That “vibrating organ” sound that you’re referring to was almost certainly being produced by a Moog synthesizer, the equivalent functionality of which can be found on practically any smart phone or computer today but at that time would have cost a million dollars (in the dollars of that time, not adjusted for inflation).
Mancini was quite the theme-writer. He brought verve, character and humanity to any movie or TV show he penned music for, being a master of that soft lounge-jazz sound that people from all walks of life appreciated in many situations. Rest in peace, Henry. Thanks for posting!
I TOO LOVED THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC - COLLECTED ALL HIS VINYL 33 rpm RECORD ALBUMS THAT I COULD OCCASIONALLY FIND BACK IN THOSE"OLD DAYS" OF THE 1960e - 70s to 80s AND I STOOD OUT AMONG MY OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE LOVING ROCK & EVEN JAZZ !!!? I COLLECTED MANY MANY ALBUMS OF MOVIE & TV SERIES THEME MUSIC / SOUNDTRACKS AND NOW HERE IN THIS INTERNET ERA OF "FACEBOOK" / "WIKIPEDIA" & "TH-cam" PLUS OTHER MUSIC APPS I'M GOING CRAZY FUN WITH AMAZING ACCESS TO MUSIC ITEMS FROM LAST FEW DECADES AND FELLOW ENTHUSIASTS I NEVER KNEW ABOUT!!?? WOW!!!! = D.E.T. / E.T.2 (Baltimore, Maryland - U.S.A. // 1:00 pm / 1300 hours EDST - Monday morning - April 20th, 2020) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore
And all I can see in this theme is not only New York City but also the White House. Just saw a 1979 episode of NBC Nightly News. Looks like New York as well as Washington were the big main headquarters then.
For me, growing up in that era (15 yrs. old in 79) There was an integrity and professionalism with Mancini (music) and Chancellor and Brinkley (Cronkite on CBS) news broadcasting ...ithat is truly missing in tele/cyber - journalism today. (special intrest, opinion rich, often one sided, ratings driven, slanted reporting in the news today)
I remember that particular theme every night right after News 4 Detroit @ 6pm and just before The Joker's Wild ( at 7p ) and..... something eye....come on brain, hit lightning.. that's it!!!!.......Bullseye ( at 7:30p, I should've known) what a lineup! But a little old show called The Scene ( 6pm, channel 62, WGPR then, CBS 62 WWJ now ) was the game changer at our house. And so was the rest of the Nightly News landscape as well. Walter Cronkite, Frank Reynolds, Max Robinson, Peter Jennings and John Chancellor and David Brinkley.....with Jessica Savage on occasions. Sometimes you need a nudge to remind yourself of a window of time you can never forget......41 years ago ( I was 9 at the time ).....DA BOMB watching TV back in the day! Disclaimer: although today's Nightly News is differently diversified, Nora O'Donnell, Lester Holt and David Muir; the above group of Anchors was a powerhouse lineup that will super hard to replicate...I think...show of hands...or replies... Other than that, thanks for bringing this underappreciated version of NBC's Nightly News theme. Has it been 41 years ago?!?! 🤯. Actually, this year, 2024, is the 45th anniversary of this rare jem of a nightly news introduction, and although Chancellor and Brinkley are no longer with us, their spirits and memories are alive and well, especially the landmark coverage of the 1980 Presidential Election 44 years ago...and I was 10 at the time. We'll see how O'Donnell ( who will leave the CBS NEWS anchor chair after the Election ), Holt, and Muir can bring their A-Game in their coverage from now until November 5th. An update to a remarkable 4+ year old comment!
Living in the metropolitan area in the late 70's....We watched the nightly news on channel 4 every evening during the week....This classic captures the mood and resonates the feel of the NYC landscape.....
Bring this theme back, folks. I remember this from my childhood, when my late dad alternated Chancellor with Cronkite as part of his TV news habit. I loved it then, and it still sounds good now.
@@sillygoose635 There's benefits to giving the news both ways, don't you think? Making it accessible is fine but you come away with less details. Making it complex teaches you more but less people will stay awake through it. What would be nice is if both ways still existed and people had choices.
@@sillygoose635 No, intelligent, informative, and respectful of its grown-up, curious audience -- people who care more about what's happening in, say, France than "where to score great deals on Cyber Monday."
This was one of a number of pieces that Mancini composed for various NBC News programs in 1976, to coincide with the new "N" logo and a major updating of the network's on-air graphics. At the start of each evening's newscast, the final part of the full theme would be used.
I have a Henry Mancini album in my collection called “Cop Show Themes.” I don’t remember this theme for a news program but if I wasn’t told it was a news program theme, I would have guessed it was a cop show theme. It would have worked for that.
You're absolutely right -- this theme was so good that it even appeared on a recording that was used as background music in the now defunct Woolco department store where I worked during my college days. It was my favorite song on the album, and I'm glad to have finally found it.
I actually have the '79 version on my iTunes for a few years now, that's not too bad. I do like the original one I'm hearing here though, maybe better.
