CBS News – Network News Music: Recent Episodes
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In the late summer of 2022, the CBS Evening News adopted a new look to bring it more in line with other CBS properties. As part of this, a new version of the classic Trivers/Myers-theme was introduced, produced by Antfood. The basis of the theme is a driving drum beat that leads into the horns playing the signature melody.
Antfood – CBS Evening News themehttps://www.networknewsmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cbsen22.mp3
Since February of 2022 CBS News has been using a new theme for its Special Reports. It’s used both on the main network as well as the streaming service.
Antfood – CBS News Special Report themehttps://www.networknewsmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cbssr22.mp3
In 2021 CBS This Morning was retooled to become CBS Mornings. From a branding perspective, the goal was to connect the weekday show to the successful CBS News Sunday Morning. This was reflected by having CBS Mornings use the iconic sunshine logo that has represented Sunday Morning since its inception. Theme-wise, Mornings incorporated a shortened version of Gottfried Reiche’s Abblasen into its upbeat music. It’s produced by Antfood, the Trumpet-solo is played by Sam Oatts.
Antfood – CBS Mornings openhttps://www.networknewsmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cbsm21.mp3Each hour of CBS Mornings still starts with the Eye Opener, a fast-paced montage of news. Initially it also featured new music. However, for the Eye Opener at 7 a.m., CBS Mornings reverted back to the music used in the era of CBS This Morning. The Saturday-edition continues to use the new theme.
Antfood – CBS Mornings Eye Opener at 7https://www.networknewsmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cbsm21eo7.mp3Antfood – CBS Mornings Eye Opener at 8https://www.networknewsmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cbsm21eo8.mp3The Saturday edition of the show has a slightly more relaxed theme. As you can hear clearly in this cut, the music features the “This is CBS”-mnemonic prominently. Developed by Antfood in 2020, this is a melodic interpretation of the classic announcer voice-over intro.
Antfood – CBS Saturday Morning themehttps://www.networknewsmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cbsms21.mp3
For its election night coverage, CBS News used a theme composed by Nick Murray on behalf of MIBE Music. The music has lots of movement and creates a sense of anticipation, a befitting conclusion to a highly charged election between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump. There’s not a lot of melody because when more »
When Norah O’Donnell took over as anchor of the CBS Evening News, the program debuted a new look and sound. The new theme is a remixed version of the previous one with lots of EDM elements. After a few months, the program relocated to Washington, D.C. That made it the first network evening news program more »
WCBS Newsradio 880 is a news and talk radio station in the New York metropolitan area. When they needed a new theme package, they turned to Man Made Music. The station wanted something that did not sound too self-important. The result is something that blends in well with the greater CBS News sonic brand for more »
A few months after Margaret Brennan took over as moderator, Face the Nation was given a makeover that brought it more in line with the look and feel of other CBS News programs. The theme was recorded a month before its debut in the studios of Man Made Music in New York. Each section of more »
Originally composed for CBS’ election coverage, this theme was adopted as the theme for the CBS Evening News in May of 2016. CBS wanted an iconic score, something people would remember 10 to 15 years from now. Man Made Music was charged with that task. Composers Joel Beckerman and Wayne Sharpe came up with this theme centered more »
This theme was recorded in late 2015 at the New York studios of Man Made Music. Composer Joel Beckerman referred to it in USA Today as “a hybrid orchestra piece”. There are a lot of samples and synthetic elements that are complemented by live musicians. The theme made its debut at the Democratic primary debate more »
The relaunch of CBS This Morning in 2012 was an attempt to bring back hard news to the morning time slot. There would be no funny weatherman or couch on set. The first hour was anchored by Charlie Rose and Norah O’Donnell and was essentially an extended version of the CBS Evening News. Gayle King joined more »
This is based on the 1987 CBS Evening News package that was picked up again in 2011. It was performed and recorded at the end of June 2011, debuting about a month later on the Early Show. It again unifies the branding of CBS News while also underscoring the Early Show’s hard news focus. With more »
This was the first orchestral theme for the CBS Evening News. Before this theme was adopted in 1987, CBS News had a policy, imposed by CBS TV President Frank Stanton, that no music could be used. This policy dated back to the old days of TV news when many newscasts consisted of syndicated pictures with more »
This is the theme that has been used on 48 Hours Mystery since the fall of 2010. Like the previous themes, it is composed by Richard Fiocca. It’s not used for some of the special editions of 48 Hours Mystery, such as Live to Tell. That edition, which tells stories without the use of narrator, more »
This is a fuller, more orchestral arrangement of the previous theme. After pulling double duty on the Evening News and Face the Nation, Bob Schieffer returned full time to Face the Nation after Katie Couric started as main anchor at CBS. He continued to moderate the public affairs show until his retirement in 2015. After more »
This theme was used for CBS’ coverage of the inauguration of President Barack Obama, anchored by Katie Couric. It is a great variation on the CBS Evening News theme composed by James Horner. While the theme is based on the Horner composition, it’s a production by Joel Beckerman of Man Made Music. Beckerman knows Horner’s more »
This is a remix of James Horner’s original Early Show theme that the morning program used for a little over three years. By giving it an urban beat, a classical sounding piece becomes hip and contemporary. This theme premiered on the day that they started to use their redesigned street level set and Maggie Rodriquez started more »
This is the theme that James Horner composed for the Early Show. It was recorded in New York, two weeks after the original session in Los Angeles during the summer of 2006. In comparison to his work for the Evening News, he wanted the theme for the Early Show to be more energetic, gentler and more »
This ominous sounding cue of James Horner’s theme package for the CBS Evening News was composed for special reports. Before these impromptu newscasts start, viewers can usually see (part of) a 10-second countdown. That is used to give CBS stations around the country the chance to switch to the national feed. Before the Horner theme, CBS more »