NFL on NBC music
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[edit] 1980s
The 1985 season saw a new theme utilized throughout both the pregame show and game-opening sequence[1]. This theme would be utilized for the remainder of the decade. Another music selection was used for the "Great Moments" segment, a segment of clips from older games on NBC that was unique in that instead of the NFL Films footage, NBC used their own footage and audio. This segment would be featured at the beginning of the pregame show for much of the latter part of the 1980s.
[edit] 1990s
Starting in 1990, NBC commissioned musician (and then-Entertainment Tonight co-host) John Tesh, who had composed "Roundball Rock" for the debut of The NBA on NBC to compose a new theme, called "Gridiron Dreams"[2]. This theme lasted until the 1992 AFC Championship Game.
For Super Bowl XXVII, NBC debuted a new theme composed by John Colby.[3] This would be used during the 1993 season. During the 1993 season, they also debuted another Colby composed theme for the NFL Live! pregame show [4]. This theme would be used for the next two seasons. Starting with Super Bowl XXVIII and continuing until the end of the 1994 NFL season, NBC used another theme for their actual game introduction.[5]
Starting in 1995, NBC unveiled a new theme composed by veteran composer Randy Edelman which was used for both their pregame show (now simply titled The NFL on NBC) and during the game.[6] This theme would be used until the 1997 season, after which NBC lost AFC television rights to CBS. The NFL would not return to NBC until 2006.
[edit] 2000s
Starting in 2006, NBC unveiled a new theme composed by John Williams, who was responsible for the music utilized by the news division since the mid-1980s, for the Football Night in America pregame show. Also, the game introduction music was the song "I've Been Waitin' All Day for Sunday Night"; which was a customized version of Joan Jett's "I Hate Myself for Loving You". The 2006 version was sung by singer Pink, while Faith Hill took over for the 2007 version.
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