Comments on: Color Like No Other

By: Liam Keane

Liam Keane — Fri, 12 May 2006 23:40:59 +0000

UPDATE: a drink company in the UK called Tango has made a really good imitation ad using fruit instead of superballs and it's almost shot-for-shot. You can watch the parody on YouTube. Enjoy!

By: Liam Keane

Liam Keane — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 03:30:39 +0000

nina: The photo seen above came from sepiatone and is available on flickr. Thanks for pointing that out, I totally forgot attribution and have now added the source. And if you were refering to these photos seen on Sony's site, the metadata says they were taken with a Canon EOS-1DS but gives no author. Sorry.

By: nina

nina — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:24:42 +0000

do you know who the still photography for the commercial was done by? im using the photo for a school project.

By: nctaske

nctaske — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:56:54 +0000

I love this commercial, and in this case I’m proud to be Danish, just like the director of “Color like no other”..
well done..

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 14:16:18 +0000

For the idly curious, the original 'Heartbeats' was done by a brother/sister group called The Knife. In a break from tradition, the song started out electronic and went acoustic (the only similar case I can think of is Iron & Wine's cover of the Death Cab track "Such Great Heights"). Anyway. The commercial. Freakin' awesome.

By: Logan

Logan — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 12:46:55 +0000

This is an excellent commercial, if anyone ever did anything right in the world of commercials, then it was the people/person behind this one.

Very good work!

~Logan

By: Liam Keane

Liam Keane — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 23:30:24 +0000

Actually, Sony has updated their site with a new section about the music:

The beautiful track that sets the mood for the commercial is ‘Heartbeats’, performed by José González, from his critically-acclaimed debut album, ‘Veneer’. 26-year-old González – who was born in Sweden, but is of Argentinian descent – has been causing ripples across Europe with his distinctive and evocative style. Likened to folk legends such as Tim Buckley and Nick Drake, this cover version has been applauded by many reviewers.

Entertainment Weekly in the US said of the track: “[González's]… deft, syncopated fingerpicking and hushed vocals are hypnotic on Veneer, and never more so than when he covers The Knife’s ‘Heartbeats’, turning a synth-pop assault into a heartbreaking lullaby.”

They’ve also added an extended version of the ad which is almost twice as long as the original. Worth checking out.

By: Harpa Rún

Harpa Rún — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 19:14:02 +0000

Thank you thank you thank you!!
I love this song, and I´m downloading this album. :)
Bye bye, Harpa

By: Liam Keane

Liam Keane — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 22:33:51 +0000

Sure! The song is "Heartbeats" by Jose Gonzalez and is found on his new albulm Veneer which you can listen to on Amazon.com. I actually downloaded the song from iTMS and hope to get the albulm soon. :)

By: Harpa Rún

Harpa Rún — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 13:31:41 +0000

hello, I was just wondering if you could tell my the name of the song, or the artist which is used in the sony commercial. :)