Bars-n-tone 39 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Regarding the whole Turn To... there are a lot of updates to that: the Australian one, the KYW one, the WMC one, the WVEC one, maybe even some more that I can't think of. I wish more was known about them. Agreed. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-138592 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 596 Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I'm beginning to suspect there may be multiple versions of "WNDU 1991" (WSOC 1985), with one produced as late as 1993. All the additions would have been made by WSOC. Yeah, I think that makes sense. As you implied, WSOC seems to have been the client for the whole thing. I've already basically confirmed from Hal Brown that the WNDU 1991 package was done by VTS (having licensed the rights to the music), and he seemed to confirm to me that it was done for WSOC? Not sure if this has been brought up before, but... Take a look at this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb7IVxYjboM That sounds like VTS's "The Team to Watch" in the teaser. Maybe that's what the WSOC 1986 theme actually is? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-139076 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexagonal10 84 Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Not sure if this has been brought up before, but... Take a look at this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb7IVxYjboM That sounds like VTS's "The Team to Watch" in the teaser. Maybe that's what the WSOC 1986 theme actually is? The open looks a lot like WBTV`s new opens Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-139077 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 That sounds like VTS's "The Team to Watch" in the teaser. Maybe that's what the WSOC 1986 theme actually is? I picked up on that immediately when I saw the video. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-139078 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesapeakeTV 311 Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Now that you mention it, I think it's pretty definite they're one in the same, or at least share a musical logo. Listen right after Bill Walker is named in the open...the signature is spot on with the beginning of that tease cut. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-139100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 I have another find. When the WTKR noon "Discover the Land of the 3" open appeared in the Internet Archive a while back, I was instantly reminded of a theme from one of its then-sister stations: the WPRI 1986 "Right at Home" theme. I knew that Discover the Land was a Klein & piece, but we didn't have composer information for Right at Home. It does appear in the Copyright Office records with a date of 1986. It was registered by Alpenstock Productions, Inc., and the authors on the application are Robert A. Klein and Rick Krizman (who did the KRON "24 Hour News" theme). Alpenstock is the name under which a bunch of Klein & work is registered. KTVY "Going All Out for Oklahoma", KYW's "3 for All", a theme titled "Straight from the Heart" dating to 1986, "Go For It Ballad" (which is probably WDIV's Go 4 It campaign), "Cincinnati Style", and "In the Great Northwest". Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-139158 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TServo2049 81 Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 The weird thing is that when I played Bob Klein the WPRI news theme, he was certain it wasn't his work. The promo obviously is, he just did not recognize the concurrent news theme music. His memory might just be fuzzy, though. I should ask Rick Krizman... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-139160 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 596 Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 I have another find. When the WTKR noon "Discover the Land of the 3" open appeared in the Internet Archive a while back, I was instantly reminded of a theme from one of its then-sister stations: the WPRI 1986 "Right at Home" theme. I knew that Discover the Land was a Klein & piece, but we didn't have composer information for Right at Home. It does appear in the Copyright Office records with a date of 1986. It was registered by Alpenstock Productions, Inc., and the authors on the application are Robert A. Klein and Rick Krizman (who did the KRON "24 Hour News" theme). Interesting info. I brought the similarity between the WTKR and WPRI themes to Mr. NMSA's attention a few years ago, and he could confirm the "Discover" and "Right at Home" image songs were both Klein &, but not the WPRI theme. I have a with the "Discover" theme I found long before that open surfaced. I originally thought it was the same as WPRI 1986, given their shared ownership and sound. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-139161 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Interesting info. I brought the similarity between the WTKR and WPRI themes to Mr. NMSA's attention a few years ago, and he could confirm the "Discover" and "Right at Home" image songs were both Klein &, but not the WPRI theme. I have a with the "Discover" theme I found long before that open surfaced. I originally thought it was the same as WPRI 1986, given their shared ownership and sound. The title is "Right at Home", so I'm not sure if that would count, but I think given the news theme clipping we got, I'd mark it as Klein & without hesitation. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-139163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TServo2049 81 Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Again, I don't know if it's because he also asked Bob Klein and got a "that's not my work" response. I don't believe I pass along negative answers to Mr. NMSA, though in this case I honestly can't remember. I agree that it just lines up too well not to be related. As to the other ones: Straight from the Heart was an image song for WBIR. The copyright record I'm looking at says 1984, not 1986 - but I've found both an official WBIR YouTube video of the promo dated 1983, and an off-air clip from September 1983 of an ID from the campaign. I've also found a 1988 35th anniversary promo for sister station WMAZ that uses the song. There's also a "Straight from the Heart II" dated 1989, which seems to correspond with another promo WBIR put up, and an ID in an off-air recording from 1989 - though WBIR dates their clip as 1986. Cincinnati Style was a WLWT image campaign; there's an example of that on YT as well. (There was also "Show Me 5" for KSDK, so Klein & did imaging for all 4 Multimedia VHF affiliates at various points during that mid-80s period.) Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-139164 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 That sounds like VTS's "The Team to Watch" in the teaser. Maybe that's what the WSOC 1986 theme actually is? Sniff sniff... 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-140013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrabbleship 429 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 WCBS radio started using First News only fairly recently. It was commissioned by a TV station, WDIV in Detroit. WTOP has used First News for many, many years for their top/bottom of hour ID's. Their intro going out of CBS's TOH cast is the otherwise forgotten News Central. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-140076 Share on other sites More sharing options...
