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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: score

score stories: 3 news summaries

 Composers Score 
 With Video-Game Gigs 

Film-like scores have taken strides with technology—and pay as much as $2K/minute

Dec 8, 08 10:34 AM CST
(Newser) - The musical scores for video games have kept pace with the evolution of the games themselves, the Los Angeles Times reports, with composers bringing in as much as $2,000 per minute to create sweeping, film-like compositions. With sales projected to hit $50 billion this year, game developers can budget... More »

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music • composer • score • video games

 New Mozart Score 
 Surfaces in France 

Melodic sketch was part of a collection given to a Nantes library in early 1800s

Sep 18, 08 5:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - A single-page musical score located in a French library has been confirmed as a Mozart original, the Telegraph reports. “Mozart's handwriting is clearly identifiable,” an expert said. “There's no doubt that this is an original piece handwritten by Mozart.” The notation is for a melody only,... More »

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France • classical music • Austria • score • Vienna • authenticity • discovery • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • Nantes • library

Students Win $2.85M on SATs

College Board settles class-action lawsuit over incorrect scores

Aug 25, 07 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Students who took the SAT exam in 2005 and received incorrect scores have settled a class-action lawsuit with the test makers to the tune of $2.85 million, the New York Times reports. Over 4,000 students who sat the examination received scores that were artificially low—as much as... More »

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SAT • college admissions • college • lawsuit • test score • student • college board • class action • score • college student

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