Music used in New Zealand Television Commercials

A selective list of music used in television adverts. If you know of other songs or pieces of music that have been used in New Zealand commercials, please tell us and we will add them to the list.

This list is arranged by the name of the product being advertised:

Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)

Little Things originally by Trinity Roots, special remix by DJ Mu (March 2007)

Adidas Torsion

Miserere, by Gregorio Allegri

Air New Zealand

Amazing Journeys, "The original music was scored by Jim Hall of Auckland based Soundtrax and New Zealand singer Jayne Elleson, chosen for her haunting voice, provides the vocals. To capture the emotion of the stories Māori phrases that talk of reconnecting with loved ones and places make up the lyrics."press release (February 2007)

Super 14 sponsorship: Why does love do this to me, The Exponents (March 2006)

Pokarekare Ana, arrangement by James Hall (November 2005)

Proud grandparents: You'll never know by The Platters (August 2005)

Guy tries to propose to the girl: With A Girl Like You, The Troggs (March 2005)

NPC: I wanna know by The Dead Flowers (October 2004)

Investor vs Fisherman: Hard road to travel by Jimmy Cliff (October 2004)

Alfa Romeo 156

Requiem, K626 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (April 2002)

All Blacks / Ford

My Black Jersey by Papa-pa (August 2005)

American Express

Blue lollipops unaccountably appear attached to famous tourist attractions around the world: "Quel guardo il cavliere" from Don Pasquale by Donizetti (December 2004)

AMI Insurance

Version of the song Smile - sung by various artists including Nat King Cole and Judy Garland. See Keep Smiling at Duncan's TV Ad Land (October 2007)

AMP

The Staunton Lick by Lemon Jelly (November 2005)

On the beach with the deck chairs: There's a blue sky waiting for me by Al Hunter (January 2004)

Ansett Airlines

The song High, performed by Lighthouse Family

The first movement of Symphony No 40, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

ANZ Bank

The second movement, adagio, of Concerto for clarinet and orchestra K622, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Apple

iPod Nano Nano-chromatic (I tried to do handstands for you) Bruises by Chairlift October 2008

iPod+iTunes: Shut Up and Let Me Go by The Ting Tings (June 2008)

MacBook Air: New soul by Yael Naim (February 2008)

iPod Touch: Music is my hot hot sex by CSS (December 2007)

Nano: 1234 by Feist (November 2007)

iPod+i-Tunes: Flathead by The Fratellis (May 2007)

Audi

Rebel rebel by David Bowie (music) (July 2005)

Quattro: The first movement of Eine kleine Nachtmusik, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Australian Army Reserve

The overture 1812, by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky