User blog comment:Kaloneous/Lorne Balfe interview on Assassin's Creed 3 and the Future/@comment-4519956-20130525130901

If I'm going to be honest, I'm not going to particularly miss his work on AC. That's not to disrespect the man whatsoever, but when you get someone in to fill the shoes of Jesper Kyd, the expectations are incredibly high. Kyd is, and always will be the heart and soul of Assassin's Creed.

But I'm going to praise the man for what he did. Tracks like Labored and Lost, The Revelation, The Aquila, Modern Assassin, ACB E3 Trailer and A Heated Discussion are without doubt, phenomenal pieces of music that deserve a place even among Kyd's best work. So why am I not sad to see him go? Two reasons:

1) Recurring themes

2) Non-existent ambient singleplayer music

I think a lot of fans would agree with me here. The recurring theme throughout ACIII and ACR was borderline boring. I know themes in scores are commonplace, but I personally hate the idea of basically "rehashing" a piece over and over and over, something Jesper was never guilty of. My other problem, and probably my biggest gripe with Balfe, was the complete non-existence of ambient singleplayer music in any form whatsoever. Kyd's ambient music is second to none, and is one of the reasons why I LOVED the score of ACII, ACR and ACB so much. Tracks like Istanbul, Welcome to Konstantiniyye, Home in Florence, Rome Countryside are simply beautiful pieces of music that truly immerse you in the world of the games.

I wish him all the best in the future.

So the real big question is; Who is taking over!? Is Kyd returning? I guess we'll have to wait until after E3.

Great blog Kal, nice to see someone care as much about the music of Assassin's Creed as I do!