Name That Tune!!! (please)

[BLHS209]

No, not the game show. Time-Warner has a commercial out featuring the series Outlander and there is a pipe tune playing in the background. Does anyone know the tune?

If you have not seen the commercial, the Youtube link is below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bnDqocV734

Chris Shepherd
BLHS209

[MacLowlife]

Could it be the dreaded Steam Train? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXeRovaarGY

[Really a McQueen]

Could it be the dreaded Steam Train? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXeRovaarGY

Was just playing that link on my laptop, and my cat ran over to investigate the sound.

[OC Richard]

I don't think those are 'tunes' at all, in the normal sense, but rather what in the industry are called 'cues'.

There are two cues in that spot. They probably are called "Cue 1" and "Cue 2".

Unless (as often happens) the composer wrote a number of alternate cues for that spot, which were all recorded by the piper (probably Eric Rigler), so that the client could take his pick.

In that case they might have resounding titles such as "Cue 7" and "Cue 13".

Producers are very reluctant to use preexisting material, because it's far cheaper (both in the short run and especially in the long run) to have a composer write a cue that fits the scene rather than seek out a preexisting song/tune and have to pay royalties.

Even in cases where a producer really likes a preexisting song/tune they usually won't use it, but have the composer write a 'comp'.

They'll even use comps when they're 99% sure that the preexisting song or tune is PD... that 1% is too expensive a risk to take.