Every time I load up the game, I have to sit through that damn trailer. I don't want to see it! I don't want to know what might be coming up ahead, I'm sick of not being able to skip it... and then if I quit the game and go back to the menu... I have to sit through it again!

Also the music... terrible. Sneaking around, hearing the birds tweeting and water rippling... then suddenly it's all wailing guitars and drums that sound like gunshots... any way to turn it off at all?

dunno bout turning off the music but to stop the trailer wait at the start button screen for like 20 secs then press start and when it starts rolling you should be able to press a button to skip it straight away or shortly. Worked for me 9 times outta 10 plus this is untested by me but my mate reckons that if you power up the Xbox with the game already in the CD tray you can skip it straight away that way.

I dont know about the music but what I did with my game is i made sure that the date on my xbox was set right. next when it came to the press start screen press the A button instead of start. works everytime for me.