Rabbi Moshe Dovid Valle explains that the Leviim represent the aspect of din, of judgement and constriction. (This is a well-known Kabbalistic concept and the Leviim stand in this way in contrast to the Kohanim (Preists) who represent Chesed, the outpouring of God's goodness. I assume this is why it is Levi who is foremost in the killing out of the city of Schechem as din is his trait.) He explains then that the power of music is to uproot from a person the forces of din that are plaguing him and leave him free to experience life in a more expansive state.
I guess this is why we find music played for King Shaul as well as the Prophet Elisha at times when they were in a down state.
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