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Old 22-September-2003, 06:16 AM
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. The Adagio for Strings
Oh, the music from Platoon - yes I know it very well - love it! Always gives the spine a tingle! The voice replacement made it all the more spectacular and haunting...
Gaaah! No! Barber's Adagio for Strings! Not the music from Platoon. :P It was written long before that!

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Originally Posted by freddo
Now I know what you mean about the 'map.' Didn't it depict a spiral galaxy?
Not really. Or, rather, it probably depicted an edge-on spiral. Very bright in the center, dimming toward the edges but with small areas of light where there were clusters or nebulae. I really should go and play it through again.
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