Wimbledon Opening Theme on NBC

[matelot95]

Sounds more like it's a Spanish Open Bullfighters Championships theme than Wimbledon.

[thebird57]

This has the tastiest bass lick ever

[jifw52]

now i miss this theme alot. F*CK U ESPN!

[samedifference123]

This doesn't even compare to the BBC theme tune, which is a Keith Mansfield classic!

[Gamalie9]

@samedifference123 This theme is the best of all themes

[KNS1996DFS]

@samedifference123 I disagree. I've always found this theme very stately, and I feel it goes perfectly with Wimbledon. Of course, you'll ever hear it again on YouTube, since NBC lost the broadcast rights.

[radum2788]

They played this one alot today. Today was also the last Breakfast at Wimbledon for NBC, ending a 43 year run.

[nyyankees]

they used this one a lot this year on nbc. i like the other theme song

[Gamalie9]

0:53 : BIG NIPPLES

[classicvideogoodies]

I have occasionally heard snippets of the BBC theme in US broadcasts. It is aptly named "Light And Tuneful" because it does sound more light-hearted than the NBC theme, which sounded military the first time I heard it. But the NBC theme does have a lovely but rarely-shown middle section (not shown in the clip above) that seems to take you down memory lane, and is usually shown with a montage of past champions. Search youtube for 1991 wimbledon opening to hear to complete piece.

[Gamalie9]

Someone give that trumpet player a TROPHY

[pcgamerguy1234]

nah bbc's one is better

[Gamalie9]

@pcgamerguy1234 shu tuo this one is fucking AWESOME

[jollyrancher28]

Certainly seems like the NBC theme takes the event more seriously than the BBC theme. But still, who cares? Why snipe about something as stupid as that? If you don't like the NBC theme, you don't have to listen to it. Stick with the BBC.

I were to list everything the various British media get wrong about the United States, I'd be here all day (the writers of Doctor Who and Torchwood haven't the faintest, for example). But you know what? I don't sweat it.

[HxDxE]

The BBC theme sounds like something Austin Powers would listen to when he tries to swoon girls

The NBC theme is the best and everyone knows it

[madabbafan]

Give me the BBC one any day, far better than this - it sounds like a late night news broadcast

[su79er]

Sorry the American one is Over The Top ...BBC'S is more refined

[10ismyno]

Anyone know where the closing theme is? The one that plays right when NBC goes to a commercial break immediately after the match is over? It also has trumpets but I'm not sure what it is...

it's not tennisfan81's closing theme vid, either...

[zenyatamondata]

ESTE TEMA ES LO MAXIMO GILIPOLLAS!!!!  ARRIBA INGLATERRA!!

[EmceeNolan]

What is it with fucking British cunts going to videos of everything American-based and exclaiming "The Bri-ish version is beh-uh?"

Talk about a self-conscious nation...poor turds have such feelings of inferiority their citizens have to proclaim their superiority over everything that has to do with "America."

Sorry, you lost the Revolutionary War, idiots.

[AK47NOVEMBER]

@EmceeNolan since when were british saying that just because our theme song for wimbledon is better, we are a better country. your stereotype of brits is way off the mark, so think about it before u make a comment. and the revolutionary war is completely irrelevant

[EmceeNolan]

@AK47NOVEMBER On every fucking Youtube video of something from American culture, there are British wanker cunts who come in and proclaim "the Bri-ish version is beh-uh."

And no, your Wimbledon theme song is not better. So suck it.

[uraniumgrenade]

@EmceeNolan No-one in Britain gives a fuck about shit nobody cares about that happened 200 years ago, funnily enough we were too busy running the greatest empire the world has ever known. U jelly?

[EmceeNolan]

@uraniumgrenade Jelly? British people are so fucking lame.

Sorry, wanker cunt, but I don't go on videos of British-based shit and talk about how the American version is beh-uh. When you have to consistently go around insisting your superiority, it reveals feelings of inferiority.

[ProtectTheDamned]

@EmceeNolan but you must admit the American version is shit compared to the beeb's

[EmceeNolan]

@ProtectTheDamned No, the American version is WAY better.

