Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Instrumental Music In TV, Movies, Commercials, And Radio

By Mike Lightner

Instrumental music is everywhere. When you turn on your TV set, when you play any video games, in commercials, advertisements, in the movies, and a whole lot more. The ability for musicians to produce instrumental music is on the rise. Fast computers and new technologies allow anyone with a computer and access to the internet to make music and spread it across the globe. Our world loves to be entertained, this article will talk about instrumental music and its role in multimedia.

Instrumental music on TV is something that is becoming more and more popular. Whether it be for commercial or TV shows, there has been a large increase in instrumental music in the past 10 years. Many TV shows and commercials these days have instrumental music going on almost all the time. For instance, lots of the time during scene transitions there is instrumental music used and then it dies down once the dialog starts back up. Commercials tend to have background music playing that solidifies their brand and targets a certain demographic.

Instrumental music in movies is something that goes right a long with instrumentals in TV shows. When there is not loud gun shots and special effects, most viewers need some sort of audio stimulus to keep their attention. Of course this really depends on what type of movie you are watching. Instrumental music in movies comes in many different forms. It could be anything from an instrumental rock or pop song playing in a scene, or it could also be a more ambient instrumental piece offering background noise.

Instrumental music in video games also becoming more popular everyday. People want to be entertained and they want to be stimulated. Every video game has a different target audience and the video game makers put in music that they think this audience would like to listen to. In action games the music is loud and intense, in role playing games sometimes the music is really mellow. In many games there is just music playing the whole time, take for instance Tetris or Mario.

Instrumental music on the radio is not really that popular anymore. Popular culture tends to listen to top 50 music with vocals. Instrumental music on the radio is mostly on jazz or classical stations. It is not very common for any radio stations to play instrumental rock, rap, pop, or hip hop. However, there are a few other popular forms of instrumental music that can be found on some radio stations, such as techno and dub step.

In conclusion, instrumental music can be found in most types of multimedia today. This music comes in many shapes and forms. When you think about all the different music in the world that does not include vocals and lyrics, then you have an extremely wide range. We live in a world that loves multimedia and entertainment, instrumental music plays an integral part.

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