making of an ad

[sophieeloise]

i am currently making an ad on drink driving among students for my 2nd year degree module of video planning and production.

i need suggestions as to what music to play in the background - it needs to be quite sad and slow, preferably without lyrics just a melody and as though the main character is reminiscing!

also where abouts would i download the soundtrack from??!

[nicodmus]

Ludovico Einaudi - Le Onde

[paddy_36]

Really good piece of sad, reminiscing music without lyrics is Les Nuits by Nightmares on Wax from the album Carboot Soul - available on itunes.

Good luck with the video!

[paddy_36]

The American Beauty theme is another one - it's track 8 on the American Beauty soundtrack.

[vicky225]

You should play Angel Gabriel by Lamb

[ermintrude35]

..."I love N.Y.E" by badly drawn boy...possibly the most moving instrumental I have ever heard...

[mandele-lcc]

(Have a drink have a drive) in the summertime

by mungo jerry

[alfiebrady]

How about something from 'Filigree & Shadow' by This Mortal Coil'? Here's a bit from a review website:

The great thing about Filigree and Shadow is how fresh it still sounds. That's not always a good thing; the cover of Tim Buckley's "Morning Glory" would sound perfect on an MOR station wedged in between Paula Cole's "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" and Wham's "Careless Whisper." That aside-- I'm sorry, that and the amazingly hideous cover of Talking Heads' "Drugs" aside-- Filigree and Shadow must have sounded like the proverbial sore thumb of the mid-1980s. It's heavy on effects and synthesizers, some tracks merely exist to establish mood and bridge gaps, and the overall mood is somber. In other words, Pieces of You it ain't. It's make-out music for people who crave absinthe and bisexuality.

No, wait. I like it, too, so I guess a gross stereotype isn't going to get me out of this one. It is make-out music for folks who crave mood music for the eclipse, music with titles like "Alone," "The Horizon Bleeds and Sucks Its Thumb," and "Come Here My Love." People who are sad, like that fellow in the mirror. People who are into a different kind of '80s revival. People who need people-- the unluckiest people in the world.

[alijangra]

Karma Police by Radiohead

[nick100]

Try sigur ros the nothing song - its really sad, and was used in vanilla sky when tom cruises life flashes before his eyes