BBC trailers, and miscellaneous advert music
Posted by: Richard in BBC, Formula 1, Media, Music, PersonalI always feel quite chuffed when I recognise a piece of music in an advert, especially if it’s from somebody more obscure. Saab are, I think, using one of Aphex Twin’s tracks (”Shiny Metal Rods”, from Selected Ambient Works Vol 2), I think we all discovered a new talent in José González with the Sony Bravia adverts. Also, More4 are using “No more sweet music” from Hooverphonic’s album of the same name, for their trailer for “The Swenkas”.
“They” say that every one of Moby’s tracks from “Play”, was used in an advert in some capacity, primarily car adverts I think. Also, a real shame about ITV’s choice of music in their F1 coverage - out of context from Moby’s album, and utterly inappropriate for F1 I think: It’s too “airy” and “inspirational”, rather than down, dirty and a spot more aggressive: Bring back Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain”! Even the rather lacklustre Jamiroquai track they commissioned was better.
But most recently the BBC’s music selector seems to have fallen quite sizeably for Sigur Rós, in that they’ve made huge use of various tracks from their album Takk for Planet Earth, the Wimbledon build up, and - spotted this morning - a new nature program. Funny. Well worth checking the band out though. Excellent stuff.
Update
- http://www.commercialbreaksandbeats.co.uk is a great website for more information about music on adverts that folk might find of use/interest.
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May 1st, 2008 at 6:05 pm
There is a really catchy theme song for an advert for BBC Sport doing the rounds. I have heard it lots but can;t track it down. Lyrics are “do it do it ahahhhh”
Any clues VERY gratefully received!
Thanks guys
Ed
April 26th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
does any one know the music from the Bahrain business ad on bbc world, it’s a closeup of a mouth that turns to a smile over the ad. music is really simple guitar riff. really trying to find it.. cheers’
April 22nd, 2008 at 5:54 pm
what is the song called that plays on the new M Power Advert????? I’m desperate for it??? Cheers. it’s really wicked, and i think it’s an old song.
April 21st, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Hey. Could someone please tell me what the song off the recent BBC4 advert is?
It’s a really crazy jazz song, and it’s off the advert for the action films that BBC4 are showing. Its got like Schwarzenegger, Stylone and people on it all in retro fonts and colours.
The song goes so crazy towards the end, and I absolutely love it.
Does anyone know what it is?
Thanks
April 21st, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Tom Skinner - The music you are seeking (Have I Got News For You, classical piece) is the Dance of the Knights (also known as “Montagues & Capulets”) from Prokofiev’s ballet “Romeo & Juliet”.
Hope this helps.
April 21st, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Hi all - don’t know if any of you know but a while ago there was an advert documenting all the programmes for ITV (it think it was - or channel 4???) and one of the shots was of a young kid in an orange hoodie. The accompanying track is this really lovely tune and I’m dying to find out what it is… any ideas? Sorry so vague!!!
April 21st, 2008 at 4:27 am
does any1 no the name of the song thats played on the itv champions league semi final advert in the song they sah ah ah ah ah ahahahah m i cant get it out of mi head n i need 2 get it plz if sum 1 knows pls reply
April 18th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
New BBC advert for ‘Have i got news for you’, what’s the classical piece over the top of it? Much appriciated
April 18th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Hi, does anyone remember the BBC trailer from a few months ago that featured lots of children dancing to a TV programme, singing the word three?! and at the end a girl says ‘three’ but holds up 2 fingers instead of 3?!
Would be very grateful if anyone could tell me what the trailer was for, or any more information about it.
Thank you!
April 18th, 2008 at 11:47 am
Hi, she has a Q&A at her myspace page - http://www.myspace.com/wallnina
and you can hear the entire song at http://www.tropicana.co.uk/smoothies
April 14th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
The Tropicana Advert song is “Catch A Falling Star-Nina Wall” it was done especially for the Ad, you can find out more about her at http://www.myspace.com/ninawall1
April 14th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Hi, The woman who sings the Tropicana advert Catch a Falling Star, is my Daughter, wow doesn’t she sound great!
