A Musical Backdrop

Sometimes I feel like there should be a "musical backdrop" to life.  You know, like in the movies, where each dramatic scene is punctuated by a musical theme.  But in reality, the music isn't there....or is it?  I am sometimes deeply moved by a church service where the music is really good.  But take way the music and what do you have left?  Would the "spirit" still be stirring the folks, or would the dead silence serve to kill the mood?  We seem to be creatures created with an innate need for melody.  Of course, those melodies differ widely from one to another, now don't they?  I was watching one of my favorite all-time movies this morning, Mr. Holland's Opus, starring Richard Dreyfuss.  It is one of those movies that always "gets me" no matter how many times I see it.  The concluding scene is one of the most inspirational moments of any movie that I have seen in my lifetime.  And what is so stirring about it?  The music.  Mr. Holland taught a deep appreciation of music to his students and it changed their lives in dramatic ways.  His most famous symphony was the one he composed in the lives of his students over his 30 years of teaching music.  The pragmatic things that we need to know to "get by" in this life serve to satisfy our needs, like a roof over our heads and food in our stomachs.  But they are insufficient to satisfy the needs that reside in our hearts.  We need music, among other non-pragmatic things, for that.  I guess we really do need a musical backdrop to our lives.  One that changes melody to suite the current situation.  I am sure you have heard the philosophical question posed that if a tree falls in the woods with no one present, does it make a sound?  I will pose an even deeper question, in a world without music, is there life?  I guess it all depends on how you define that word..."life"....now doesn't it?