They are totally different forms of art. The cinema is the art of the motion picture. Plenty of emotion and atmosphere can be conjured up through visuals. It is ridiculous to claim that one medium is superior to the other at conveying emotion because that is entirely dependent on the experiencer.
A good example of how a score is definitely NOT needed to give a film great atmosphere and emotion is No Country For Old Men, which has virtually no non-diegetic music at all in the whole picture.
What's more, a great deal of emotions can be conveyed in a still picture, so what about a short 30-second moving one?
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