Discussion Music can enhance our reading experience.. or is it not?

As you guys know, we won't be here if we dislike novels.
And what is better than reading a novel? Listening to a matching music, while reading the novel!
Or at least, that's what I think.

Like, listening to Chinese traditional music, while reading Xianxia.
or, Listening to a sci-fi themed music, while reading sci-fi stories.
You guys know what I meant~

But, some people dislike having music as it is very distracting. Not to mention that not every moment on the novel could be fitted with a single or two music, but also constantly changing the music in midst of your reading is very disruptive to the reading experience.

But, In my opinion, there are some music that is very fitting for one theme of reading experience! one-of-a-kind-of-music-fits-all-type for the same theme!
And currently hunting for such kind of music on youtube! It's not easy to find though.

The only downside of such music is that you'll be tired of such theme fast, because you'll be hearing it over and over. So, you'll need a large amount of such music to keep yourself for being tired of it.

Since I'm a gamer as well, I have a lot of game ost collections, so here's a few example what I feel fitting to what I'm talking about:

1. Digital/Futuristic sci-fi theme:


2. Detective/Police/Investigation theme:


3. Epic fights theme:


4.Mysterious place/Unknown place theme:


5. MC's Struggle/Shounen theme:


6. The start of a journey/Adventure theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBXo_1CM-Qs

7. Gunslinger/Agent theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4g3yAG0m_U

8. Assassin theme/Medieval theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0HZaNzvFyk

9. Xianxia theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EofWyMJUHk

10. Pirates/Caribbean theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWmmpo5OsC8

So, what do you think? Do the musics above have the potential for what I'm talking about?
Btw, if you have any recommends, gimme the link
Thx for reading my thread!

 

Nightcore for the quick skim through xianxia.

 

If the part in the novel requires a lot of 'digestion', no music is best music.

Other than that, as you said.

 

Once I start reading I zone everything else out. I play it most of the time otherwise.

 

Romance/heartbreak mood~

 

That moment when the MC is reawakened after being cornered, and he's charging uo his power before engaged in an epic destructive physical combat, destroying everything around them while battling

 

I use ambient sound rather than music

 

That's blasphemy

Ohhh~ I also did that sometimes. Especially when there's a lot of material for thinking in Mystery or Detective novel. Novels that have a lot of depth in it.

Me too! I will only stop when the story's arc ended or the climax ended as well. But the music is important to build up the 'zone' easier!

Ugh ;-; I hate sad music, but I can't deny it's the perfect music for romance novels.

It would be perfect if there's no vocal metal sounds ;-; I dunno why, but I dislike having a vocal on the music for reading. It's easy to feel distracted for me.

Why didn't I think of that before Holy shit, I'll try it next time on my reading session.
... I feel dumb sometimes. Thx for the suggestion, mate xd

 

Oh yeah I forgot about that. Like having rainy mood in the background when I'm sleeping too.

 

If I'm reading a light novel and it already has an anime adaptation. I'm definitely playing its anime soundtrack in that particular scene or chapter. It makes the canon even MORE CANON!

 

I doubt music from the classic film "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans" will enhance @Ai chan's experience reading a yuri/GL doujinshi.

 

Well.... I really doubt that as well, sir.
You have a peculiar taste though.

 

It's distracting cause i will have an urge to hum or sing along

 

I usually just play some song I like at the time on a loop. Just playing one song over and over makes it harder to get distracted since the song gets more and more predictable as you listen to it more and it just fades into the background.

Then when I listen to that song later, without the book, I feel big nostalgia for the time when I was reading the book.

For example, I just recently rediscovered a song I had listened to when reading part of Monarch of Evernight. When I listen to it now I get vivid flashbacks to the emotions I felt during that part of the book.

 

That's basically what I felt as well! I guess that's one reason why I always using the same music for the same book.

 

Music distracts me too much, so I don't hear it while reading...

 

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  It premiered 2 weeks before the first full-length talkie/semi-talkie (to be eligible for an Oscar, a feature film has to be at least 40 min.) "The Jazz Singer".

 

music can remind me with some scene if it was coincidence played when this cat read~ similarly music piece may remind me with some scene this cat have read before~
that's all

 

Probably.... well since listening to music ( mostly classical) has already became my habit whenever I’m studying. I don’t really know if it applies to reading a book since I’ve never tried.

 

Here, when I say book I meant novels!!!