The article critiques the soundtracks of 'Love Is Blind', highlighting how music choices can deepen emotional connections for viewers. Music supervisor Jon Ernst aims for cues that gradually build emotional intensity, often aligning with character developments. While Season 8 attempts a mainstream pop vibe suggesting hopeful romances, it has been perceived as overly safe and detracting from the show’s charm. The writer questions their own reactions to the soundtrack, contemplating whether the corporate influences undermine their engagement with the series.
In one sense, Season 8's sweeping mainstream pop numbers feel appropriate for a season that seemed like it might yield a healthy amount of long-lasting marriages for Love Is Blind, thus fulfilling the show's promise that two conventionally un-fugly people can fall madly in love from behind a wall.
In the past, Coelen has said he wants the soundtrack to 'speak to and support the feelings that the people in the show are experiencing.' Case in point: Season 1's couple's retreat opens with singer Tom Bromley's plaintive cut 'In Soft Focus'.
Music supervisor Jon Ernst told the L.A. Times he opts for music cues that build from a quiet intro into a 'massive emotional chorus.' Apparently, so do I.
What's wrong with me? Am I a victim of the corporate romance-industrial complex? Maybe I'd appreciate this season's loving soundtrack more if I felt more invested in the couples, a la Season 4's Brett and Tiffany or Zack and Bliss.
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