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- ↑ "Advent Rising [Music from the Video Game]".
- ↑ "Video Games Live National Tour Announcement".
- ↑ "Emmanuel Fratianni's LinkedIn".
- ↑ "Emmanuel Fratianni Concert Calendar". Archived from the original on 2015-02-12. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
- ↑ "TBIT Preview Events Kick Off at LAX".
- ↑ "Southern California Piano Academy - About Us".
- ↑ "Alfred Products - Bounty Hunter (from Advent Rising Suite)". Alfred Music.