Hi
I guess I touched on a nerve here. Making a choice regarding what you would go a listen to in a concert hall has nothing to do with being arrogant or not, it comes down to personal taste. Indeed "arrogance" might be your outrage at such. I didn't say I thought the music offered way rubbish or in any way unworthy of the composer - quite the opposite in fact. "Across the Highlands" is one of the better compositions I've heard in terms of its instrumentation, orchestration, and production. But I've also heard others that are more musiclly interesting but not nearly as well executed.
What's said in ordinary language isn't meant to be absolutely definitive and unmoveable. When I say I wouldn't especially go and listen to a film score doesn't exclude the possibility that I might indeed go and listen to Shostakovich, film score or not. Neither does it mean that I can't appreciate the skill and talent of film score composers.
I probably wouldn't especially go and listen to say a program of hollywood blockbuster hits. There are some memorable moments on the Lord of the Rings score and in many others but overall I don't think ihey travel well from one environment to another. But that's just my personal taste and opinion. And I may of course change my mind.
So I suggest you be a bit more "well tempered" if future responses.
Thanks, anon.