What a privilege it was for me to attend the World Science Festival The Art of the Score: The Mind, Music, and Moving Images, a co-presentation by World Science Festival and the New York Philharmonic. program discussion, which explored the role of music in motion pictures and how the brain processes this experience. Think back to when you were last in a movie theater as the lights were dimmed, sitting in anticipation of what would confront you through your senses for the next couple of hours. In the late 1980’s, I became so fascinated by the impact of movie soundtracks that it led me to devote a significant amount of my professional life to designing and carrying out research studies to enhance our understanding of this audio-visual relationship.