“CBS News Special Report” Current Theme
Since February of 2022 CBS News has been using a new theme for its Special Reports. It’s used both on the main network as well as...
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Themes from other CBS News productions
“WCBS Newsradio 880” Current Anthem
WCBS Newsradio 880 is a news and talk radio station in the New York metropolitan area. When they needed a new theme package, they turned to...
“CBS News Special Report” 2006 – 2011 Theme
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...
“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...
“America at War” Theme
This was the theme that CBS used for all coverage of the 2003 War in Iraq. Theme music is very important in setting the tone for...
“CBS Radio News” 2001 – 2018 Sounder
At the top of each hour, listeners of more than a thousand radio stations across the United States get a news update from CBS News. The...
“Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel” Theme
After a number of years on Today, Bryant Gumbel joined CBS News in 1997 to anchor a primetime news magazine: Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel. With an...
“Eye to Eye” 1994 – 1995 Theme
Eye to Eye got Connie Chung and CBS in a lot of trouble, which led to Chung’s exit at CBS. When Chung interviewed the mother of...
“CBS News” 1994 – 1995 Tag
And this is another CBS News experience tag. It is composed by Peter Fish. Fish has written a lot of promotional music for CBS News. Peter...
“Eye to Eye” 1993 – 1994 Theme
Eye to Eye was the third Connie Chung news magazine at CBS. It was essentially a retooled version of Face to Face with Connie Chung. While...
“CBS News” 1992 – 1994 Tag
The long running CBS News promotional line is very simple: experience. This tag was used after a CBS News broadcast to drive the point home. Peter...
“Up to the Minute” 1992 – 2006 Theme
Up to the Minute is CBS’ overnight newscast. It premiered in 1992 with Russ Mitchell and Monica Gayle as its first anchor team. The program was...
“Street Stories” Theme
Street Stories was a newsmagazine that premiered in 1992 featuring 60 Minutes correspondent Ed Bradley. Its premise was that all the stories it reported on could...
“Saturday Night with Connie Chung” Theme
This 1989 program replaced West 57th and was anchored by Connie Chung. Like West 57th it tried to set itself apart from other news magazines by...
“CBS News Special Report” 1989 – 1997
This is the classic CBS News Special Report theme that was used from 1989 until 1997. Edd Kalehoff is the composer. Kalehoff was quite active for CBS...