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Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Film Music Censorship!!!
This has to be one of the funniest and most worrying music news items I've read for a while :
"The power of film music has led British film censors to tell the producers of The Da Vinci Code movie to tone down the soundtrack if they want the film to get a '12A' rating.
The BBFC said that the level of tension and volume in the sound mix of Hans Zimmer’s score would result in the film getting a '15' classification if changes weren’t made.
The censors were worried that the music would be too intense for young children. The producers have now made the changes in order to get the film a '12A' rating."
(For original story on the ClassicFM website, click here)
In all seriousness : a board of censors have now taken it upon themselves to decide what film scores are appropriate or not for children to listen to? Remember, we're not talking about songs or raps containing obscene language and we're not talking about 'garage' or trance tracks with reference to external drug cultures. These people are seriously trying to censor orchestral scoring on the grounds that the music is too loud and tense to be suitable for children.
Did I stumble into a time-warp? This is the year 2006, is it not?!?
"The power of film music has led British film censors to tell the producers of The Da Vinci Code movie to tone down the soundtrack if they want the film to get a '12A' rating.
The BBFC said that the level of tension and volume in the sound mix of Hans Zimmer’s score would result in the film getting a '15' classification if changes weren’t made.
The censors were worried that the music would be too intense for young children. The producers have now made the changes in order to get the film a '12A' rating."
(For original story on the ClassicFM website, click here)
In all seriousness : a board of censors have now taken it upon themselves to decide what film scores are appropriate or not for children to listen to? Remember, we're not talking about songs or raps containing obscene language and we're not talking about 'garage' or trance tracks with reference to external drug cultures. These people are seriously trying to censor orchestral scoring on the grounds that the music is too loud and tense to be suitable for children.
Did I stumble into a time-warp? This is the year 2006, is it not?!?
