Frosty 0 Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Has anyone else listened to Horner's new theme for the CSB news? There is also an interview with him on the CBSnews websight. i personally don't think the new theme is up to much. I liked the old music better.Opinions?Frosty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB1157...NTMwMDU0Wj.htmlI prefer the old theme as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Mr. Horner also phoned John Williams, the famed movie-music composer ("Star Wars") who wrote the music for NBC's "Nightly News" in 1985. "I joked that his theme was so good that he didn't leave me any notes to use," Mr. Horner says.That sounds like as good a reason as any to call somebody on the phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 JW is winning the poll,even if the short clip isn't the best representation of the Mission theme,the other themes are played fully.K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaderbait1 1 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 NBC's theme is just so old, I'm kind of sick of it. It's the most thematic of any of them (but that's no surprise, considering the conductor), ABC is okay, but it reminds me of news parodies. CBS' is...different. It could catch on, I could see it drawing viewers because it makes them more comfortable. Instead of the edgy warning music, it's more relaxing. Not memorable, but it goes with the new "softer" news with Couric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Williams should have made a really new version on it when he re-recorded it in 2004K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin 2 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Who wrote the ABC theme?Justin - Who for some reason is thinking David Newman....but why....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Bill Conti? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Director 1 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Listen to Horner's The Four Feathers (2002) and then listen to the "CBS News Theme." Unbelievable. But I still buy all he puts out.......I'm such a fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Horners CBS Theme is better then Williams new Football theme! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty 0 Posted September 6, 2006 Author Share Posted September 6, 2006 Horners CBS Theme is better then Williams new Football theme! :roll: Are we listening to the same thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 I was listening to the clips and i voted for horner thinking it was clicking the sample.Thank god i think your vote can be changed...Anyway the Williams sample does not make the Mission theme justice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 390 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Horner's new theme is certainly not better than Williams' new football show theme, stefancos!Nor could anything Horner ever writes truly hope to be; Horner is simply not a very good composer, he doesn't quite "own" his music the way great composers (such as Williams) do, it sounds forced, like an unsuccessful pastiche, a flawed and failed emulation of something that will always remain just beyond his reach.Williams' new theme, for all its brevity (as far as we know), is still very elegant and eloquent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 It's not bad,I've heard it.k.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Horner's new theme is certainly not better than Williams' new football show theme, stefancos!I think Stefan said that just for the pleasure of start another debate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Stefancos should start calling himself a "former fan" of JW and trapped in this MB for sake of habit.K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,263 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 The Horner theme is nice, but Williams' is the winner by far. Hated the ABC theme. Who composed it? Williams: None But The Brave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Stefancos should start calling himself a "former fan"K.M.Former or Horner? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 I'm just a JW fan that doest drool ever every note Williams composes.At least not his modern notes.And yes I am trapped here for the sake of habit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 I'm just a JW fan that doest drool ever every note Williams composes.At least not his modern notes.And yes I am trapped here for the sake of habit.Nope, you drool about evey note Goldsmith composed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 The ABC theme has been there forever.I liked it as a kid and I tried to record from the TV it but it NEVER played more than the first few seconds and I wanted the middle section.It's actually the first time I hear it cleanly ,so I made an MP3.K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Heresy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 I have a few fetish TV themes I could never record.K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmanand 0 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 The new CBS theme? Meh, it's OK.The ABC theme? Should be a kids' programme.The NBC theme? Crap sample, but what a theme! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futuremartymcfly 0 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 I personally really like Horner's new theme, its sounds slightly familiar, but fresh at the same time. I'm sure, however, this theme's going to pop up in future scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 I like Horner's theme. Beats the ABC jingle for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpigeon 3 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 That music sounded like... nothing. It created a sound, but no trademark or memorable melody. It's just a couple of pleasant string lines.Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scissorhands 16 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 I love it!!! It's like some good James Horner end credits compressed into 30 seconds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Meh, the theme is weak. Nothing that grabs a viewer, like JW's theme (I mean, the NBC theme just screams out 'NEWS!'). It sounds like Peio said, a compressed end credits, but that's not what a news theme should sound like. I'd be interested in hearing all the snippets and variations he's done. With JW's theme, that's one of the most interesting things about it (I love the scherzo version). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpeteer 302 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 ABC's theme sounds like a call to arms. NBC is old school. CBS has a feminine quality.It took Horner three months to write the theme? It took him less time to write "Aliens." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Horners CBS Theme is better then Williams new Football theme!If you really feel that way then choose one of these options:Write your own great "News" ThemeLeave the MB and post in some geeky Horner board instead(great reply isn't it?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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