Am I the only one who wishes we could turn off the background music?

[moo_nieu]

it haunts my dreams.
mute please, nintendo i'll never time travel again i swear

 

[Holla]

I agree even though I don't mind the music personally. There are definitely times where I wish I could at least lower the volume of the music a little bit compared to the sound effects.

 

[Jam86]

i would love if we could turn the music off and just listen to the other sounds ♡

i used to love animal crossing music so much but the new horizons hourly music is pretty bad imo

 

[Yumei]

Yes!! At least this time 'round you can place music everywhere and supersede the bgm, though this does make me miss the music boxes/clam shells.
I've mentioned this before, but giving us the hourly tunes as KK songs would be rad. Now I want one called 's i l e n c e.' This also reminds me of the optional extra sounds in HHD~the traffic/nature/underwater and echo effects.

 

[marea]

I wish for this as well! I dont want the music but there are other sounds i want to keep instead of having to play on mute.

 

[amemome]

I'd love to adjust the sound balance. I rely on audio cues for balloons, stars, and scorpions/tarantulas so it would be really nice to be able to hear those things without my waterfalls blasting water sounds through the speakers.

 

[Feraligator]

If I could mute the music I would play other AC songs over it that I prefer.
I was honestly thinking of doing the unimaginable and swapping the music myself but I don't know if it's worth going through that much trouble just to change the music when I could just play at hours where I'm fine with the music (albeit not many...)

 

[visibleghost]

yeah, the sound is not important to me so i usually play the game with very low or no volume. i don't love the hourly music so yeah.

 

[smorris]

I'd love to have the option of turning the background music off. I do find it annoying at times.
When I got the game, it was the first thing I looked for and was surprised they still hadn't implemented that option.

 

[JKDOS]

A lot of problems I found with the music is mainly the stuff they play at night.
Some of the noon music (11am, 1pm, 3pm) is just boring. But the night music... Nearly all of it is rather very dull or it messes with my anxiety and stress levels.

8pm is not only annoying, but sounds out of place.
9pm is depressing and irritating.
10pm drives me insane.
11pm sounds like it has potential, but fails.
1am is like a migraine or worse. Let's say a fever dream.

There are some good ones that play at night though
7pm - I'm not a huge fan of 7pm, and it's really not that great compared to all the music in the game, but it does have some calming elements to it.
12am - this piece is calming and works well as a 12am song.
2am - very relaxing and calming. Absolutely beautiful

I'd really love to down turn or off the music most of the time and just listen to the wind rustle the leaves as I move around the island.

My December 2020 music tier

Spoiler

S- Love these
A- Great songs
B - Not bad.
C- A little boring/dull
D- Annoying and worse
F- Uh....Is this some kind of joke?

 

[Selky]

Nope, I def am one. I'm light and sound sensitive so, while I do enjoy the soundtrack, it does get very hard to hear nonstop. I also really would just enjoy a natural ambience for a better deserted island feel (water, bugs, birds, wind, thunder, rain). I hope eventually in the series they'll have a toggle feature for music like most games do now.

 

[ForgottenT]

The music in this game is like nails on a chalkboard to my ears, I also mostly play muted, and it's so sad, I loved the music in all of the previous games.
Except for the night time music, it's still nowhere near the previous games, but I like them.

 

[Romaki]

It would be nice if Nintendo added basic functions such as volume controllers for different things. I don't mind the music, but I feel some things can be too loud and, like, I don't even have a need to hear ocean waves constantly when I'm like hunting down a specific fish.

 

[Starboard]

1am is like a migraine or worse. Let's say a fever dream.

Wowww this surprised me, I actually like 1am! I think it sounds relaxing, like a sleepy night time stroll. I do agree that 2am is absolutely amazing and my favourite track. My other favourites are 1am, 5am, 10pm and 12pm. The rest are mostly "meh" for me. Maybe I used to like them more before I heard them a million times.

Edit: Except 2pm. That isn't meh, it's ARGH.

 

[JKDOS]

Wowww this surprised me, I actually like 1am! I think it sounds relaxing, like a sleepy night time stroll.

Isn't it neat how music effects us all differently?

 

[Croconaw]

The background music never bothered me. I usually turn the volume down though and listen to my own music. I have headphones in most of the time when I’m playing any video game.

 

[Moritz]

Honestly this isn't something I've ever considered.
I really like the soundtrack to this game so listening to the music is cool with me.

I can hear all the sound effects just fine. I've never had any issues hearing balloons, or the ocean, or my footsteps or whatever.
Sometime I cant hear shooting stars if I have my fan on, but that's me drowning out the noise so totally my fault.

I'm curious, for those who have a hard time hearing things over the music, do you plan on the TV? Because it could be the TV speakers causing the issue.

But ultimately, although for me it's not needed at all, I suppose it could be nice for those who take issue with the audio in the game.
(Although I'm 95% sure these options will never come)

 

[OLoveLy]

yes, i really don't like the background music when i play the game... (i always walk near the ocean to listen to the nature without the background music...) :B

 

[King koopa]

Eh, I don't mind the background music during the morning (8am is the best theme imo) but once it hits 2pm, I'd advise to turn down your volume because I don't know about everyone else, but 2pm is one of the louder, annoying themes to me.

 

[Starboard]

I hope they implement a mute button soon. So many games have that option so I'm not sure why some games refuse to add it. Like I don't understand the reasoning, especially if people ask for one. Unless you totally love the soundtrack it's a bit hard to listen to the same music loops for an hour every day. I'd like to be able to turn it off but still be able to hear ambient sounds, balloons and shooting stars.

And yes I always avoid 2pm because that song is just so grating I can't believe they greenlighted it as an hourly track!