What's that piece...?

Éomer of Rohan · 10-11-2003 11:53pm #1

This (stickied) thread is for anyone who wants to ask questions for example about advertisements using a classical piece of music which they would like identified etc...

BoB_BoT · 27-11-2003 7:15pm

Hey all, was just wondering if anyone knew what this piece was? i found a flash video with it (though it's a techno mix thingy) but it more or less is the song that i'm looking for the name of. It's Here I'm pretty sure it's Russian. I was watching a program about Russia and the homeless kids and how the army took on a certain amount of them and I had heard the song when they were marching so i'm guessing that it's Russian.
Thanks,
Rob

beardedchicken · 27-11-2003 10:05pm

that........was.......freaky!!!!!!!!
i will never forgive you for subjecting my fragile psyche to that sight, but i will tell you what the music is.
it's a piece called "the cavalry of the steppes", an old russian folk song.
now i'm going to go and hide in a darkened room.

BoB_BoT · 28-11-2003 2:10am

lol thanks very much, i thought the animation was funny c'mon the pixel people!!! hehe thanks again,
Rob

<edit> "beh i really should have put this post into the sticky lol :P sorry Éomer of Rohan didn't notice it until it was too late

feel free to merge this topic with it if you like

" </edit>

demac · 28-11-2003 10:56am

Hi all,
I was lucky enough to be at the RWC in Australia. Prior to all the matches a piece of classical music was played jsut before the national anthems were sung.

Does anyone know the name of this music ?

I purchased the RWC 2003 Audio CD but the tune wasn't on it.

Cheers.

beardedchicken · 28-11-2003 8:43pm

i'll go out on a limb here and guess that it was "World In Union", the Rugby World Cup anthem, although, not having heard the piece, i could well be wrong....
anyway, the best known version was sung by Kiri TeKanawa. hope you find what you're looking for!

Éomer of Rohan · 29-11-2003 12:21am

Yes you should but that is ok, I will merge them - if I can work out how lol.

emmemm · 06-12-2003 11:02pm

identification of above appreciated

Éomer of Rohan · 06-12-2003 11:16pm

Maybe telling us where you heard it would be more useful because all I could decipher from that was a beat without tone - which is probably all anyone could make out either.

cerebus · 09-12-2003 2:36am

Originally posted by emmemm
identification of above appreciated

I'll hazard a guess that it might be Beethoven's 5th Symphony. Sort of fits the bill...

emmemm · 09-12-2003 9:37am

Knew there were some smart guys on boards.
Many thanks.
Sorry for my complete ignorance but I enjoy most of the popular classics.
Anyone any favs I might download?

sceptre · 10-12-2003 3:56am

Originally posted by cerebus
I'll hazard a guess that it might be Beethoven's 5th Symphony. Sort of fits the bill...

Heh, that's what I thought when I read the post title too:D

cerebus · 10-12-2003 6:57pm

Originally posted by emmemm
Knew there were some smart guys on boards.
Many thanks.
Sorry for my complete ignorance but I enjoy most of the popular classics.
Anyone any favs I might download?

You're too kind

I'm fond of Dvorak's Cello Concerto* - take a listen to this short snippet from the second movement. If you're interested/keen to hear more, I'm sure you'll find it somewhere. Both du Pre and Tortelier have excellent recordings available, so see if you can track down one of those.

* Lots of reasons - a peformance of this was the first concert my wife (a cellist) and I went to together when we started dating, for instance! We are going to see Yo-Yo Ma perform this and Elgar's Cello Concerto in May - we can't wait!

banquo · 29-05-2004 5:04pm

hey that was pretty cool. i may look into it..

BlitzKrieg · 19-06-2004 9:11am

whats the one they have in all those action movie adverts it goes something like (clears throat) HEEHEE HAAHAA HEEHEE HAAHAA and so on....:(

heh

feylya · 20-06-2004 2:55am

Carmina Burana???

snoopish · 27-06-2004 8:55pm

Originally posted by emmemm
Knew there were some smart guys on boards.
Many thanks.
Sorry for my complete ignorance but I enjoy most of the popular classics.
Anyone any favs I might download?

Don't really know what you're into but if you like piano music you should download "big my secret" by Micheal Nyman.It's an amazing piece! one of my favourites to play! Or if you fancy something a little heavier you should try Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique Fouth movement! let me know what you think

Éomer of Rohan · 13-07-2004 2:53pm

Michael Nyman's pieces all sound so similar. I suppose it really depends on whether or not you like his 'sound.'

snoopish · 13-07-2004 9:05pm

do you have the soundtrack to the film the piano? by no means do his pieces sound similar, however they do have a scottish theme running through them.

stevejazzx · 16-08-2004 1:30am

highly rec.

