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News Music Search Archive

metadat 4y ago
It took me a moment of squinting and tapping around to figure out what the heck this is. Once I grokked it, I think this is pretty cool. It's a collection of background music from radio show broadcasts. Amazing the ideas people latch onto, this is quite obscure but if it survives over time, it'll become a very neat historical resource and reference.
- classichasclass 4y ago
  Actually, it's TV news openers, primarily. You can hear the actual opens as they were broadcast or the source tunes (for some image packages, they can be quite different).
LeoPanthera 4y ago
USA only.
barberpole 4y ago
If it all sounds the same to you it's because it is.
conqueso 4y ago
This is really cool. Listening to themes from different places and eras, I can place myself there in my mind. It's like a nostalgia for something I never actually experienced. Is there a word for that?
- iKlsR 4y ago
  I actually looked it up a while back and there are several words... some seemingly invented recently (there is probably one true german one [1]) but couldn't find a definitive answer. I get the same feeling from the "vaporwave" [2] genre of music or any popular song but paired with the words "slowed and reverb" [3] on youtube. [1] - https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/50144/is-there-a-term-that-defines-nostalgia-for-something-youve-never-experienced https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/50144/is-there-a... [2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQkPcPqTq4M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQkPcPqTq4M [3] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzCFU_kw3KU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzCFU_kw3KU
- LeoPanthera 4y ago
  It's apparently a very new word but "Anemoia" means "nostalgia" for something you haven't experienced. Nostalgia in quotes because by definition you can't be nostalgic for something you never experienced.
- dieselerator 4y ago
  Maybe not exactly nostalgia, but there is a term that serves: déjà vu "The meaning of DÉJÀ VU is the illusion of remembering scenes and events when experienced for the first time." [1] [1]<https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/d%C3%A9j%C3%A0%20vu https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/d%C3%A9j%C3%A0%20...>
jwong_ 4y ago
Is there a license these are generally released under that lets them be posted like this? Or is it just a quirk of the general workflow for these? I remember stumbling onto a production music site a while ago and it seemed to have full clips posted online, which was very refreshing from the normal music industry standards.
- yellowapple 4y ago
  Usually the companies writing/recording/publishing these songs make their money through commercial licenses rather than direct music sales, so they're more willing to let people listen to them for free (with the expectation that if you then use them commercially you pay the necessary license fees). Kinda the same idea as stock photos.
  - jwong_ 4y ago
    That makes total sense now. It's wild how different the user experience is when the industry is more amenable to open samples.
runlevel1 4y ago
ABC used a clip from the Cool Hand Luke soundtrack as its opener for Eyewitness News for many years. Archive link: http://www.newsmusicsearcharchive.com/#2,2,5 http://www.newsmusicsearcharchive.com/#2,2,5 KABC news intro with it: https://youtu.be/gmVIIfoassE?t=207 https://youtu.be/gmVIIfoassE?t=207
Tokkemon 4y ago
This is so much fun. Amazing!
chaosprint 4y ago
Anyone has the same feeling as me that the music in news hurts it's objectiveness?
- qwery 4y ago
  There is definitely a problem with music being used throughout a bulletin / during actual reporting. I guess there's a sliver of potentially acceptable use cases in long-form investigative reporting. News programs having an introduction theme is perfectly acceptable though. If they play the theme as an ad-bumper I think that's fair enough, but the fact that the news has ads in it is concerning.
martyvis 4y ago
Why does news (and hence this theme music) have to be breaking, urgent, perplexing and disruptive?
- qwery 4y ago
  Because that's how you know the news is on/starting.
qwery 4y ago
I'm sure a lot of Australians are quite fond of the bulletin introduction theme used on ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) radio and TV since the 1950s. The original recording and history is available on the National Film and Sound Archive[0]. A modern version[1] was introduced in 1988 and is still used today. But the remixed version used on triple j since 1991 is my personal favourite. Triple j is the ABC's "youth-oriented" radio station so the news theme was updated to match. An actually interesting short segment discussing the remix with its creators can be found on the wayback machine[2]. The recording is from 2005 and the archived page features an `htm` file extension and instructions for how to download MP3s. [0] https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/majestic-fanfare-abc-radio-news-theme-queens-hall-light-orchestra-1943 https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/majestic-fanfare-... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT0BB98aIQM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT0BB98aIQM [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20160401151624/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/30years/listen/audio_alpha_N.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20160401151624/http://www.abc.ne... (edited: typos)
ConceptJunkie 4y ago
WTVR from the 1970s. I was always impressed that they were able to license a huge pop song for the local news in Richmond, VA.