April 14th, 2008 at 4:04 am
does anyonw know who sings this song starts something like this .. is from the trailer season2 of the tudors “A night can be so troubling rain so constant so enduring clouds dark charcoal gray tomorrow…If you want my love love me lead me by my heart & win me tempt me blind me…right above me If you want my love then love me” Thats what I heard.. any idea?¿who sings? :S
April 13th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Hey, I just found the answer to my own question!
In case anyone else has been wondering the music in the latest Dirty Sexy Money trailer is Chungking, “Love is here to stay”
April 11th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
there’s another trailer for Dirty Sexy Money around at the moment, with a different piece of music (NOT “North American Scum”) - can’t hear lyrics but it’s in 6/8 and the last bit of the trail has a bassy electronic sound (a bit like Goldfrapp’s Ooh Lah Lah but not that) - can anyone ID please ?
April 11th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
The tropicana advert was done by DDB london Ad company. I guarantee the version was recorded especially for the Ad. It was recorded by Nina Walsh. Regards djshax
April 10th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Can anyone help me with a piece of music I don’t know the name of - I’m afraid it is pretty vague! It was used in a bbc tv trailer for David Attenborough’s series “Life in the Undergrowth” and I also heard it again recently on tv - I think it was the “I’d do anything” talent show (but I may be wrong!). It is lovely with a soaring chorus of female (black) voices and sounds as if it could come from a stage show but I don’t actually think it does! If anyone knows what I am going on about please, PLEASE can they tell me the name of the music and where I can get it from!
April 9th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Wow, Frank, I think you could be on to something with Francoise Hardy being behind the Tropicana Smoothies advert “Catch a falling Star”. There’s a rather 60’s version you can listen to (free of charge) here, which to my ear sounds very similar
http://tinyurl.com/5urvu5
But the advert is much more ’sultry’, and has a more american-like accent, so I await the verdict of the many people who’ve asked about this one!
April 9th, 2008 at 10:37 am
825-When I first heard the music for the Tropicano ad I immediately thought it was by Francoise Hardy from way back in 1964 and it can be found on Amazon on “All Over the World”.
April 7th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
The Tropicana Advert song is “Catch A Falling Star-Nina Walsh” it was done especially for the Ad but may be put on general release
April 7th, 2008 at 9:05 am
hi 809 im looking for the same one i no its from lcd american scum but ive tried that and havent got anywere if you have wotched it .its the part when they are int the car and that song plays its got whistling in the song ??
April 6th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Re. Tropicana Smoothies “Catch a falling star”… Can’t (yet) give you the answer, but is this the advert you’re referring to?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GId9ZthS_74
r.
April 6th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
catch a falling star….new tropicana smoothies ad………..who is singing this version….a woman…anyone please….
April 4th, 2008 at 10:57 am
826: The track you are looking for is SLITHER by VELVET REVOLVER, the band Slash and former members of Guns and Roses formed with Scott Weiland, former singer with Stone Temple Pilots.
April 4th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Does anyone know the song off the advert for Guitar Heroes 3.
The advert is the one where Slash (i think) comes out of the other guy who is playing the guitar.
Thanks.
April 4th, 2008 at 12:49 am
Does anyone know the artist who sings Catch a falling star on the new Tropicana Smoothies advert? It is a female artist but i can only find it by Perry Como. She sings is so beautifully and my son loved it so i really want to find it for him.
Thanks
April 3rd, 2008 at 1:04 pm
hello everybody does any one no what band plays in the program dirty sexy money on chanel 4 think its on a wednesday night at 9pm not sure thanks mel
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:26 pm
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April 1st, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Does anyone know the music at the end of gavin and stacey ?
x
Something like
“I’ll wait by the window”
I don’t know, something like that
April 1st, 2008 at 5:45 pm
For 816
The track for BBC’s Dan Cruickshank Adventures in Architecture series is called - Count five or six - by Cornelius
March 29th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Does anyone know what track the last DJ is playing on the BBC Radio Black music trailer?
