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The dialogue’s percussive f-bombs get a laugh and make the point that people in crisis can’t come up with a snappy comeback.

What you could hear of Sondergard’s contribution was a starkly effective percussive response from the orchestra.

Schifrin was known for his unique percussive and jazzy style during a career that spanned more than six decades, with over 100 film and TV soundtracks to his name.

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The delightful “Instruments,” from Ema Ryan Yamazaki, takes us inside a Tokyo school where second graders form a percussive orchestra, learning about blending their nervous internal rhythms into the stuff of communal performance.

“We just found the percussive element of that scene, and we wanted the audience to understand that Lorne is at the breaking point,” Reid says.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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