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i think music has the ability to enhance things, which is why people enjoy it so much. the correct combination of notes can stir up something inside one's soul, which i've always found amazing. i feel like the soundtracks to movies can really push them from a good movie to a great movie. for instance take kill bill vol 1, i've always been a fan of tarantino, but i thought the soundtrack put that movie over the top. the scene with hattori hanzo after the sword is finished, or the entrance of o-ren ishii with her crew into the restaurant, or the o-ren ishii battle with the bride... great music used to complement the scene and/or what's happening on screen. in a similar fashion, i've found that the effective use and placement of soundtracks on tv commercials can also add another layer. off the top of my head i can think of the old ford edge commercial with a snippet of the song 'the funeral' by band of horses, or reaching way back... an old volkswagen commercial with hooverphonic's 'renaissance affair'. a more recent example which i think was a visually interesting ad combined with great music is canon's ad for it's rebel xsi. i really like how they used pictures taken to put together a continuous story. there's something about photos that i love. they're like a summary of a thought, idea, emotion at a certain point in one's life. while films can be powerful and moving... i feel that photographs have the ability to surpass films because the viewer is forced to really focus on the frozen image at hand and interpret it for themselves. anyways... i found the making of the commercial really interesting. the song behind the ad arcs with and complements the action and the announcer in the background effectively.