As the Olympics kick into gear this week, Canadian musicians have already basked in promotional gold. Bryan Adams and Nelly Furtado lip-synched their way back into the public consciousness during the opening ceremonies last Friday. Meanwhile, a host of local favorites are scheduled to play on the other coast sometime during the Games.
Meanwhile, Halifax’s Fed Pennies have benefitted from the Games in another area entirely: video games. Their song “Buzzing in My Head” was recently chosen by Sega as part of the soundtrack for Vancouver 2010 — The Official Game of the Olympics. The song will join tunes by Mother Mother, Sum 41 and others as part of the game’s rotating soundtrack. Singer/guitarist Jake Smith is understandably pumped.
“It was cool playing a video game as your song is playing,” he says. “It’s a sports related game, with downhill skiing and that kind of stuff, so it was awesome. I wasn’t that awesome, though. I wiped out a bunch of times.”
The band is looking into other mediums, like television and film, and Smith says a few things are cooking behind the scenes. There are limits, though: “I’m not sure if we write the kind of songs they’d want on Grey’s Anatomy,” says Smith.
Vancouver 2010 has also been released for XBOX 360 and Playstation, and you can find it at your friendly neighbourhood EB Games.
Here’s the trailer (with “Buzzing In My Head” playing in the background):
This article appears in Feb 11-17, 2010.