@@ApartmentKing66 she used to work for nbc news alongwith jessica savitch (R.I.P), She anchored Weekend and NBC News Overnight which were also produced by NBC with Lloyd Dobbins, She left NBC News in the late 1980s and in the 1990s, She created Nick News just for Nickelodeon.
Ironically, John Williams worked under Henry Mancini in late 1950s and early 1960s. He played the piano for Opening Theme of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”, written by Mancini.
@@americangiant1003 i thought it was a piece from an actual song - like the ones used in sporting events while fading to commercials. I did not know it was exclusively FOR the NBC Nightly News, so pardon me.
@@markgaston4416 This came out around 1977 so correct it was exclusively only for Nightly News. However 45 years plus it can be used in other forms to be played as well. No worries Mr Gaston.
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Sounds like the theme to medical drama show of that era
That theme song with the vibrating organ sound, just takes you back to a time, so long ago, my childhood and watching the news with my dad.
I know what you mean about taking you back. This reminds me of being at either of grandmothers homes since they watched NBC.
Me and my Dad, too.
That “vibrating organ” sound that you’re referring to was almost certainly being produced by a Moog synthesizer, the equivalent functionality of which can be found on practically any smart phone or computer today but at that time would have cost a million dollars (in the dollars of that time, not adjusted for inflation).
I absolutely love this theme.
Mancini was quite the theme-writer. He brought verve, character and humanity to any movie or TV show he penned music for, being a master of that soft lounge-jazz sound that people from all walks of life appreciated in many situations. Rest in peace, Henry. Thanks for posting!
I TOO LOVED THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC - COLLECTED ALL HIS VINYL 33 rpm RECORD ALBUMS THAT I COULD OCCASIONALLY FIND BACK IN THOSE"OLD DAYS" OF THE 1960e - 70s to 80s AND I STOOD OUT AMONG MY OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE LOVING ROCK & EVEN JAZZ !!!? I COLLECTED MANY MANY ALBUMS OF MOVIE & TV SERIES THEME MUSIC / SOUNDTRACKS AND NOW HERE IN THIS INTERNET ERA OF "FACEBOOK" / "WIKIPEDIA" & "TH-cam" PLUS OTHER MUSIC APPS I'M GOING CRAZY FUN WITH AMAZING ACCESS TO MUSIC ITEMS FROM LAST FEW DECADES AND FELLOW ENTHUSIASTS I NEVER KNEW ABOUT!!?? WOW!!!!
= D.E.T. / E.T.2
(Baltimore, Maryland - U.S.A. // 1:00 pm / 1300 hours EDST - Monday morning - April 20th, 2020) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore
One of my favorite news themes of all time. R.I.P. Henry Mancini
The theme has such a "New York" atmosphere to it that I like.
And all I can see in this theme is not only New York City but also the White House. Just saw a 1979 episode of NBC Nightly News. Looks like New York as well as Washington were the big main headquarters then.
I know, it sounds like music from a "Kojak" episode.
@@MJBTH-camNetwork Those were the main NBC bureaus for the East Coast.
I'll second Andrew, it does have that "New York" atmosphere, that "up-tempo" on the streets sounds!!!
This theme makes me happy in a sad sort of way ... thank you for posting 🌟
For me, growing up in that era (15 yrs. old in 79) There was an integrity and professionalism with Mancini (music) and Chancellor and Brinkley (Cronkite on CBS) news broadcasting ...ithat is truly missing in tele/cyber - journalism today. (special intrest, opinion rich, often one sided, ratings driven, slanted reporting in the news today)
The NBC Niightly News era has had three fulltime announcers-Bill Hanrahan, Howard Reig and Les Marshak.
My favorite of all the NBC Nightly News Themes.
I remember that particular theme every night right after News 4 Detroit @ 6pm and just before The Joker's Wild ( at 7p ) and..... something eye....come on brain, hit lightning.. that's it!!!!.......Bullseye ( at 7:30p, I should've known) what a lineup! But a little old show called The Scene ( 6pm, channel 62, WGPR then, CBS 62 WWJ now ) was the game changer at our house. And so was the rest of the Nightly News landscape as well. Walter Cronkite, Frank Reynolds, Max Robinson, Peter Jennings and John Chancellor and David Brinkley.....with Jessica Savage on occasions. Sometimes you need a nudge to remind yourself of a window of time you can never forget......41 years ago ( I was 9 at the time ).....DA BOMB watching TV back in the day!
Disclaimer: although today's Nightly News is differently diversified, Nora O'Donnell, Lester Holt and David Muir; the above group of Anchors was a powerhouse lineup that will super hard to replicate...I think...show of hands...or replies... Other than that, thanks for bringing this underappreciated version of NBC's Nightly News theme. Has it been 41 years ago?!?! 🤯. Actually, this year, 2024, is the 45th anniversary of this rare jem of a nightly news introduction, and although Chancellor and Brinkley are no longer with us, their spirits and memories are alive and well, especially the landmark coverage of the 1980 Presidential Election 44 years ago...and I was 10 at the time. We'll see how O'Donnell ( who will leave the CBS NEWS anchor chair after the Election ), Holt, and Muir can bring their A-Game in their coverage from now until November 5th. An update to a remarkable 4+ year old comment!
