nbc9houston 21 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Viewer 319 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 I know I've heard it. I think there is a clip in the NMSA, IIRC, but it is listed as "unknown". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Viewer 319 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 OK, "KCTV 1983 News Theme" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TServo2049 81 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbc9houston 21 Posted May 23, 2014 Author Share Posted May 23, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compubit 670 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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