nynewsguy 66 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 For those of you interested.... http://www.garimedia...p.com/music.php Follow that link. Under "news branding" click on "samples" and then once that loads, click on "ABC Eyewitness News" on the right. The first clip is what the new opens were going to sound like, if in fact the new music that had been commissioned was used. Discuss. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1812 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 That's awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess 1110 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 I stumbled upon this yesterday while randomly browsing through Gari's site, and figured it was the intended new open cut since it was synced up to the new open. It's a clear step down from the Series 4 music, and it sounds like some overblown 1970s cop drama. Honestly, I think WABC's theme, as it is now, is absolutely perfect. It's urgent, it's newsy, and it grabs your attention. I cannot think of any way that 7 can change to a theme that works as well as what they have. Maybe they can phase in some newer bumpers, but Series 4 fits WABC in the same way Move Closer To Your World fits WPVI. It's just completely iconic at this point in a way few news themes are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1812 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 And now the Eyewitness News sampler has been pulled off the site. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewsguy 66 Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 And now the Eyewitness News sampler has been pulled off the site. Interesting. well, more than likely because this wasn't supposed to be "out there"... there's still the possibility that this might happen... I wouldn't have posted it myself, but since it was on Gari's site, I knew I couldn't get slapped with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfomspphl 453 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 You could argue the old Cool Hand Luke remakes were like 70s cop music...really curious to hear this one. Oh well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5280 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I don't know...is anyone absolutely confident that that would have been/will be the theme? I only ask because alot of the cuts featured in those montages (EWN, Enforcer, Stimulus, etc) aren't accurate to the videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazynetjunkie 34 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Nothing new or special.. WLS has already gone to Gari a couple times in the past few years for new music and they've been made but have been rejected by the station and not released.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewsguy 66 Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 I don't know...is anyone absolutely confident that that would have been/will be the theme? I only ask because alot of the cuts featured in those montages (EWN, Enforcer, Stimulus, etc) aren't accurate to the videos. oh yah. I saw it with my own eyes.. this was cued up and used during the rehearsals for the new studio... the decision was made to stick with the old Series 4 stuff only a few days before the reveal. The thing is that this still might get used. It hasn't been rejected officially.. just "put off" for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5280 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Nothing new or special.. WLS has already gone to Gari a couple times in the past few years for new music and they've been made but have been rejected by the station and not released.. Actually, those unused WLS cuts wouldn't be half bad for WABC, in my opinion. However, the intro online sounds like the Stimlus update with the EWN signature poorly slapped on the end. It's quite disappointing compared to the cuts used in the "Number 1 in New York" promos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I guess if you ever wondered if anyone at Gari Media Group looks over this site, now you know. (Come on, it's not as if they noticed a spike in traffic on their site. No small business monitors that.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad 276 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Looks like I missed out, I wish I could've heard it before they pulled it off, oh well I guess they must've had a reason to take it out it probably wasn't as good as what they are using now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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