as being involved in the score, but I specifically went out of my way to say "in the end, the score for Mank has Reznor and Ross’s names on the credits, and so I’m going to give them the benefit of the doubt, and the majority of the plaudits. While I’m sure that Pope and Higgins and everyone else played their part and made significant contributions, this is a Reznor and Ross score".