Sunday, 1 November 2009

Famous Ads

This morning we were talking about music and I happenned to hum the Cadbury's advert song from years ago and realised that every British person of my age has loads of classics in their memories but with advert lyrics! Where do these classics come from? Well, there are loads of sites on the net but here are some of the classics.

Old Spice:O Fortuna from Carmina Burana-Composer Carl Orff

Bao Chocolates/Kleenex Tissues: Intermezzo sinfonico from Cavalleria rusticana: Composer Pietro Mascagni

Black And Decker: Flight of the bumble-bee: Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

British Airways: Flower Duet from Lakme: Composer Leo Delibes

Hovis: Largo from Symphony No 9 "From the New World": Composer Antonin Dvorak

Ragu Pasta Sauces: Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore: Composer Guiseppe Verdi

Hamlet: Air on a G string-Composer Johann Sebastian Bach

Cadbury's Fruit And Nut: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Nutcracker-Composer Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky

Peugeot: Moldau-Composer Bedrich Smetana

Woolworths: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba-Composer George Frederic Handel

Threshers: Cannon-Composer Johann Pachelbel

Royal Bank of Scotland: Playful Pizzicato from Simple Symphony-Composer Benjamin Britten

Mercedes Benz: Soave il vento from Cosi fan tutte-Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Boursin Cheese: Clair de lune-Composer Claude Debussy

Rover: Largo from Serse-Composer George Frederci Handel

Dulux Weathershield: Jupiter from The Planets-Composer: Gustav Holst

IBM Computers: Fur Elise-Composer Ludwig Van Beethoven

Chanel L'égoiste: Dance of the Knights from Romeo and Juliet-Composer Sergei Prokeofiev

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