Music cliches you're getting sick of (esp on TV/in movies)

Trollheart · 08-15-2012, 08:29 AM

It's driving me mad how many different TV shows (especially game/reality shows) and movies are now using the same (or same-sounding) choral vocal effects to "trailer" things. You know the ones: short, stabbed synth chords, and a choir (or effect) going like "AH-AH-AH-AAAAAAH!" really loudly.

Also, the practice of is it pitch-bending or something on a synth, in a TV show where the tension is being built up, usually right at the end of a cliffhanger or even season of a show. Drives me mad! I'm sure you know the sort of thing, happens in almost every "cliffhanger" or dramatic scene.

Nothing original seems to happen in TV music these days. Anyone else got any cliches in music/TV they hate? No? Just me then...

08-15-2012, 08:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Music cliches you're getting sick of (esp on TV/in movies) It's driving me mad how many different TV shows (especially game/reality shows) and movies are now using the same (or same-sounding) choral vocal effects to "trailer" things. You know the ones: short, stabbed synth chords, and a choir (or effect) going like "AH-AH-AH-AAAAAAH!" really loudly. Also, the practice of is it pitch-bending or something on a synth, in a TV show where the tension is being built up, usually right at the end of a cliffhanger or even season of a show. Drives me mad! I'm sure you know the sort of thing, happens in almost every "cliffhanger" or dramatic scene. Nothing original seems to happen in TV music these days. Anyone else got any cliches in music/TV they hate? No? Just me then... __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018