Television news music is used by television stations to brand their news operations. Each television station uses an identifiable news theme; some themes are used by multiple stations while others are composed specifically for a certain station.
In the United States, news themes used on local television stations are typically organized into news music packages, with each theme within a package sharing a similar musical signature. A typical television news music package consists of anywhere from 50 to as many as 1000 cuts of music. One of the largest news music packages is Overture, created by Stephen Arnold Music. This package consists of a total of 36 themes and over 1000 cuts.
News music packages consist of the following: opens, closes, bumpers, topicals (promo beds), franchise opens/stingers, IDs, utility tracks and billboards.
The latest do's and don'ts
That's the right approach
That's the way to smile
Buy a lot of style
Give me new ideas
Another year
With surreal memories
Watch the autumn leaves
Change the groove
In this you?
Is this new?
Never lose
And follow me down
In this town
All around
Hear the sound
Of all the leaves
Falling from the trees
Other melodies
And another view
Then breaking news
Is this new?
And follow me down
In this town
All around