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A visually psychedelic iPod commercial from Apple jams to Shut Up and Let Me Go by the Ting Tings. The Ting Tings, an alternative rock band from England, won Best UK Video at the MTV Video Awards in 2008. Find out more about what Jules and Katie are up to on their site: thetingtings.com or …
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Amazing classical culmination. Interesting story behind this commercial. The music was soley created for the commercial and the full track is only one minute long (unfortunately). Due to an overwelming demand from consumers, Audi made the track available for download on their site www.audiusa.com. You will need to watch the “Progress is Beautiful” series of …
In this Levi’s commercial the expected “love story” isn’t quite what the audience gets. It Must Be Love helps set up the humorous ending. From North London, England, Madness is best known for a number of songs released in the 80s. It Must Be Love is actually a remake of Labi Siffre’s 1971 version. Find …
A chromatic commercial from Apple showing off the new colors for the iPod Nano (5th generation). The electronic-pop tune, Bruises, by Chairlift floats through the ad while iPods float by. Chairlift is a band from Brooklyn, NY (the founding members got their start University of Colorado before moving to New York). See what Caroline, Aaron, …
The Perfect Meltdown is an electronica track with solid bass from start to finish. It gets your blood flowing. Reese’s acknowledges global warming in a half-joking way in this short and to-the-point ad. Not much is known about Bones Domingo other than a series of commercial tracks as well as the self-titled Bones Domingo album …
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A great backdrop to this Olympic AT&T commercial, The Crane Wife 3 builds to a great bass riff as AT&T touts its connectivity solutions for the 2008 Olympics. Hailing from Portland, The Decemberists are a successful indie band. Primary songwriter, Colin Meloy, drew inspiration from an interesting source: a Japanese folk tale, The Crane Wife. …
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A memorable Coca-Cola ad from the 2008 Olympics. Breathe Me by Sia has an amazing energy as the piano rolls through the Coke commercial. Find out more about Sia at siamusic.net. Originally from Adelaide (Australia) she has crafted some pretty fantastic tracks over the past few years. Get Breathe Me on [youtube yZVj_niY7R0]
This Levi’s commercial tricks the audience into thinking something much more racy is about to happen…however in 501 innocent style – It’s Going by John Gold rolls through as the teens jump off the dock into the water below. Find out more about John Gold here. Get It’s Going on
Train Song is the epitome of light, “hippy-folk” music from the 1960’s. And having Vashti Bunyan juxtaposed with the brawny NFL migration makes for a great commercial. The grid iron is back… Find out more about Vashti Bunyan at anotherday.co.uk (not sure if this is her official site…but it has her discography and other info). …
The “absolute” advertising campaign by Absolut Vodka has been around for years. In this particular case the music by Small Sails is the icing on the cake. Somnambulist is a fantastic “feel good” tune – the drums, the guitar, the percussion, the vocals…in absolute harmony. Find out more about Small Sails on their MySpace page, …
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