Well, of course, we have to hear from all of you. You see, I just got a 'well, this will fix everything!' soundbar to replace the home stereo setup I had running the various audio sources (TV out/Cable out/Laptop out etc.) and lo and behold - some things sounded much better, but a recent Hollywood Blockbuster did not. I'll not name it now, but we can 'war' about that 'tomorrow' if you'd like. I rode the volume button like crazy just to make the film watchable.

WHAT ARE YOUR PET PEEVE 'WORST MIXING IN A MOVIE' examples you'd vote on?

Let's hear it!
Cardamom

 

It was Tennet, wasn't it? It's always Tennet.

 

But a 50 db volume jump means suspense…. Just kidding I hate that so much.

 

I never really pay attention to newer films sounds (mixing/mastering wise) now, nor i enjoy watching any, sigh, to get the right level is already hard enough now. I don't know if these fuckers are going time travel back in time and somehow got too obsessed with dynamic range or anything, but the amount of level jumping out of nowhere is way too annoying. I also lost interest to watch new films on my hifi set now for the same reason. It is almost cringe sometimes the neighbour would think the people inside the house is killing each other.

Interested to see the answer here and wil definitely add them to the "never ever watch this" list.

 

Well, without a doubt, the most annoying sound mixing in Hollywood is to be found in porn.

You were talking about 50db in jump-scare movies? The exact same thing is happening ALL THE TIME in porn! The dynamic range is extremely annoying, and I'm sure my neighbours agree. I feel like a compressor, manually turning the volume knob up and down all the time while I actually should be doing other up and down movements. Gets me out of the flow every damn time.

If there are any Hollywood porn producers here, please, for the love of 'OH MY GOD', get your compression/dynamic range in order. Thank you from me and my neighbours.

 

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Totally agreed, it Defo was Tennet. Also the Score itself by Ludwig Göransson was totally overrated imo. If you ask me it there are a dozen composers out there that could have done way better. But as always if you have the right connections you get the job ...

 

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Musical Score https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Award_for_Worst_Musical_Score

I rarely have films that are so loud that the neighbor below me rings and complains. In order to understand the text, i.e. the language, I set it up so that I hear all of them well, works very well in 98 percent of the films. These 2% of the films are produced for the cinema, I think something like THX or 8 channels or something.
Dialogues are normal and the special effects sounds are totally over the top. Then turn the remote control down quickly, then the dialogue comes up again. Then turn the remote control down quickly, then the dialogue comes up again. Then turn the remote control down quickly then the dialogue comes back up again ......

 

As a remedy I suggest you watch Turkish tv series. Everything is ran through a dozen compressors at infinite ratio. EVERYTHING'S AT THE SAME VOLUME ALL THE TIME. I can't begin to tell you how tiring that is, and I only have to listen for a few hours per year when I visit family.

 

When you say "fuck it!" and don't use headphones for porn...
... and then you and your neighbors regret it

PS. Tenet, end of discussion. The fucker who mixed that was a sadist... I can't imagine the horror of watching that at the theater...