song used in "Gears of War" TV commerical

drphoto · « **on:** 25 Nov 2006, 05:39 pm »

Anyone know the name of song and performer used in a TV ad for a video game called "Gears of War"?

thanks

launche · « **Reply #1 on:** 25 Nov 2006, 06:00 pm »

Gary Jules: "Mad World" from the Donnie Darko Soundtrack
Sounds like R.E.M. huh
Actually, I think this may be originally a Tears for Fears song.

Good commerical, seems weird at first but after seeing it a few times it's kinda haunting.

Yep, just checked my Tears for fears disc, it's their song but the original is a more synth-pop 80's presentation, very different version. I do like Jules's cover better.

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jqp · « **Reply #2 on:** 25 Nov 2006, 06:15 pm »

Yes it is originally by Tears for Fears and this is a cover that was used in the movie:

http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=33339.0

robert1325 · « **Reply #3 on:** 25 Nov 2006, 06:24 pm »

Donnie darko is amazing!! ( I mean the movie

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are you enjoying your xbox 360's? I own the old black box ( sprayed it silver) but am not playing games lately.

drphoto · « **Reply #4 on:** 25 Nov 2006, 10:06 pm »

I looked at jqp's link were this was previously discussed. Pretty cool that several people picked up on this. I went to the CDBaby site and listened to a 2 minute sample of the song. It's awesome. I will buy this record.

It's pretty rare that I'll here just a snippit of something like that commercial and say 'whoa....I gotta find out who did that!' The guy has a really interesting voice.

And yes....Donny Darko was pretty cool. I have the DVD, but never made the connection.

bubba966 · « **Reply #5 on:** 25 Nov 2006, 10:12 pm »

Quote from: drphoto on 25 Nov 2006, 10:06 pm

And yes....Donny Darko was pretty cool. I have the DVD, but never made the connection.

The first time I saw that commercial I knew it was from Darko. And I'm not the one to listen to music at all (which is why I've never bought a CD/LP/Cassette/etc in my entire life).

But I watch lots of movies, and usually associate a song with whatever movie I saw it in. Couldn't have told you who the artist/song was on this one, but I certainly know what it was from...

jqp · « **Reply #6 on:** 26 Nov 2006, 01:43 am »

Quote from: robert1325 on 25 Nov 2006, 06:24 pm

are you enjoying your xbox 360's? I own the old black box ( sprayed it silver) but am not playing games lately.

I am enjoying it considering that I am a part-time gamer. Haven't gotten Gears of War yet, but will when I get some other things done. I play Halo 2 a few hours a week, and I actually got the $4 Burger King games last week (have only looked at 1 one of them so far). And I think I saw bubb996 online the other night as I was shutting down...

drphoto · « **Reply #7 on:** 29 Nov 2006, 08:04 pm »

Just got this disk. It's good. Some well written songs and the recording seems decent, though I've only listened on computer speakers thus far. The rest of the record is more 'conventional' singer/songwriter sounding. It doesn't have that really haunted sound of 'Mad World'.

I think my favorite of the originals is called 'Barstool'.

Overall, I like it and think it was a good find. Pretty much my taste in music for the past few years.

Thanks for the headsup.