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1. 
   CK Dexter Haven

   In answer to your first question: The music is “Orchestral – Goldengrove v2” by Keith Kenniff. To hear it without the VO, try:

   OR
   

   I am not an intellectual property attorney, so I will not comment on your second question. I will say that on the soundcloud.com site, others have commented on the similarity to Mr. Glass’s music.

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   November 9, 2011 9:54 pm
2. 
   CK Dexter Haven

   FWIW: If we’re talking about music in a broadly similar style, I always liked Jonathan Elias’s music for the Nike commercial “Move” — not to mention that I always liked the commercial itself.

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   November 9, 2011 10:01 pm
3. 
   Richard

   The answer to your questions is no its not glass, and yes it’s shameless plagiarism .

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   November 10, 2011 5:04 am
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     tmangan

     Kind of thought so.

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     November 10, 2011 2:50 pm
4. 
   Pat Morgan

   I love the music of Karl Jenkins for the DeBiers Diamonds commercial. Any links to it??

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   November 12, 2011 8:17 pm
5. 
   Glass Lover

   I don’t believe it is plagarism. Mr Glass is (very unfortunately) getting up in years, and I would hate it if his distinct, emotive, and expressive music movement passed with him, wouldn’t you?

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   November 15, 2011 6:58 pm
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     tmangan

     A previous commenter on this topic (Richard) would seem to have some authority … based on his email address, which you can’t see.

     At any rate, whether or not the music in the video is plagiarism isn’t a simple question to answer, at least not for me. Since Glass uses such basic musical building blocks in his compositions it can be hard to separate out what’s his and what is the property of all of us.

     Still, as I say, there are some recognizable Glassian aspects to the piece in the video, and it doesn’t sound like Reich or Adams at all.

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     November 16, 2011 10:19 am

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