Music used in New Zealand Television Commercials: M

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:

Macdonalds hamburgers

French voiceover: Pavane pour une infante défunte, by Maurice Ravel

Marathon Pizza

Funiculi, funicula

Mars bar

Blue Monday by New Order (August 2006)

Max

Spring 2009 - Call Me by Blondie (October 2009)

Mazda

Zoom Zoom Zoom written by Kao Rossman from the original motion picture soundtrack, "Only the Strong" (April 2004)

121: The Sorcerer's Apprentice, by Paul Dukas

Melbourne - It's Easy to Lose Yourself in Melbourne

The campaign features a young woman using a giant ball of thread to find her way around Melbourne. Music is Sprout and the Bean Joanna Newsom (September 2007)

Mental Illness Awareness

The Like Minds advertising campaign Know Me Before You Judge Me (2003) - When I grow up by Mahinarangi Tocker (November 2004)

Mercury Energy

Over the rainbow written by Harold Arlen and performed in the ad by Tiki Taane (May 2012)

Michael Hill Jewellers

You promised me (tu es foutu) by Ingrid (June 2005)

Microsoft Windows XP

Ray of Light by Madonna (March 2002)

Milestone Homes

Cos I Can, commission piece by Auckland musician Katie Scott (May 2009)

Minchinbury Champagne

Réjouissance from Water Music Suite No 3, by George Frideric Handel

Miniwheats

Vltava, from Ma Vlast, by Bedrich Smetana

Mitsubishi

Triton: A hard rains a-gonna fall by Bob Dylan, performed by Jack Barnes (son of Oz rocker Jimmy Barnes) (February 2007)

"Brilliant": I like the way you move originally made famous by Oz/Brit band Bodyrockers in 2005 and re-recorded by New Zealand Idol runner up Michael Murphy (April 2006)

Colt: Cars on soccer field: Hey Baby by DJ Otzi (September 2005)

Lancer: We don't know how lucky we are by Fred Dagg (August 2005)

Diamante Rally: Days Go By by Dirty Vegas (2003)

You get what you give by the New Radicals (March 2002)

Magna: Promenade, from Pictures at an Exhibition, Modest Mussorgsky

Mizone (sports drink)

(2005) We will rock you originally by Queen, this version recorded for the ad January 2006

Mobil Quickstop

Hip-hug her performed by Booker T and the MGs

Monteiths

Music used in New Zealand Television Commercials - Music - Christchurch City Libraries

Beautiful Haze by SJD October 2007

Moritz ice cream

The aria E lucevan le stelle from Tosca, by Giacomo Puccini

My Sky HDi

""I Used to Be Color Blind" was written by Irving Berlin for the 1938 film Carefree, and performed in that film by Fred Astaire. We sourced an Ella Fitzgerald version we loved and decided to have it rearranged and recorded locally by Joel Haines. The singer is kiwi Jazz artist Julie Mason." May 2008