[ProtectTheDamned]

@EmceeNolan the american version is a fanfare... don't get me wrong but it gives out the wrong message about the british people...

I quite enjoyed your "revolutionary war" comment... and I want to ask you this: What happened in the White House in 1812?

[LFC1892KOP]

@ProtectTheDamned Did you win the War of 1812? You do have to realise that due to our (USA) founding fathers, we put a massive dent into British superiority and your empire began to crumble.

Now before you start getting defensive, let me point out that I am an Anglophile and LOVE many things British. However, the one thing I am not going to defend your "what happened in the White House in 1812" question, when moments before you were scoffing at the Revolutionary War comment.

[EmceeNolan]

@ProtectTheDamned What does the theme have to do with British people? The theme is about the event itself...the history and drama of Wimbledon. British people can be summed up as follows:

*Bad Teeth

*"You stupid cunt!"

*"You wanker!"

[Gamalie9]

@EmceeNolan isn't that sorta like australian insults??

[juanluishm]

ESPN's is better.

[musicdude1701]

yarrrrrrrrrrr!

[gannongolfer]

tennis just seems to breed really cheesy theme music.

[BigBulgeCheeks]

bbc one is better

[madabbafan]

nah the BBC one is far better than this one.

[possumtail]

No use arguing with sick minds, fellow Yanks......they have trouble with open feelings over there and run from anything truly inspirational. Poor shallow chaps.....

That BBC theme sounds like another version to that "bloody awful" Dating Game show of the 70s

[Gilbertholly225]

Perfect song for the "Superbowl" of Tennis.

[mollystar4848]

Does anyone know the name of the song HBO played during the Wimbledon champions, when HBO televised the tournament? I have been trying to get this song ever since HBO stopped their coverage of the tournament. Many thanks to anyone who has this info.

[SulthanaB226]

i saw maria sharapova!

[zenmachinefilms]

Anyone know who composed this music? NBC has been using it since at least 1979 in one version or another.

[johnnyafairbanksak]

@zenmachinefilms I believe this was by Edd Kalehoff, who has done hundreds of themes for sports, news, and game shows for what, 40 years?

[videonut33]

@zenmachinefilms This is the 1992 revised open.

[emmyjo720]

Wow that is naff, it sounds like they think Henry the Eight is competing.

The Royal family barely notice Wimbledon any more, the Duchess Of Kent is now Katherine Kent and retired. Nobody cares about the ones left.

[CrimsonFury006]

The theme for the Super Bowl of tennis!

[11235RS]

I'd have to agree 100% with @controvertialverdict (the irony of his/her name here is great!). Although I've been watching "all the action from SW19" on the Beeb since I was about 10, so I'm a bit biased.

[hawaii2991]

ESPN better

[controversialverdict]

I'm British, and I've just listened to this three times, trying to see whether I can get enthusiastic about it (like all the Americans seem to be). But I can't. At best it can be descibed as serviceable; merely a solemn fanfare. I don't know whether the graphics that NBC might present it with would spruce it up, but musically, my vote goes quite firmly with the BBC option.

[sjamil316]

i think its because when you listen to the BBC version you immediately correlate that with all that wimbledon means to you because you're so used to listening to it. its the same with americans and the NBC version. more than anything the songs are nostalgic. its impossible to decide which song is better it is truly an opinion based on where you're from and what you have listened to your whole life.

[Rusty44444444]

ok...here and now I am declaring. I will go to Wimbeldon, England and play on their courts with this music blasting in my ipod/phone/ipad. Bucket List has grown.

[QBCNetwork]

Best sports theme ever!

[LoDaHacka]

lol @ the last 6 seconds...."zipples,... CHECK!"

[lazuras1]

I am so making a metal version of this song!!

[artwelve22]

post it up when you make it! =]

[thetobbit]

look tennis was invented in England, so it is best there

[WorldNews92]

MODERN Tennis was developed in England. The sport itself was invented in France, then popularised in England.

[rob9877uk]

Yeah I'm with most other people on this...the BBC one is better. I kept waiting for the tennis court to open up in a thunderbirds style!

