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Question: I almost paid to see another movie at Landmark just to hear this again

grrarrgh00 — Wed, 31 May 2006 07:57:23 -0800

Name that tune: It serves as the soundtrack to the HBO Documentary Films commercial that currently plays before movies at Landmark Theaters. It's beautiful.

I can barely describe the song, except to say it's got swirling string instruments, a man's voice, singing pretty high. Sounds sort of like a cross between Radiohead and Rufus Wainwright. Maybe. I can't think of any of the lyrics.

The commercial itself shows snippets of documentaries sort of projected onto squares that fade in and out, with words like "real" and "inspiring" popping up randomly on the screen. Cheesy as it sounds, the effect is actually nice. But really it's just because the song is very pretty.

By: Marquis

Marquis — Wed, 31 May 2006 08:37:20 -0800

I can barely describe the song, except to say it's got swirling string instruments, a man's voice, singing pretty high. Sounds sort of like a cross between Radiohead and Rufus Wainwright. Maybe. I can't think of any of the lyrics.

Okay as much as I feel stupid saying this, you've basically described Sigur Ros. I've not seen the ad, but is the guy singing in English? If not - yes, I would place lots of money on the artist being Sigur Ros, Jonsi singing away in Icelandic/Hopelandic. presumably something from their newest album (Takk), released last year.

By: witchstone

witchstone — Wed, 31 May 2006 08:42:59 -0800

I wonder if it's the same song they used a few months ago for a commercial for regular HBO shows. I just looked this up the other day because I'd written part of the lyrics down months ago; but I don't have the info with me here at work, and I can't remember any of it! Curses.

By: redfoxtail

redfoxtail — Wed, 31 May 2006 08:47:16 -0800

According to this thread at Adtunes, it's a song called "Sparks Fly" by Daníel Ágúst.

By: nitsuj

nitsuj — Wed, 31 May 2006 08:54:40 -0800

you can listen to a sample of the song on Last.fm to verify. (requires Last.fm account, which is free)

By: Hubajube

Hubajube — Wed, 31 May 2006 09:42:00 -0800

The whole song is here.

The person that guessed Sigur Ros was close. Daniel used to be in another Icelandic band, Gus Gus.

By: grrarrgh00

grrarrgh00 — Wed, 31 May 2006 11:26:03 -0800

You guys rock my socks off. I can die happy now.

By: grrarrgh00

grrarrgh00 — Wed, 31 May 2006 11:35:34 -0800

The funny thing is, before I asked this question, my Google-fu had gotten me as far as this. Which led me to search iTunes for a song with the keyword "sparks fly." But I stupidly assumed that because none of the songs with that title on iTunes was it, that I was going down the wrong path. Boy am I happy I asked.