Interesting.
The entrance animation on the “News At Five” Opener along with the theme music variant used in those clips was slightly different to what I remember seeing on TV back when the package was used.
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Whoever did the music for that era needs to be banned from the industry.
As broadcast
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I think I slightly prefer the non-broadcast version of the music - though my memory of that era’s theme is permanantly replaced with the one with the pips added.
By the way, a reminder that the official Ten News theme rankings are - 1st, 2nd and 3rd, with an honourable mention to this.
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was my all time favourite.
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This was one of their top themes - and created in-house as well:
TEN 10 Eyewitness News 1989 | audio only
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Yeah that was a pretty great one too, if short lived. I always loved how it emerged from the station ID theme.
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You mean the best theme Ten’s ever had?
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Surprised none of you have mentioned the current theme. It’s probably among my favourites 
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Agreed. IMO It’s the best they’ve used since the original 1995 mix of the theme.
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Secretly hoping they go with a classic local CBS theme.
Although most of Ten’s news themes with that four note signature since the mid-90s have been pretty good, I personally think Ten’s current news theme is possibly the best one they’ve ever had.
Don’t get me wrong, some of the pre-1994 Ten news themes have also been good but would any of those work well for a contemporary news service? Probably not.
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All they would have to do is modify the 2011 set (keep the structure) and get a plasma for the weather.
Also, a new backdrop for summer would go a long way. 
They have sooo much space to work with:
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Only looks about 10 x better, nice work.
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I think their 1990-1994 theme is awful personally. I liked the 2005-2008 theme the most.
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This drumbeat was an iconic TEN signature for those of us who grew up with it:
and it sounded awesome over natural sound:
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i really love the use of branding and texture in that old Ten News Brisbane set. Dare I say it, it was very CBS-esque.
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This is my favourite from the past
Longer version
CTC 7 version
Glad I’m not alone about the current theme then!
Ten’s is my favourite theme out of all the current news services.
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Why they stopped using that set still confuses me. The three plasma look is so boring in comparison…
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