Pendulum played their remix of this last night at Brisbane Summafieldayze and the crowd just lost their minds, nobody danced harder the whole day than when this was played - the crowd was even "singing" along
Like many here, I grew up with this theme. Like the ABC news itself, this tune has the most integrity and power of any news theme music offering by the other stations. No wonder Pendulum, who are my age or a little younger, pirated it so powerfully. Those trumpets are awesome! It screams "this is an epic moment in history, a momentous occasion, take it all in, be present in the power of now, and prepare to be blown away!'
Is it weird or lame that I'm adding this to my fav's "Nostalgia" Playlist? I really miss this theme. The new one is so commercial...especially with those lame bits in the middle....as if we'll forget we're watching the ABC news!
@sim300 - Do you mean the Pendulum remix? Because that was just some fun. Although with the news channel (ABC News 24) coming soon, maybe there will be a new theme.
The titles are a lot faster, with lots of sliding elements with pictures inside. The music is more uptempo & has a newer feel to it. You'll see & hear for yourself soon enough :)
@sim300 When will the latest(2010) theme be over i don't like it when will the ABC select something good like they did with this one and 2005 to 2010.
Is it bizarre that I adore this theme? >.< I get vivid flashbacks to my childhood every time I hear it! It really is a remarkable composition - I wish ABC2 had kept this version!
The one used slightly later (>2000 from what I can tell) is ever so slightly different - it has a bass note at the beginning, and has French horns towards the end of the theme. Love it!
@nimajnebev Yeah, that modernized version was used from 1998 until early 2005, but the theme in this video was still used as the closer music, and was used without the 4 seconds at the beginning and the extra bit at the end from 1985 - 1998.
@robertfrankin Actually I saw an ABW newscast from '87 on Youtube with pretty much the full theme (including the four seconds at the beginning) but in a wierdo key (like Bb or something...)
It's natural to prefer the theme you grew up with, and the new theme isn't really bad, but this is just so great that the new version didn't really add anything.
Ah, the days when this classic ABC fanfare was the herald of the only nightly news worth watching.
fuk this is nearly as sick as the remix
xtramaniac18 4 days ago
bbc is better
pellizon2 2 months ago
Pendulum played their remix of this last night at Brisbane Summafieldayze and the crowd just lost their minds, nobody danced harder the whole day than when this was played - the crowd was even "singing" along
sunnybabydoll90 2 months ago
Listening to this reminds me that the cartoons are over :(
TunechiInThisBitch 3 months ago 2
@TunechiInThisBitch
I thought that the cartoons usualy ended by 6:00. I only ever remember them going that late when they played "the twins of destiny" on friday nights.
alphamone 3 months ago
@alphamone the news started at 6:00 where i am haha :)
TunechiInThisBitch 3 months ago
@TunechiInThisBitch HAHAHHAHAHA!!! omg, so amazingly true, 90's kid :P
pjrt91 1 week ago
I get goosebumps from listenning to this still!!!!! Who said orchestral music couldn't be good?
latenightlogic 4 months ago
lol it's epic you guise
boorelius 4 months ago
Love this - wish the ABC would go back to it - so intense
chrussy68 4 months ago 3
"Good evening, and now to tonight's main story, ABC news has adopted a new theme for its intro"
ewjones12 7 months ago
I love this song, grew up with it brings back awesome memories haha
Blind47 7 months ago 5
This always reminds me of the end of the Animals of Farthing Wood, when it'd be time for the news :)
Good memories!
fireandice027 7 months ago
Best theme ever for news.
Totalbollocks88 8 months ago
The pendulum remix should have been so much better. just repeats a small part of this song. This is the best.
latenightlogic 8 months ago
this is boss as fuck
HaryMaverick 8 months ago 3
So many good memories from my childhood
TheElphartoo 8 months ago
Like many here, I grew up with this theme. Like the ABC news itself, this tune has the most integrity and power of any news theme music offering by the other stations. No wonder Pendulum, who are my age or a little younger, pirated it so powerfully. Those trumpets are awesome! It screams "this is an epic moment in history, a momentous occasion, take it all in, be present in the power of now, and prepare to be blown away!'
hamishbeing 10 months ago
love it.
Graskinkan 11 months ago
Used to hate it when this came on, no more kids shows. haha
michaellovegrove 11 months ago 3
@michaellovegrove Exactly what I used to think, but on channel 10, the simpsons would be on.
GrudonX 8 months ago
DUDE!!!!!!!!!!! NOSTALGIA!!!!!!!
