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drums." From across the plain comes a distant voice: "He's not our usual drummer!"
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ever played?" asks Sal, shining like a young Brando. His dad puts a fist through his traps.
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Nate Smith). Drumming provides the film's score, with snippets of classical music.
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composers who vote for the Best Original Score in the Oscars failed to recognise it with a nomination. He's only a drummer, after all.
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