I know it's a strange request but does anyone know where I can get a clean copy of this theme? It's the one that didn't fit quite right with the graphics and just after the theme that sounded like somebody was making popping noises with their mouth that had drum beats in it! If you look on YouTube...type in SkyNews TOTH 2004 an that is the one..there is headline about the Iraq hostages. Anyway...somebody must know and any help in finding this would be welcome....A CLEAN COPY please!
Hey Bail.......thanks so much that is fantastic to hear in it's entirety! Where did ya get that from and are any others available? I also like the 1996 news music which is when they had the 'SKY EGG' logo. They used to play an extended vesrion on the SkyNews breaks back then but again....with the newsreader talking over it! I could go on lol as there have been many incarnations over the years. The current theme they use has just been tweaked a bit from when it started in 2010 but it's quite boring really and I wish they would change it to something more punchy etc. They seem to have retained the same jingle though!
The xx:15/xx:45 headline bed from that era always seemed out of place. It was very orchestral. I can only find a few clips containing it though e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sKY6dcFBek
That was a great bit of music, IMO. Sky Australia seemed to use some variations on the theme music that weren't used on our Sky News, as you can hear in the videos below: