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Musical Intro: Poppers and Prosecco Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Opening Skit/Intro Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4342-shades-of-spring License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Closing Montage Music And Sound Effects: The Machine Thinks by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4498-the-machine-thinks License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Factory Machine Sounds By AudioPapkin https://freesound.org/s/512679/ https://freesound.org/s/512680/
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