Chion, here's a sound: BLOBOBOBOBOBBBL!!!!

I've always wondered how music/sound for a lot of people is very emotional. Certain notes and progression of notes tend to make people's emotions react to it. Some psychologists say that when we "feel music" or those few notes that "hit us" are because of deep rooted memories we have of sounds from the outside world bouncing off the womb before we were born. I feel that the right choice of music in a film can turn a good film into a great one. Music can be the soul of a piece because it works the emotions so strongly. When people have asked me hypothetical situations would you rather be blind or deaf and I always chose deaf. Sound is important in film but to me images speak much more volume than sound. I feel like the sound is the spice or the extra life to the film. Sound not only speaks to our emotions but also other parts of our psychology. The article talked about tempo and sound speed affects our behavior. Many restaurants will pace their music based on the type of service. For example fast food restaurants play fast paced music because it will cause people to eat faster and get them out quicker. I've thought that people's responses in movies has much to do with the music and how much it affected their emotions. There are so many other factors but people with very similar taste in films I feel music is the dividing line on how much they liked the movie. Everybody that can hear enjoys some type of sound on their own and theres no proven reason to why they like particular types of sound. Sound never has to explain itself, its just instantaneously explained when it enters your brain, a movie or book or painting you have to look at and somewhat try to understand it, but with a sound it's quicker, your reaction is almost immediately without having to interpret and form it into a meaning. It's hard to explain why people like certain notes in teh same order or certain sounds played in sequence next to each other but theres no exact explanation as to why that's appealing. Sound is personal. It is very individual. People debate all the time about what music is better or what sounds are better because it's so individual. You don't have to think when you hear music or sounds its a gut feeling, I feel that's why much scores are in the background but still has a big impact. I feel that sound especially sound that accompanies an image is like the backbone of the piece. Theres a certain type of validation that comes with an image and a fitting sound. The ability to hear is possibly for just defense and a tool to help hunt for food and somewhere along the line it got strung with emotion. And now it seems that the primary purpose of sound is to elicit an emotion then it serves a purpose: defend/hunt.