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The Alien from Alien 3

Genre-defining sounds, even when they lie to us

Posted on July 14, 2011August 15, 2018 by Sean Zdenek Captioning, Music, Visual Design

Even when music is intended to deceive, it needs to be captioned if it’s instrumental to the genre.

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