PurplePeopleEater100 1 year ago
The trumpet fan far sends shivers down my back
fsxlucas1 1 year ago
was that an msn beep at :30 I'm probably getting delusional again....
slipperyjim8 1 year ago
My childhood, this is my childhood. I just had so many flashbacks.
risingrisingrising 1 year ago 3
@risingrisingrising
Happened to me as well. It's 1989 again!
plusplusplusplusp 1 year ago
Is it weird or lame that I'm adding this to my fav's "Nostalgia" Playlist? I really miss this theme. The new one is so commercial...especially with those lame bits in the middle....as if we'll forget we're watching the ABC news!
icekat83 1 year ago
I can't decide between this and the Channel 7 news theme :\ lol
thatguyoverthere45 1 year ago
This reminds me of nachos
boringVandorsla 1 year ago
Im imagining the remix groove in my head when i listen to this :D
TehMushrooms 1 year ago
Thumbs up if you came to here what the original abc theme was after listening to the pendulum remix
iamevildoing 1 year ago 96
@iamevildoing
Thumbs up if you're a stupid cunt. Oh look, 11 people.
tim035 1 year ago
@tim035 ...yeah alright mate, your real big.
iamevildoing 1 year ago
@iamevildoing I wanted to see the differece!
Shumacher5 5 months ago
man this IS TO TRIUMPHANT!!!!
TITSandASSman4life 1 year ago
i wish the American abc had this music...
PhazonShroom 1 year ago
@hammertin thats called spooning
yOmOmAhH 1 year ago
pendulum does it better :P
pelemunch 1 year ago
PENDULUM'S VERSION KICKS ASS
LOLOMGOMFG 1 year ago 3
Seriously: Fuck Pendulum - this version is much better
duncanperson 1 year ago
ABC
t0rdenskjold 1 year ago
Sounds like F-zero ! :D
panjkaka1337 1 year ago
This is going on my phone as my ring tone.
Screw Justin Bieber
DeluxeWarPlaya 1 year ago 4
PENDULUM!!!
naughtyplanet 1 year ago
I would like to than, Joshua, Harry and Beth, for 55 years of good service at the station. Good luck with Claude King, The Cajun Cowboy.
abcnewsboy 1 year ago
If American news had themes like his, I might actually watch.
Ricktard1010 1 year ago
this one is so much better then the shit they use now
aidange2 1 year ago 2
BRING IT BACK! BRING IT BACK!
JessClearwater 1 year ago
this is so much better. god why does modern society have to stuff up EVERYTHING!!?
MyMerryMelodies 1 year ago 4
sound of my childhood
ilovecakelots88 1 year ago 3
This theme gives me chills
econometricsly 1 year ago
@econometricsly i reckon
MrSplapp 1 year ago
Replace it with Pendulum's remix!!! It will be the only reason to leave my computer just to watch the news!
v8matey 1 year ago 4
it would be cool if they changed it to the pendulum theme
eno319 1 year ago 2
(either that or one of the 'electronic' 80s versions of majestic fanfare!)
cityviagranville 1 year ago
I wish that the ABC had re-introduced this theme for News 24.
cityviagranville 1 year ago
Pendulum remix would be an awesome replacement for this :) Rob. make it happen <3
wombat5cent 1 year ago
Best news theme ever, them trumpets are too good
darklordsma 1 year ago
when you hear a song like this, you know your in for some serious news
IpostJesus 1 year ago 2
There is another new version coming soon. I'm not sure if I like it or not.
sim300 1 year ago
@sim300 - Do you mean the Pendulum remix? Because that was just some fun. Although with the news channel (ABC News 24) coming soon, maybe there will be a new theme.
robertfrankin 1 year ago 9
@robertfrankin
No, there is a new theme coming very soon. I work at the ABC & was playing with the new titles yesterday.
sim300 1 year ago 19
@sim300 - Oh. Cool - Are you able to say whether it is similar to this one, or similar to the current theme, or more BBC and very low key?
robertfrankin 1 year ago
@robertfrankin
The titles are a lot faster, with lots of sliding elements with pictures inside. The music is more uptempo & has a newer feel to it. You'll see & hear for yourself soon enough :)
sim300 1 year ago
@robertfrankin This theme is superior to all other ABC news themes; the ABC are ghey for changing it.
fpsBeaTt 1 year ago 4
@robertfrankin The ABC News 24 theme is similar to the current theme, although it does feature some little beats and tunes, in the production.
OpenSkyEntertainment 1 year ago
@sim300 have you heard the pendulum remix one? ;)
electricmaster23 1 year ago
@electricmaster23
I sure have, I'd much prefer it to the new theme the ABC is using. Might actually get pumped up to watch the news haha
sim300 1 year ago
@sim300 have you heard pendulum playing it?
trentonx 1 year ago
@sim300 no, you choke on a little boys cock while fingering your shitbag with a wooden spoon
Hammertin 1 year ago
@Hammertin Wow, what a fucked up fantacy world you live in!
sim300 1 year ago
@sim300 When will the latest(2010) theme be over i don't like it when will the ABC select something good like they did with this one and 2005 to 2010.
fsxlucas1 1 year ago
@robertfrankin Yes the pendulum remix was just made for fun, and ABC News 24 will consist of a new theme tune.
