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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Its genuinely formulaic garbage

music is by definition formulaic and if a composer breaks the rules and does something different, that then becomes a new formula. that is how music works

Also, something that is not formulaic takes much longer to gain traction than something that has an air of familiarity and in these days with low attention spans you need something to be familiar for it to be successful, particularly in a contest environment