Two iconic news themes from the U.S. as heard during long closesā¦
The 1991-2006 CBS Evening News theme:
The 1990-1996 ABC World News Tonight/Saturday/Sunday theme (a slight update of the 1978 WNT theme):
agreed. when Her Majesty dies they should play God save the queen followed by this.
But you canāt save her if sheās already dead. It would have to be God Save the King.
āGod save our gracious Quā¦ohā
Itās ironic to sing God Save The King after the immediate failure of the previous plan to save the Queen that God would have had to just failed at.
Iād assume there is a protocol that must be followed when Lizzie kicks the bucket. You might not have such stinging music in that sort of situation.
Maybe but the tradition when a monarch dies and the announcement is made, it is followed by God Save The King/Queen for whoever inherits the crown.
There are protocols upon protocols. When the Queen Mother died in 2002 the BBC News presenter who read the announcement was crucified by the media for wearing a burgundy tie. Ever since then the BBC (and presumably other stations) have black ties on standby.
The Aussie networks would probably use a softer āsadā version of their theme music when coverage breaks, if they use any music at all.
Something like this (although perhaps a version without the piano beats) would probably be a good theme for Seven News to use for coverage of events when the nation/world is in mourning?
Not sure about the other networks though.
Feels a bit upbeat.
I suspect it will be silent openers without headlines when it happens.
This one was no coincidence, PBL (predecessor to Nine Entertainment Co) used to own EMTV, they just never changed it after ownership changed.
I thought this would be interesting, stumbled across ABC Darwin and their live streams have the ABC News bed playing out so I grabbed the track so you can download it. It is low quality since it is only an SD Stream.
Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/gp2iiagtimgiejp/ABC%20News%20-%20Bed%20Theme%20[LQ].mp3?dl=0
Great find!
Wow. I thought it would just be a 30 second loop, but thereās so much going on there. What a find!
I guess that you could call that an alternative bed?
The main 45 second or so headline bed for ABC News has a bit more instrumentation or something, I think.
It does seem like an alternative/paired back bed in comparison to the usual headline bed.
Very similar in sound to classic versions of the ABC World News Tonight theme, just with a few subtle differences!