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 Intrada releases Back To The Future! |
| Posted by BigMacGyver - 11-24-09 00:08 - 14 comments |
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| QUOTE | BACK TO THE FUTURE (2 CD SET)
Label: Intrada Special Collection Volume 117
Date: 1985
Tracks: 39
Time = 89:08
Wow! At last! Alan Silvestri's complete orchestral soundtrack for legendary Robert Zemeckis movie, released by Universal, produced by Steven Spielberg, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd. Spectacular 2-CD set offers every cue Silvestri fashioned for landmark movie, presented from complete multi-track scoring session masters. CD 1 features now-iconic score used in movie. (Songs can be found on MCA label release.) But there's more! Many film fans know movie underwent changes in lead actor & serious tone of initial production. Find out now how Silvestri made changes as well! CD 2 presents early sessions featuring entire score Silvestri recorded before re-scoring with now-familiar one. Early version features darker, more serious tone in music than final version. Cool alternate scoring highlight: powerful trombone chords for initial version of Marty arriving in "Peabody Barn". Another powerful highlight: lengthy, intense action music for "George To The Rescue". Highlighting both discs, of course: early and final versions of complete "Clocktower" sequence, a genuine cinema-scoring milestone. Authoritative notes by Michael Matessino on background of production, scoring details, session dates plus great color stills complete package. Both early version and familiar "famous" version of score offer non-stop excitement! Alan Silvestri conducts. Note: While this is a limited release, we don't want anyone to miss out on this important album. For that reason, we are electing not to specify a quantity, but our Agreement allows us to exceed the usual 3000 limit. There should be more than enough to go around! |
Intrada Special Collection: Back To The FutureComplete Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 01. Logo 0:20 02. DeLorean Reveal 0:46 Hear This Track 03. Einstein Disintegrated 1:22 Hear This Track 04. ’85 Twin Pines Mall 4:43 Hear This Track 05. Peabody Barn; Marty Ditches DeLorean 3:09 06. ’55 Town Square 1:18 07. Lorraine’s Bedroom 0:47 08. Retrieve DeLorean 1:15 09. 1.21 Jigowatts 1:37 10. The Picture 1:09 11. Picture Fades 0:17 12. Skateboard Chase 1:39 13. Marty’s Letter 1:20 14. George To The Rescue – Pt. 1 0:50 15. Marvin Be-Bop 2:25 16. George To The Rescue – Pt. 2 2:34 Hear This Track 17. Tension; The Kiss 1:33 18. Goodnight Marty 1:31 19. It’s Been Educational; Clocktower 10:30 Hear This Track 20. Helicopter 0:19 21. ’85 Lone Pine Mall 3:46 Hear This Track 22. 4 x 4 0:40 23. Doc Returns 1:14 24. Back To The Future (End Credits) 3:16 Hear This Track CD 1 Total Time 49:24 The Creation Of A Classic... Alternate Early Sessions 01. DeLorean Reveal 0:40 02. Einstein Disintegrated 1:25 03. Peabody Barn 2:17 Hear This Track 04. Marty Ditches DeLorean 1:56 05. ’55 Town Square #1 (Trumpet Open) 1:35 06. ’55 Town Square #2 (Trumpet Mute) 1:35 07. Retrieve DeLorean 1:16 08. 1.21 Jigowatts 1:36 09. The Picture 1:08 10. Skateboard Chase 1:40 11. George To The Rescue 4:13 Hear This Track 12. Tension; The Kiss 1:42 13. Clocktower 11:02 Hear This Track 14. ’85 Lone Pine Mall 3:50 15. Doc Returns 1:19 Alternate Scoring Session Time = 37:41 Bonus Tracks Unused Source Cue From The Scoring Sessions 16. Ling Ting Ring 2:01 Total Time = 15:25 CD 2 Total Time = 39:44 This is so amazing and totally unexpected! Intrada is the best label ever! I love them! This is a dream come true!  |
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| Cast Away Theme - Filming of the Orchestra |
| Posted by hotflowerpot - 11-16-09 18:37 - 0 comments |
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The music is so moving. I so want to SEE the orchestra playing the Cast Away theme. Does anyone know if it was video taped? What orchestra he used and if they may have taped it beyond just the audio? I want to see it so that I can figure out if I picked out the instruments in my head correctly...I do this when I feel music.
Also...anybody have any luck on finding or making sheet music for this score?
