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Jan 2018
26m 18s

Six O'Clock Soundtrack: The art of TV ne...

DALLAS TAYLOR
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Ever wonder how the music on your favorite news stations is created? Dive in with news music appreciator + journalist Victor Vlam; Composer Matthew Kajcienski, Composer Irad Eshel, Composer Adarsh Thottetodi, Composer David Lowe, Musicologist James Deaville, Film and TV studies Professor Deborah Jaramillo to find out.  Twenty Thousand Hertz is produced by ... Show More
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