I might try that, NeoStrider. Rendering doesn't take all that long on my machine (the 640X480 tga took a few hours), and I did in fact figure out some more of the inner workings of After Effects.

In fact I'm working on all that as I type.

I should be able to put up a 320X240 version up in a day or so, with the basic soundtrack.

I will keep you all posted! Thanks for the comments!