caliwxdude 254 Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 I should ask Rick Krizman... While you're asking, please include a request for some clean cuts of the old KRON music... 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-140562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 883 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I got another theme that needs to be solved, but its not just the composer that needs to be identified but also the name of the piece of music. When I used to travel to Shreveport as a little kid, I remember hearing a theme that was used on KTAL's newscasts from about 1996 to 2001 (during the NewsCenter 6 era). I believe it was production music, as I have heard it in a couple of commercials elsewhere during the early/mid-2000s. It was kind of a light music piece featuring piano and trumpets. I tracked down clips of the theme in question, thanks to YouTube user jacky9br, who uploaded this video -- among a slew of others -- Wednesday (it's featured in some clips starting at 0:50 up to 2:45, you can hear most of it clearly in the teaser clip at 2:13). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i4efn6bTU0 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-142271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJClementeFan69 477 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 The weird thing is that when I played Bob Klein the WPRI news theme, he was certain it wasn't his work. The promo obviously is, he just did not recognize the concurrent news theme music. His memory might just be fuzzy, though. I should ask Rick Krizman... While you're asking, please include a request for some clean cuts of the old KRON music... Any word from Krizman? 24 Hour News was a highly underrated 90s pack and I can't be the only person who would love to hear more of it. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-143741 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2395 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Any word from Krizman? 24 Hour News was a highly underrated 90s pack and I can't be the only person who would love to hear more of it. I liked that package too... "24-Hour News," when it was used on KRON and I believe longer on WKRC. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-143752 Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Viewer 334 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Alpenstock is the name under which a bunch of Klein & work is registered. KTVY "Going All Out for Oklahoma", KYW's "3 for All", a theme titled "Straight from the Heart" dating to 1986, "Go For It Ballad" (which is probably WDIV's Go 4 It campaign), "Cincinnati Style", and "In the Great Northwest". I wonder if this KIRO image spot (starts at 6:14) features "In the Great Northwest" from 1979: OR it could be "Spirit of the Great Northwest". Either way, would be nice to figure out where that came from. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-144578 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TServo2049 81 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Actually, the Klein & "In the Great Northwest" was for KGW - I believe he mentioned it in one of my early phone calls with him nearly a decade ago. He referred to it as "8 in the Great Northwest." eyeontv posted some Klein & KGW IDs on YT a while back, they're instrumental but I'm pretty sure they're from that campaign. The melody exactly matches with the slogan. That KIRO one doesn't sound like Klein & at all, it may well have been a local Seattle production. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-144613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJClementeFan69 477 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Anyone else think the WFLD/KTNV 1994 pack sounds like Chris Crane? 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-145818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 The NJN theme used in the first half of the 1990s: was composed by Tom Wisnosky. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-145950 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFTV 526 Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 I'm surprised that nobody has found the KFMB 2013 news music yet. I might try and search around for it... Robby Elfman composed it. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-149214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A3N 1002 Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Robby Elfman composed it. Is he associated with any of the major music companies? If not, I wonder if KFMB owns the package outright. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-149217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFTV 526 Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Is he associated with any of the major music companies? If not, I wonder if KFMB owns the package outright. He's not associated but he's made several music scorings. I'm guessing yes with KFMB owning the package. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-149218 Share on other sites More sharing options...
promoguy98 253 Posted April 15, 2016 Author Share Posted April 15, 2016 Here's two clean and clear versions from Robby Elfman's soundcloud. [MEDIA=soundcloud] [/MEDIA] 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-149221 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhratbrat 437 Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 I have to admit, this theme is real impressive certainly hearing the cleaner cuts. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13323-discovered-composers-publishers-of-music-themes/page/10/#findComment-149270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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