When I watched Tenet, the heavy load of music at the beginning literally stopped me from watching the entire movie three times no matter how hard I tried. And I thought it was something new for Christopher Nolan's movies until I rewatched Inception.

I didn't time it, but in my memory, the heavy background music pretty much went through their entire task to the end of the movie. In the scenes of chasing, fighting, talking or falling, the loud and heavy background music is everywhere. I understand the use of background music in the movies, but it's like salt in the food, a right amount can add so much great flavours into dishes, but the overuse completely ruins the appetite. They pretty much steal the show from other great elements like well-designed environment sounds, stunning shots, conversations, and even the performance of the actors. The scenes become dull and dry. The manipulative beats can hardly allow the audience to enjoy other details other than trying to give a heart attack to the audience.

I know the use of a heavy load of background music is super common in many movies, as they can improve movies a lot especially when their plots, shots or performance are not so good. But for Nolan, who got a brilliant idea, great story and best actors, I do expect him to do much better than just cooking with a heavy load of salt.