i don't know whether he wrote it for the ad, but it was released in the UK under the name "tyre trax" after the ad was aired over hear. if I remember right, he got paid around £50k. it did rock, both the ad and the track. MJ ran across NY bay, and up the statue of liberty - it was pretty cool FX, and in away kind reminiscent of the chris cunningham style (although it was several years before they started working together...)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Duley (ARCart)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "313" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 7:23 PM Subject: RE: [313] Interesting Insight > > Aphex Twin doing a Pirelli ad? > > Does anyone remember that? It was really good. It had Michael Johnson (I > think) sprinting across a large flat surface with a thin layer of water on > it, with one of the most mental tracks from the early Caustic Windows > release slamming to the rhythm of his strides. I heard Richard got paid a > vast amount of money for that, and he didn't even write it for the ad. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
