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Identifying a familiar film score track

This is driving me crazy. I'm pretty sure I know the movie where this music playing at about 40s is from. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance! — Kieff | Talk 02:17, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure but it sounds similar to the sort of music/compositions that John Williams does. ny156uk (talk) 17:40, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

I don't know about 40s, but from about 5:20 to 6:00 the Beetlejuice theme was playing. That was the only recognizable bit for me. I wonder if I'm not seeing the same clock as everyone else since I used youtube-dl and MPlayer to avoid the flashy javascripty mess. Beetlejuice music starts as the soldiers are breaking into the house. 67.163.6.213 (talk) 08:48, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

It sounds like Danny Elfman to me. He did the Beelejuice soundtrack and has done just about all of Tim Burton's other scores, so maybe have a look through his list?Popcorn II (talk) 18:38, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF WINNINGS

Well, the first of the playoffs has ended and I was wondering what "monetary' incentive the teams may have beyond the glory of holding THE CUP? How much, if indeed, do the winners receive? Is it a lump sum or does each player receive a specified amount dependent upon their standing? I also was wondering what do the refs make/what do the players make annually? Petalpushers (talk) 03:21, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

According to this blog, the 2007 champions got to split up 25 shares of $75,000, for a total of $1,875,000. Sports Illustrated reported in 2000 that about $8,000,000 was divvied up by the 16 playoff teams, with the Stanley Cup losers getting about $40,000 each and the winners in the region of $60,000. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:14, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Followup question: Anyone know when the NHL began awarding bonuses to the Cup winners? Was it when they first took exclusive control of the Cup about 1926? I used to follow hockey pretty closely in the 1970s and don't remember hearing about them then, but I didn't follow the business side. --Anonymous, 00:31 UTC, June 1, 2009.

benefit CD singles

I saw these music videos for songs on YouTube. One was "God Bless Your Family" by British R&B artist Enké. One was "There's No Sunset In Virginia" by composer Evan Mack. (Both songs were remembrances of the Virginia Tech massacre victims.) One was "Sully's Steady Hand" by composer Ty Ford. One was "Send Another Prayer" by singer Emma Sophina. (Those were done for Flight 1549.) The last one mentioned was performed on The Early Show. Shouldn't there be CD singles of the songs? "God Bless Your Family" and "There's No Sunset In Virginia" can be compiled onto one CD single, and proceeds from the each sale can benefit the Virginia Tech Memorial Fund. "Sully's Steady Hand" and "Send Another Prayer" can be compiled onto another CD single, and proceeds from each sale can benefit the American Red Cross of Greater New York. I sent messages regarding these issues to the songs' rightful owners. They liked the ideas, but don't know how to go about doing those types of things. Who should I turn to about those issues? Anyone know?69.203.157.50 (talk) 03:55, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Releasing CD singles has overhead costs, and sales have plummeted recently. I very much doubt it would make enough money to make it worthwhile. Nevertheless, This article tells you how to do it the cheapest way possible - get an online retailer to do it for you and you keep 50% of the profit. You might even be able to persuade them to cut you a better deal since it is for charity Rockpocket 00:49, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

I don't own the rights to the mentioned songs, to tell you the truth. But you can check out YouTube, and you'll find the songs and their rightful owners. They may have contact addresses. You can also forward the article you mentioned to them.69.203.159.53 (talk) 04:17, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Street Fighter Alpha; Ryu's Dark Hadou

I've had the OVA for Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation for about a few years. When I initially saw it, I was too young to truly understand its storyline and brushed off anything any normal person would've perceived to be a plot-hole. However, I recently saw it and I feel as if I stumbled unto a plot-hole, a rather huge one. The movie, up until the middle, seems to suggest that both Shun and Ryu are related, and their father is Akuma. However, this is falsified at the end when Shun tells him that it was all a lie. So, I felt barren and hungry to figure out:

How does Ryu have the Dark Hadou? Is the Dark Hadou an inherited trait? If not, how would Ryu have used it, considering the fact that while Akuma and Ryu have similar fighting styles, Gouken refined the formerly assassination-rooted fighting style to a combative, non-lethal one?

Any help is sincerely appreciated 66.229.177.71 (talk) 04:32, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Why Night at the Museum repeated by Channel 4, UK, seven or eight days later?

This film was shown by Channel 4 and then repeated seven or eight days later. Both were shown about the same time in the evening. Does anyone know why they did it? On terrestial tv in the UK nobody repeats films except at intervals of years. Repeating it a week later is unique. Are they desperately short of money? Or bonkers? 78.147.143.129 (talk) 23:13, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

There appears to be a fair bit of discussion on various web fora, but no-one knows why. My guess would be that either 1) they figured - with the sequel being released - it would show again to a decent audience share or 2) there was a technical issue with a transmitter in some parts of the country the first time around, so they scheduled it again to placate those folks that missed it. Rockpocket 00:41, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

The second showing was scheduled in advance of the first, so we can rule out the transmitter theory. --81.170.77.53 (talk) 07:59, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Here in the US, cable stations will repeat films quite often. It's not unusual for a film to be shown a dozen times in a week at various times of the day. From my experience, broadcast television doesn't do this at all. Dismas|^(talk) 00:54, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

"On terrestial tv in the UK nobody repeats films except at intervals of years." - Hardly! The Magnificent Seven has been shown at least twice in the last year. I record just about every western shown during the day when I'm at work, so I can watch them later, and several have very regular outings.--TrogWoolley (talk) 09:35, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

The Guardian says that the 24th May 2009 'the terrestrial premiere' of Night at the Museum on Channel 4 had 3.4 million viewers, a 21% share between 6.15pm and 8.30pm. Digital Spy says that on the 31 May 2009 Channel 4's screening of Night At The Museum had 2.37m (10.9%) viewers between 8pm and 10.15pm. I hope this does not mean that films will be repeated on terrestial tv as tv programmes are. In recent years the number of repeats seems to have shot up, contributing to my finding almost all tv uninteresting and not wotrth watching. 78.146.97.194 (talk) 10:30, 1 June 2009 (UTC)