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Aristus

(70,890 posts)
Sat Sep 13, 2025, 09:54 PM Saturday

Just watched a dog food commercial on TV.

It had the oddest musical scoring. It used the prelude to Richard Wagner’s opera, Das Rheingold. Strangest choice ever for a dog food advertisement.

I have to ask: what’s in my drink?

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Just watched a dog food commercial on TV. (Original Post) Aristus Saturday OP
The Farmer's Dog? Ocelot II Saturday #1
That's it. Aristus Saturday #2
There's sort of a majestic vibe; maybe the advertisers though that would add some substance Ocelot II Saturday #3
same way a limo ties in to cat treats Skittles Saturday #6
Gotta keep it serious! LeftInTX Saturday #4
I would imagine Codifer Saturday #5
Hmm... 2naSalit Saturday #7
That was my thought, too. I was waiting for that BLAM! CTyankee Sunday #8
Don't know much about the choice in music True Dough Sunday #9

Aristus

(70,890 posts)
2. That's it.
Sat Sep 13, 2025, 10:04 PM
Saturday

Still wondering how Wagner’s musical celebration of the the Rhine River and its surrounding countryside ties in to dog food.

Ocelot II

(127,240 posts)
3. There's sort of a majestic vibe; maybe the advertisers though that would add some substance
Sat Sep 13, 2025, 10:06 PM
Saturday

to an ad showing turkey chunks being fed to a small, excited dog.

2naSalit

(97,813 posts)
7. Hmm...
Sat Sep 13, 2025, 10:52 PM
Saturday

I never spent much time on Wagner, not many good singing parts, but I somehow sense that the music's historical qualities didn't play much of a role in the choosing of it's placement in the ad. I watched it and I think it was selected solely for the slow crescendo that builds to a finale that seems to match the moment the vendor wanted to imply at the end.

Does that make sense?

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