Footage got better by turning the sound off. I wonder if editors in general have poor taste in music or are simply trying to convey their excitement thru dub step background music.
In all I would propose fire as a viable way to kill it with.
Maybe it would have been better without sound, but calling something "awful" or of "poor taste" just because you don't like it is a bit much, especially for something as subjective and personal as musical taste.
I only mentioned it since I've recently seen a few wonderful videos ruined by the "wrong" type of music. I understand music is subjective, but if you've got a magnificent piece of video, it's just a shame to edit in a sound track to try to communicate how cool it is. Case and point, fast 80's music background music, which generally tells me the editors really miss the 80's. This particular video IMHO would have been much better with a more muted background noise level or at least a background where the peaks coordinate with the video (yes, being an video editor in my past life I know how time consuming that is).
EDIT: Assume only a visual feed was available, no audio.
That's a really broad claim. DO you have a source for this statement?
In this vein there's an amazing line from Man on The Moon when Kaufman refuses to let canned laughter be dubbed over his show: "That's dead people laughing! You know all those people they recorded are dead by now, right!?"
First, music is a very personal and subjective thing. There's a vanishingly small chance of a video having a song that causes me to discover a new artist that I enjoy, and a large chance I will be annoyed and immediately mute the video.
Second, and more importantly, using copyrighted music makes the video much more likely to be inaccessible on YouTube on mobile devices and tablets.
For drone videos in particular, of which I watch a lot, I vastly prefer just using the audio straight from the camera. Personally, I cut 12 decibels or so, to avoid rupturing the eardrums of viewers with headphones.
I get that techno is supposed to make you feel pumped and all but it distracted me way too much. Now had it been say Firestarter or something at least mildly related maybe but I like that song already. I don't mind it when I'm watching something like a compilation of stunts or whatever.
It came to mind due to the airborne / hostile environment combination...
This video was quite amazing to me. Hence I assumed the accompanying track to be in poor taste given the visual experience. I apologize if I have offended sensibilities by comparing glitch mob to dub step or techno, I shall promptly report to the closest rave to get back in touch (I think I feel something... Not).
FYI, your argument is ad hominem and hardly detracts or adds to my original observation (Wikipedia and HN discussion guidelines should help enlighten you on ad hominem argumentation if you happen to be out of touch with what that may mean)