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As my post from last year about BBC trailers/miscellaneous advert music approaches a staggering 700 comments, I thought it made a lot of sense to revisit the post, summarise some of the big ‘discoveries’ we’ve made, and remind folk of some advert questions that haven’t been answered.

Personally, my favourite piece of music at the moment is the delightful The Beep Beep Song, by Simone White, currently featuring in an Audi advert (They thankfully long since ditched their ridiculous patent claim ad). There’s a delightful Bjork edge to her voice that I love.

One of the ongoing debates most recently has been the music to the recent BBC2 series ‘The Restaurant’. I was convinced, like many others, the music was by Yann Tiersen. Indeed, some of it was. The problem was that much of it wasn’t! The debate is still raging, and unfortunately - as is often the case - the broadcasters of the TV programmes are often none the wiser, and less than helpful, in getting to the bottom of the problem.

Most frustrating of all the Ford Focus advert featuring the line “suddenly i feel like peter pan” has not found an answer that satisfies, and I’m with everybody else in feeling rather frustrated. Ben Griffith has been mooted, but it’s still a bit inconclusive, and (to my knowledge), no track appears to be available for download/purchase.

I’m still pleased, and rather amused that Sigur Rós continue to feature heavily in television trailers. They’re a less-well known Moby! Most recently BBC’s Genius Of Photography trailer featured Svo Hljott from the album Takk; Here’s hoping their new album (clicky for download details) contains as many delightful pieces of music. I’m certainly planning to order it soon.

Anyway, I’m hoping this post may take over some of the “load” from the original post! Comments there are certainly getting a bit difficult to wade through, and as many people subscribe to get updates it can result in lots of e-mails going out: So really feels like time for a fresh page! I’ll now be a bit more pro-active approach in filtering comments that come through as I’ve had a few very vague queries which are a bit difficult to help with, and not a few bordering on flamewar comments, which I’ve deleted. Let’s keep it friendly and polite!