Any help on randomizing menu music?

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I'm trying to randomize a menu's audio with 4 different aiffs. I tried the example on pp. 510-11 in the manual, using the script provided (yes, changed the file names to correspond with mine), and could not get it to work. Other than nothing happening, occasionally I would get an Angle Error message, which is puzzling. Thought it might be my SP G4's brain not up to the task, but also happens on a G5 2.3 gHz Dual Power Core.
Anyone doing this successfully? Any tips or alternate ways of achieving this? Thanks
G5 2.3gHz Dual Power Core Mac OS X (10.4.4) 2.5 GB RAM, multiple FW drives

I would think your best bet would to be created 4 different menus with the different audio but have the video the same for each. Then, use a script to produce a random number between 1 and 4 and takes to whatever menus it happens to choose.

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