SP
Don't tell me someone at Lambie Nairn hadn't seen those titles when designing the current ITV News branding.
Some versions of Central News above, but in my opinion the best one was this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoOdY-lQmJE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoOdY-lQmJE
Don't tell me someone at Lambie Nairn hadn't seen those titles when designing the current ITV News branding.
MS
It has to be the 1989-1993 Breakfast News titles. The perfect combination of an epic theme (updated from 1986 Breakfast Time) and amazing visuals - the way that map becomes a C that circles the globe and become a giant 'BBC' just as the theme begins to peak!
And a special mention too of the extended The World Today opening from the World Flags era
And a special mention too of the extended The World Today opening from the World Flags era
Last edited by msim on 11 August 2016 10:43pm
GE
Mentioned this on other threads in the past, but this one used to scare the living daylights out of me when I was a youngster. Generally because it meant really bad news. But for a regional news theme, it's pretty stirring - appropriate considering Northern Ireland has never been a 'cat-stuck-up-a-tree' kind of nation/region.
Then of course there's this little gem from the south-west.
Was always hugely impressed by the grandeur of the BBC's regional news themes before the beeps arrived.
Also, I'll always have a soft spot for:
And it would be rude not to associate that with this. Yeah, I know it's not "proper news," but I don't care. It'll get you smiling if nothing else . . .
Then of course there's this little gem from the south-west.
Was always hugely impressed by the grandeur of the BBC's regional news themes before the beeps arrived.
Also, I'll always have a soft spot for:
And it would be rude not to associate that with this. Yeah, I know it's not "proper news," but I don't care. It'll get you smiling if nothing else . . .
FO
These are my 'epics' (for what it's worth. Taped by me as a kid):
10 Eyewitness News 1989
ITN Morning News 1989
KHON Honolulu 1996
Ten Eyewitness News
5PM Opener | War in the Gulf
And.. last but not least, FOX 11:
http://www.newsmusicnow.com/2/thexpackage/xpackageclose.mp3
and CBS 3 Eyewitness News (2003):
http://www.newsmusicnow.com/15/newsinfocus/nifprimaryopen.mp3
Source: http://www.newsmusicnow.com/
I had totally forgotten that they'd mixed the pompous news theme with the earlier breakfast news theme to make that!
This is my all-time favourite (the 'flying fish fingers') - with added BBC1 clock.
Loved the sense of all the news coming into London and then being beamed out to us. And a pretty majestic tune to boot.
Yes. I agree, and I have very early memories of this.
10 Eyewitness News 1989
ITN Morning News 1989
KHON Honolulu 1996
Ten Eyewitness News
5PM Opener | War in the Gulf
And.. last but not least, FOX 11:
http://www.newsmusicnow.com/2/thexpackage/xpackageclose.mp3
and CBS 3 Eyewitness News (2003):
http://www.newsmusicnow.com/15/newsinfocus/nifprimaryopen.mp3
Source: http://www.newsmusicnow.com/
I had totally forgotten that they'd mixed the pompous news theme with the earlier breakfast news theme to make that!
This is my all-time favourite (the 'flying fish fingers') - with added BBC1 clock.
Loved the sense of all the news coming into London and then being beamed out to us. And a pretty majestic tune to boot.
Yes. I agree, and I have very early memories of this.
Last edited by fox1 on 12 August 2016 8:27am - 4 times in total
RD
ITN from 1995 to 1999, the last great tune where the ITN brand was dominant. The set to accompany this was dull as though.
The music that replaced it, as I recall, has been used on other news broadcasts in other parts of the world. I think we had a discussion about it on this very forum some time ago. It was even used in the radio news bulletins that were featured in the Saints Row 2 video game usually after the completion of
If it's the 1999-2004 theme you are referring to, while it omits the bulletin-specific introductions (which the Early Evening News dumped early on anyway) and is edited a slight bit differently they are otherwise almost the same piece of music. I've listened to them together just now and I'm not sure the 1999 theme is different enough to even be classified as a re arrangement.
Both are, in any events, arrangements of Johnny Pearson's "The Awakening", the old News at Ten theme and elements of which still feature in the ITV News theme today.
rdd
Founding member
ITN from 1995 to 1999, the last great tune where the ITN brand was dominant. The set to accompany this was dull as though.
The music that replaced it, as I recall, has been used on other news broadcasts in other parts of the world. I think we had a discussion about it on this very forum some time ago. It was even used in the radio news bulletins that were featured in the Saints Row 2 video game usually after the completion of
If it's the 1999-2004 theme you are referring to, while it omits the bulletin-specific introductions (which the Early Evening News dumped early on anyway) and is edited a slight bit differently they are otherwise almost the same piece of music. I've listened to them together just now and I'm not sure the 1999 theme is different enough to even be classified as a re arrangement.
Both are, in any events, arrangements of Johnny Pearson's "The Awakening", the old News at Ten theme and elements of which still feature in the ITV News theme today.