"A painter paints his pictures on a canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence."

I quote Leopold Stokowski with the intention of expressing how much I enjoy the scoring, additional music and any other greatly composed sounds that accompany a film. I find it so amazing how background music adds to the off-beat, inspirational, blissful or poignancy (a new word I've recently learned which I just had to put in) of a particular movie scene that's being set. It conjures emotions that allow you to feel for people you've never known and relate with on-screen friends you've never had. Ahhh the wonder of film scores.

Music in films seem to have come quite a long way, from the days of silent cinema where the pianist would tinkle with the black and white keys, to full scale orchestras filled with sections of string, woodwind and percussion instruments (hence the term "Philharmonic" indicating a significant number of contributing artists, if my Wikipedia knowledge serves me right).

Remember the triumphant moment when Cuba Gooding Jr.'s character walks in a diving suit after his tragic accident and countless sessions physiotherapy? Or how about the leg braces falling off young Forest's legs after following the basic instructions yelled out by Jenny? Perhaps you're a fan of the off-beat/quirkiness provided by Kimya Dawson in the film Juno? Or maybe you'd recall the thrilling moment when Cobb and his crew have to return from a dream within a dream within a dream.... in Inception? Each of these scenes have such amazing sounds accompanying them, and they make the film so much more compelling and heartfelt.

Yes, I love a good soundtrack to a film. It makes it all-the-more entertaining. And Better. Yes. Better.