# Gears of War Ad---What's that Music?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 5, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gears-of-war-ad-whats-that-music/379135 "2006-11-05T00:05:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gears-of-war-ad-whats-that-music/379135/1 "2006-11-05T00:05:41Z")

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I saw a commercial last night for “Gears of War”, the latest post-apocalyptic-fight-monsters-with-your-giant-gun video game, and the graphics were accompanied by this haunting tune. It was mostly piano and a man singing. I know I’ve heard it somewhere before, but I just can’t place it. The only words I could make out were, (I think) “Mad World.”

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gears-of-war-ad-whats-that-music/379135/2 "2006-11-05T00:39:02Z")

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It is “Mad World” by either Tears For Fears or Gary Jules. The version they play is the Gary Jules version, same as in _Donnie Darko_, but I don’t know who wrote the song originally.

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gears-of-war-ad-whats-that-music/379135/3 "2006-11-05T00:41:07Z")

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[Wikipedia says Tears For Fears had it first.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_World_(song)) They’re playing a (famous) cover version.

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**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gears-of-war-ad-whats-that-music/379135/4 "2006-11-05T04:32:37Z")

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Danke, **Derleth**.