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Good Musical Taste Helps Produce Quality TV

By Rob Hamilton

Jackson Free Press | April 21, 2008

While The Sopranos used music in the forefront as a tool to further dramatic tension, The Wire -- with the exception of the montages at the end of every season -- used music in the background and did not flagrantly intend it to increase the scene's power.

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