Living in the metropolitan area in the late 70's....We watched the nightly news on channel 4 every evening during the week....This classic captures the mood and resonates the feel of the NYC landscape.....
Bring this theme back, folks. I remember this from my childhood, when my late dad alternated Chancellor with Cronkite as part of his TV news habit. I loved it then, and it still sounds good now.
this was the first NBC Nightly News attempted a regular news theme, after 7 years of using the "ticker" as its theme.
Took me years to finally find this cool theme song...I wish NBC gave the news now like they did then...so sad.
what, boring, complex, and hard to follow?
@@sillygoose635 There's benefits to giving the news both ways, don't you think? Making it accessible is fine but you come away with less details. Making it complex teaches you more but less people will stay awake through it. What would be nice is if both ways still existed and people had choices.
@@laineykat4706 True.
@@sillygoose635 No, intelligent, informative, and respectful of its grown-up, curious audience -- people who care more about what's happening in, say, France than "where to score great deals on Cyber Monday."
@@JulianAlpsNews Both things are just as important and just as easy to see today.
Although I won't be born til Dec 1982, I love the opening graphics with this theme and the studio set with the octagon ceiling light
Great theme. RIP Henry Mancini.
This is my favorite theme. Remember it like it was yesterday.
This is NBC Nightly News with Jane Pauley filling in for Jessica Savitch from the NBC News headquarters in New York
This was one of a number of pieces that Mancini composed for various NBC News programs in 1976, to coincide with the new "N" logo and a major updating of the network's on-air graphics.
At the start of each evening's newscast, the final part of the full theme would be used.
Henry Mancini also recorded a "patriotic fanfare:" theme that was used on political conventions and election nights well into the 1980's.
It's got a 70s gold, Al Green sound. Very appropriate theme music for the time.
Actually, this aforementioned was aired from 1977-1979. The opening "typewriter" ticker with the NBC chimes from 1979-1982.
Ah. Thanks.
I can remember hearing this on the NBC News in the '70s when I was a teenager, but I never knew that it was composed by Henry Mancini
It was NBC News. Period ✔
Love it.
I have a Henry Mancini album in my collection called “Cop Show Themes.” I don’t remember this theme for a news program but if I wasn’t told it was a news program theme, I would have guessed it was a cop show theme. It would have worked for that.
I think it's time Mancini's TV themes on CD soon.
Mancini's Decision '76 theme was the best ever.
Alan Katzer I totaly agree
Best news theme of all time in my estimation.
the best news theme song ever.
You're absolutely right -- this theme was so good that it even appeared on a recording that was used as background music in the now defunct Woolco department store where I worked during my college days. It was my favorite song on the album, and I'm glad to have finally found it.
I love it.
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@@FurtherReview Used in a Toys R Us recording tape as well. Always wondered what this track was called.
I have the LP.
Never knew this theme existed for a network news show. My father was a CBS news viewer.
I remember that nightly news theme from the 1970s well.
Wow....... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Didn't really care much for David Brinkley as I ALWAYS thought he was arrogant and condescending. However I DID like John Chancellor.
John Chancellor is the best, May He Rest in Peace also Tom Brokaw was the best NBC News Anchor Ever.
There's a rendition of this on a Mancini album called "The Theme Scene." Not the same version used on Nightly, though.
Back when news was real
It's good but it sounds more like a 1970s detective drama.
Very Wild Kingdomish.
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What album or CD is this original 1977 version on?? I've got the slightly jazzier version, which is a re-recording from 1979 according to you.
oldiesmusic76 It was never actually issued on an album. This is the original recording for the broadcast.
I actually have the '79 version on my iTunes for a few years now, that's not too bad. I do like the original one I'm hearing here though, maybe better.
+LaurenLover81 Me too.
@@byrd59 Did you have this on an analog recording, recorded from a TV broadcast or other source back then?
Linda Ellerbee.
What about her?
@@ApartmentKing66 she used to work for nbc news alongwith jessica savitch (R.I.P), She anchored Weekend and NBC News Overnight which were also produced by NBC with Lloyd Dobbins, She left NBC News in the late 1980s and in the 1990s, She created Nick News just for Nickelodeon.
@@chantingmammalYes she was excellent.
I would LOVE to be a New York City woman!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I hate to say this, but I will. As much of a fan that I am of Mancini, the John Williams NBC News theme, “The Mission”, I like better.
Ironically, John Williams worked under Henry Mancini in late 1950s and early 1960s.
He played the piano for Opening Theme of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”, written by Mancini.
Anyone know the name of this music piece. Curious about this for years!
No offense but its clearly stated in the top of the page.
@@americangiant1003 i thought it was a piece from an actual song - like the ones used in sporting events while fading to commercials. I did not know it was exclusively FOR the NBC Nightly News, so pardon me.
@@markgaston4416 This came out around 1977 so correct it was exclusively only for Nightly News. However 45 years plus it can be used in other forms to be played as well. No worries Mr Gaston.
Not the type of music you would associate with Henry Mancini.
Neither is the theme of "What's Happening!"
That Didn't Make The Adult Contemporary Charts in '77
This was also used on a Indonesian Fanmade station called “Swara” by @dheofanmade.