I first remember watching the news on Alter in Athens back in 2001 and being very surprised then by the theme. I'm glad to hear it still hasn't altered - no pun - some years later.
I thought it might have been library music after I heard it on Hollyoaks a couple of weeks back. Out of interest are music libraries online like image libraries (e.g Corbis). I would be interested to have a browse through one.
You'll find that most Library Music is utter rubbish and is destined to stay in the Library forever! In my experience of wading through an old collection of discs, you'll find one decent piece of music on something like 10 discs! Have fun listening though!
coincidentally, we were talking about a similar 'poach' of the ITV News theme last night here in the request thread. It's interesting as a Canadian news station has adopted the current 'World Agenda' theme from ITN also.
I suppose as long as the production companies have a P-Number for the library concerned, they have the right to use any music there.
It's important to point out that in most cases television themes are specifically written and commissioned for a programme in the first place. They may then be tweaked or re-written at the request of the broadcaster or programme. It only becomes library music once the theme has been commissioned and used. This makes the cost of commissioning the music cheaper because extra money can be earned through the music library.
If KPM can supply samples of their music, surely, when people ask for library music we can give them the KPM links? Also, if you downloaded the KPM .ras and then converted them to .wav (or .mp3) and then uploaded them, or used in them in other projects can you still 'use them' with reference to KPM?
AIUI, you can only use Library Music if you pay for it. That involves buying the CDs
and
paying the fees for use. If you want a cheaper way of (legally) adding music to your projects why not look at "Copyright Free" Library Music. I've got a number of these discs which I bought years ago when I used to make videos of school things which I then copied and sold to those involved - it had to be somewhat more above board than just nicking any old bit of music. The discs themselves are a little more expensive than your normal chart CD, but you don't have to pay a fee or even credit the music library no matter how many times you then use it.