“CBS Evening News” 1987 – 1991, 2011 – 2016 Theme
The 1987 theme for CBS Evening News marked the first time the program used an orchestral composition. Prior to this, CBS News adhered to a policy, imposed by...
News theme music
“Good Morning America” 2009 – 2012 Theme
When George Stephanopolous succeeded Diane Sawyer as anchor of Good Morning America, this theme was launched. This update of the previous theme – also by DreamArtists...
“20/20” 2009 – 2010 Theme
20/20 started using this theme in September 2009. However, the theme was originally used for ABC branding promos starting in 2008. The promo was popular and...
“Face the Nation” 2009 – 2015 Theme
This is a fuller, more orchestral arrangement of the previous theme. When this theme was used, Face the Nation expanded to an hour. It was the...
“Focus Earth with Bob Woodruff” Theme
Focus Earth was a weekly newscast focussing on environmental and energy issues. It is produced by ABC News but not many people are aware of it....
“Good Morning America” 2007 – 2009 Open
Over the last few years, DreamArtists Music has been the “go to guys” for ABC News theme music and branding, but this one was the first. It...
“CBS Evening News” 2006 – 2011 Theme
For Katie Couric’s transition to the anchor chair, the CBS Evening News underwent a complete makeover. Following in NBC’s footsteps, CBS turned to a renowned film score composer...
“Campaign ’06” Theme
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....
“It’s A New Day Today” 2006 Promo
Another image campaign for the Today Show by the folks at 615 Music. The singer is Lisa Bevill. This promo was used to promote Meredith Vieira’s...
“Nightline” 2005 – 2014 Theme
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...
“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...
“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...