obvious,mozart,beethoven,etc
classical: no messing
stravinsky - rites of spring
mozarts -requiem
bach - mass in b minor
prokofiev-sym no.5
rodrigo - invocation y danza (wow)
de falla /any rec: arr by Paco de lucia

jazz:armstrong,ella,billie holiday,parker,coltrane,miles,sonny rollins
no messing
wes montgomery, boss guitar/any
jobim covers / various
michael brecker / any
oscar peterson with jim hall guitar
sonny rollins / best of
john mclaughlin with defrncesco and elvin jones -after the rain (wow)

pickarooney · 25-08-2004 7:01pm

Hi,

I'm not sure this is going to work, but if anyone can access the file pointed to by this link, can you identify the clip playing in the background of the Ralph and Ted sketch?

http://s2.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=E163DCC42426C2BCB88B0EA607625D0A

Cheers,
P

Drag00n79 · 10-09-2004 6:37pm

For the last 3-4 years the FAI play some classical music as Ireland and the opposing team come on to the pitch at Lansdowne Road for senior soccer matches. Does anybody know what it is?

marty_mart · 10-11-2004 11:09am

Hi,

there's a nice piece of music being played in the current EBS ads on radion and television. Its a female voice piece, does anybody know what its called?

Thanks,
marty_mart

Oeneus · 23-11-2004 12:12am

OK. I'm looking for a classical piano piece that I heard years ago on an episode of, ehem*, Tom and Jerry. OK, yeah yeah, I know. But does anybody know what I'm on about? Tom (the cat) was basically playing this piece at a concert, and Jerry (the mouse) was just trying to piss him off while doing his performance.

Does anyone know the piece I'm looking for?

Drag00n79 · 29-11-2004 6:59pm

Helpful forum this one :rolleyes:

Oeneus · 29-11-2004 11:44pm

Thats what I was thinking. I've since found the piece I was looking for!

thebionn · 07-12-2004 5:56pm

The piece that Marty Mart is talking about might be by Death in Vegas, off the Scorpio Rising album. Also used on the Lost in Translation soundtrack. I think its on an ESB ad, not ESB, although that might be a typo.

An Fear Aniar · 11-12-2004 9:01pm

Some of you may hear this sometime and wonder what it is.

It's Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor by Borodin and it's lovely.

http://www.lessontutor.com/bf_borodin.html

the_only_Ali · 28-03-2005 8:14pm

Heya!
Did anyone here watch the BBC2 programme "Auchswitz"? It was on during their Holocaust Memorial series. Anyway there was a piece of classical music playing throughout the programme, violin and piano. It was amazingly good, so if anyne knows what it was, it would be VERY helpful if yu let me know!
Thanks!

Scholastika · 09-05-2005 11:11pm

Howya. I'm new to this but I thought I'd just let you know-

Whoever is looking for Nyman's "The Piano" soundtrack; better to actually buy a Naxos recording (like 8 quid or something, really cheap) of 'The Piano Concerto' by Nyman. It's a re-hashing of all the music from the movie, so its even better.

Regarding tunes you hear in ads-I bet everybody's familiar with Prokofiev's "Dance of the Knights" from his ballet Romeo&Juliet (but nobody knows what its called etc). Its always in ads for perfume and that. Check it out and such.

Scholastika · 09-05-2005 11:13pm

By the way, that BBC Documentary-haven't seen it but the music is probably by Shostakovich. It usually is in those cases (he's really good!..check out his 5th symphony/8th string quartet).

Naos · 28-06-2005 11:39pm

Need this..

I have just heard it from my friend, its amazing. It is called Yolana/Joana's eye. I have failed to find it on net.. Wondering is that the correct spelling? Sorry not much to go on. If I must I will get a recording..

Thanks

beardedchicken · 28-06-2005 11:42pm

Scholastika wrote:

By the way, that BBC Documentary-haven't seen it but the music is probably by Shostakovich. It usually is in those cases (he's really good!..check out his 5th symphony/8th string quartet).

kevin?

Terran · 30-09-2005 10:12am

demac wrote:

Hi all,
I was lucky enough to be at the RWC in Australia. Prior to all the matches a piece of classical music was played jsut before the national anthems were sung.

Does anyone know the name of this music ?

I purchased the RWC 2003 Audio CD but the tune wasn't on it.

Cheers.

It's probably The World in Union you're talking about alright, which is originally from Jupiter, from the Planets suite by Gustav Holst.

Aviator55 · 30-09-2005 12:39pm

"Song of the Volga Boatmen" by Red Army Choir?

robertd · 09-10-2005 5:03pm

Hi there,
Would any of you out there be able to identify the backround music in the radio & tv adverts for EBS Building Society, previously posted but as yet unanswered.

You can listen to a sample of the song here:

http://www.geocities.com/mpc_team/ebs-ad.wma

At first I thought it was a classical piece, but if you listen closely there seems to be a catchy bass which might suggest something like Adiemus. The female vocal part does sound operatic, though.

All help much appreciated.

Cheers.

