I love soundtracks to movies. Music that's designed to convey the mood at a specific point in the story, not just to sell something or get to the top 40. Music to invoke emotion in the listener.
I've had the soundtrack to the Lord of the Rings movies playing in the background while I eat dinner and make dinner for tomorrow (mmm... second day sauce). Not paying any attention to what was going on, I was suddenly overwhelmed with sadness and I'm sure that something was in my eye. It was the part from the movie when they were in Lothlorien and the elves were singing a lament for Gandalf.
Without thinking about the movie, without any visual cues, solely based on the music I felt so, so sad. That was what I was supposed to feel at that point in the story, to try and understand the bitterness and loss the characters were going through.
Now that's awesome music.
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