Automator Script to rename files with the file's Comment text?

Hello and thank you for your time!
Summary:
I'd like to have an Automator Script that would copy the File's Comment info and paste it to the File's name, so I can import my sound effects into iTunes and have the proper labeling.
Breakdown:
I have a ton of Sound Effects that I'd like to put into iTunes, but the filenames are for example, "04. Track 04.mp3". Not the most helpful name.
I can search by "car crash" in the finder and find THAT file ("04. Track...") because it's in the File's metadata in the Comment info, as "Car Crash - Chevy Camaro".
So is there a script or a way to script Automator to copy the File's Comment info and paste it to the File's name, so I can import these into iTunes and have the proper labeling?
Thank you for reading!
- Ben

This should be much faster and direct....
Source = "C:\temp"
Destination "C:\newTemp"
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set arrFiles = objFSO.GetFolder(Source).Files
For Each file In arrFiles
    If InStr(LCase(file.name), ".zip.") > 0 Then
        arrFilename = Split(lcase(file.name), ".zip.")
        newname = arrFilename(0) & ".zip"
        WScript.Echo file.name & " -> " & newname
        objFSO.CopyFile file.path, Destination & "\" & newname
    End If
Next

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