Re: Music in Volkswagen commercials

[rohrer@UTKVX.UTCC.UTK.EDU (Rohrer, Cheryl Diane)]

In article <1993Feb21.092525.619@daffy.cs.wisc.edu>, halfen@snake29.cs.wisc.edu (Mark Halfen) writes...
>In article <01GUYPY4VCSI935EXI@Arizona.edu> "gibbs2@violet.ccit.arizona.edu"@arizona.EDU writes:
>>	This may sound weird but does anyone know what music is used in the
>>US Volkswagen commercials currently being aired on TV?  I find it very
>>relaxing and moving.  It sounds like Irish folk singing, primarily a slow
>>female voice, with other voices joining in, and some tones underneath.
>>(Like I know what Irish folk music is like.)  It communicates to me the
>>struggle of humanity and the determination of the human spirit to
>>overcome.  I keep picturing a group of people traveling over frozen
>>tundra to find a better home.  I sure hope it wasn't just for the commercial,
>>but I think I heard something like it in a movie before too.  I REALLY want
>                                            ^^^^^
> 
>I think the movie you saw it in was "Patroit Games". (Unless I'm _totally_
>confusing your description with what I am thinking of.)  I tried to read
>the credits at the end of the movie to see who the group was, but I don't
>seem to recall being able to make it out. (Blame it on VHS--makes tiny credits
>very hard to read.)  So, I guess this is a "me-too" message.  The music
>is very etherial and soothing, much in contrast to the first scene it's used
>in in the movie, where one of the terrorist dudes kills someone.  
> 
>mark
Sounds a lot like the Enya tapes I have.
Cheryl