[Jexington80]

shit. BBC better.

[bduddy55555]

Just a note to all you Brits, the ending theme is much better anyway. I'm sure you'll all dismiss it simply because it's not BBC, but you should at least give it a listen...

[LollieSmith]

Sounds like the opening to an awful American 1970s TV show..

Crack open the Robinsons squash!!

[alejandrocano1992]

i like espn´s one ... maybe because i use to watch wimbledon on espn...

[mittfh]

It's OK I suppose...nothing particularly spectacular. It's trimphant and dramatic for the first few seconds, then it repeats quite a lot.

But if NBC inserts commercials into the coverage, I suppose this would suit "break bumpers" perfectly.

But for a 'proper' intro I'd go for the BBC theme every time.

But each to their own taste...

[tennisthemennis]

SCWAT!! this is shocking, BBC theme is soo much better!!

[calmster]

Listen people there is only ONE Wimbledon theme and that is the BBC theme, this one is not even close to being as good,the bbc theme is iconic and easily better.

[knowyourenemy50]

all you ugly british complaining about this tune are fucking morons because keith mansfield, the man who composed the nbc themes for use in america IS BRITISH YOU FUCKING TOOLS. god you're so blinded by your bias in hating everything american that we've actually traded places and you are the ignorant ones now.

[LollieSmith]

Couldnt give a shit whether he is British. BBC theme is the correct one because its BRITISH. Look, we wouldnt attack Americans for chosing the 'wrong' theme tune for an AMeican tournament so whats your problem..?

bloody yanks.. think you own the universe dont ya

[yortsandthat]

This is utter wank! BBC far better tune!

[mzemek]

If you go to a YouTube link titled "Wimbledon 1984 - McEnroe vs Connors, Part 1", you will get a short, truncated version of the old school version of this theme.

Still waiting for the full-length version, but at least you can access a taste of it! It's in the first minute of the video, so you don't have to wait very long.

[sobek2473]

Does this have a name?

[mancity1000]

The BBC theme is much better

[mesmeridium]

This NBC theme is far more refined and triumphant sounding than the BBC tune; with a regal character that resonates more in keeping with the royal patronage of the Wimbledon tournament.

The BBC theme sounds like cheap stock music from a 1960s TV commercial.

[iThnake]

Well Wimbledon is british, and so is the BBC. This sounds like some old theme tune for some action hero cartoon,,,,

[lizzylizzy15]

ATROCIOUS! The BBC one is so much better, a classic infact.

[anotheratheist1]

McEnroe vs. Borg

[woodyads]

How crap! BBC theme is the ULTIMATE tennis theme!

[bally28]

haha this is rancid! haha i agree

[MrWhiteHoward]

the bbc theme sucks this is the real wimbledon theme

[dlw25]

This theme sucks BALLS!

BBC theme is a million miles better than this. 

This NBC theme starts off like some German military marching song - Absolute rubbish!

[Eyeshield26]

The BBC theme is pretty good, but I do like this one more.

I wish they would use this version instead of the 15-second one they use now...that shit annoys me.

[m8rkk]

the BBC theme is much better.. there is nothing to this.

[ragyrrygar]

One of my all time favorite sports themes!

[DarthJedi2005]

I'm not the only one thinking news theme am I...?

[RealityBites1990]

Nope...

[structure039]

Does anyone know where I can get the mp3 to this. I want to make this my ringtone.

[homebkeith]

Does anyone have the whole fanfare music which includes the backround music that's played during commentary

[bduddy55555]

I'm fairly sure the music usually played during the commentary is an entirely different piece.

[Mikuz]

I agree with you gunblade.

[abudanche]

What of the French Open intro.

[buizan]

Love the ending picture.

[xman4un]

This is the best intro by far!

[odominator7]

yesssssssssssssssssssssssss

[mzemek]

Still waiting for the old school one (early 1980s through early 1990s), but it's good to have this one officially in the YouTube library now. Thank you!

[mattz1122]

I wish they would use this for more than just showing the sponsers.

The other theme they use is great too.

[glory789]

Nice