# Does anyone else remember this beautiful music from a 2003 "Prego" commercial? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** commercials-ads, music\ **Created:** [November 15, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-beautiful-music-from-a-2003-prego-commercial/925598 "2020-11-15T00:07:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-beautiful-music-from-a-2003-prego-commercial/925598/1 "2020-11-15T00:07:04Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aqhRhIwf7yo/hqdefault.jpg "Prego Commercial - Violin Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqhRhIwf7yo) I searched for this for years and finally found it on YouTube. The Prego spaghetti sauce commercial was on the air in 2003. There were so many people calling and requesting info and hoping for more of it that they actually decided to record a longer version. It was composed by David Horowitz. It is so emotional and evocative. You can almost imagine a narrative to go with it. A couple of YouTube viewer comments: “Why the hell does this piece make me physically feel things?” “This is my “sad song” when I think of my Dad or pets who have left me…” ---
**Author:** ![CoconutPete](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coconutpete/32/5294_2.png) [@CoconutPete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoconutPete)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-beautiful-music-from-a-2003-prego-commercial/925598/2 "2020-11-15T23:29:53Z")
I don’t remember it, but yes it is very pleasant, in a drippy, overly sentimental sort of way. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-beautiful-music-from-a-2003-prego-commercial/925598/3 "2020-11-16T00:38:17Z")
Sounds like movie soundtrack stuff to me. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-beautiful-music-from-a-2003-prego-commercial/925598/4 "2020-11-16T02:01:03Z")
That almost sounds like a revision of Bach’s “Air On The G String.” Here’s my own personal favorite rendition of that. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/E2j-frfK-yg/hqdefault.jpg "Bach, Air ("on the G string", string orchestra)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2j-frfK-yg) On a similar note, in the 1990s, there was a piano-only tune that I would occasionally hear on PBS docos, public service announcements, and occasionally a religious-themed commercial. I have never been able to find the title of that, or who performs it, and can’t recall hearing it since around 2000. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-beautiful-music-from-a-2003-prego-commercial/925598/5 "2020-11-16T02:29:05Z")
Exactly! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-beautiful-music-from-a-2003-prego-commercial/925598/6 "2020-11-30T17:04:34Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > That almost sounds like a revision of Bach’s “Air On The G String.” Here’s my own personal favorite rendition of that. It is definitely reminiscent of Air, another piece I absolutely love. Who says Bach’s music isn’t emotional? ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-beautiful-music-from-a-2003-prego-commercial/925598/7 "2020-12-02T13:48:30Z")
Indeed it sounds to me very much like a piece from a movie, such as that piece from [Schindler’s List](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-gmdAP7XEk). Still, nice to hear, so thanks for introducing me to it. The piece is somewhat similar to certain classical pieces, such as [Shostakovich’ Romance from The Gadfly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sBKW7jMyLM) or [Bruch’s Romance for Viola](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLKmJcSMVV4). ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-beautiful-music-from-a-2003-prego-commercial/925598/8 "2020-12-02T14:11:52Z")
You are right on both of those! Thank _you_ for telling me about them.