Commercial Use of Music in The Media
Some of Yaida's songs have been used in commercials (known as CM's in Japan), to promote products/events or as inclusions in video games and movies. Notably, these include -
- "Over the Distance" - Nintendo DS game Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan.
- "Andante" - Arcade game Guitarfreaks/Drummania 10th/11th mix.
- "Go My Way" - Nintendo DS game Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2, the sequel to the Nintendo DS rhythm game, Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan.
- "Mawaru Sora" - Robots Motion Picture (Japanese localised version)
- "Startline" - 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany (Japanese official theme song)
- "Go My Way" - Coca-Cola Japan's Carbonated Tea "爽 health beauty brown" (see ja:爽健美茶 on the Japanese Wikipedia)
- "I Can Fly", "Hello" and "Horse and Carrot" (B-side to the "Monochrome Letter" single release) - Theme tunes to the 52nd, 53rd and 54th Beppu-Oita Marathon
She has also sung a cover version of "You Are My Sunshine" on a commercial for the Kirin Brewery Company.
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Famous quotes containing the words commercial, music and/or media:
“It is only by not paying one’s bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“When in our music God is glorified,
and adoration leaves no room for pride,
it is as though the whole creation cried Alleluia!”
—Frederick Pratt Green (b. 1903)
“The media no longer ask those who know something ... to share that knowledge with the public. Instead they ask those who know nothing to represent the ignorance of the public and, in so doing, to legitimate it.”
—Serge Daney (1944–1992)