Why does FOX have the same musical theme for baseball that they use for the NFL? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TVFactFan · 10-28-2011, 09:11 PM

I always thought the MLB Playoffs had a different theme unless FOX is just being lazy

Brian Damage · 10-28-2011, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by TVFactFan

I always thought the MLB Playoffs had a different theme unless FOX is just being lazy

They use to...they are just being lazy now.

TVFactFan · 10-28-2011, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Damage

They use to...they are just being lazy now.

Yeah the **** sounds crazy. CBS had different themes when they aired baseball and football in the early 90's. Remember the baseball theme below?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95kTST5KtLw

TVFactFan · 10-28-2011, 09:28 PM

Brian you were right, Fox used to have a different theme for baseball

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr9zU...eature=related

Brian Damage · 10-28-2011, 09:52 PM

I think FOX has made this music the UNIVERSAL music for all sports on the network.

TVFactFan · 10-28-2011, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Damage

I think FOX has made this music the UNIVERSAL music for all sports on the network.

I only think of football when I hear it, especially since it's been for 17 years

born2late · 10-28-2011, 10:11 PM

I noticed that too. Every time I hear it, I think of football.

mets82 · 10-29-2011, 11:07 AM

I dont know why they changed it. I thought MLB ON FOX theme was very good. They should have left well enough alone.

TMC · 11-17-2011, 06:31 PM

http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/10/26/f...-mlb-playoffs/

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If you were confused at the end of innings during National League Championship
Series telecasts on FOX last week, thinking that you heard the network's
football theme music rather than its baseball jingle, you were correct.

The network quietly swapped out its baseball theme, which includes a quick
reference to its football theme, for the tune that has accompanied its NFL
coverage since the sports division opened for business in 1994.

Eric Shanks, the new FOX Sports President, said during a Monday conference call,
that the music the network had used for baseball postseason coverage the last 10
years had been slower, perhaps more "cathedral" and that FOX wanted to perk
things up.

"When we were taking a look at recent tapes, we decided that baseball deserves a
faster pace and more upbeat music," Shanks said. "There's no better music than
the FOX Sports theme for the NFL."

Shanks said viewers should count on hearing what we've come to know as the FOX
NFL theme across all the network's sports telecasts going forward, including
NASCAR.

"It's becoming a real FOX Sports theme," Shanks said. "And it gives all of our
sports sort of that marquee feel and it gives us a more upbeat way to come on
the air."

Tweety · 11-19-2011, 01:28 PM

I'm hoping FOX outbids NBC for the Wimbledon finals one day, and uses the same theme for covering that.

Their theme song beats that stupid, British-sounding crap that NBC plays for their Wimbledon coverage.

TMC · 11-22-2011, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Tweety

I'm hoping FOX outbids NBC for the Wimbledon finals one day, and uses the same theme for covering that.

Their theme song beats that stupid, British-sounding crap that NBC plays for their Wimbledon coverage.

Neither NBC or Fox isn't going to cover the Wimbledon tournament anytime soon since ESPN outbid NBC for the TV rights beginning next year:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Bri...69726539705358

MrCleveland · 11-24-2011, 01:17 AM

What next...NASCAR using the same theme?

10-28-2011, 09:11 PM	#1
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10-28-2011, 09:28 PM	#4
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,131	Brian you were right, Fox used to have a different theme for baseball http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr9zU...eature=related

10-28-2011, 09:52 PM	#5
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	I think FOX has made this music the UNIVERSAL music for all sports on the network.

10-28-2011, 10:11 PM	#7
born2late Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 01, 2011 Location: Tn Posts: 360	I noticed that too. Every time I hear it, I think of football.

10-29-2011, 11:07 AM	#8
mets82 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Mar 14, 2011 Location: Connecticut Posts: 5,060	I dont know why they changed it. I thought MLB ON FOX theme was very good. They should have left well enough alone.