Gears: The never ending (commercial) story

by Blake Snow { Nov 29th 2006 at 5:25PM }

The Gears of War commercial is a thing of artistic and contrasting beauty. It soothes the soul with some Donnie dark music and is so good, in fact, that it has spawned several YouTube remixes in the process. Joystiq reader PapaNoel may have put together one the most fitting remixes, however, at least in a "I like cheesy, epic kid movies from the 80s" sort of way as seen above. Even the lyrics and synth sounds sync nicely. It's a mad world, indeed.

[Thanks, PapaNoel]

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

minus_273 @ Nov 29th 2006 5:30PM

wow, that was actually really good.

terry @ Nov 29th 2006 5:31PM

so i guess that asshole dies at the end of the commercial huh.

kinshadow @ Nov 29th 2006 5:37PM

That was wrong on so many levels.

BASTION!

kinshadow @ Nov 29th 2006 5:39PM

"so i guess that asshole dies at the end of the commercial huh."

No, he just takes MASSIVE DAMAGE.

Buh-dah'ching!

Rein @ Nov 29th 2006 5:41PM

Joystiq ate my comment. :<

ATREYUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!

I love the Never Ending Story. Best movie(s) ever... Say my name, Sebastian!!

IB @ Nov 29th 2006 6:35PM

Wow that was really horrible. Mad world is pretty much what makes the trailer commercial so great. Adding in some crappy music from the never ending story is just an insult to it.

Jules @ Nov 30th 2006 7:28AM

"Even the lyrics and synth sounds sync nicely"

...hmmm the only lyrics that synced in my opinion was the first line 'turn around....yada yada yada'. The rest of the lyrics didn't seem to have any relevance. i preferred the mad world cover.

Izzy-B @ Nov 29th 2006 5:44PM

That game looks amazing. I wonder how the story line goes?

Firegirl @ Nov 29th 2006 5:48PM

I love the Gears of War commercial that comes on TV. The only commercial I have EVER stopped to watch!

TuMaiKbron @ Nov 29th 2006 5:48PM

Sorry... mine is even better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNxvCUMka4A

Levi @ Nov 30th 2006 11:35AM

That was pretty funny. And all of the other remixes were funny too! Somehow, the Safety Dance mixes well with the commercial also.

ChrisL @ Nov 29th 2006 5:55PM

"4 - No, he just takes MASSIVE DAMAGE."

Because he has giant crabs?

Vegasadelphia @ Nov 29th 2006 6:00PM

That's Donnie Darko, not Donnie dark by the way.

mb @ Nov 29th 2006 6:10PM

THE NOTHING IS COMING

heavyness @ Nov 29th 2006 6:13PM

here are some more remixes...
http://microsoft.blognewschannel.com/index.php/archives/2006/11/06/gears-of-war-ad-spoofs/

my favorites...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpyFtLdn0gE&eurl=
the guitar near the end syncs nicely with the monster's mouth opening.

and...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqIfBS90mm8&eurl=

heavyness @ Nov 29th 2006 7:03PM

this one is good too...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itSmnm8b_iI&eurl=

PapaNoel @ Nov 29th 2006 6:23PM

Thanks for posting this joystiq. I figured some people out there would get a kick out of this thats why i made it. As for the lack of sound at the beginning i did that so it would match up better with him turning aroudn and looking and the music also fades out nicely at the end.

Comments appreciated.

Neil @ Nov 29th 2006 6:28PM

Adding this song to my custom soundtrack! This song just made a bad commercial great!

Sederien @ Nov 29th 2006 7:37PM

Do yourself a favor. Skip the rest of the "remixes" and go for an absolutely amazing extended version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Ig2JJRpdo

The person who put it together seems to have put a lot of work into it and it shows.

Hinkmania @ Nov 29th 2006 7:39PM

Whenever I see the 360 slogan of "Jump in" I think "Jump in.. my butt"

Kestrel @ Nov 29th 2006 6:56PM

Mad World was totally misplaced in the original trailer. Total crap.

FatOprah @ Nov 29th 2006 8:13PM

Wow that was actually really good.

Ford Dent @ Nov 30th 2006 6:48AM

COME FOR ME GMORK.

I AM ATREYU.

Andy @ Nov 29th 2006 9:58PM

Messed up, but cool. I haven't heard that song in ages.

Turo @ Nov 29th 2006 10:17PM

the song was cool for the never-ending story, but man that was just weird...felt wrong for some reason =(

Faisal @ Nov 30th 2006 11:05PM

I made my own...it's pretty cool...i made this video RIGHT after reading this post lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maN4ku89zYQ

DJ @ Nov 29th 2006 11:49PM

The music that is soft or pop and contrasts with the action always works the best.

Kind of like OVER THE RAINBOW playing over the gunfight in Jon Woo's FACE OFF.

I think it's totally cool.

Rami Selim @ Nov 30th 2006 1:22AM

This one with the ghostbusters theme is really good. Notice the change in weapon at the very end. I watched a bunch, and this one is my favorite !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL2_35o0s84&eurl=

Jaunty @ Nov 30th 2006 3:00AM

I personally think that the mad world commerical is anything but good or artistic. It was laughable.

JPRacer @ Nov 30th 2006 7:24AM

The extended version is really good. I like your version too Faisal.

rob @ Nov 30th 2006 11:22AM

Uh I believe that was Donnie Darko, rather than Dark. And its a great song and all but I was never really thrilled at how it worked in the commercial. Also note that this rendition is a remake of the Tears for Fears song that was done for the Donnie Darko soundtrack, if my memory serves anyways. But I'm sure you all already knew that.

ackmondual @ Nov 30th 2006 1:26PM

I like original aired on TV. The lyrics went...
"on people".... "familiar faces"......

That sounded better suited towards the drama that is GoW. This never ending story version amkes the game sound all flutey like another bright 'n cheery fantasy game