# What's that tune?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tune/849700>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 18, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tune/849700 "2020-03-18T02:15:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tune/849700/1 "2020-03-18T02:15:00Z")

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I’m referring to the lush orchestral music with all the strings in the Expedia commercial with the dog.

Does it have a name? It sounds like something maybe Laurie Johnson could have written back in the '50s.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tune/849700/2 "2020-03-18T15:52:34Z")

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I can’t help with identifying the song, but is [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiZXC_23Y50) the commercial in question?

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tune/849700/3 "2020-03-18T17:06:19Z")

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> [@bibliophage](#):
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> I can’t help with identifying the song, but is [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiZXC_23Y50) the commercial in question?

Yep, that’s it. Does it have a name, or was it written specifically for the commercial?

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-tune/849700/4 "2020-03-18T17:34:21Z")

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> [@bibliophage](#):
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> I can’t help with identifying the song, but is [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiZXC_23Y50) the commercial in question?

Yep, that’s it. Does it have a name, or was it written specifically for the commercial?