background music

[shirlton]

Is it just me and Tone or does anyone else find it difficult to hear what people on the TV are saying because of the music playing in the background.We love Neil Olivers programs but even with his lovely voice we have trouble to understand what he is saying. I think it should be optional. To have music or not.
I have complained to the TV companies but they said that although they do have many compaints about it they are not enough to consider changing things. Rant  Over. ::)

[shirlton]

[telboy]

Fully agree.
The most memorable films I have seen have been with NO invasive music.

[Alimo]

I so agree - intrusive music almost as bad as silly camera angles and jerky movements.

Alison

[tomatoada]

I have to give up and switch off when the music is intrusive.   The problem comes up from time to time on points of  view.  There was one gentleman whose video was posted which said it all so well.   They promised to do something about it.  Did they heck.  There is one series of David Attenborough I can't watch because the music is over so much speech.    I remember when music was used more in Gardens World, there was a piano banging away as Alan talked about his sweetpeas.

I use subtittles but it does not work with for normal speech.

It would be wonderful if there was a gadget to separate the music.

Back to happier thoughts.

[djbrenton]

This was discussed at length on Radio 4 a while back and one thing I didn't know was that there is a medical condition that makes it difficult for some people to distinguish speech from music where others have no problem.

[Duke Ellington]

There was a short news report on the BBC last year that suggested that most people that complain about background music and muffled dialogue were over the age of 55. They more or less said its *an age thing*. The BBC said they would not change the way they do things.
What I hate more is the difference in volume between the programme I am watching and the commercials. The commercials always seem louder! We are constantly adjusting the volume during a tv show ???

Duke

[tomatoada]

Thats why I record most things.   I just skip thro' the ads..
Somewhere I read that the music people have a contract which means they are employed for a certain amount of time so the program makers have to use them.   

[Alimo]

An "age thing" bluddy cheek ...... I'm not yet 50 and it bugs me.

Perhaps I have mature ears !  ;D

Alison

[Hector]

There was a short news report on the BBC last year that suggested that most people that complain about background music and muffled dialogue were over the age of 55. They more or less said its *an age thing*. The BBC said they would not change the way they do things.
What I hate more is the difference in volume between the programme I am watching and the commercials. The commercials always seem louder! We are constantly adjusting the volume during a tv show ???

Duke

Not necessrily an age thing. Many folk of all ages have a difficulty in "Auditory Processing". Pass hearing tests but struggle with desriminating between multiple sounds/tunng out background noise etc.

[jimtheworzel]

i cant tell talk from mutter