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When CBS held broadcast rights (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS_Olympic_broadcasts) for the Winter Games — 1992 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1992/02/21/cbs-warming-up-to-the-olympics/95f57cca-0df0-4a71-9354-9d49a253ad0e/), 1994 (https://www.mcall.com/1994/02/13/cbs-gives-its-all-to-the-olympics/) and 1998 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1998/02/23/cbss-olympic-coverage-very-shaky/0b03012d-8fa2-474a-964e-2b896c310e29/) — it was Tamara Kline (https://www.sportingnews.com/us/athletics/news/tamara-kline-winter-olympic-theme-music-cbs-1992-1994-1998-video-recording/rwe9tz1oom4418fwa2a13ifq4), then a largely unknown composer (https://www.sun-sentinel.com/1992/02/17/judges-iced-wylie-in-short-program/) for television commercials, who provided the Olympic soundtrack (https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1992/02/20/local-gal-wrote-olympics-song/) that filled living rooms and became a nightly earworm as it anchored CBS’ coverage.
Her theme (https://506sports.com/bracket.php?rd=1) was a soaring, uplifting piece (https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/sports/column-remember-when-cbs-hosted-winter-olympics) that resonated in the way valiant sports anthems usually do — a tune you can’t escape, instantly recognizable, immanently hummable, and the kind of thing you hear in your head when you accomplish something special.
But after CBS concluded its final Olympic broadcast on Feb. 22, 1998, the theme vanished into the ether, becoming a mostly forgotten footnote in the Olympics’ musical legacy.
When CBS held broadcast rights (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS_Olympic_broadcasts) for the Winter Games — 1992 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1992/02/21/cbs-warming-up-to-the-olympics/95f57cca-0df0-4a71-9354-9d49a253ad0e/), 1994 (https://www.mcall.com/1994/02/13/cbs-gives-its-all-to-the-olympics/) and 1998 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1998/02/23/cbss-olympic-coverage-very-shaky/0b03012d-8fa2-474a-964e-2b896c310e29/) — it was Tamara Kline (https://www.sportingnews.com/us/athletics/news/tamara-kline-winter-olympic-theme-music-cbs-1992-1994-1998-video-recording/rwe9tz1oom4418fwa2a13ifq4), then a largely unknown composer (https://www.sun-sentinel.com/1992/02/17/judges-iced-wylie-in-short-program/) for television commercials, who provided the Olympic soundtrack (https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1992/02/20/local-gal-wrote-olympics-song/) that filled living rooms and became a nightly earworm as it anchored CBS’ coverage.
Her theme (https://506sports.com/bracket.php?rd=1) was a soaring, uplifting piece (https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/sports/column-remember-when-cbs-hosted-winter-olympics) that resonated in the way valiant sports anthems usually do — a tune you can’t escape, instantly recognizable, immanently hummable, and the kind of thing you hear in your head when you accomplish something special.
But after CBS concluded its final Olympic broadcast on Feb. 22, 1998, the theme vanished into the ether, becoming a mostly forgotten footnote in the Olympics’ musical legacy.