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Why does some music make us sad?

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The Power of Music to Give People Chills

There aren't a huge number of published studies into musical chills but they're multiplying. Scott is testing whether removing certain features of these songs takes away their power to give people chills. He's hoping that he might be able to zoom in on exactly which bits of which songs might be affecting people in this way. But what about someone who puts music together rather than takes it apart? My name's Alex Heffers. I'm a film composer. I'm known for a film called The Last King of Scotland. Our documentary is like touching the void about the famous climbing incident that happened or even action films like Escape Plan with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Stallone. We met Alex at his recording

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