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Bato discusses how certain musical phrases or progressions—like a descending major chord resolving into a minor or a minor ninth resolving to a major seventh—can create emotional tension and release without relying solely on traditional consonance.
He points out that music like the iconic James Bond soundtrack from Spectre, composed by Thomas Newman, employs subtle harmonic shifts (such as E add9 resolving to E minor) that are emotionally rich and resonant, yet not overtly dissonant or harsh.
This illustrates that emotional potency does not depend solely on dissonance; rather, it arises from the interplay of harmonic relationships and listener familiarity.