One of the dog rescue charities I help out from time to time called one of their dogs Pita. I was quite surprised when they found her a home.
DHR - I think you missed out a step in the 'dramatic tension' toolbox: step 1 - add music: step 2 - make the music really loud: step 3 - turn all the lights off and give one actor a torch. I guess it saves money on scenery and dialogue coaches.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I must be an exception ... I hardly ever notice 'background music' ... although I did notice and like some of the music used in Blue Planet 2 ... thought it was great and really enhanced the programme.
I also thought the piece on Winterwatch where a double bass player played live as the film piece was being recorded was great
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
If done well, background music can be beautiful. I watch a lot of OU programmes for my Astrophysics degree, and they often add music to some of the wonderful films from outer space.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
It's the programmes you chose to watch, Dove. The music doesn't drown out David Attenborough, so it's not problematic. I haven't watched any of the **watch programmes but I'm guessing it's similar - if the commentary isn't obscured by the music, then it's not a problem, really. But in some of the the dramas, the music drowns out the actors who were, in any case, mumbling or gabbling or putting on excruciatingly improbable and impenetrable accents. Then it's annoying. It's in every programme, including the news. If you don't notice it, then they got it right.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
My late Brother always complained about "musical wallpaper" used in shops etc, however music can be very evocative and enhance the experience but as others have said it's so often overdone. I think most people only need to hear the opening bars of the theme to JAWS to instantly think of a great white shark. As always one persons pleasant background is an others jarring irritation, one of the reasons I stopped going to the cinema is the music is always far too loud for me. Some Yoga classes play soft music for the relaxation at the end, my class teacher does not for exactly the reasons we are discussing. I do listen to Classical Guitar music on an old iPod with in ear headphones that no one else can hear, because I know what I find relaxing others would find irritating.
Sometimes the music is right and sometimes it's just so wrong I stop watching. I also leave shops where the music is too loud. OH watches a great deal of sport, especially golf, and seems to tune out the music and even the dreadful adds. I'd rather record stuff on commercial channels so I can FF.
I too wonder about the Beeb budget for music - do they pay the full rate for a 10 second blast of some "cleverly associated" piece of music on say Homes under the Hammer? What a waste!
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I asked an acoustician once if it was my imagination that adverts are louder than the TV programmes. He said no, they aren't actually louder, but they use compression techniques that make them sound louder, even though you haven't touched the volume control. It isn't possible to stop them doing it, apparently
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I particularly hate the added sounds of sharks or dolphins swishing their tails underwater. That is one of the few things underwater that are silent. Divers are noisy bubble blowers. I have had several cute nemos gnashing their teeth at me, (and taking a bite out of a knuckle). Parrot fish crunching away on coral are noisy. Some fish are named grunts because that's what they do. They don't however make a noise swishing their tails.
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One of the dog rescue charities I help out from time to time called one of their dogs Pita. I was quite surprised when they found her a home.
DHR - I think you missed out a step in the 'dramatic tension' toolbox: step 1 - add music: step 2 - make the music really loud: step 3 - turn all the lights off and give one actor a torch. I guess it saves money on scenery and dialogue coaches.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I must be an exception
... I hardly ever notice 'background music' ... although I did notice and like some of the music used in Blue Planet 2 ... thought it was great and really enhanced the programme. 
I also thought the piece on Winterwatch where a double bass player played live as the film piece was being recorded was great
Last edited: 02 February 2018 10:25:40
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
If done well, background music can be beautiful. I watch a lot of OU programmes for my Astrophysics degree, and they often add music to some of the wonderful films from outer space.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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Papi Jo
PITA Pain in the A##e.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
It's the programmes you chose to watch, Dove. The music doesn't drown out David Attenborough, so it's not problematic. I haven't watched any of the **watch programmes but I'm guessing it's similar - if the commentary isn't obscured by the music, then it's not a problem, really. But in some of the the dramas, the music drowns out the actors who were, in any case, mumbling or gabbling or putting on excruciatingly improbable and impenetrable accents. Then it's annoying. It's in every programme, including the news. If you don't notice it, then they got it right.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
My late Brother always complained about "musical wallpaper" used in shops etc, however music can be very evocative and enhance the experience but as others have said it's so often overdone. I think most people only need to hear the opening bars of the theme to JAWS to instantly think of a great white shark. As always one persons pleasant background is an others jarring irritation, one of the reasons I stopped going to the cinema is the music is always far too loud for me. Some Yoga classes play soft music for the relaxation at the end, my class teacher does not for exactly the reasons we are discussing. I do listen to Classical Guitar music on an old iPod with in ear headphones that no one else can hear, because I know what I find relaxing others would find irritating.
Sometimes the music is right and sometimes it's just so wrong I stop watching. I also leave shops where the music is too loud. OH watches a great deal of sport, especially golf, and seems to tune out the music and even the dreadful adds. I'd rather record stuff on commercial channels so I can FF.
I too wonder about the Beeb budget for music - do they pay the full rate for a 10 second blast of some "cleverly associated" piece of music on say Homes under the Hammer? What a waste!
I asked an acoustician once if it was my imagination that adverts are louder than the TV programmes. He said no, they aren't actually louder, but they use compression techniques that make them sound louder, even though you haven't touched the volume control. It isn't possible to stop them doing it, apparently
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Got to love these boards! I never knew there was such a thing as an acoustician.
I particularly hate the added sounds of sharks or dolphins swishing their tails underwater. That is one of the few things underwater that are silent. Divers are noisy bubble blowers. I have had several cute nemos gnashing their teeth at me, (and taking a bite out of a knuckle). Parrot fish crunching away on coral are noisy. Some fish are named grunts because that's what they do. They don't however make a noise swishing their tails.