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The 1985 season saw a new theme utilized throughout both the pregame show and game-opening sequence. This theme would be utilized for the remainder of the decade. Another music selection was used for the "Great Moments" segment, a segment of clips from older games on NBC that was unique in that instead of the NFL Films footage, NBC used their own footage and audio.
Singer-songwriter Pink performed the theme song in NBC's first year airing Sunday Night Football in 2006. Country singer Faith Hill, who sang a new arrangement of the Jett "I Hate Myself for ...
For NBC's coverage of Thursday Night Football in 2016 and 2017, A capella group Pentatonix sang the opening theme song called "Weekend Go." The song is a reworked version of their original song "Sing." NBC also used the TNF main theme music called "Can't Hold Us Down," performed by members of the Broadway orchestra for Hamilton.
The songs are played at the start and end of the programs, before and after commercial breaks, and during stoppages of play of games shown on the NFL on CBS, and on commercial spots that announce the programming schedule, as a jingle for viewers to remember. The theme was first used for the NFL on CBS in 2003.
For the 1985 season, NBC used Graham De Wilde's composition "Send Them Victorious" for their official theme music for the NFL. On January 26, 1986, the Chicago Bears defeated the New England Patriots 46–10 in Super Bowl XX at the Louisiana Superdome.
The new music lasted until CBS lost the NFL rights at the end of the 1993 season, but continued to be used by CBS Radio until 2002. Several remixed versions of the 1993 theme were used upon the return of the NFL to CBS until the end of the 2002 season, when CBS replaced its entire NFL music package with one composed by E.S. Posthumus.
Scott P. Schreer (born 1953) is an American musician.He is a BMI composer and producer of theme songs for television programs, including Fox NFL (Same as Fox USFL), NHL on Fox, Fox MLB, Fox NASCAR, News 4 New York, [1] Hope and Faith, The Cosby Show, and The O'Reilly Factor.
Finally, in September 2023, the theme song landed on its current tune: "In The Air Tonight," performed by Chris Stapleton, Snoop Dogg and Cindy Blackman Santana. How to watch Monday Night Football