List of sports television composers

A number of composers have created music for sports television broadcasts.

Notable credits

Leo Arnaud

"Bugler's Dream" from Arnaud's Charge Suite - the fanfare most closely associated with the Olympic Games (not specifically composed for the Olympics, but used by ABC Sports since 1968 for its Olympic coverage and ABC's Wide World of Sports, also by NBC Sports for its Olympic coverage prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics and again starting in 1992; see Olympic symbols to hear an audio file of this piece)

Stephen Arnold

Golf Channel Theme
SEC Football Theme (ESPN)

Herb Alpert

"1980" - 1980 Summer Olympics, Moscow (not specifically composed for the Games, but used by NBC)

David Barrett

"One Shining Moment" - Originally written for Super Bowl XXI, but not used at that time. Since 1987 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, it has been the closing music for CBS Sports' coverage of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.

Bob Christianson

College Basketball on CBS Theme (1993-2003, 2004–present) (CBS)
NHL on ESPN
NHL on ABC (1999-2004)
2002 FIFA World Cup on ESPN
Major League Baseball on CBS (1990-1993)

Allyson Bellink

NBA Playoffs (CBS)
NCAA Basketball Tournament (CBS)
Super Bowl Theme (ABC)
Monday Night Football (ABC)
Winter Olympics (ABC)
Indianapolis 500 (ABC)
College Football (ABC)

Kurt Bestor

1988 Winter Olympics TV Theme (ABC)
2002 Winter Olympics closing ceremonies (NBC)
1992 Summer Olympics coverage (NBC)
Monday Night Football (ABC)

John Colby

NFL on NBC (1992, 1993, 1994)
ESPN College Football on ABC (2000-2003, 2004-2009, 2010-present)

Christopher Brady

Fox Sports NBA Basketball Theme
Fox Sports NCAA Basketball Theme
ESPN College Football

David Dachinger

NFL Today (CBS)
PGA Golf (CBS)
The Masters (CBS)
NCAA College Basketball (CBS)
College Football (CBS)
College Football (ABC)
U.S. Open Tennis Theme (CBS)
NFL Football (CBS)
NCAA Basketball Finals (CBS)

Frankie Vinci

NFL on CBS: Super Bowl (1992-1993, 1998, 1999-2000, 2001-2002)

E.S. Posthumus

"Posthumus Zone" – Main theme for NFL on CBS since 2003
Assorted themes for the PGA Tour on CBS, including "Thrill of Victory" as a secondary theme for Masters Tournament, and "Burlingame" for the PGA Championship

Clark Gault

1986 World Series Theme (NBC)
1981 Super Bowl Theme (NBC)
1983 Super Bowl Theme (NBC)
1986 Super Bowl Theme (NBC)
Baseball Tonight Theme (ESPN)
“We Are One” theme for the NBC coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona
NBA Theme (CBS)
NFL Theme (NBC)
Major League Baseball Theme (NBC)
Wimbledon Tennis Theme (NBC)
French Open Theme (NBC)

Larry Groupé

CBS Sports National Logo Theme
Los Angeles Lakers Radio and TV Promo and Game Music
Super Bowl XXII Promo Music for Event (ABC)
NBA "Final Four" Playoffs Promo Music (CBS)

Lloyd Landesman

Super Bowl XXI (1987) theme, used for CBS college football 1987–present[1]

Bob Israel

Sportsworld (NBC)
NCAA College Football (ABC)
ABC Wide World of Sports (ABC)
ABC Sports Theme (ABC)
ABC's International Championship Boxing (ABC)
NBA Basketball (ABC)
Wide World of Sports Promo (ABC)
NFL (ABC)

Edd Kalehoff

Sports Emblem (ABC)
Sports Main Theme (ABC)
Boxing (ABC)
Tour De France (ABC)
Golf (ABC)
Monday Night Football (ABC)
Sport South (TNT)
ABC Baseball Promo
ABC Professional Bowlers Tour
ABC Wide World of Sports
CBS Sports Spectacular

Dave Loggins

"Augusta" — Main theme for CBS Sports' coverage of Masters Tournament golf tournament

Chuck Mangione

"Chase the Clouds Away" — 1976 Summer Olympics (ABC)
"Give It All You Got" — 1980 Winter Olympics main theme (ABC)

Rich Meitin

1998 Winter Olympics Opening Theme and Incidental Music (CBS)

Non-Stop Music

‘POWER PUNCH’ - College Football Season Package - Anthony Dilorenzo (ABC)
‘BCS – Bowl Championship Series’ – BCS Bowl Package - Anthony Dilorenzo (ABC)
ABC Figure Skating Theme Package
ABC Horse Racing Theme Package
‘Majestic Fairways’ – ABC Golf Match Play Theme Package
‘Emerald Fairways’ – ABC Golf Tournament Theme Package
Little League World Series Theme Package
‘Fast Break’ - NBA Theme Package (ABC)

Paul Trust

Super Bowl 50 (CBS)
'We Own The Night'-2016 Thursday Night Football promotional theme (CBS)
The NFL Today (CBS)
NFL Football (CBS)
PGA Golf (CBS)
The Masters (CBS)
NCAA College Basketball (CBS)
NCAA Football (CBS)
NCAA March Madness (CBS)
WWE

Trevor Rabin

NBA on TNT (TNT)
NCAA March Madness Theme (Remix of Christianson theme in 2011) (CBS/TNT/TBS/TruTV)

Dolores Claman

Hockey Night in Canada (1968-2008 on CBC, 2009-present on TSN)

Colin Oberst

Hockey Night in Canada: Canadian Gold (2009–present) (CBC/Sportsnet)

Scott L. Reinwand

The Last Word With Jim Rome (Fox Sports)
Seattle SuperSonics Theme Song (Arena and Broadcast)
Casey Jacobsen: Year in Review (ESPN Classic)
2002 Little League World Series (ABC)
2004 Little League World Series (ABC)
World Championship Ice Skating (ABC)
It's Game Time NBA Package (ABC/ESPN)
New York Mets Theme and Package (SNY)
New York Jets Theme and Package (SNY)
GOL! ESPN International Soccer (ESPN International)

Scott Schreer

NASCAR on FOX
MLB on FOX
NFL on FOX
NHL on Fox
Fox UFC
Boxing on Fox
FOX The Sports List
FOX Poker Superstars
Mansion Poker (FOX)
Hope & Faith (ABC)
The Season, City Slam (ESPN)
DirecTV network logo
Wrangler Pro Rodeo
New York Knicks, Liberty, Rangers, Network ID
The Baseball Network (ABC and NBC)
The City (ABC)

John Tesh

Roundball Rock (NBA on NBC)

Cody Westheimer

"Major League Soccer on NBC"
"Tour de France on NBC"
"Countdown to London" (Universal Sports)

John Williams

"Olympic Fanfare and Theme" - 1984 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles
"Olympic Spirit" - 1988 Summer Olympics, Seoul
"Summon the Heroes" - 1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta
"Call of the Champions" - 2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City
"Theme" - 2006–present, NBC Sunday Night Football

See also

References

Wolken, Dan (December 6, 2013). "Lloyd Landesman and the sound that makes the SEC on CBS". USA TODAY. Retrieved January 4, 2018.

Sources

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