“Early Show” 2006 – 2008 Open
This is the theme that James Horner composed for the Early Show. It was recorded in New York, two weeks after the original session in Los...
This is the theme that James Horner composed for the Early Show. It was recorded in New York, two weeks after the original session in Los...
Although there was also a more traditional sounding election theme, this piece of music is most closely associated with ABC’s coverage of the 2006 and 2008...
This ominous sounding cue of James Horner’s theme package for the CBS Evening News was composed for special reports. Before these impromptu newscasts start, viewers can...
For Katie Couric’s ascension to the anchor chair, the CBS Evening News was given a total makeover. Like NBC did earlier, they turned to a famous movie...
James Horner’s CBS package is fairly extensive, it literally contains hundreds of cuts. This is the music that CBS used for the election coverage in 2006....
Another image campaign for the Today Show by the folks at 615 Music. This one was used to promote Meredith Vieira’s debut as co-anchor of Today...
In 2006 Today debuted a new open for the first time in more than 20 years. The music was part of John Williams’ 2004 revision of...
The webcast was launched in 2006 as part of a larger effort by ABC News to provide more frequent newscasts. When Elizabeth Vargas and Bob Woodruff...
After the retirement of its longtime anchor in 2005, Nightline underwent drastic changes that ultimately made the program a ratings winner. Instead of focussing on interviews...
For many years Today had a cold open in which an anchor quickly teased a few stories. It lasted about 10 or 15 seconds while no...
For the last few years of its classic era, Dateline used a reorchestrated version of its long-running theme. During the period in which this theme was...
This is the very subtly updated Part IV of The Mission, used for Meet the Press and special reports. As the longest running program on television,...
Primetime Live in its heyday during the 90’s was a successful hard-hitting and investigative live news magazine. When the program was known as Primetime Thursday its...
From 2001 to 2005 GMA used the popular though not commercially released song “Good Things are Happening” by Bill Deasy as their music in promos for...
Country music artist Phil Vassar wrote Live For Today together with his wife Julie and Randy Wachtler, president of 615 Music, a Nashville company that composed...