Why do the adult film producers play music with their p**n videos?

Question

I would just like to know why, as it is often a bad taste in music and sounds like elevator music.

Answer 1

In a lot of cases, they choose to play music because without it, it sounds really weird and funny (just the way a mainstream movie without one also sounds).  It's like comedy without laugh tracks . . . we expect to hear something to fill in the silence and set the mood.

It may also be for the following reasons:

* It helps hide bad sounds in the video.  Since the majority of productions don't have the biggest budgets or most skilled workers, the audio tracks are often filled with little minutiae of sounds- camera shutters clicking, coaching, a director's cough in the background, sometimes the sound of traffic nearby, that sort of thing.  Without expensive equipment to filter that sound out (while keeping the good sounds), it's easier to cover it up with music tracks.

The music usually sounds so cheesy for a couple of reasons:

* No reputable, mainstream music producers will license their work out to p**n videos, so p**n producers are up the creek without a paddle, looking for whatever they can get or make themselves.  Hence it occasionally sucks.

* Often, music tracks are chosen before the scene is shot, so it is difficult/impossible to get a piece of music that accurately hits the same lows and highs of the videography.  Putting in lyrics, chords, bridges, and all that would mess up the flow, so you get that elevator muzak sound- repetitive and boring.

And lastly, nobody complains about it.  If people sent a big message to producers by not buying films with poor music, they might get some change.  But as it is, it doesn't inconvenience enough people, so producers will continue to take the easy and cheap route with bad music.

Hope that helps!

Answer 2

Maybe to hide the sloppy sounds? Is much about p**n in good taste? ;)