Election theme tunes on television

Early televised election theme tunes comrpised a teletype sounder, notably through CBS under Walter Cronkite.

NBC's Decision coverage features an iconic and famous theme tune by Henry Mancini.

Henry Mancini's Salute to the President cue, specially-written for NBC's Decision coverage, is infused with American patriotism.

This Salute to the President cue, made by Henry Mancini for NBC's Decision coverage, lasted from the bicentennial election under John Chancellor to the early-1990's one under Tom Brokaw.

3-time Grammy Award winner Michael Colina composed election theme tunes for CBS News from the bicentennial election under Walter Cronkite to the mid-noughties one under Dan Rather.

Having been rooted in jazz and Latin music, Michael Colina's election theme cues for CBS News were described as being slightly more modern, but similar to Henry Mancini for NBC News.

Score Productions created election theme cues for ABC News under Roone Arledge; they have a more modern and cinematic orchestral sound than both NBC and CBS.

Rick Wakeman's Arthur piece is the theme tune for the BBC's election coverage from a year after the Winter of Discontent, which began in 1978, until 1997.

Arthur by Rick Wakeman was revived by the BBC in 2005, the late-2010's and the mid-2020's.

Fittingly, Rick Wakeman's Arthur cue for the BBC's election night coverage has a regal and orchestral British sound.

Incidentally, Henry Mancini's Salute to the President cue is to the United States what Rick Wakeman's Arthur cue is to the United Kingdom.

The BBC's coverage of the second and third British general elections held under the Queen, both in the late-1950's and the mid-1960's, used a music cue from Laurence Olivier's Henry V film.

Something of a music cue for Laurence Olivier's Henry V film indicates the Battle of Agincourt, which William Walton composed and Muir Mathieson conducted.

Besides, the BBC's coverage of the third and fourth British general elections held under the Queen, the earlier in 1966, used the Allegro movement of the Tenth Symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich.

For irs morning section, the BBC's 1966 general election coverage utilized Funeral for a Marionette by Charles Gounod, notably used as the theme tune for Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copland is used as a theme tune for the BBC's general election coverage in February 1974.

Enemy Invasion (Invasione Nemica), written for the Canopo stock music label by Umberto Santucci, is utilized as a theme theme for the BBC's general election coverage in October 1974.

Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man music cue is a fitting one to begin the BBC's February 1974 general election coverage, due to its majestic and serious American-like sound.

What makes Enemy Invasion (Canopo) a suited music cue to start off the BBC's October 1974 general election coverage is the urgent countdown.

ITN uses more modern-sounding cues for its general election coverage, many from stock music.

Megapower, a piece being composed for Bruton Music by Brian Bennett, is the theme tune for ITN's coverage of the mid-1980's British general election.

For ITN's coverage of the UK general election in the late-1980's, the theme tune is Meltdown.

Having been composed in 1986 for De Wolfe Music by Jonathan Mark Taylor, Meltdown has a similar sound to The Boys of Summer by Don Henley.

Soft Science, which was being written in 1981 for Atmosphere Music Library by Dave Hewson, is the theme tune for ITN's coverage of the British general election in the early-1990's.

Classic Energy, written for KPM/EMI by Curtis Schwartz, is utilized as the theme tune for ITN's 1997 general election coverage.

Dave Hewson and Bill Baylis co-wrote a hybrid electronica-orchestral piece in E minor, utilized as the theme tune for ITV's coverage of both the 2001 and the 2005 general elections.

KPM/EMI released the Dave Hewson-Bill Baylis piece being written for ITV's 2001 and 2005 general elections in the mid-noughties.

Global Market is the name of the KPM/EMI cue by Dave Hewson and Bill Baylis.