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Do you think soaps should incorporate background music into some scenes? |
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14 | 24.56% |
| No. |
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43 | 75.44% |
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Do you think soaps should incorporate background music into some scenes?
I don't watch neighbours but I heard they did it recently, and I'm pretty sure Emmerdale did it a few times around the time Val died. Obviously nothing excessive should happen, but do you think it'd be fit the soaps? Or should that kind of stuff be left to TV dramas?
Also, just to make it clear, I don't mean when the radio is playing in one of the soap cafe's. They just annoy me. |
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No. Hollyoaks does it all the time, and it's unwatchable.
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as in music instead of talking or music over talking?
either way no blooming thanks |
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Neighbours recently completely drowned out a dying man's final words to his baby daughter with Adele's caterwauling. So no.
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I think music can really make the scene. There's a song by sia played at the end of "six feet under". It still gives me chills when I hear it as it brings back memories of it
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No - leave that to Hollyoaks though!!
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No, if you want that watch Hollyoaks,
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No, no, and no again.
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I think on very rare occasions it can add emotion or tension to a scene, but usually only ones with little or no dialog.
A few years ago Emmerdale went through a spell of using incidental music in episodes, and a few times it worked really well, but then they started to overuse it and it didn't have the same effect. Watch from 13:10 in this video for one example of an Emmerdale (Christmas) episode which used music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSkTEQbeu6Y I am trying to find some examples from around the time of baby Daniel's death and the baby swap storyline but can't find the episodes I remember. |
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Absolutely not.
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I think on very rare occasions it can add emotion or tension to a scene, but usually only ones with little or no dialog.
A few years ago Emmerdale went through a spell of using incidental music in episodes, and a few times it worked really well, but then they started to overuse it and it didn't have the same effect. Watch from 13:10 in this video for one example of an Emmerdale (Christmas) episode which used music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSkTEQbeu6Y I am trying to find some examples from around the time of baby Daniel's death and the baby swap storyline but can't find the episodes I remember. BIB: Here's an example from the episode "Ashes to Ashes" - Baby Daniel's funeral in Emmerdale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NftuY43HU1Y All things bright and beautiful plays at the beginning. |
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I think music can really make the scene. There's a song by sia played at the end of "six feet under". It still gives me chills when I hear it as it brings back memories of it
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I think music works amazingly in soap trailers or if it's a scene where there's no dialogue but the overuse of it becomes meaningless as is the case on Hollyoaks imo.
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I think music can really make the scene. There's a song by sia played at the end of "six feet under". It still gives me chills when I hear it as it brings back memories of it
![]() In answer to the OP, yes, I think non-diegetic music can really complete an emotional scene but it needs to be used sparingly, and preferably not over characters talking. EE have in the last couple of years had a couple of episodes that have begun or ended with songs - like the sad one that played when Stan died (it's on the tip of my tongue but I can't remember what it was), and more recently Thank You For The Days for the montage at the start of Peggy's funeral episode, and I think they've worked well. |
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The US soaps have always (as far as I know) had background music and I have to say after watching the British soaps I think no music is the way to go. The music can distract from what is going on in the scene.
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Absolutely not unless there would actually music playing in real life. You don't have accompanying music if you have an emotional scene at home or when you go walking in the countryside or along the street.
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Home and Away always does it. It's obvious when something dramatic is about to happen as they up the tempo! 😂
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No; I can't stand it
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Home and Away always does it. It's obvious when something dramatic is about to happen as they up the tempo! 😂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcZozNYEkYs The ones nowadays are too harsh sounding and not very memorable. |
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I think Corrie tried it for Becky's leaving scene.....Katy Perry's "The One That Got Away" was playing from no obvious source
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Corrie did It for the the last episode of tram crash week, right at the very end. Starts at 7:57
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auVsdnuYtwY |
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Not unless it's appropriate like in a cafe or pub. Otherwise it's distracting and too loud at times so you can't hear the actors properly.
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Emmerdale went through a period in the mid-00s of using incidental music and it was, IIRC, nearly almost brilliant.
If done right, it's amazing; if done wrong, it's cringe. I think it's great when done well. I loved Corrie's use of U2 at the end of tram crash week, for example. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyJUt1oKYS4 |
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If done right, it's amazing; if done wrong, it's cringe. I think it's great when done well. I loved Corrie's use of U2 at the end of tram crash week, for example. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyJUt1oKYS4
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Only on rare occasions. Having said that, whenever EE seem to add music over a scene, it feels really cringed because they choose the wrong scenes to add it to in my opinion.
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