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<h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Award
Winning Composer Aryavarta Kumar Wins 2008 Telly Award for Original Score
in Feature Film "The Rapture"<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
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<p><i><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:italic'>Award winning composer
Aryavarta Kumar (Arya) wins a Bronze 2008 Telly for his score to the
independent feature film "The Rapture" (Rapture LLC). Score is
now available to purchase online.</span></font></i><font size=1
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=1 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Cleveland</span></font></st1:City><font
size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black'>, <st1:State w:st="on">OH</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font
size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black'> (<a href="http://www.prweb.com/">PRWEB</a>) April 18,
2008 -- Award winning composer Aryavarta Kumar (Arya) wins a Bronze 2008
Telly for his score to the independent feature film "The Rapture"
(Rapture LLC). The score blends Asian drumming music with western orchestra
to create a unique soundscape for the feature film. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>This score marks another success in Arya's
collaboration with director Johnny Wu. The feature film "The
Rapture" premieres on May 10, 2008 at the Ohio Independent Film
Festival at 7 pm. Arya will perform with the Icho Daiko Japanese drummers
at the movie afterparty. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>The soundtrack to "The Rapture" is
now available to purchase online at iTunes and many other online music
stores. The soundtrack CD features the award winning score to the Rapture
along with songs by independent artists The Morning After, Nelson Clemente,
and six Days from Nowhere. CDs will be available online at
http://www.aryavartakumar.com published by MDI and Stream of Music LLC. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=1 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Aryavarta Kumar (Arya) writes music for
film, TV, radio, commercials, computer games, and other new media. He has
won several awards including two other national Telly awards and festival
awards for his music. For more information, please visit
http://www.aryavartakumar.com. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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