Yes, the movie was flawed.  I'd go so far as to say it was fundamentally flawed.

The Phantom Menace score, however, was not flawed.  If I was some big shot pro athlete, like an NBA god or some fireballing late-inning MLB pitcher, I think "The Flag Parade" would make for good entrance music.  This piece just screams "someone who kicks an obscene amount of ass is about to enter the room, so you all had better take notice."

While I'm on the subject of the TPM score, I wanna mention something:  I really wish they'd keep the spoilers out of soundtrack album track listings.  Imagine this:  you're a big Star Wars fan, and Phantom comes out.  You haven't quite had time to see the film yet, but you decide to pick up the soundtrack CD anyway because you enjoy SW music in general.  You rip the plastic off, flip the disc over, skim through the track titles, and you not only learn that "Anakin Defeats Sebulba" but are also made aware of "Qui-Gon's Noble End" and "Qui-Gon's Funeral."  D-oh!

Thankfully, I had seen the film by that time.  But I can imagine people being none too keen on that practice.

Watch a fanvid for "The Flag Parade" on YouTube.

This is part of a week-long series on music from Star Wars.