type: documentary

scene: Opening: elder invited to let music evoke memories

speakers: Elder Interviewer

text: I’ve forgotten so much… Let the music take you back.

emotion: sadness

emotion_trigger: music

emotion_source: heuristic

source: Alive Inside (2014)


scene: Henry with music—awakening

text: On hearing gospel and Cab Calloway, Henry lifts his head, sings, and reminisces.

emotion: joy

emotion_source: zero-shot


scene: Drugs vs. iPods critique

text: Prescribing costly antidepressants is easy; funding a $40 personal music system is hard in today’s system.

emotion: anger


scene: Marylou—Beach Boys ignition

speakers: Marylou Dan

text: Hearing ‘I Get Around,’ Marylou whoops, laughs, and weeps with joy—‘best thing I’ve ever had.’


scene: John—former singer reawakens

speakers: John Staff

text: With big-band standards, John’s voice returns; he cries, then calls the unit his ‘gang.’

emotion: warmth