Thanks everyone!!! U can email me direct at hotflowerbox@yahoo.com with replies |
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| The best Silvestri score of 2009 |
| Posted by BigMacGyver - 11-3-09 09:49 - 0 comments |
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It has been an interesting year for us Silvestri fans. 3 new scores and one original song for hannah montana: the movie. In may, a wonderful album has been released of alans score for the night at the museum sequel, his powerhouse music for g.i. joe has been released on a lengthy album with questionable sound quality and his most recent work for a christmas carol is now available as a digital download.
Now you can choose your favorite.
Mine is definitely a christmas carol. NatM 2 is way too temp-tracky and unoriginal for my taste, so it was almost a tie between g.i. joe and christmas carol. But A Christmas Carol captures the charme of the "old" silvestri style so beautifully and with so many great ideas that its clearly my winner. This is the silvestri i want to hear, even though G.I. Joe also turned out very well. |
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| Flight of the Navigator |
| Posted by whitty - 10-3-09 09:32 - 0 comments |
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I am seeking the music cd of the Flight of the Navigator Alan produced around 1980s, excellent movie and also I hear that there is a new Flight of the Navigator 2009 or later edition going to be released...
is this true? |
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| mostra Alan Silvestri un Piemontese a Hollywood |
| Posted by Tiziano - 09-24-09 15:46 - 3 comments |
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sorry for italian language.... ;-)
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Castell’Alfero (Asti - Italia) si conferma un paese a vocazione cinematografica per onorare il proprio Cittadino Onorario Alan Silvestri, musicista americano specializzato nella composizione di colonne sonore di notissimi film e telefilm, la cui nonna Eugenia era nata proprio nel comune astigiano.
Sabato 5 settembre 2009 ha infatti aperto nella Galleria degli Ordini del Castello castellalferese l’interessante Mostra antologica cinematografica internazionale ALAN SILVESTRI UN PIEMONTESE A HOLLYWOOD, giunta quest’anno alla quarta edizione.
Notevole il passo avanti dell’edizione 2009: in esposizione le locandine o poster cinematografici di tutti i film e telefilm dal lontano 1972, anno in cui uscì il primo film musicato da Silvestri LA GANG DEI DOBERMAN, sino ai due ultimi film in uscita in questo fine 2009, G.I. JOE – LA NASCITA DEI COBRA (al cinema dall’11 settembre) ed A CHRISTMAS CAROL che sarà nelle sale cinematografiche statunitensi dal 6 novembre, mentre in Italia lo si vedrà dal 27 novembre.
Oltre 500 pezzi tra locandine cinematografiche (98), album musicali in cd o vinile (oltre 140), film in dvd, vhs e vcd (oltre 200), libri (14) ed altro materiale. Numerose anche le foto (più di 70, oltre a due ampi album fotografici).
L’imponente carriera cine-musicale di Silvestri è completamente evidenziata dai 95 poster che in ordine cronologico danno corpo ad una filmografia che comprende da ogni genere di pellicola (commedie, animazione, drammatici, polizieschi, horror, western, fantascienza…) ed è costellata da ottimi film, molti dei quali di indiscusso successo e notorietà.
Guardando le locandine esposte si va dalla Gang dei Doberman, musicata nel 1972 con Bradford Craig, passando per i telefilm Chips, Starsky & Hutch e Manimal, per arrivare ai film Ritorno al Futuro (la trilogia), Predator, Chi ha incastrato Roger Rabbit, Il padre della sposa, Guardia del corpo, Forrest Gump, L’eliminatore, Contact, Stuart Little, Cast Away, La mummia: il ritorno, Lilo & Stitch, Lara Croft Tomb Raider 2, Van Helsing, Polar Express, Una notte al museo, La leggenda di Beowulf, G.I. Joe – la nascita dei Cobra per finire con la pellicola A Christmas Carol, nei cinema dal prossimo 27 novembre, con un poster promozionale giunto dall’Inghilterra.
In 16 bacheche sono esposti rispettivamente il cd della colonna sonora, il dvd e la vhs di ciascuno dei film o telefilm “silvestriani, con una breve didascalia che contiene anno di uscita, titolo italiano ed originale inglese, regista ed attori principali, oltre che l’elenco dei materiali esposti nella mostra per ogni singola pellicola.
I pezzi esposti giungono da molti continenti: Oceania (Australia), Asia (Giappone, Cina, Taiwan, Singapore, Filippine, Thailandia), America (Argentina, Stati Uniti, Canada, Messico), Europa (Francia, Spagna, Svezia, Germania, Polonia, Belgio, Irlanda, Inghilterra, Svizzera, Austria, Italia).
