{"id":2745,"date":"2012-02-01T17:25:57","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T07:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.msnaughty.com\/blog\/?p=2745"},"modified":"2012-02-01T17:25:57","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T07:25:57","slug":"boom-chicka-wow-wow-music-in-porn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/msnaughty.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/01\/boom-chicka-wow-wow-music-in-porn\/","title":{"rendered":"Boom Chicka Wow Wow: Music In Porn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/58yiJvGGye4\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m tits-deep in editing male masturbation scenes at present and currently feeling generally stressed about colour correction and exposure levels. Like you do. And then the other day I lost several hours perusing royalty-free music sites trying to find some ambient background music for a scene. Nothing seemed to fit. On a whim, I asked Twitter what people thought about music in porn.<\/p>\n<p>It seems the resounding answer is <em>no thanks<\/em>. From what I&#8217;m seeing, porn viewers can do without having music playing over the top of sex scenes. They would infinitely prefer to hear the sounds of sex &#8211; the oohs, aahs and sundry squelching &#8211; than listen to the director&#8217;s latest musical thang. I did a bit of Googling and found similar thoughts <a href=\"http:\/\/answers.yahoo.com\/question\/index?qid=20090114121555AAbHyzM\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/answers.yahoo.com\/question\/index?qid=20110330051735AAQOnlb\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.datalounge.com\/cgi-bin\/iowa\/ajax.html?t=9847266#page:showThread,9847266\">here<\/a>. Dutch women&#8217;s porn channel Dusk also said their surveys had found something similar. No music, thanks.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously this isn&#8217;t a universal thing &#8211; some people don&#8217;t mind music if it adds to the general buildup or atmosphere. And others are real fans of the old boom chicka wow wow 70s stuff (although <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wfmu.org\/freeform\/2009\/06\/how-dare-you-other-bloggers-look-at-the-title-of-my-post-here-in-the-typepad-program-before-it-goes-.html\">here&#8217;s a long rant against it<\/a>).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve used music in several of my porn scenes and I sometimes edit it into pre-existing non-exclusive porn clips. There&#8217;s a couple of reasons for using music. One is that it can add an extra emotional or dramatic element to a scene. I&#8217;ve got one male solo scene that&#8217;s been made moodier and more sensual thanks to a quiet backing track, one that could perhaps be described as an ambient drone. I&#8217;ve also seen indie porn scenes where the blaring rock song in the background helps to identify the location or the characters within the scene. In Petra Joy&#8217;s <em>The Female Voyeur<\/em>, the medieval orgy scene is made more exotic thanks to its intense, Middle-Eastern inspired soundtrack. In these cases the music rarely covers the sounds of sex; it&#8217;s there to complement rather than detract.<\/p>\n<p>The other reason for using music is to cover up cuts and dodgy sound. In some cases the director may be issuing orders in the background which tends to spoil the fantasy a little. I&#8217;ve seen some clips where there&#8217;s no natural sound at all, just the music.<\/p>\n<p>I can see why that would be annoying. And because many people listen to their own music while surfing &#8211; be it porn or something else &#8211; a standard backing track can be a hassle. It can also be jarring to have someone else&#8217;s musical taste inflicted on you.<\/p>\n<p>This little bit of research has been useful to me. I still want to use music when it&#8217;s appropriate and when it enhances the scene. But if most people aren&#8217;t that keen on it, I&#8217;ll be looking to edit more &#8220;natural&#8221; soundscapes from now on. If nothing else this will save time and money, and that&#8217;s always a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>By the way&#8230; is it Bow Chicka Wow Wow? Boom Chicka Wah Wah? Or Wakka Chikka Wakka Chicka? Whatever, I&#8217;ve included a vid of the classic 70s porn music above. Worth a listen just for the way Ron Jeremy talks about &#8220;a happy ass&#8221; at the start.<\/p>\n<p>In searching for an image for this post I&#8217;ve found numerous porn music albums on Amazon. So here they are:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000009HR9\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=streitseemlikeag&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000009HR9\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Porn music: Sex O Rama 2\" src=\"\/blogpics\/pornmusic01.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00003XARL\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=streitseemlikeag&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00003XARL\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Porn music: Porno Sonic\" src=\"\/blogpics\/pornmusic02.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004P1JGM8\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=streitseemlikeag&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B004P1JGM8\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Porn music: Inside Deep Note\" src=\"\/blogpics\/pornmusic03.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002D5Z9TW\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=streitseemlikeag&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B002D5Z9TW\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Porn music: Porno Groove\" src=\"\/blogpics\/pornmusic04.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/csr049\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Porn music: Wakka Chikka\" src=\"\/blogpics\/pornmusic05.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0006LY0MC\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=streitseemlikeag&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0006LY0MC\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Porn music: Deep Throat Anthology 1 and 2\" src=\"\/blogpics\/pornmusic06.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is porn better with or without music? It can add an emotional or dramatic element to a scene but it can also be distracting. There&#8217;s a long history of adult films featuring what we now know as &#8220;porno music&#8221;, sometimes known as &#8220;boom chicka wow wow&#8221;. <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/msnaughty.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/01\/boom-chicka-wow-wow-music-in-porn\/\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,14],"tags":[547,915],"class_list":["post-2745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-filmmaking","category-porn","tag-music","tag-porn"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/msnaughty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/msnaughty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/msnaughty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/msnaughty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/msnaughty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/msnaughty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/msnaughty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/msnaughty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/msnaughty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}