[stcredzero]

There will be a number of younger folks who won't be able to relate to the humanity in older films, much as many younger folks aren't able to relate to melodically complex music. Some of them will get older, then change, however.

(p.s. fare)

[ArkyBeagle]

One thing I do to young people is show them things like "The Music Man" so they can't say they've never been exposed. They usually like it.

[erikpukinskis]

Sorry, I don't understand... Is it your understanding that music is getting less melodically complex?

[nine_k]

Compare a modern popular track to an almost arbitrary Baroque piece, and you'll easily come to this conclusion.

OTOH compare a modern popular track to a modern jazz track, or certain complicated rock tracks (see Dream Theater for example), and you'll likely conclude that it's popularity of simple things, not simplicity of modern things, at work.

(Edited: spelling.)

[stcredzero]

On the whole, no. However, there are recent genres that concentrate on things other than melody, with fan bases that aren't used to following involved melodies.