With the start of the fall 2020 TV season, ABC’s World News Tonight went back to its roots. The top rated newscast picked up its classic theme again. It’s not the same version as was used before 2012, when it was replaced by a totally new theme. Though it is not exactly new either. It’s a version that was recorded in 2002 by Edd Kalehoff but was not used at the time. For the opening headlines, David Muir’s broadcast still uses a cut from the previous package by Remote Control Productions.
Edd Kalehoff – World News Tonight theme
Remote Control Productions – World News Tonight headlines
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The headline cue written by Hans Zimmer uses the same musical key as the theme written by Edd Kalehoff.
ABC seems to be (finally) using a commercial bumper theme, you might want to look into it and maybe identify it with one in your collection.
The drum beats do sound like the same ones from the ’98 cuts, however.
Source:
https://youtu.be/HgfeF1K5eRY?si=XfJkw2zyIuPnLZXY&t=1048
Interesting! This cut is actually in both the 1998 and 2000 packages, with differences so minor that it’s hard to tell them apart.