March 26th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
the one for BBC3 that everyones looking for…on gavin and stacey adverts etc. is the rumble strips - girls and boys in love
hope that helps
March 26th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
In reply to comment 813 (Becks Beer Advert)
I’m not sure whether this is the right song but it’s the only one i could find. Think this is the one from the advert though. Its by ‘Flaming lips’ and the song is called ‘it overtakes me.’ Hope this helps and good luck.x
March 26th, 2008 at 12:10 am
Hi, does anyone know the music used on the cycling ad on the BBC
i think it’s for the World Track Cycling Championships… kind of a spanishy guitary, hip hoppish kind of track - it’s driving me nuts!
thanks alot, Tom
March 25th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
I have been trying to find out what the music is in the trailer for the new Dan Cruickshank Adventures in Architecture series. 1,2,3,4,5,6.
March 24th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Anyone know the name of the piece of classical music that played in the background on the Beeb’s “I’d Do Anything” show on 22/03/08, from 50.57 - 52.47? It’s a classical piece, with piano and violins. I’d love to find the name of it.
The link’s here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b009pcyh.shtml?src=ip_potpw
Thanks in advance.
March 24th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Does anybody know the song being played in the Sky tv trailers for the film spiderman 3,thanks
March 21st, 2008 at 11:29 pm
I was wondering if anyone knew the song to the to the Becks beer advert, very catchy song.
March 21st, 2008 at 6:43 pm
John - the music used for the Dirty Sexy Money trailer is by LCD Soundsystem - called ‘North American Scum’.
March 20th, 2008 at 12:13 am
If only I’d found this place sooner. Radio 5 Live’s trailer for coverage of the Cheltenham horse racing festival last week had a piece of music on it voiced over by John Inverdale. I’d be delighted if anyone could identify it.
March 18th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Hi,
Heard this song on the trailer for a new program called dirty sexy money on channel four but am getting nowhere in trying to find where it comes from.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
March 17th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Gavin (808) - I’m pretty sure the song you are looking for is called ‘Hometown Glory’ by Adele.
March 16th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
repeating what gemma said (776):
she sounds like possibly natasha beddingfield or imogen heap…
word might be “round my hometown” or “in my own town”
would be grateful, cheers
March 16th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Polly ( comment 769 )
I have also been trying to search for the glockenspiel music used on BBC adverts for ages, it also appeared on a sky advert.
the name of the song is ‘Vier stucke fur xylophon’ and is by Gassenhauer nach Hans Neusiedler, and this is where I found it (finally) - link - http://www.commercialbreaksandbeats.co.uk/results.asp?searchString=sky&offset=20
Hope that helps
March 12th, 2008 at 12:01 am
Channel 4 “New heroes of comedy” advert music … Mark Ronson - god put a smile upon your face
March 10th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Does anyone no the song used for the advert for Gavin and Stacy being shownb on BBC
March 9th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Hi,
Can anyone help - there’s a piece of fast upbeat, 70’s disco-y style music being recently played on the BBC drama trailers on the TV - sounds like the band ‘Chic’ or ‘Sister Sledge’ or someone similar, and its doing my head in! Its played on a trailer with Philip Glenister in it I think - something with either Ashes to Ashes, Clocking Off and Torchwood in the trailer.
Sounds like female singers. Hope someone can nail it for me - Ive spent two hours on HMV’s website looking and I have to stop!
March 9th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
Hi Everyone, does anyone know the piano music to the Pilgrims’ Choice cheese advert please? Thank-you very much, from Joye
March 8th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Hi.
Does anyone know the name of the song used at the start every The Real Hustle Las Vegas episode. Check out this link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b00935qt.shtml?q=las+vegas&start=1&scope=iplayersearch&go=Find+Programmes&version_pid=b00935ql
It starts at 00:00.15 and finishes at 00:00.41
Thanks!!!
March 8th, 2008 at 1:54 am
Re: the music on the sky advert with the colour of magic etc, it’s Aqualung - Good Times Gonna Come. It was bugging me & I found the answer on another blog.