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

[Moritz]

I went on the game today and paid extra attention to things like my footsteps.
I can hear them louder than the music.
Genuinely confused now as to why people are saying they can't hear it over the music.

 

[Goldenapple]

Reminds me of this video. Timestamp is at 3:58! There's also a part two here.

 

[JKDOS]

hourly music is something you have to unlock first!!? that's ridiculous??? and to answer op's question, i tottally agree. i haven't unlocked the hourly music yet, but if it were a feature, i would totally mute it if i could. new horizon's music is just so....nah

it unlocks with the grand opening of the Town Hall. Before that, although it can be annoying, the prologue music plays, which is very chill and relaxing.

 

[Corrie]

I fully agree. The hourly music in New Horizons is atrocious and grates on my nerves. I'd love to be able to turn it off but still hear the other in game sound effects.

 

[Che5hire Cat]

Still wondering to this day why there isn't a option to turn off the background music, other games already offer this for a while. Compared to the previous titles, I'm honestly not such a big fan of NH's soundtrack, it becomes too annoying and stale over time to a point where I just lower the volume on the Switch and listening to music on YouTube. Not sure how high the chances are for an update that adds the possibility to turn of the music, but I would welcome it with open arms if they ever would add it.