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John Williams:The Mission, Video directed by Frank Radice

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Uploaded by on Dec 12, 2009

NBC"s Lester Holt looks at John Williams legendary musical accomplishments and tells the story of how, in 2004, the Theme to NBC Nightly News was Digitally re-recorded 20 years after the original was tracked. This piece was broadcast on MSNBC the week the new music premiered.

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  • "The Mission" is often performed at John's Live concerts. A version of which is played every evening on the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams.

    I do not know if it is on a commercially available recording but shouldn't be too hard to locate with a google search. Good luck. FR

  • Thank you so much for your kind words. It was an honour to work with such a great man as John.

  • Just utterly brilliant. 'nuff said.

  • Thanks.  I have just updated the information about the clip.

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  • @msheltonjr76 Thanks, but that's not what I asked for. I am talking about the cue that starts at 1:48 and ends at 3:14 (immediately before Meet the Press). I have since heard it used on Today. You can hear it by doing a search for Cosby on Trump. It's one of the first results...there's a link through Huffington Post for an NBC video that starts with this music.

  • 4:15 so good.

  • @mcguirexn @3:14 is the theme for Meet The Press. Originally intended for breaking news but was adopted for MTP.

  • @PINCHUNO Thanks, but that doesn't answer my question at all. "The Mission" is made of of many parts, but this music has not yet aired on NBC as any official theme or title and seems to only appear in this video. I am wondering if there is a recording available of this music.

  • @mcguirexn Read the video title.

  • What is the music at 1:48 to 3:14? This is beautiful but I've never heard it. Is there somewhere we can listen to it?

  • @ALLOFMYLOVE4U

    If that old fart weren't anal we wouldn't have all those great musical scores and compositions out there now that we do have. Tunes that both you and I have probably whistled to once or twice in our lives.

    He's a musical genius and as such, perfection is something that he strives for.

  • gawd is that old fart anal

  • Jesus, think of the royalties this guy must earn alone.

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