OK, I'd like to see some ideas on the best background music that Mazda could use for their 1st RX-8 commercial. I just bought Peter Gabriel's latest CD, "UP" (he likes short album names, doesn't he?), and as soon as I heard track 2, called "Growing Up", I immediately thought of a guy running thru the gears on an RX-8. When I play that track, I find myself driving much faster and more aggressively than normal. Tony Levin has some awesome bass tracks on it. Mazda should definitely get a lock on the rights to that song... has anyone else heard it and does it make you think RX-8?

And how about some other ideas for Mazda? We have GOT to get rid of that damned zoom-zoom kid with the irritating music - it's way too cute for the RX-8!

Song 2 - Blur

It's overused but damn, with the right commercial it would kick ass!

Older song by Republica - Ready To Go.

Little Mermaid - part of your world




lol

Originally posted by Immi
Little Mermaid - part of your world




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Sicko :P

It's "A whole new world".. get it right!

Wasn't "Ready to Go" featured in a Mitsu commercial a few years back?

And "Song 2" has been used several times too.

By the suggestions thrown out on this thread (other than those that are personal favorites), it would seem that there is a reason why marketing people overplay certain songs, doesn't it?

---jps

Originally posted by Hercules

Sicko :P

It's "A whole new world".. get it right!

They were right:

Little Mermaid - Part of your World (Solo)
Aladdin - A Whole New World (Duet with Jasmine)

Hercules - Zero to Hero.......or in your case Herc: "Hero to Zero"

:p

Hmm this is a tough one, but I think I found it after a quick stint through my MP3 collection. Lunatic Calm- Leave You Far Behind. It is from "The Matrix" Soundtrack and I think it is perfect for what the RX-8 portrays. :cool:

To damn soft! Needs something a little more raw. I say:

Rob Zombie -Dragula

Metallica - Fuel

On a funny note, how about: Rawhide (rollin, rollin, rollin....)


Speaking of the Matrix, Bullet-time would be a good one. (I think that is the one from the slow motion scene in the building lobby).

Yeah that is also a good song, but its by the Propellerheads and it's called Spybreak :)

How about "Rock and Roll" by Led Zepplin?

Already taken?...Who?...Cadillac??!!!

I like Fuel - Metallica :)

bon jovi - it's my life

Chemical Brothers: Block Rockin' Beats

it's hard enough to statisfy you hard rockers, and quick enough to satisfy the younger techno guys, and NOT PLAYED OUT!!! ;)
rockin' ass song...

actualy, just did some thinking, and i've come up with two other good choices...

James Cook: Rattle and Burn
would be more suited to the Zoom Zoom image, playful and light flamenco guitar... really inspiring, exciting, emtional, and very uptempo

Chemical Brothers: The Setting Sun
not so lumbering and in-your-face as Block Rockin' Beats, this song's dizzying synthesized guitars really add a lot of movement and motion to this further uptempo, but still heavy and rockin' dance tune...

how about... BE SO HORNY by 2 live crew?

You know, I think the comercial that would sell the most RX-8s would involve a few bikini models writhing around on the hood and roof...and maybe a shot of the Zoom Zoom kid in purple velvet, wearing a fidora with a feather, a martini in one hand, and one of the bikini models in the other. Music could be that one song from Ferris Bueller "Oh, yeaaaaaah".

Wait 'til there is a convertable and then:-

Dario G, Sun Machine. (No, not Sunchyme)...

How about Back In Black, Problem Child, or It's a Long Way to the Top If You Wanna Rock & Roll by AC DC?

"ohhh, only in my dreams,....
as real as it may seem...
It was only in my dreams"

;) lol

It has to be...

Prince - Little Red Corvette

Originally posted by said7
"ohhh, only in my dreams,....
as real as it may seem...
It was only in my dreams"

;) lol
Oh God.. Debbie Gibson.. :D

Circles by Incubus:

Hey, what would it mean to you
To know that it'll come back around again
Hey, whatever it means to you
To know that everything moves in circles

Round and round and round and round and round...

Alternatively, Alive by Pearl Jam would have a little meaning for me, plus the beginning riffs would go great with a quick montage of clips of vintage rotaries.

My choice would be The Strokes' "Hard to Explain". The title perfectly describes the car, plus the beat suits Mazda's Zoom Zoom attitude.

rotary engine would be music enough.

Metallica, yes... but 'Fuel' is too obvious. I'd much prefer to hear 'Damage Inc.' - now that's a song to make your blood sing.

how about no music. just the sound of the car starting and the renesis reving up to 9k!

&*$%#!!! I stayed up late trying to figure out how to create a clip of the perfect background music, and after finally getting it done discovered the max attachment size is only about 115K. I really want people to hear this 'cause I think its a perfect match for the RX-8. Can anyone give me any hints on how to reduce 30 seconds from a CD into 115K? The WAV cut I made was over 5MB!

MP3s can give you better than 10:1 compression of WAV files (your 5 Meg file would become less than 500 k).

You could always post it on a home page somewhere and just link to it.

Good advice - you made me delve into the realm of web pages. I made a lame one and it hosts the clip. The site is at:

http://home.satx.rr.com/rx8uberalles

Whenever I play this track, I picture a TV ad showing the '8 taking hard corners on a winding road, maybe with some closeups of a hand working the shifter.

I think I'm way too obsessed about this car...

How about Basement Jaxx - Where's your head at

Originally posted by khoney
Good advice - you made me delve into the realm of web pages. I made a lame one and it hosts the clip. The site is at:

http://home.satx.rr.com/rx8uberalles

Whenever I play this track, I picture a TV ad showing the '8 taking hard corners on a winding road, maybe with some closeups of a hand working the shifter.

I think I'm way too obsessed about this car...

yeah thats a good song khoney, i can definetly hear it playing in a car commercial

OK, now that I've seen the X-Men car I feel even stronger about this track being in the first RX-8 commercial. It just oozes driving excitement. Link to MP3 clip below:
http://home.satx.rr.com/rx8uberalles


Artist: Peter Gabriel
Title: UP
Clip from Track 2: Growing Up

Originally posted by Mazda man
How about Basement Jaxx - Where's your head at

i too love the Basement Jaxx, but what about the Chemical Brothers??

hmmm, or something light, airy, and acoustic:
"Rattle and Burn"
Jesse Cook
on the album "Vertigo"

he is a guitarist, and he does the spanish, flamenco kind... really rippin' song... hmmmm... see if you can find it on AudioGalaxy, i know i did (like a year ago)

Yeah, pretty good song khoney! Maybe The Red hot chili peppers- cant stop

No music, just the sound of the motor as someone drives fast on a California mountain back road...

oh wait that's an RSX type-s commercial.

How about the theme music from Gerry Anderson's 'UFO' from 1969? The Shado cars in that series (as driven by Ed Straker etc) were supposed to be turbine powered because the TV producers thought that would be the norm in 1980 (The Future). They even looked a bit (squint) like the RX-8 and make a similar noise. It'd work - trust me! :)

chris cornell - sweet euphoria
w/ rx-8 drifting around corner in slow motion

that or maybe that bowie song, ground control to major tom or something like that =p

You know what, lets face it... if you have a slow-motion of the RX-8's sexy curves drifting, or just flying around a dry-lake bed (Mazda commercial style), ANY music could sell that image... Has everyone seen the Japanese commercial that was in the media forum (Can't find it right now)... it barely had the RX-8 in it, and was still a good commercial...

We got one already ! ..... "My Wish Comes True !"

"My wish comes true
It's the greatest love
I can feel in my heart
It's touching my soul with tenderness .......... "


hahahahahah......... :D