Great Movie Except for the Usage of the Score

Rating: 8/10 (1 June 2019)

You can see where this movie can be criticized. Some of it is warranted, but not all of it. Seeing this movie recently for the second time refreshed my experience and had me realize that my biggest gripe with it is the score, which is so over the top and cheesy at the worst times.
The one scene in particular where it just does not fit is the bridge shootout: as the good guys are riding their horses up towards the bad guys, the music is so loud and obnoxious in the corniest way. Remarkably, the scene is actually very good, but the music turns what would be a gritty and even more intense scene into some kind of heroic, melodramatic celebration of these mighty men of honor taking out the bad guys.
Other scenes also have it wrongly placed and times, and it just made me think of how the movie would be better served without the score blaring overdramatically at many of the best scenes. It really would be better and probably less manipulative and more realistic. Other than that, I think this is a very good movie.