Roddy23 · 09-10-2005 5:06pm

Sorry robertd, i havent a clue, but I do have a question of my own.
Does anybody know what classical song is at the start of Raging Bull.
I think its a symphony, but not too sure, and if someone could tell me who composed it also.
Thanks Roddy

Nea · 10-10-2005 1:05pm

The piece most associated with Raging Bull is the Intermezzo from Cavalaria Rusticana.
Absolutely amazing and moving!!

Roddy23 · 12-10-2005 11:19am

Cheers, that has been a thorn in my side, couldn't never find out what it was.
Thanks again

Colm_OReilly · 16-11-2005 11:37am

Does anyone know the name of the piano piece being played at the start of this Christian Bale movie, while he's doing a voiceover introducing himself as he goes through his daily ritual.

It's possible it's from Les Miserables as there is a poster for the play in his bathroom.

Thanks,
Colm

imalwayshappy · 16-11-2005 4:53pm

Does anyone out there know the backround music to the EBS ad?? please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Setun · 22-11-2005 7:52pm

Hey can anybody recommend me with a good Japanese classical composer? I'd like to listen to one that uses elements/ instrumentation of traditional japanese music in their pieces. Is Osaka a composer? I could be very wrong indeed though.

pork99 · 26-02-2006 11:33pm

What's the music in this ad anyone?

http://gameads.gamepressure.com/tv_game_commercial.asp?ID=3666

I'm certainly no expert (I wouldn't be posting this if I was

) but it sounds like it's by one of those 19th century French lads, Offenbach, Gounod, Delibes maybe?

Vinnie69 · 08-03-2006 1:45pm

pork99 wrote:

What's the music in this ad anyone?

http://gameads.gamepressure.com/tv_game_commercial.asp?ID=3666

I'm certainly no expert (I wouldn't be posting this if I was ) but it sounds like it's by one of those 19th century French lads, Offenbach, Gounod, Delibes maybe?

If you scroll down a little on your link you will see that the music is by Verdi

Vinnie69 · 08-03-2006 1:50pm

This a strange one but does anyone know where I would get a copy of a WWII German Panza(?) troop singing "Erica". Mike Murphy (remember him?) used to play it a lot at 8 am on RTE 1 before the days of Morning Ireland (or some would have it, Boring Ireland) ??

Kevo · 09-03-2006 3:48pm

About half way through the add for Munich a song by John williams(I think) is played. I bought the soundtrack but its not on it.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/munich/small.html

Anybody know what it is?

pork99 · 10-03-2006 12:55am

Vinnie69 wrote:

If you scroll down a little on your link you will see that the music is by Verdi

very good - I'm sure that info wasn't there last week!

sounded like it was sung in French not Italian but as I said I'm no expert

pork99 · 12-03-2006 12:16pm

pork99 wrote:

very good - I'm sure that info wasn't there last week!

sounded like it was sung in French not Italian but as I said I'm no expert

Just had to find out what that piece was because like the piece used on the Volkswagen Jetta ad (which a bit of searching revealed to be "Songs without Words" (6) Op. 67 No.2 in F minor by Mendelssohn) they stand out like jewels in the sea of dreck which most of the music used in advertising is.

But I find as I enter middle age two things happening*

1) My political opinions move to the right

2) I start listening to more classical music

I wonder is there a link?

* Apart from weight gain/hair loss etc

Vinnie69 · 14-03-2006 6:26pm

pork99 wrote:

Just had to find out what that piece was because like the piece used on the Volkswagen Jetta ad (which a bit of searching revealed to be "Songs without Words" (6) Op. 67 No.2 in F minor by Mendelssohn) they stand out like jewels in the sea of dreck which most of the music used in advertising is.

But I find as I enter middle age two things happening*

1) My political opinions move to the right

2) I start listening to more classical music

I wonder is there a link?

* Apart from weight gain/hair loss etc

Don't worry about it, it happens to us all, our parents used to call it "growing up"
Re 1 You have just realised that all political parties are the same,so you might well starting looking after yourself because when you get past middle age, no one will want to know you.
re 2 you have starting listening to clasical music because you can no longer hear or remember those charming lyrics by that talentless young man emmin (or is that M & M):D

pork99 · 19-03-2006 12:00am

Vinnie69 wrote:

Don't worry about it, it happens to us all, our parents used to call it "growing up"
Re 1 You have just realised that all political parties are the same,so you might well starting looking after yourself because when you get past middle age, no one will want to know you.
re 2 you have starting listening to clasical music because you can no longer hear or remember those charming lyrics by that talentless young man emmin (or is that M & M):D

Can't argue with that - you've hit the old nail on the head there (twice)

As Armando Iannucci said a few years ago you get to that age where "Smash Hits" (even that's gone now!) looks like it's written in some bizarre foreign language...

Seanie M · 09-06-2006 11:17am

I am looking for the name of a piece that was used in a Christmas video. You can see it here: http://www.wonderlandchristmas.com/av/Wizards.wmv (4.8MB)
I was told it is the Trans Siberian Orchestra... but I want to know the piece. I know it has a rock music theme going, but feel its still part of the classical ensemble!

TIA,

Seanie.

What's that piece...?

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