I materiali sono stati reperiti principalmente tramite acquisti online su siti specializzati quali Ebay, su cui è stato acquistato circa il 50% del materiale, Priceminister, Amazon, Gemm.
Molti pezzi sono rarità che si possono trovare solamente sul mercato dell’usato, tenendo conto che alcun film non sono mai usciti sul mercato italiano oppure nelle sale cinematografiche, ma solo in vhs o dvd.
Una nota particolare merita la discografia: tanti gli album ufficiali delle colonne sonore, talvolta anche con due o più album dello stesso film o telefilm, ma molte sono anche le raccolte non ufficiali, i cosiddetti “bootleg”, tramite le quali sono state pubblicate musiche mai inserite in alcun cd, pur se senza dubbio meritevoli.
Da metetre in evidenzaegnalare le copie pubblicate in tirature limitare (300, 500, 1000, 2000 e 3000 copie) oppure i cd promo che possono talvolta raggiungere quotazioni ragguardevoli tra i collezionisti.
Notevole il contributo alla mostra dato personalmente da Alan Silvestri che, oltre ad averla visitata con la propria Famiglia nel 2007, ha donato in più riprese materiali (cd, poster, riviste) e l’ha impreziosita autografando molti dei pezzi esposti.
Da segnalare che il progetto Alan Silvestri un piemontese a Hollywood 2009, del quale la mostra antologica fa parte integrante, si avvale del patrocinio della Regione Piemonte, del Museo Nazionale del cinema di Torino, dell’Associazione Piemontesi nel mondo, del Museo Regionale dell’emigrazione piemontese e della fattiva collaborazione di Colonne Sonore, Century Fox Italia, Biennale di Venezia, la casa discografica Fma, la Filarmonica Felettese che hanno donato vari materiali.
Menzione particolare al critico musicale romano Giuliano Tomassacci che collabora con la Mostra sin dalla sua prima edizione del 2006, il quale ha fornito i testi delle trame e del commento alle colonne sonore che sono a lato di ciascun poster cinematografico, oltre ai video di introduzione alla visione dei film delle Rassegne cinematografiche castellalferesi dedicate a Silvestri.
In esposizione anche una vetrinetta che contiene il contributo silvestriano alla filmografia della Walt Disney (Navigator, Chi ha incastrato Roger Rabbit?, Genitori in trappola, Lilo & Stitch, Uno zoo in fuga, Hannah Montana the movie, A Christmas Carol), con materiali forniti dal collezionista disneyano Alessandro Scaglione.
Fantastica sarebbe stata quest’anno la presenza a Castell’Alfero di Alan e Sandra Silvestri, prevista per fine settembre, ma poi cancellata per problematiche legate all’inserimento di nuove scene nell’atteso film targato Disney A Christmas Carol di Robert Zemeckis, fattore che comporta il rifacimento di varie parti della colonna sonora già composta da Silvestri. Cancellato dunque il viaggio di 15 giorni in Italia, che prevedeva per il 30 settembre una lezione di Alan sulle Colonne Sonore presso l’Aula Magna dell’Università di Torino.
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Questi gli orari di apertura della Mostra ALAN SILVESTRI, UN PIEMONTESE A HOLLYWOOD:
dal 5 all'8 settembre 2009
- dalle 21.00 alle 24.00
dal 9 settembre all'11 ottobre
- dal lunedì al sabato dalle 9.30 alle 12.00
aperture straordinarie:
- domenica 13 settembre in occasione di Castelli Aperti durante le visite guidate, con partenza ore 15.30 - 16.30 e 17.30
- venerdì 18 settembre in occasione della Cena Propiziatoria dalle 20.00 alle 22.00
- venerdì 25 settembre in occasione della presentazione del libro VOCI PIEMONTESI dalle ore 20.30 alle 24.00
- sabato 26 settembre in occasione della presentazione del dvd EMIGRAZIONE PIEMONTESE NEGLI USA dalle ore 20.30 alle 24.00
- domenica 27 settembre in occasione di Castelli Aperti durante le visite guidate, con partenza ore 15.30 - 16.30 e 17.30
- sabato 3 ottobre in occasione della presentazione del libro I SAPORI DELLE MIE TERRE dalle ore 19.30 alle 21.00
- sabato 10 ottobre in occasione della presentazione del libro TEMPI DI DONNA dalle ore 20.30 alle 24.00
- domenica 11 ottobre in occasione di Castelli Aperti durante le visite guidate, con partenza ore 15.30 - 16.30 e 17.30
In altri orari su appuntamento.
