Hovis advert tune, bugging me for years...?

Question

Any one know what its called?? the advert with the boy on the bike going down hill and takes his feet off the peadles?

Answer 1

The 1974 Hovis television advert became lodged in the public imagination through the advertisement, "Bike Round", directed by Ridley Scott, featuring the slow movement of Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9. This advertisement is being repeated on British television in 2006 to commemorate their 120th birthday.

Answer 2

Hovis Advert

Answer 3

Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)
(Op. 95), popularly known as the New World Symphony was composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1893 during his visit to the United States from 1892 to 1895. It is by far his most popular symphony, and one of the more popular symphonies in the modern repertory. It is in four movements:

Adagio - Allegro molto
Largo
Scherzo: Molto Vivace - Poco sostenuto
Allegro con fuoco

Dvořák was interested in the native American music and African-American spirituals he heard in America. Upon his arrival in America, he stated:

"I am convinced that the future music of this country must be founded on what are called Negro melodies. These can be the foundation of a serious and original school of composition, to be developed in the United States. These beautiful and varied themes are the product of the soil. They are the folk songs of America and your composers must turn to them."
The symphony's premiere was on December 16, 1893 by the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall (which was the home of the Philharmonic until 1962), conducted by Anton Seidl. A day earlier, in an article published in the New York Herald on December 15, 1893, Dvořák further explained how Native American music had been an influence on this symphony:

"I have not actually used any of the [Native American] melodies. I have simply written original themes embodying the peculiarities of the Indian music, and, using these themes as subjects, have developed them with all the resources of modern rhythms, counterpoint, and orchestral color."
In the same article, Dvořák stated that he regarded the symphony's second movement as a "sketch or study for a later work, either a cantata or opera ... which will be based upon Longfellow's [The Song of] Hiawatha" (he never actually wrote such a piece). He also wrote that the third movement scherzo was "suggested by the scene at the feast in Hiawatha where the Indians dance".

(From Wikipedia)

Director Ridley Scott's 1973TV ad for Hovis with a boy pushing a bike has been voted the nation's favourite. The boy is now London firefighter Carl Barlow. He used the 2nd movement, Largo.

Answer 4

Dvorak’s New World Symphony was used as the evocative music for the Hovis advert, I believe it was played by the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band, not sure of the name of the voice over person

and there is a comedy version by Tony Capstick a local comedian

Answer 5

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Do you mean the largo from Dvorjak's New World Symphony? Listen to the whole symphony it is a wonderful piece of music

Answer 6

The theme is from Dvorak new world symphony, largo

Answer 7

Dvoraks "New World"

Answer 8

Dvorak "new world symphony"

Answer 9

its called Going Home. various people have recorded it.

Answer 10

i know it was filmed in newcastle the tunes in my head but cant think what its called .sorry