Obamusic!

October 31, 2008 6:31 PM

What is the song at the very beginning of the Obamerical?

What is the song in the first 30 second of the Obama Infomerical?

Does anyone know any similar music?

posted by chrisalbon to media & arts (6 comments total)

It sounds a bit like Saving Private Ryan's Hymn to the Fallen. Not exactly though.
posted by null terminated at 7:00 PM on October 31, 2008

It's apparently "Prize Of One's Life...The Prize Of One's Mind" from A Beautiful Mind.
posted by null terminated at 7:13 PM on October 31, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

Here it is on imeem.
posted by null terminated at 7:14 PM on October 31, 2008

Bonus - Semi-related Filter: I am a registered absentee voter (just confirmed this online) but I never received a absentee ballot. How can I vote?
posted by chrisalbon at 7:26 PM on October 31, 2008

Where are you located? Broadly, though, your local election officials ought to be able to answer this question. Where I live, that's the secretary of state's office. Googling '(location) voting' should be helpful.
posted by box at 8:03 PM on October 31, 2008

Obama's "Vote for Change" site is a good place to start as well. They can link you up with sources of local voter information.

Oh, and if by some chance you can make to your normal polling place on the 4th after all, I'd assume that most localities would allow you to cast a provisional ballot. This would be counted later in the week following verification that you didn't actually cast an absentee ballot. (That's how it works where I am, anyway... YMMV)
posted by lzlo at 8:47 PM on October 31, 2008