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Qui l'elenco di tutti i 500 materiali esposti nella mostra Alan Silvestri un Piemontese a Hollywood 2009:
cd, dvd, vhs, vcd, ld, lp ecc. ecc. legati ad ogni singoli film e telefilm:
http://www.castellalfero.net/public/x/modu...cle.php?lid=575
altri materiali libri, album musicali ecc
http://www.castellalfero.net/public/x/modu...cle.php?lid=574
il comunicato stampa:
http://www.castellalfero.net/public/x/modu...cle.php?lid=573
l'intero progetto ALAN SILVESTRI UN PIEMONTESE A HOLLYWOOD edizione 2009:
http://www.castellalfero.net/public/x/modu...cle.php?lid=550 |
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| Yellow Submarine (remake) |
| Posted by BigMacGyver - 09-12-09 10:55 - 1 comments |
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At disney's d23 there was a press release about what will be zemeckis' next movie. Read more at aintitcool.com
Sad in a way, not just because the beatles classic does not need any makeover, but because they have licensed all the 16 songs, which most likely means that alan will not score yellow submarine 
With all these full song performances thrown in, theres hardly enough room to justify an original score and even if there will be a minimum amount of score, it wont get released because the beatles music sells the records.
All of a sudden, roger rabbit 2 sounds like a much better idea to me
The full press release:
| QUOTE | THE WALT DISNEY STUDIOS, THE BEATLES’ APPLE CORPS LTD. , AND OSCAR®-WINNING FILMMAKER ROBERT ZEMECKIS DIVE INTO NEW MAGICAL 3D ADAPTATION OF THE 1968 CLASSIC YELLOW SUBMARINE
Anaheim, California -- September 11, 2009 -- The Walt Disney Studios has made a deal with Apple Corps Ltd. to develop a new 3D performance capture adaptation of the 1968 hit animated film "Yellow Submarine" to be written and directed by Robert Zemeckis, it was announced today at the D23 Expo by Dick Cook, chairman, The Walt Disney Studios. The film will be created by ImageMovers Digital, Disney’s state-of-the-art performance capture animation studio operated in conjunction with Zemeckis and his partners, Jack Rapke and Steve Starkey, who will serve as producers on the project.
For this fantastic new voyage to Pepperland, Zemeckis will incorporate the16 Beatles songs and recordings from the original motion picture licensed from Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC and EMI-Capitol Records, respectively. The songs include “All Together Now,” “All You Need Is Love,” “Eleanor Rigby,” “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” and “With A Little Help From My Friends” while combining his unique vision and style to bring this dazzling tale to life.
In making the announcement, Cook said, “This is truly an inspired collaboration, and a wonderful opportunity to revisit one of the most imaginative and memorable musical fantasies of all time. To be working with the amazing folks at Apple Corps, and to have Bob helming the sub is truly as good as it gets. With all those incredible Beatles songs and imagery, the spectacular vision of Bob and his pioneering team at ImageMovers Digital, and a classic adventure full of wit and action, we’re sure that moviegoers are going to have a great time on this latest trip to Pepperland.”
Zemeckis said, “’Yellow Submarine’ is one of the greatest fantasy films of all time, and making this new 3D performance capture movie is a dream come true for me. With the latest advances in technology, we will be able to take moviegoers on a voyage unlike any other, and bring new excitement and dimension to Pepperland and the various sea worlds they encounter. I’m thrilled to be working with the good folks at Apple Corps and our partners at Disney on this epic retelling of one of my all time favorite films.”
Jeff Jones, CEO, Apple Corps Ltd., said, “With The Beatles and Walt Disney Studios, we have a partnership between two of the best loved creative entities in the world. We're very excited about the magical fantasy that will result from this collaboration. The marriage of the music of The Beatles with the talent and technical wizardry of Robert Zemeckis and ImageMovers Digital should produce something very special. We look forward to working with Bob and his team on realising his new vision for 'Yellow Submarine'”.
The original motion picture (released in the U.S. on November 13, 1968) based on the music of The Beatles was directed by George Dunning and featured the inspired art direction and design of Heinz Edelmann. The movie is set in Pepperland, an undersea paradise inhabited by music lovers who live in peace and harmony and are protected by Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. That is…until they are threatened by the music hating Blue Meanies. It’s up to John, Paul, George and Ringo to set off on a magical adventure in their yellow submarine and bring music and harmony back to Pepperland.
