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From: jew@usl.UUCP (James E. Wilson)
Newsgroups: net.wines,net.music
Subject: Re: Request for Music Source
Message-ID: <884@usl.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 30-Aug-86 17:14:32 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 30 17:14:32 1986
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Keywords: Gallo wines,classical music
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In article <6198@elsie.UUCP> peter@elsie.UUCP writes:
>Gallo wines has recently been running a series of television advertisements
>promoting their various wine selections.  The ads are filmed in various
>settings (country scenes, a wedding, etc), however, the background music
>for each commerical is the same.  The music is quite beautiful and I was
>wondering if anyone knows the source from which this background music 
>originates.  Is it a piece from previously written classical music or has
>it been especially written for the Gallo wine advertisements.  Thanx in
>advance.

I don't watch television often enough to have seen Gallo's wine ads,
but Fortune magazine (September 1) reports that the background music
to these ads is scored by some Vangelis, who also did the music for
the movie "Chariots of Fire".  I am unable to report how new or 
derivative this music happens to be, not having seen the ads.
                                                   JW