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NFL on CBS music


NFL on CBS music consists of theme songs and tunes employed by the CBS television network during broadcasts of National Football League games. These events are branded as NFL on CBS.

In the '60s and early '70s, CBS used a marching band-like composition called "Confidence" (taken from Leon Carr's score from the 1964 off-Broadway musical The Secret Life of Walter Mitty) as their theme. https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=RcnChfWr-14

By 1975, CBS had several themes (technically, CBS had different opening songs and graphics per crew) to open their broadcasts. They ranged from David Shire's "Manhattan Skyline" from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack to "Fly, Robin, Fly" by the Silver Convention; the main title theme was usually "Horizontal Hold" by Jan Stoeckart. https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=2y0C3_rQzNc


From roughly, 1977-1979, CBS used the disco-style version of John Williams' main theme from Star Wars.

Starting in 1980, CBS frequently used the beginning guitar riff of Heart's "Crazy on You" when they went to commercial. https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=iEh1obV6zcc


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