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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):
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agreed. when Her Majesty dies they should play God save the queen followed by this.
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But you canāt save her if sheās already dead. It would have to be God Save the King. 
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āGod save our gracious Quā¦ohā
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Feels a bit upbeat.
I suspect it will be silent openers without headlines when it happens.
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This one was no coincidence, PBL (predecessor to Nine Entertainment Co) used to own EMTV, they just never changed it after ownership changed.
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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
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Great find!
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Wow. I thought it would just be a 30 second loop, but thereās so much going on there. What a find!
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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.
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It does seem like an alternative/paired back bed in comparison to the usual headline bed.
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ABC world News tonight has an updated theme.
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Very similar in sound to classic versions of the ABC World News Tonight theme, just with a few subtle differences!
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