Wednesday, October 17, 2012

5 Most Expensive Music Videos of All Time






In addition to being a promotional event, the music video is also a medium to visualize the song from the musician. Not a few of those who spend much money to get the music video to his satisfaction. Here are 5 most expensive music video production of all time.

 1. 'November Rain' - Guns N RosesThe music video of the single on the album "Use Your Illusion I 'that appeared in June 1992. Total cost of U.S. $ 1.5 million or approximately USD 14 billion.The video tells the story of vocalist Axl Rose, who married his girlfriend at the time, Stephanie Seymour. But then Stephanie died. Tragic love story combined with their live performance at Carnegie Hall.The director had to hire a symphony orchestra, to build a small church, wedding dresses, and special coffin made for the music video.

 2. 'Miami' - Will SmithWill Smith is better known as a film actor, but he is also good at singing. Through song 'Miami', making a video clip of the 44-year cost U.S. $ 2 million or around Rp 19 billion. Wayne Isham also lined up a director video. In the video duration was 3.58 minutes had to rent a jet. 

3. 'Heartbreaker' - Mariah Carey feat Jay-ZVideo clips 'Heartbreaker' being the most expensive of all the songs Mariah Carey. Directed by Brett Ratner at a cost of U.S. $ 2.5 million or approximately USD 24 billion.The video appeared on the August 1999. The theater was leased for the construction of the music video. 

4. 'Die Another Day' - MadonnaThe single 'Die Another Day' Madonna's cost U.S. $ 6 million or around Rp 57 billion. The song was also the official soundtrack to the James Bond films-20 of the same title.The reason why the video was to spend that much money because of the use of special effects. Pop diva was beaten and tortured to display video duration is 4:28 minutes. 

5. 'Scream' - Michael Jackson feat Janet JacksonKing of Pop, Michael Jackson topped the most expensive music video for the manufacture of all time through the song 'Scream'. Michael duet with his sister, Janet Jackson.Total cost of U.S. $ 7 million or around Rp 67 billion. The music video has a futuristic theme and a lot of special effects on display throughout the duration of the song.Spending the money was not wasted because it is through video 'Scream', the singer known for his moon walk dance has won the category of Best Music Video at the MTV VMA Awards and Grammy Awards.

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