The importance of music in ritual and ceremony

You know how the band keeps playing at graduation ceremonies and the like? There’s a reason for that. And it’s admirably demonstrated here, where the final, rather ridiculous “medal ceremony” at the end of Star Wars (“Well, we just blew up the Death Star on our doorstep, so the entire Imperial Navy is probably only moments away, so let’s gather everyone into one big room to stand around rather than pack up our crap and get the hell out of Dodge ASAFP”)  is reworked without the John  Williams score:

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