Why do different musical instruments evoke a certain emotion in TV / Films?

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For example, violins in a sad scene or a saxophone in an erotic scene. Why do we all respond to the same instrument in the same way?

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Partly evolutionary. There’s a lot of sounds that are just soothing that may mimic water flowing or how things would sound in the womb and then there’s intense sounds that mimic a heavy roar or thunder. And it’s partly cultural, different cultures do use different notes and something that sounds happy in one part of the world can sound sad in another.

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