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[AntiVenomFangX]

please help me find this song. please!!!!

[jgemin]

@tblomquist, indeed Beta Petrol has produced this song and their site also lists it... however they have not put any credits with it and so the search continues... we are close now:-D

Btw, and maybe needless to say... the song is awesome!

[kwacky2]

they still ripped off Penguin Cafe Orchestra. And no they didn't ask for permission to license it, I checked

[EpitomeOfACzar]

I knew I recognized this song. The radio show This American Life used it once in one of its shows (But they actually played the original).

[tblomquist]

G.E. Markenting Department says the production house for this music is Beta Petrol in Los Angeles. It is a :60 piece. The composer and performer is Jimmy Haun. Haun has done stuff with YES and Jonathan Elias of Elias Arts.

[masterj345]

way to change a song slightly so u dont have to pay royalties ge u cheap bastards

[legodirectorHD]

What is the instrument that starts the song?

[masterj345]

a marimba

[tblomquist]

This is a synthesized version of Perpetuum Mobile, but I have no idea who is performing. It could be a version done only for the commercial.

[jraydancer89]

This is my favorite commercial of 2009 so far!

[NICK027nd]

i love this song. its amazing. 0.o

[ismrcci]

i love this tune better than original

[kwacky2]

i have a feeling GE is asking its employees to log in and type comments. wouldn't surprise me, i used to temp there.

[scriptwriter93]

I actually made a remix to this song and mixed it with the older version. Please listen to it and tell me what you think of it. Thank you.

it is called : Perpetuum Mobile (Remix)

or just go on my page.

[AntiVenomFangX]

How do i write into general electric? we will get to the bottom of this.

[AntiVenomFangX]

the company can make money off of this song if its one of a kind.

[kwacky2]

they can't make money off it, since they ripped it off from the original composer

[shadow4379]

This song is truly a masterpiece it sounds so beautiful!

[kareem453]

Matt, your right man this versions way better than the original. The Marimba sounds much larger, this piece is much more epic- This is really is a great commercial

[kwacky2]

i disagree. i don't think it's better than the original. the original is the true masterpiece, it's a classic.

[aburtonmatt]

man i wish there was a way to get a recording of the original song but with the marimba or whatever they replaced the piano on "perpetuum" with here, because the substitution is absolutely prime. also there is a lushness to the strings that isn't quite there in the recording i bought from itunes

[johnnyng323]

Does anyone know the name to this song? I would love to know this tune.

Thanks.

[joypog]

Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Perpetuum Mobile

(thanks to fairplay's memory)

[kwacky2]

no i am the one who told Fairplay about it :-)

[FairplayCollective]

are they ripping off penguin cafe orchestra music?Mmm sounds very like it. But the good thing is penguin cafe orchestra music will get some new fans.

[kwacky2]

I don't like to see some big corporation copy an artists' music ... i dunno

i thought that was illegal

[mmmissmmm]

Kwacky2 I'm sure GE licensed the song from Penguin Cafe, they didn't just copy it, they'd be sued. on Penguin Cafe's site they have a page for licensing and their music is used in ads, films etc etc. The GE Version is epic i hope i can find it to buy.

[kwacky2]

no they didn't. i checked.

[AntiVenomFangX]

if you find a way to get the full version please let me know where, because i need to hear this version.

[joypog]

i can't imagine ripping...most likely liscencing. But then again you never know... In any case you're definitely right. Thanks for helping me keep my sanity this morning cause I would have spent it all looking for the song!

[bradshsi]

I'd love to know the tune too. It is really stunning

[kwacky2]

I sent you a private message...

[iZ28LS7]

Thank you very much

[DeltaOps101]

Would you mind posting it here? Other people obviously want to know as well.

[iZ28LS7]

What's the name of the song. This is a great commercial by the way. I heard the music and it made me stop what I was doing and watch. Great job!