I seem to remember that background music in movies used to be either pleasant or sometimes suspenseful to match the scene, but never annoying. Now, however, it seems that movies are being made with lots of irritating types of background music.
On top of that they will sometimes suddenly increase the volume to very high levels and then back down again. So, if you decrease the volume to prevent being irritated from the very loud music, then you have to turn it back up again to hear the dialog. As a result, I constantly have to adjust and readjust the sound volume throughout the movie.
It this just me, or do others have the same issue.
On top of that they will sometimes suddenly increase the volume to very high levels and then back down again. So, if you decrease the volume to prevent being irritated from the very loud music, then you have to turn it back up again to hear the dialog. As a result, I constantly have to adjust and readjust the sound volume throughout the movie.
It this just me, or do others have the same issue.
Radio programs are just as bad.
They often add the unwanted "music" using a digital player with a circuit board that sounds like it originally came out of a toy.
They often add the unwanted "music" using a digital player with a circuit board that sounds like it originally came out of a toy.
Me too! The music in movies was used to be to fill in mood during passages with no dialog. Now the music overwhelms dialog.
Additionally, and to someone with diminishing hearing a very big deal, actors used to speak clearly, now it seems that mumbling and chopped off utterances are acceptable performance.
Additionally, and to someone with diminishing hearing a very big deal, actors used to speak clearly, now it seems that mumbling and chopped off utterances are acceptable performance.
No, its just you.
Yesterday i watched again 'The Physician', what an amazing music in background. It would deserve cd. Similarly '47 ronin', lovely music. Most good movies trully have great music. Often its a music which makes the movie great. From hundreds of movies i have seen, very few have bad music. Take 'The Passion of the Christ', amazing thanks to Peter Gabriel.
What about latest 'Dune'?
Are you sure your home theater is set up well?
Yesterday i watched again 'The Physician', what an amazing music in background. It would deserve cd. Similarly '47 ronin', lovely music. Most good movies trully have great music. Often its a music which makes the movie great. From hundreds of movies i have seen, very few have bad music. Take 'The Passion of the Christ', amazing thanks to Peter Gabriel.
What about latest 'Dune'?
Are you sure your home theater is set up well?
Not everyone is as sensitive as the next person.
Some would take your attention and some realise that they already have it.
Some would take your attention and some realise that they already have it.
I've noticed this in a few movies, and on TV series to a lesser extent. I wouldn't characterize it as bad background music, it's more just poor sound production. Dialog is very quiet in relation to some scenes that have very loud music and sound effects, so you're always hitting the volume remote up and down to compensate.
jeff
Maybe slightly off topic but equally annoying are the cell phone "alert" sounds that are now heard in the backgound of some radio commercials.
Put there to get your attention I presume.
Anyone else noticed these?
I've heard them in at least three different commercials here in the NYC area.
Put there to get your attention I presume.
Anyone else noticed these?
I've heard them in at least three different commercials here in the NYC area.
Thanks, Francois.
It is reassuring to hear that someone else is experiencing the same thing. Unfortunate as that is.
It seems that the music, awful music in fact, never stops. Why can't they just let people talk like they used to do.
We are watching a new and very good movie called Nonnas on Netflix. In fact, it is rated No. 1 at the moment. Light, delightful film. No profanity, no sex. A real pleasure for a change. And yet the background music, if you can call it that, is very annoying and we are constantly muting it as result. That is actually what has caused me to start this topic.
Something really making me mad is music in educational program, like animal watching. Instead of giving an idea how the animals communicate, there is stupid, annoying music dominating the sound track. Same with technical stuff, like track tests of cars . Music, but no actual sound of the object coverered.
It is very irritating, indeed. Not so much in the cinema, rather at home on TV. I asked on several forums why is music and environmental noise (cars, warfare, whatever) is so loud compared to conversation. The answer was always that soundtracks are mixed for 7.1 sound intended to be played in the cinema, and home TV sets simply miss the center channel loudspeaker, where speech is being played back. Unless you have a home cinema 7.1 or 5.1 sound system for simple TV watching. Speech is unintelligible in many cases, other noises and music simply suppress it. I don't accept this argument.
The other annoying habit is dum-dum music with heavy bass content being played in the background while news is being read on radio. I try to avoid such channels, but this habit of radio stations seems epidemic.
Dialog can be almost a whisper and over compressed. Then sound design was getting interesting.
Then eventually it seems copied and the same effect types.
So yes sometimes too much volume play, but the movie usually gets ejected because the story line is poor
from the start. Good modern films ( hard to find but out there) are rather enjoyable.
Then the music and sounds effects are rather amazing in modern context.
Depends. My roomate few years ago was all about public library movie renting. Free no fees.
We explored a lot of newer films. Quickly learned what movie distributors to stay away from.
Then enjoyed numerous classic that have been remastered on Blu Ray.
Cant go wrong with the classics. Actually explored a lot of foreign films
Those are good too. Hollywierd is going down anyways, should expect some rather good films coming soon.
I spend more time with music now, sometimes play documentary type films for visual and have music instead.
Gave up on films somewhat. My dad had a huge huge movie collection as a kid. So have seen most the original stories.
Been exploring black and whites, and they look amazing on blu ray. And for being so old, yes the dialog is more clear.
Old slang from the 1940's is fun for me
Then eventually it seems copied and the same effect types.
So yes sometimes too much volume play, but the movie usually gets ejected because the story line is poor
from the start. Good modern films ( hard to find but out there) are rather enjoyable.
Then the music and sounds effects are rather amazing in modern context.
Depends. My roomate few years ago was all about public library movie renting. Free no fees.
We explored a lot of newer films. Quickly learned what movie distributors to stay away from.
Then enjoyed numerous classic that have been remastered on Blu Ray.
Cant go wrong with the classics. Actually explored a lot of foreign films
Those are good too. Hollywierd is going down anyways, should expect some rather good films coming soon.
I spend more time with music now, sometimes play documentary type films for visual and have music instead.
Gave up on films somewhat. My dad had a huge huge movie collection as a kid. So have seen most the original stories.
Been exploring black and whites, and they look amazing on blu ray. And for being so old, yes the dialog is more clear.
Old slang from the 1940's is fun for me
I've just checked the movie to see, most of this type of movies ( italian . spanish vibe to it ) have this kind of music , goofy like if you like.
That quitar on the background , its to much at times. I can see.
I watched a lot of content on netflix, movies, series. and most of them have great music, sound fx.
How about 'Isle of dogs' movie. Amazing sound. Cute story with puppet animation. Japanese style percussion rich music. Fun to watch and listen.
I have a suspicion that you guys complaining about poor inteligibility of dialogue are using crappy dolby multichanel on crappy tiny soundbars...like my friend who i tried to help. (thread somewhere) Problem was soundbar was his wife purchase, so he insisted it stays. Plus it had bluetooth sub. I tried to extract sound from hdmi output but failed. I hacked soundbar and fed signal to yamaha receiver with proper speakers. Improvement but still crap.
I have a suspicion that you guys complaining about poor inteligibility of dialogue are using crappy dolby multichanel on crappy tiny soundbars...like my friend who i tried to help. (thread somewhere) Problem was soundbar was his wife purchase, so he insisted it stays. Plus it had bluetooth sub. I tried to extract sound from hdmi output but failed. I hacked soundbar and fed signal to yamaha receiver with proper speakers. Improvement but still crap.