“World News Webcast” Theme
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...
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“Today” 2005 – 2012 Headline Bed
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...
“Dateline NBC” 2005 – 2007 Theme
In the final period of its classic era, Dateline featured a reorchestrated version of its long-running theme. During this time, the program began shifting away from...
“Meet the Press” 2005 – 2012 Theme
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” 2004 – 2008 Theme
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...
“Good Morning America” 2005 – 2007 Promo
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...
“Live for Today” 2005 Promo
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...
“Today” Bumper
This Copland-esque theme — think Hoedown from Rodeo — is part of the 2004 update of The Mission. It was originally intended for a possible Tom...
“The View” 2004 – 2007 Theme
When Meredith Vieira left The View in 2006, Rosie O’Donnell took her spot as moderator. It became one of the most turbulent seasons in the show’s...
“Decision 2004” Theme
Election themes don’t get much better than this. Michael Karp composed this theme for the 2004 presidential election on NBC. Since then it has become a...
“Seven News” (Australia) 2004 – 2014 Theme
In 2004, after the Athens Olympics, Seven News was revamped. Part of that revamp was a new remix of John Williams classic theme that Seven News...
“Early Today” 2004 – 2013 Theme
In 2004 Early Today received a complete makeover. MSNBC took over production of the show and it shifted focus from financial news to general news. Subsequently...
“NBC Nightly News” Current Theme
In 2004, following the general election, veteran anchor Tom Brokaw retired from NBC News. The transition had been announced well in advance, allowing for a careful...
“Sunday Morning” Current Theme
This is the theme to Sunday Morning, usually attributed to 18th century German composer Gottfried Reiche and called Abblasen. This music has been used on CBS...
“Good Morning America” 2004 – 2006 Open
This is the 2004 open to Good Morning America by VideoHelper, originally composed in 2000 as the theme to World News Tonight. When the theme started...