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There Will Be Blood music credits

What is the song that is played over the ending credits of this movie? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.183.240.224 (talk) 02:44, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Have a look at There will be blood#Score and soundtrack, There Will Be Blood (album) and [1], these sources list the music used although they don't specify which piece was used over the end credits. --Richardrj ^{talk email} 08:43, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

According to this clip, it's Brahms' Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.77. Not a song though, --Richardrj ^{talk email} 14:30, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

funds raised by telethons

Exactly how much money was raised by ReAct Now: Music & Relief and S.O.S.: (Saving Our Selves) The BET Relief Telethon? Why wasn't there an article created for the latter?72.229.139.171 (talk) 18:54, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

How old are Wayne and Garth?

How old are the characters Wayne and Garth in Wayne's World. I know they're played by thirty-something actors, but I'm sure they can't be that old as characters. Any ideas? Jacobsen's Ladder (talk) 15:46, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

It's addressed in the article you linked - "In the early sketches, Wayne and Garth are high school students, and their guests on the show included their teachers [ . . . ] In later appearances, however, Wayne and Garth appear to be young adults". --LarryMac | Talk 16:19, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Looking for an old graphical adventure game

I'm looking for an old(late 80s or early 90s) graphical adventure game that I used to own, but I've forgotten the title of it. I believe it was part of a series of three games, or at least a planned series. It came on either a 5 1/4 or a 3 1/2 floppy, I think it was a 3 1/2 but my memory of it is a bit fuzzy. I remember there was an easy mode and a hard mode. In the opening scene, you were in an alley and you could find a few items, one of them was a pair of underwear. In the next scene, you could walk into a store/bar, and there was a door at the top of the stairs that you could talk to a man inside. Then you could explore a city at night. In another scene, you were in a shack and you placed something in a beam of light to open a portal to a someplace outside(a different world, I think).

I realize that this is a long shot, but I thought that someone might happen to know the game I'm remembering. I've been trying to look up and recollect all the old adventure games I played(or watched my mom play) when I was a kid, and this is one of the first ones I remember. I believe the name might have had something to do with "shadow", but I don't trust my memory on that too well.

Any help on this is appreciated.

130.85.232.116 (talk) 19:44, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Looking through the List of graphic adventure games, there are only a few that have 'shadow' in the name, and they don't appear to be related to the game you're describing. I might have missed it. --Onorem♠Dil 20:01, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

There was a series I remember being called "Naivette" - but that title got no Google hits. The theme to each was the same. You get sucked into another dimension and start out naked. You pick up clothing along the adventure and open a portal back home when you are done. -- kainaw™ 20:10, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Just found it. It is Naturette. There are a few of them, so one of them may start out in an alley. -- kainaw™ 21:26, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

According to GameFaqs, Deja Vu II seems to start with a pantsless private eye discovering a pair of pants, and then heading to a bar. It was produced by the same company that made "Shadowgate" at approximately the same time. As far as I can tell there were only two games in the series though. APL (talk) 05:32, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

I remember this...used to have a pile of skulls in one scenario, in a log cabin in a green field. Removing one of the skulls would revel a key etc. Then there used to be an alligator in the gutter.

Power Rangers: Turbo

Does anyone know why Jason David Frank (Tommy), Johnny Yong Bosch (Adam), Nakia Burrise (Tanya) and Catherine Sutherland (Kat) had to be replaced during the mid-season of Power Rangers: Turbo? David Pro (talk) 20:42, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Our article on Power Rangers: Turbo give the impression that they were replaced as part of the story line; it does not appear that they were "forced" out as actors (though they may have been, and the story-line retconed to fit their leaving). It doesn't say much outside of that, however. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 01:12, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

I've heard that the reason that Tommy, Kat, Adam, and Tanya were written off the show was because the actors were getting too old. But that doesn't hold water because the new actors were around the same age (give or take a few years).

The cast change happened in late 1997/early 1998, and the actors' ages at the time were as follows:

The Old Rangers: Jason David Frank (Tommy) - 24/25 Johnny Yong Bosch (Adam) - 21/22 Nakia Burrise (Tanya) - 23/24 Catherine Sutherland (Kat) - 23/24

The New Rangers: Selwyn Ward (T.J.) - 20/21 Roger Velasco (Carlos) - 20/21 Tracy Lynn Cruz (Ashley) - 21/22 Patricia Ja Lee (Cassie) - 22/23

In retrospect, given that the new Turbo rangers were only going to be Rangers for a year and a half (the second half of Turbo and all of Space), the current cast (Tommy, Tanya, Adam, and Kat) could have stayed on for one more season. 200.112.30.32 (talk) 13:10, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

A well-known musical tune

Does anyone know this famous musical tune and who wrote it? What I know is that it's played in about 11 notes. Also, it is often used in the media to indicate death, fear and grief.

One example is in a video game verson of monopoly. If a player loses a lot of money and declares bancruptcy, the player is seen picking a fishbone from a can. The tune is used as background music. 122.3.106.122 (talk) 23:28, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Any chance of giving us a little more to go on: the notes, maybe, if you're able to? -- JackofOz (talk) 23:32, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

The theme from the Dead March from Saul (Handel) contains exactly 11 notes, and is very well-known. Algebraist 23:36, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

it just says "about" 11 notes, I bet it's the beginning of taps (though that goes on further). Maybe it's last call er, Last_Post...

My money's on Chopin's Marche funèbre. Does this ring a bell? (Note that the familiar theme also has exactly eleven notes; must be some sort of requirement for funeral marches.) Deor (talk) 02:05, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

I just checked some videos before you commented. The one you've just added here does sound exactly like I'm telling about. Whenever a story comes to a rather grim event, a piece of that music by Chopin is occaisionally played. 122.3.106.122 (talk) 06:33, 15 November 2008 (UTC)