Any idea how to identify the music in these two videos? iPhone’s music ID function doesn’t recognize them.
Tom Brady Halloween 2016 - YouTube (Tom Brady/Halloween candy)
Iris Scott | New "Foxy" Finger Painting - YouTube (Artist Iris Scott painting a cat)
The second one sounds like someone trying to copy The XX.
Yeah, it does. It’s similar to another song too that I’ve heard on the radio in the past but I can’t quite put my finger on it. Wouldn’t help much even if I did though as it’s still a different song.
What makes you think it’s not just stock music from a library, or music specifically composed for the commercials? I mean I’m not being snarky; I’m wondering if there’s something leading you to believe otherwise.
They well may be stock music from a library for all I know. I was hoping that if they’re songs by certain artists that someone here would know of them and point me to them. Another possibility would be that someone familiar with commercial production might know how to track down the makers of the commercials or a listing of their production credits. I posted a question here once as to where a certain commercial was filmed and wound up not only with its general location but the exact street and house numbers where it was filmed. So who knows? I just thought I’d ask and see what if anything comes of it.
Given that no music search services can ID them, I think they’re composed for the ad/video. But maybe someone can track down the production credits.
Both of those songs are sort of smooth jazz-ish and I’ve struck out before when trying to ID a smooth jazz song on the radio, so I was hoping that someone here might be an aficionado of smooth jazz and recognize it. Or, failing that, that perhaps someone would know how to track down information allowing me to find out who produced the ads and/or what music was used.
I’m thinking that it’s probably quicker, easier and less expensive to license an existing tune than to hire someone to write one and get it recorded, possibly after several tries with different tunes that for one reason or another were rejected. I’m also of the opinion that while I like the music in those two ads, the music really doesn’t fit the product being sold. This to me is something of an indicator that the music is off the shelf rather than custom written for the ad.
But be these things as they may, this thread has been up for some time now and it looks like it isn’t going to prove fruitful. But thanks for your input.
The first one is obviously an expensive TV commercial put together by an ad agency.
The second one is just a promotional video for a small-time artist. So as far as that goes, have you tried simply contacting the artist? She gives her web site and on her web site is all sorts of contact information. Facebook, Instagram, and a direct contact form. Looking at her facebook page, she doesn’t seem to reply to reader comments, so why don’t you just fill out her contact form and ask your question? I’m sure she won’t bite over the internet and the worst that will happen is she will ignore you.
Just give the name of the video and ask if she knows the name of the song or if she knows who you could contact.
YouTube has a little auto-identifier of its own for songs, and will embed that info in the Information panel if it can detect it. The fact that it hasn’t done so for both those videos leads me to assume they’re anonymous library music.
Tom Kelly may have created the Tom Brady ad.
But first I would suggest that you drop an email to: hi@getunreal.com
I’m aware of course that I could Facebook message these people/agencies, but given their workload, time constraints, likely disinterest, and in Iris Scott’s case probably hundreds of messages a day to contend with, I felt I’d have better luck here given my belief that the songs in question are probably commercially available recordings.
And GuanoLad, you may be right. I just checked a recording by smooth jazz artist Paul Hardcastle on Youtube that Siri couldn’t identify and the identifying info you mention is indeed imbedded there and visible by expanding the info box. Still, the two videos I linked to are promotional ads rather than songs per se, so perhaps the identifiers were omitted since the music involved isn’t the purpose of the video as it is with song videos.
But at any rate, I thank you for the info (and for the links, Alley Dweller). Looks like my next step is a shot in the dark to the people directly involved.