OpenSkyEntertainment 1 year ago
@robertfrankin it is now launched!
robloxian5897 2 weeks ago
PENDULUM FTW!
schinzu123 1 year ago 2
FLASHBACKS!!!
breakingthehabit2008 1 year ago
Is it bizarre that I adore this theme? >.< I get vivid flashbacks to my childhood every time I hear it! It really is a remarkable composition - I wish ABC2 had kept this version!
propertyofranger 1 year ago
......................epic.
looyee27 1 year ago
Why did they get rid of it? I loved this old theme
angstmonkey1 1 year ago
Pendulum remix FTW
tombocombo123 1 year ago
Pendulums is better.
Godzillarr 1 year ago 2
do you have the song in mp3 i need it for school please send me link :D
pickachu32 1 year ago
@pickachu32 use the freecorder toolbar. It lets you record audio straight from youtube videos and works wonders.
cybergirl626 1 year ago
@cybergirl626 ok ty
pickachu32 1 year ago
I like Pendulum's better
PSPRYANPSP 1 year ago 2
god, i remember this theme so well!
tonyiommirox 1 year ago
How awesome - I am Tony Ansell's son. I heard this tune more times than I care to remember in our home studio when Dad was writing it.
Awesome to hear it on youtube!
kegsterino12 1 year ago
@kegsterino12 what does your dad think of the Pendulum version? :D
sonne52 1 year ago
the pendulum remix wins
bodyboardkid1 1 year ago
This isnt 1985-2005
its 1985-2000 or something
zwerty007 1 year ago
have you heard the pendulum remix lol?
Littleoldmeluvsu 1 year ago
I love this tune, it has such a strong, familiar sound.
That little blibbit of sound at 0:23 cracks me up though; so 80's/90's!!!
Ahh this song takes me back... and I was born in '88!
potterjc 1 year ago
The one used slightly later (>2000 from what I can tell) is ever so slightly different - it has a bass note at the beginning, and has French horns towards the end of the theme. Love it!
nimajnebev 1 year ago
@nimajnebev Yeah, that modernized version was used from 1998 until early 2005, but the theme in this video was still used as the closer music, and was used without the 4 seconds at the beginning and the extra bit at the end from 1985 - 1998.
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@robertfrankin Actually I saw an ABW newscast from '87 on Youtube with pretty much the full theme (including the four seconds at the beginning) but in a wierdo key (like Bb or something...)
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rubyarmiger 1 year ago
aw i miss hearing this one!
thenightspeaks 1 year ago
Awesome theme.
daniel987878 1 year ago
If you want to hear an awesome cover of this by PENDULUM, check it out on my page.
Aerodynamics011 1 year ago 48
I need this theme for school, is there anywhere I can download it?
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I just can't get enough of that music! It's simply wonderful.
cowper8jt 2 years ago
I just can't get enough of that music! It's simply wonderful.
cowper0jt 2 years ago 7
Great, but I still prefer the ABC's 5-second radio tune to anything else in the world... Even pancakes!
rothery86 2 years ago
I don't know, I still dig NBC's tune so much more. I have John Williams back any day.
RBDrummer5 2 years ago
@RBDrummer5 this is the Australian ABC, you dingbat.
monkeytypist 2 years ago
@monkeytypist I know it is, I just said that I enjoyed the other toon more.
RBDrummer5 1 year ago
One of the best news themes ever. Do you have a video of the opener?
rileykernaghan 2 years ago
This sounds like Yanni
ttcfcl 2 years ago
How does this sound ANYTHING like Yanni? O.o
FurReaction 2 years ago
*Sigh*
Why did they ever change it?
It's natural to prefer the theme you grew up with, and the new theme isn't really bad, but this is just so great that the new version didn't really add anything.
Ah, the days when this classic ABC fanfare was the herald of the only nightly news worth watching.
AnonymousDiv0 2 years ago 62
Hear hear!
The sound of a bygone era. When everything seemed much more sure of itself.
sharpz123 2 years ago 2
Something very comforting about this tune
sharpz123 2 years ago 4
@AnonymousDiv0 completely agree, it's good they at least kept the radio news intro theme...
junkhello1234 1 year ago
@AnonymousDiv0 it still is the only nightly news worth watching.
368wookieman 1 year ago
thats way better than the current one
TimelordV 2 years ago 2
wow this music takes me back lol
mildminotaur 2 years ago
THANK-YOU!
cityviagranville 2 years ago