“NBC Nightly News” Current Theme
In 2004 after the general election, veteran anchor Tom Brokaw retired from NBC News. The transition had been announced long in advance and so successor Brian...
News themes
“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...
“20/20” 2004 – 2006 Theme
This theme debuted when legendary anchor Barbara Walters made her first steps into retirement. While she continued to host The View, file occasional reports and host...
“Operation: Iraqi Freedom” Theme
The 2003 war in Iraq had a long and protracted build up to it. This meant that news organizations had ample time to get ready. All...
“NBC Nightly News” 2003 Promo
This promo is called “NBC Nightly News Hard & Fast”. It was used to promote a feature report on the next edition of Nightly News. Aside...
“This Week” 2003 – 2007 Theme
Despite a rough start for George Stephanopolous, a few years into his stint as moderator of This Week he started finding his ways (and an audience)....
“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...
“48 Hours Mystery” 2002 – 2008 Theme
In 2002 Dan Rather stepped down as anchor of 48 Hours and the show was reformatted. In a trend that almost all other news magazines would...
“Face the Nation” 2002 – 2009 Theme
Bob Schieffer was in the middle of his 24 year stint as moderator of Face the Nation when this theme was in use. This theme made its...
“In Search of America” Theme
In 1998 both Peter Jennings and Tom Brokaw came out with books that reflected on the century that was about to end. Dan Rather published his...
“This Week” 2002 – 2003 Theme
In 2002 George Stephanopolous was named moderator of This Week. Stephanopolous is a former Clinton communications aid who frequently helped prepare members of the Clinton administration...
“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...
“More Americans get their news from…” Music
This is the piece of music that was used in the early 2000s after each ABC News program to remind us that more and more people...
“20/20” 2001 – 2004 Theme
This theme, composed by VideoHelper, has an interesting story. It both started and ended its run on air as a promo for ABC’s evening newscast. While it...