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January 3[edit]

Identifying a classical piano piece.[edit]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkG5RUTyj_A Anyone know what the extract Lang Lang plays from 6:40 onwards is from? I've been trying to figure out to no avail. BankerK (talk) 03:43, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

~~That would be from the 1st movement of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 04:00, 3 January 2013 (UTC)~~[reply]

Thanks! I assumed that it'd be a sonata or some other solo piano piece, which probably explains part of my difficulties identifying it. BankerK (talk) 04:12, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Whoa! My apologies. ~~It's not Beethoven at all. It's from the 1st movement of Franz Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy.~~ -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 04:30, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry but where exactly? I can't really find it. BankerK (talk) 05:42, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I'm having my own doubts too. Now, I'm thinking it's a cadenza from Beethoven's 2nd Piano Concerto, and am listening to it right now to identify the exact moment. Watch this space. Some day I'm having. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 05:48, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

OK. This time I definitely have it, and I have the youtube to prove it, with Lang Lang and all. It was Beethoven, but his Piano Sonata No. 3 in C, Op. 2, No. 3. Watch here from 2:00 for the section played above. Sorry for the earlier misfires. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 07:29, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Building a Casino Related iPhone App and Looking for Suggestions for Card Game / Casino Themed Achievement Levels[edit]

I'm building an iPhone app and I'm want to come up with cool/interesting names for specific levels of achievement within the app. I would like the levels to be card themed so the beginner level might be something like The Rookie, The fish or The Shark to the top level (i.e.: Card Ace or High Roller) with about 10 to 15 levels in between. If anyone can suggest cool level names accordingly, I would greatly appreciate it. thanks 50.138.80.176 (talk) 03:58, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well you have to call the final level "The nuts", as that's the term for having an unbeatable hand ie the best... I'll take my share of the royalties in cash please....... gazhiley 09:34, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"The nuts" only means the best poker hand at that point. You can be beaten if the remaining cards to be dealt fall just right; e.g. you may have flopped the nut straight, but lose (as I have too many times) to a flush or full house. "The absolute nuts" or "stone cold nuts" cannot be beaten under any circumstances. Clarityfiend (talk) 12:08, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I know - my point still stands though... It's the most suitable name for the final level IMO... gazhiley 09:05, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Donkey" seems to mean a poor player who always loses, so put that near the bottom. You could put "Card Counter" near the top. Another thought is that you could give them titles related to casino jobs. So, "Dealer", "Pit Boss", etc. StuRat (talk) 07:06, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Temporal Portal - The Final Countdown Vs. The Evil Dead II[edit]

I caught the end of The Evil Dead II on TV the other night & seen the scene with the temporal portal. Is the temporal portal the same one used (as in made using the same spacial effects/ CGIs) as the one used in the film The Final Countdown ? Also, how was the temporal portal effect made ? 80.254.146.140 (talk) 12:17, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Birth of Europe" opening theme[edit]

In 1991, the BBC broadcasted an (obviously not too well remembered) threepart documentation, The Birth of Europe. It had an epic opening theme I never heard anywhere else again and which I'd like to retrieve. Can anyone remember? --KnightMove (talk) 16:47, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

According to the BBC website, "Music Arranger: Terry Oldfield". Whether he composed or arranged it, I'm not sure, but it's listed on Terry's Film Music - FILM AND TV CREDITS 1978 to 2008. According to this blog, the soloist was Imogen Moore. Alansplodge (talk) 18:38, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There's a contact page on Terry Oldfield's site, so you could ask him. Alansplodge (talk) 10:16, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! --KnightMove (talk) 12:23, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]