Music is the most scientific of the arts.
Thelonious Monk said, "All musicians are mathematicians." And music theory and geometry are truly inseparable, the Pythagoreans invented both at the same time. But he didn't go far enough.
Great musicians have to understand how their instruments communicate. That requires understanding acoustics, which is a form of physics.
Scientists manipulate reality to produce effects we can all observe, outside ourselves. Musicians manipulate reality to produce effects only observable by each person, inside.
Both disciplines can appear like magic. Both require discipline. Once in a while, someone comes along and nothing's the same afterward.
The two have falsifiability in common. Music can be compared externally, like science. There is an objective definition of correctness.
Art is the part that can't be compared. The feeling, the style.