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XFactor - anyone know name of strings/instrumental track during contestent videos??


Sheefa

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Hi guys

 

Been after this for ages but have no idea what it's called. It's a string/instrumental track that's played during the contestent intros every now and then. I thought it was from Gattaca but don't think it is.

 

Whoever can name it gets a beer from me......one day!

 

Cheers ;)

 

Greg

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They often use a piece from Moby - it was also used in the film "Heat"

its called "God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters" - i know it because its one of my favourite pieces of all time ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Doyix3dRGb8

Also connecting Heat and X-Factor....the same single note plucking and drum 'apprehensive' piece is used just before the climatic bank heist in Heat, and just before a winner from group is announced in X-Factor.

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It's such a beautiful piece it's untrue. Is is actually covered by Moby on any of his albums? Can't seem to find it on his recent ones?

 

I think i have it on Cd,i`ll search for it,it was a B -side originaly,but its on his album "everything is wrong".

heres an alternate version :

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Everything-Wrong-Moby/dp/B000024HFF/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1224443472&sr=8-1

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hang on... someone just came in here to ask us (because we work in IT so obviously we'd know...) but they want to know a piece of music from X Factor, all she could say was that it was the background music to Austin's interview and that it's not Craig Armstrong... now I don't watch X-Factor so have no clue but is this the same piece of music being discussed here??

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This is a slight hijack, but it sounds like Greg's got an answer to his question, so I don't feel so bad! :D

 

This discussion reminds me of a piece of music I'd like to identify. It's an instrumental piece of music that Top Gear have used a few times, I think once when they did an article driving supercars across that massively high suspension bridge in France. They also used it when Jeremy Clarkson raced some rock climbers to a race up a mountain (I think JC was driving a fast Audi), lost the race, he then challenged them to a race back down. He drove down, they parachuted off the top!

 

PS typing this, based on what others in this thread have said, it's *just* possible that I'm describing Greg's mystery music too! I can't view YouTube at work, so I can't verify this :(

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Now I am hijacking... still looking for this particular track, it's not the Moby one. Any ideas anyone? :D

 

Wait a minute... if you don't watch it, how are you going to know if we get it right? or are you keeping a short list to send to this person?

 

..and why do you want to get this so badly anyway? personally I'd ask them to log it and 'do one'... :D

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This is a slight hijack, but it sounds like Greg's got an answer to his question, so I don't feel so bad! :D

 

This discussion reminds me of a piece of music I'd like to identify. It's an instrumental piece of music that Top Gear have used a few times, I think once when they did an article driving supercars across that massively high suspension bridge in France. They also used it when Jeremy Clarkson raced some rock climbers to a race up a mountain (I think JC was driving a fast Audi), lost the race, he then challenged them to a race back down. He drove down, they parachuted off the top!

 

PS typing this, based on what others in this thread have said, it's *just* possible that I'm describing Greg's mystery music too! I can't view YouTube at work, so I can't verify this :(

 

It could be as TG have used it a few times.

 

They've also used "Moonchild" by M83 a few times, think this is the one you mean;

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySC0Lup1Ufk

 

Gaz.

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