THE ART OF ADULT – Music in Porn Today

Okay, I know what your thinking? Music in porn? Who cares, what difference does it make? I want to see the sex, I don’t care about the music. I understand that many feel like that and I respect that but the fact is that music has become a very important part of adult films, especially in the past few years. It doesn’t make any difference what the genre of films is, the music that gets added to films plays an important role. It has become so important that it has become a major part of the AVN awards and with other adult award factions as well.

The need for music, the style of music, the overall sound of the music has come a long way from the early days. Back then, for the most part, it was that heavy, pulsating bass like throbbing music that was in the background. Soon, no matter the movie they all began to sound the same and lent nothing to the story, the sex action or the film itself. But changes were coming once the TV parodies hit the market and took off. It was a big challenge but one that was met with great success in taking familiar TV show themes and incorporating them into these TV parodies.

Because of copyright infringements and potential lawsuits, the music of these familiar themes had to be changed just enough to make them legal but to also make them familiar and as close to the original as possible. The leader in this area was a former musician turned porn director, Jeff Mullen, aka Will Ryder. jeff spent hours recreating not only the theme music for the Tv parodies, but all of the incidental music as well. From “The Brady BunchXXX” to “M*A*S*HXXX” to “RockyXXX”, which Jeff says was his biggest music challenge, and all his other parody films, Jeff’s talent as a musician and arranger gave his films and even more authentic feel and he continues to do terrific work musically with every release.

In addition to Jeff Mullen, other directors like Axel Braun, Brad Armstrong, Jordan Septo and others reached into their creative bag of musical tricks to come up with just the right music, the right tempo, the right situations in their films to add the proper music and bring so much more to the films. Taking a parody like “Saturday Night FeverXXX or the “Rocki Whore Picture Show” required not only the instrumental music that fit the film, but coming up with original song lyrics, again to avoid legal issues on copyrights, an extremely tough job, but with the musical talent that is part of the adult industry these new sounds continue to be made.

It is not only with the parodies, but in the original films like “Fighter”, “Horizon”, “The Four”, “Pirates”, “Speed” and others where dramatic music and well constructed theme music is used throughout a film to highlight a scene whether it’s a dramatic or comedy scene or a hardcore sex scene. It is a major job for a porn film just as it is for a mainstream film. What is truly amazing is that where a mainstream film may use a full orchestra of 30-40 musicians, adult films may use as many as five! But with overdubs, creativity, and being able to use “public domain” pieces of music the film directors are able to have the best possible music put into their films to make them an even better all around production.

So next time you are viewing an adult film whether it’s a parody or an original keep in mind how much work went into creating that near perfect music you are hearing and what it adds to the overall movie. In today’s porn, the music is just as important to the success of the film as the sex and storyline. My congratulations to ALL of the music makers in porn who do an extraordinary job with their creative talents!

Art Koch, National Features & DVD Editor, NightMoves magazine and AAN

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