Comments on: Name that tune!

Question: Name that tune!

pithy comment — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 18:40:20 -0800

While watching the olympics I've seen a few ads with Visa's new slogan, "Life Takes Visa" and I really like the song playing in the background. It seems like a pop/rock song (with a little classical in there too), though it may have been composed specifically for the commercial. So my question: if you've seen the ad, do you know what song that is? (And where I could get it? - hopefully iTunes)

By: iviken

iviken — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 19:14:43 -0800

The ad is here. No mention of who made the music.

By: Gator

Gator — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 19:45:12 -0800

Yeah, I checked all the ad and TV commercial sites I'm familiar with and couldn't find any mention of it either -- but if you contact the people at the bottom of the press release, they might have an answer for you. It is a pretty little piece of music.

By: wackybrit

wackybrit — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:08:48 -0800

It sounds very much written for the task, but I could be wrong. I Googled for ten minutes and came up with nothing except the ad agency who made it are TBWA\Chiat\Day (who have the most useless Web site ever).

By: wackybrit

wackybrit — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:14:03 -0800

If anyone cares, the "Determination" ad is Radian by Air, but all those other pieces are definitely not by them. The first names that pop into my head are people like Jon Brion, Mark Mothersbaugh, and Jeff Lynne, but I'm reasonably sure it's none of them.. but it gets me thinking.. :)

By: pithy comment

pithy comment — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 06:44:06 -0800

Ahh, I was looking all over visa's site and didn't see the ad there because Adblock blocked. it. Thanks for the tips so far.

By: neustile

neustile — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 07:42:09 -0800

It reminded me a lot of the Hey Jude cover (mp3, from the Royal Tenenbaums soundtrack) by "Mutato Muzika Orchestra" (Mothersbaugh/Devo side project)- who, according to Wikipedia, do a lot of commercials. Their website seems broken, but it could be them.

By: jca

jca — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 11:14:21 -0800

I'm guessing it's music specifically made for the ad. You can trying emailing and asking TBWA/Chiat/Day in Los Angeles, since they did the ad. (Some ad agencies are pretty good about answering those types of questions.)

By: jca

jca — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 11:15:09 -0800

Oops, broken link: TBWA/Chiat/Day

By: pithy comment

pithy comment — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:10:23 -0800

I have that Hey Jude Cover, and you're right it does sound like Mutato. I've also just found this AdTunes forum posting of the same question, so I'll keep my eyes there too.

By: jca

jca — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:06:21 -0800

Yeah, that adtunes.com site can be helpful sometimes. ;)