Taste of Cinema's 10 of the Most Powerful Uses of Music in Cinema

"Music has the tremendous ability of evoking feeling from within our innermost depths. It can induce longing, passion, and strength. It can even defy articulation. Music is uniquely visceral. Whereas much of cinema's arsenal operates on the basis of arousing the intellect, music arouses the soul. It can pierce the deepest of psyches and strike a chord on a widespread level that perhaps other arts cannot so readily do. A carefully placed piece of music can beguile the emotions and express meaning in an almost overwhelming manner. In this list we turn to ten distinctly powerful examples of music in cinema. These will largely be diegetic in character due to the fact that their diegetic nature gives priority and focus to the music. These ten films show us how music and its unique powers, can express feeling and develop a thematic narrative." - tasteofcinema.com