“20/20” 1998 – 2000 Theme
This 20/20 theme is an update of the classic theme composed by Walt Levinsky for Score Productions. When it premiered, ABC decided to name its news...
News theme music
“World News Tonight” 1998 – 2000 Theme
This theme was used on ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings until September 29, 2000 when they received brand new graphics. The theme was actually...
“Nightside” 1997 – 1998 Theme
NBC Nightside was NBC’s second overnight newscast. The program started in 1991 and was produced in Charlotte, North Carolina by the NBC News Channel. That is...
“Start with Today” 1997 Promo
Start With Today is composed by Jay Stollman, Fred Shehadi and Peter Primamore, then of Kingsize Music, and was used in many promos for NBC’s Today Show. The show...
“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...
“Nightline” 1997 – 2005 Theme
For most of the early years, Nightline used the World News Tonight theme to open the broadcast. That changed in 1997 when they started using a...
“Good Morning America” 1997 – 1999 Theme
This theme embodies the transfer of GMA from the entertainment division to the news division as it contains the ABC News emblem. It is the first...
“World News Tonight” 1996 – 1998 Theme
For the first time since 1978, ABC News used a different theme for its evening flagship broadcast. It was not entirely new because this theme is...
“Decision 96” Theme
This theme has been used for coverage of the 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002 elections. Generally the broadcast networks go all out for general elections and...
“48 Hours” 1996 – 1997 Theme
This theme is composed by Edd Kalehoff and used on 48 Hours for about a year. When they started to use this theme, 48 Hours dropped...
“CBS This Morning” 1996 – 1999 Theme
After Harry Smith and Paula Zahn left CBS This Morning, the show was revamped. Its new main anchors were the former weather and news anchors, Mark...
“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...
“Dateline NBC” 1994 – 2005 Theme
In 1994, Dateline NBC commissioned composer Michael Karp to create a new theme for the program. The result was one of the most iconic themes in...
“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...
“Turning Point” Theme
Turning Point was an ABC news magazine that would feature one topic, such as a historical event of significance. It was anchored by alternating stars: Barbara...