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Mid 1990's NFL Theme Music was Phenomenal

Posted on 3/21/20 at 11:36 pm
Posted by CBandits82
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Posted on 3/21/20 at 11:36 pm
The intros were so much better back then, the theme music was fantastic.

NBC Mid 90's NFL Theme

1998 Jets vs. Broncos AFC Championship

Madden and Summerall Opener 1998

1996 Lions vs Chiefs Turkey Day intro

Fox music is the same

NBC mid 90's NFL them was the GOAT
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Posted on 3/21/20 at 11:58 pm to
NBC pregame show intro in the 80's was about as good as it got for a kid:

YouTube
Posted by CRDNLSCHMCPSN11
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 12:08 am to
For one brief year in 1992 or 1993 NBC had good introduction music. From there on it became noticeably worse. I love the old CBS music from the '90s. That was perfect. What they go with now is terrible. Why change what was perfect? FOX'so music is so awesome there is no need to ruin it with something worse.
Posted by Paul Allen
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 1:01 am to
I love the 90’s
Posted by WaltTeevens
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 3:49 am to
Uh, NFL Primetime, or go frick your mother.
Posted by BCMCubs
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 6:34 am to
First of all....NBA on NBC is the best theme music ever.
Posted by SM6
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 6:39 am to
Once or twice in a blue moon I’ll throw the NFL Primetime soundtrack in YouTube. I find myself crushing excel spreadsheets with a fury when I do.
Posted by Stretch Suba
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 9:32 am to
Respectfully, I disagree on the mid 90s NBC theme. It sounded like ballet music. The CBS and FOX clips from 1998 were great.

The '80s and early '90s were the high points for this stuff, especially on CBS. The combo of Pat Summerall's voice and the music on the opening tease of this 1987 Giants-Saints game is perfection.

1987 Giants-Saints on CBS

I also like these:

1992-93 NFL on CBS

1981-85 NFL on CBS (says '86, but '86 was the start of the "Pots and Pans" music that's playing in the Summerall intro link above)

1983-88 NFL on NBC

1983-88 NBC MLB Game of the Week

1981-87 NCAA basketball on CBS

1980s NCAA basketball on NBC

1980s NBA on CBS

And a personal favorite, NBC Sports mid-70s-to-1981 or so theme. They used this for MLB and NFL (more for game breaks on NFL by about 1978-81:
NBC Sports 1970s/early 80s)
Posted by CBandits82
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 10:26 am to
I love watching stuff like this, the games felt bigger back then with the dramatic openers to most games.

a simpler time
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 10:33 am to
NBC needs to start showing major sports again

NBA on NBC GOAT
Posted by Loungefly85
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 10:39 am to
Youtube

Before my time but I kinda like the disco version of Star Wars they used to intro games.
Posted by VADawg
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 10:51 am to
quote:

Fox music is the same


That NFL on Fox track is iconic and should never change.
Posted by LooseCannon22282
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 10:56 am to
quote:

Uh, NFL Primetime, or go frick your mother.



LINK

this was favorite out of music they used during the highlight clips.
This post was edited on 3/22/20 at 10:57 am
Posted by CBandits82
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 11:00 am to
LINK

I loved this song as a kid
Posted by Jwho77
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 12:03 pm to
quote:

Stretch Suba


Nailed it. CBS cranked out their awesome Pots and Pans NFL theme, NBA on CBS theme and of course the iconic college football theme around the same time in the mid-1980's.
This post was edited on 3/22/20 at 12:06 pm
Posted by GeauxAggie972
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 12:16 pm to
This was my Primetime go-to:

LINK
Posted by Honest Tune
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 12:22 pm to
Baseball Tonight - 1992

I used to stay up as a kid every night to watch this show, it was the best. People don't realize how good we had it back in the day when the ESPN was just Sports, and you knew a baseball show would be nothing but baseball highlights and informative breakdowns by people like Peter Gammons, Dave Campbell, Etc.
Posted by Party At LSU
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 1:59 pm to
Old NFL on CBS was the absolute goat
Posted by nvasil1
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 3:27 pm to
quote:

That NFL on Fox track is iconic and should never change.

It's always been gay af.
Posted by CBandits82
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Posted on 3/22/20 at 3:55 pm to
quote:

Old NFL on CBS was the absolute goat



was the shite
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