What If Some Movies Did Not Have Background Music?

[Spacescifi]

 

I well know the point of background music, it adds to the drama, and for some movies makes up for lackluster plot.

For example Tron Legacy I best remember as an extended music video. The original had more character and plot, even though the big bad was as generic as can be; everything else in the concept was executed well.

Interestingly, the original Tron had far less music, and was also more immersive for it I think.

So I am curious... take away ALL the background music to the last movie you saw and tell me how good it is now? Or if it was good at all?

It is my opinion that without music to lean on, it forces directors to have to compensate somehow... hopefully with better plot and acting.

The only music that can be retained is ACTUAL in movie music playing in the background that characters also hear.

 

So that totally eliminates epic sounding music like this playing as the heroes approach the villain's lair. Unless he is a total nerd who likes to blast that stuff on his speaker's outside his place.

 

So what now? Do you still like the last movie you saw?

 

 

Edited March 29, 2020 by Spacescifi

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1 minute ago, Spacescifi said:

So I am curious... take away ALL the background music to the last movie you saw and tell me how good it is now? Or if it was good at all?

 

I have a dream, actually. Remove all of Top Gun's soundtrack so we could enjoy the best music ever: those screaming P&W TF30.

 

 

4 minutes ago, Spacescifi said:

It is my opinion that without music to lean on, it forces directors to have to compensate somehow... hopefully with better plot and acting.

 

The worst example ever? Atlantic Rim*. It's just another terrible low-cost infamy from Asylum Production, BUT that movie is exceptional for one point. There is not a single second elapsing without a soundtrack playing. All along those 85 painful minutes, the viewer is going to endure some background music. 

*They obviously played with Pacific Rim's success to get more money from the stores, just like they did it with Snakes on a Train** at the time of Snakes on a Plane.

** The train is moving at a speed so slow, people on-board could simply jump from it, rather than being killed by snakes 

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