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Greatest News Themes of All Time

(August 2016)

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DA
dazza1976
There's something about the News At One titles that I'm not sure about - but Newsround is absolutely brilliant!
KE
kernow
Regarding Spotlight and Westcountry Live, I think I preferred the earlier 'lighthouse' theme music but the later opening titles. Westcountry, I didn't like the Carlton era titles with the wavy lines, but I did like the earlier 1993 onwards theme. I thought the 'middle 8' was a bit over the top though.

Regarding spotlight, I'm guessing you're referring to the music here. I also preferred this to the later music.

Last edited by kernow on 7 September 2016 6:42pm

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DE88
I know I'm bumping this thread, but...

I don't think the BBC One O'Clock News theme of 1986 has been mentioned yet - which TV Cream says is *the* greatest news theme of all time.

Well, there's no denying that it's very good, and you certainly can sing along with the opening fanfare: "Here-is-the-news, from-the-B-B, Ceeee..." Wink



However, the Birt-influenced re-arrangement of 1993 is absolutely awful. And I think there are too many other candidates for the greatest UK national news theme, let alone the greatest news theme of all...
DE
DE88
I've always been fond of the themes used by the PBS NewsHour and its previous incarnations.

1975 to 1983:



1983 to 2000:



2000 to 2006:



2006 to 2015:



And 2015 to present:



I also like both versions of the theme that TF1 used between 1985 and 1990:


JB
JexedBack
Always liked these from Granada Tonight

Terrible set though and awful arm chairs that didn't match

And these from RTE Six One are fab
JW
JamesWorldNews
DE88 posted:
I know I'm bumping this thread, but...

I don't think the BBC One O'Clock News theme of 1986 has been mentioned yet - which TV Cream says is *the* greatest news theme of all time.

Well, there's no denying that it's very good, and you certainly can sing along with the opening fanfare: "Here-is-the-news, from-the-B-B, Ceeee..." Wink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvOcvn-sQPE

However, the Birt-influenced re-arrangement of 1993 is absolutely awful. And I think there are too many other candidates for the greatest UK national news theme, let alone the greatest news theme of all...


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