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I accessed uncopyrighted, royalty free music through Epidemic Sound, a site which allows you to download music that corresponds to key words entered in the search bar. In my instance, I entered 'drama' and 'classical piano', again, inspired by American Psycho. Here I found composer Jonas Elander, and after exploring his 'Mysterious Grand Piano' themes, I chose number 3 as most compatible with my title sequence. 


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