Footage got better by turning the sound off. I wonder if editors in general have poor taste in music or are simply trying to convey their excitement thru dub step background music.
Yes seriously, this was my first thought. The funny thing is that it isn't even dubstep. It is some kind of subgenre that seems to have been the trend for 2013/2014. It sounds like a microsoft surface commercial.
I coined the term "clubstep" for it. Looks like someone beat me to it [1].
I've also noted an alarming trend in latest sci-fi movies with this awful music being portrayed still being the hottest thing in clubs decades from now (Total Recall 2).
In all I would propose fire as a viable way to kill it with.
Does it really matter if it's dubstep or not? I happen to quite like whatever that was, but generally dislike most dubstep i've come across.
Maybe it would have been better without sound, but calling something "awful" or of "poor taste" just because you don't like it is a bit much, especially for something as subjective and personal as musical taste.
A valid observation. I actually like the music, independent of the video & I liked the video as well. Just felt that the music overwhelmed what was an otherwise great video to watch. The visual experience literally got better for me once I turned the sound off.
I only mentioned it since I've recently seen a few wonderful videos ruined by the "wrong" type of music. I understand music is subjective, but if you've got a magnificent piece of video, it's just a shame to edit in a sound track to try to communicate how cool it is. Case and point, fast 80's music background music, which generally tells me the editors really miss the 80's. This particular video IMHO would have been much better with a more muted background noise level or at least a background where the peaks coordinate with the video (yes, being an video editor in my past life I know how time consuming that is).
I would frankly like to hear the sounds of a spewing, gushing, burning volcano, even if it's underneath the (also very fun to listen to) sound of the drone itself and all the wind noise. It doesn't seem like a huge leap in intuition to realize that this would be exciting to hear even if the environment is noisy.
yeah I wouldn't say _Every_ but a very large majority most certainly are. I used to delight in ruining people's enjoyment of nature documentaries by pointing out that anything walking on snow is the sound of custard powder being crunched and twisted in a rubber glove! Yeah: I'm a bastard ;)
I like the growl that is administered to every video cat larger than a fat tabby. IF I ever hear that sound IRL, I won't be thinking cougar or bobcat, rather how to deter the jaguar from crushing my skull.
There is a soundbite used to dub over the top of replays in Premiership football as broadcast on terrestrial TV here in the UK. Once you notice it's exactly the same sound every time it's something you can never not notice and it's infuriating! There are a few whoops and screams in it that get me every time and make me cringe.
In this vein there's an amazing line from Man on The Moon when Kaufman refuses to let canned laughter be dubbed over his show: "That's dead people laughing! You know all those people they recorded are dead by now, right!?"
I would prefer that people uploaded their videos with no music, for two reasons.
First, music is a very personal and subjective thing. There's a vanishingly small chance of a video having a song that causes me to discover a new artist that I enjoy, and a large chance I will be annoyed and immediately mute the video.
Second, and more importantly, using copyrighted music makes the video much more likely to be inaccessible on YouTube on mobile devices and tablets.
For drone videos in particular, of which I watch a lot, I vastly prefer just using the audio straight from the camera. Personally, I cut 12 decibels or so, to avoid rupturing the eardrums of viewers with headphones.
I know I am not them but since you seem to want some data^H^H^H^H opinions.
I would exclude any songs with words. Probably something slower like Moonlight Sonata but I could see something like 1812 Overture being good (cannon shots and volcanoes).
I get that techno is supposed to make you feel pumped and all but it distracted me way too much. Now had it been say Firestarter or something at least mildly related maybe but I like that song already. I don't mind it when I'm watching something like a compilation of stunts or whatever.
Actually, I happen to like glitch mob, not for all occasions though. I wasn't referring to this video in particular but a string of armature videos (UAV ones as a matter of fact) that either featured techno/dub step/other high tempo music which overwhelmed the visual experience.
This video was quite amazing to me. Hence I assumed the accompanying track to be in poor taste given the visual experience. I apologize if I have offended sensibilities by comparing glitch mob to dub step or techno, I shall promptly report to the closest rave to get back in touch (I think I feel something... Not).
FYI, your argument is ad hominem and hardly detracts or adds to my original observation (Wikipedia and HN discussion guidelines should help enlighten you on ad hominem argumentation if you happen to be out of touch with what that may mean)
To be fair your response to OP was worthless to begin with. Nobody cares if you don't like the creator's taste in music. I can assure that the audio from a drone mounted gopro is worse than any music added in post production.
