Electronic Gershwin Theme on 1980 KGW Newscast

[nbc9houston 22]

From part #3 of KGW's special report the day Mount Saint Helens erupted, a electronic theme by Gershwin was playing. I would later here this tune (sans electronic) playing on my local classical radio station, KUHA. When I went to the last played songs list on their website, the title of the song wasn't listed. Who knows the title of this Gershwin tune?

 

http://www.kgw.com/news/Mt-St-Helens/Video-KGW-Aircheck-May-18-1980-part-3-122210024.html

[10Viewer 338]

I know I've heard it. I think there is a clip in the NMSA, IIRC, but it is listed as "unknown".

[10Viewer 338]

OK, "KCTV 1983 News Theme"

[TServo2049 82]

I looked up "electronic Gershwin" and found the album "Gershwin Alive & Well & Underground" by Leonid Hambro and Gershon Kingsley (the original composer of "Popcorn", and often-collaborator with Jean-Jacques Perrey). The album is also known as "Switched-On Gershwin".

 

Anyway, the track is "Porgy and Bess Introduction and Opening Scene I."

 

I'm sure there are more unidentified news themes of the 70s and early 80s which came from commercially-released electronic music albums...

[nbc9houston 22]

 

I looked up "electronic Gershwin" and found the album "Gershwin Alive & Well & Underground" by Leonid Hambro and Gershon Kingsley (the original composer of "Popcorn", and often-collaborator with Jean-Jacques Perrey). The album is also known as "Switched-On Gershwin".

 

Anyway, the track is "Porgy and Bess Introduction and Opening Scene I."

 

I'm sure there are more unidentified news themes of the 70s and early 80s which came from commercially-released electronic music albums...

 

Just looked it up on YouTube:

(Click to 14:53 for Porgy & Bess Introduction and Opening Scene 1)

 

Thanks for identifying it.

[compubit 675]

Definitely can see that as a newscast open in the late 70s/early 80s - perfect bed for teases, then the open (but a little long, IMHO), then resolves to a nice fade out point for the news.

 

J