About The Walt Disney Studios
The Walt Disney Studios is a unit of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) and produces and distributes motion pictures under the following banners: Walt Disney Pictures (which include live-action movies, animated feature films from Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios) as well as Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures and Miramax Films. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International serves as the Studio's international distribution arm. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment distributes Disney and other film titles to the rental and sell-through home entertainment markets. Disney Theatrical Group is among the world’s most successful commercial theatre enterprises producing or licensing live entertainment events that reach a global annual audience of more than 20 million people in more than 40 countries, and the Disney Music Group distributes original music and motion picture soundtracks under its three record labels: Walt Disney Records, Hollywood Records and Lyric Street Records.
About Apple Corps. Ltd.
Apple Corps Ltd. was founded by The Beatles in 1968 to look after the group's own affairs. The London-based company has administered the catalogue of The Beatles releases of the 1960s that have sold to date more than 600 million records, tapes and CDs. Since the 1990s Apple has piloted new Beatles projects that have become benchmarks for pioneering accomplishment and which have included The Beatles Anthology projects, the 28 million-selling album The Beatles 1 and the The Beatles LOVE show and CD. Further information on The Beatles' projects can be found at http://www.thebeatles.com. |
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| Alan as a song writer |
| Posted by Anakin McFly - 09-6-09 19:22 - 2 comments |
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I'm trying to list here all the pop songs Alan wrote.
"Title (Performer) - Movie (year)
A Dream Worth Keeping (Sheena Easton) - Ferngully the Last Rainforest (1992)
Jesus On The Main Line (Donny Gerrard) - Forrest Gump (1994)
Oye (Abraham Laboriel) - The Mexican (2001)
Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride (Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu) - Lilo & Stitch (2002)
He Mele No Lilo (Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu) - Lilo & Stitch (2002)
Believe (Josh Groban) - The Polar Express (2004)
When Christmas Comes to Town (Matthew Hall & Meagan Moore) - The Polar Express (2004)
Feel the Love (does someone know the name of the female singer ?) - The Legend of Mythica (2006)
A Hero Comes Home (Idina Menzel) - Beowulf (2007)
Butterfly Fly Away (Miley Cyrus & Billy Ray Cyrus) - Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)
Did I forget something ? Thanks for your help fellows. |
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| Ohh, those tunes in Predator 2 |
| Posted by SteampunkShoni - 09-3-09 20:14 - 0 comments |
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Iv'e always been a fan of the Predator franchise, but only recently it became obvious, that it was actually Silvestri that hightened my interest.
I am tranced by those brassy notes, those screeching metallic horns accenuating the unspoken voice of the unseen
My favourites are El Scorpi, Main Titles, the imaginative craftwork of Silvestri meets a dark scary conjuration from 'Bassoon Hose - oon' master Ray Pizza, an intricate result ensues, and the creature starts too come alive once more.
This is what does it for me, it's this instrument that put the movie, the creature, and all of it's possible exhibits into this scorching perspective exalting Blood, Sweat, Sex and Crazed drug Lords, each with an eerie voice of it's own, a companion, of the Invisible hunter and it's spooky king of prey.
To me this is the Predator playing the flute.
Afore the pulsating and bloody chant of alien metal, this particular instrumentation i must admit, stalks me.
Anybody else enjoy this soundtrack? What are your thoughts on the pieces? :  |
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| La La Land will release Tales From The Crypt! |
| Posted by BigMacGyver - 08-19-09 12:24 - 2 comments |
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CD producer MV Gerard asked in the FSM forum us fans what episode scores we want to see released!
You can find the topic here
Alan scored 4 episodes as well as the spin-off movie Two-Fisted Tales! Check the silvestri filmography at alan-silvestri.com for the episode numbers and titles!
I have asked him for all of them, of course  |
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| cd sound quality |
| Posted by moonie - 08-2-09 19:36 - 3 comments |
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I dont recall anytime but Ill throw this out because of the G I Joe topic , have they ever changed a cd or redid a cd because of customer complaints about the sound quality? |
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| chips tv show music from 1980 -81 ??? |
| Posted by tvg75 - 07-11-09 02:36 - 2 comments |
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Hi , on youtube there is this chips episode the great boulder wrap party and they have all this disco background that i love . Can anybody make me copies of the background songs ? write eferrucci@aol.com |
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| T.J. Hooker: The Movie |
| Posted by justin boggan - 07-7-09 00:12 - 0 comments |
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Director Chuck Russell is in talks to direct the film. He's not worked with the same compsoer twice on any of his films, but interestingly enough he did work with Silvestri -- whom is supposed to have a score rejected for the TV series.
Anyway, if Silvestri got the gig, it would be cosmic payback, and an interesting choice. |
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