It took me a moment of squinting and tapping around to figure out what the heck this is. Once I grokked it, I think this is pretty cool. It's a collection of background music from radio show broadcasts. Amazing the ideas people latch onto, this is quite obscure but if it survives over time, it'll become a very neat historical resource and reference.

classichasclass 4y ago
Actually, it's TV news openers, primarily. You can hear the actual opens as they were broadcast or the source tunes (for some image packages, they can be quite different).

LeoPanthera 4y ago

USA only.

barberpole 4y ago

If it all sounds the same to you it's because it is.

conqueso 4y ago

This is really cool. Listening to themes from different places and eras, I can place myself there in my mind. It's like a nostalgia for something I never actually experienced. Is there a word for that?

iKlsR 4y ago
I actually looked it up a while back and there are several words... some seemingly invented recently (there is probably one true german one [1]) but couldn't find a definitive answer. I get the same feeling from the "vaporwave" [2] genre of music or any popular song but paired with the words "slowed and reverb" [3] on youtube. [1] - https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/50144/is-there-a-term-that-defines-nostalgia-for-something-youve-never-experienced https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/50144/is-there-a... [2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQkPcPqTq4M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQkPcPqTq4M [3] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzCFU_kw3KU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzCFU_kw3KU
LeoPanthera 4y ago
It's apparently a very new word but "Anemoia" means "nostalgia" for something you haven't experienced. Nostalgia in quotes because by definition you can't be nostalgic for something you never experienced.
dieselerator 4y ago
Maybe not exactly nostalgia, but there is a term that serves: déjà vu "The meaning of DÉJÀ VU is the illusion of remembering scenes and events when experienced for the first time." [1] [1]<https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/d%C3%A9j%C3%A0%20vu https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/d%C3%A9j%C3%A0%20...>

jwong_ 4y ago

Is there a license these are generally released under that lets them be posted like this? Or is it just a quirk of the general workflow for these? I remember stumbling onto a production music site a while ago and it seemed to have full clips posted online, which was very refreshing from the normal music industry standards.

yellowapple 4y ago
Usually the companies writing/recording/publishing these songs make their money through commercial licenses rather than direct music sales, so they're more willing to let people listen to them for free (with the expectation that if you then use them commercially you pay the necessary license fees). Kinda the same idea as stock photos.
- jwong_ 4y ago
  That makes total sense now. It's wild how different the user experience is when the industry is more amenable to open samples.

runlevel1 4y ago

ABC used a clip from the Cool Hand Luke soundtrack as its opener for Eyewitness News for many years. Archive link: http://www.newsmusicsearcharchive.com/#2,2,5 http://www.newsmusicsearcharchive.com/#2,2,5 KABC news intro with it: https://youtu.be/gmVIIfoassE?t=207 https://youtu.be/gmVIIfoassE?t=207

Tokkemon 4y ago

This is so much fun. Amazing!

chaosprint 4y ago

Anyone has the same feeling as me that the music in news hurts it's objectiveness?

qwery 4y ago
There is definitely a problem with music being used throughout a bulletin / during actual reporting. I guess there's a sliver of potentially acceptable use cases in long-form investigative reporting. News programs having an introduction theme is perfectly acceptable though. If they play the theme as an ad-bumper I think that's fair enough, but the fact that the news has ads in it is concerning.

martyvis 4y ago

Why does news (and hence this theme music) have to be breaking, urgent, perplexing and disruptive?

qwery 4y ago
Because that's how you know the news is on/starting.

qwery 4y ago

I'm sure a lot of Australians are quite fond of the bulletin introduction theme used on ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) radio and TV since the 1950s. The original recording and history is available on the National Film and Sound Archive[0]. A modern version[1] was introduced in 1988 and is still used today. But the remixed version used on triple j since 1991 is my personal favourite. Triple j is the ABC's "youth-oriented" radio station so the news theme was updated to match. An actually interesting short segment discussing the remix with its creators can be found on the wayback machine[2]. The recording is from 2005 and the archived page features an `htm` file extension and instructions for how to download MP3s. [0] https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/majestic-fanfare-abc-radio-news-theme-queens-hall-light-orchestra-1943 https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/majestic-fanfare-... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT0BB98aIQM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT0BB98aIQM [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20160401151624/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/30years/listen/audio_alpha_N.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20160401151624/http://www.abc.ne... (edited: typos)

ConceptJunkie 4y ago

WTVR from the 1970s. I was always impressed that they were able to license a huge pop song for the local news in Richmond, VA.