Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Difference between revisions

'''Music/Sounds:''' A fanfare that consists of brass and string instruments with a bell at the start.

'''Music/Sounds:''' None.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An abridged version of the ABC's signature news theme, Majestic Fanfare, which was composed by Charles Williams in 1943.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An excerpt of the song ''Reverie for Percussion and Harp'' by Bob Sharples. A loud crash-like noise can be heard briefly at the beginning.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Used several variations of the instrumental "A Shade of Brass" by Bobby Byrne, depending on the film sequence. Some of the music variations end with a 3-note tune that sounds like a predecessor to the jingle introduced in the late 1980s. On most variants, an announcer says this at the end: "This is ABC Television. The good looking Australian.", though this is not used for the cities and towns idents.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A horn-driven fanfare with rock-style drums in the background.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A violin theme with drumbeats. This is exactly an excerpt from "Heavy Action" by Johnny Pearson. This was also used as the theme for American Broadcasting Company's Wide World of Sports.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A catchy synth-disco tune with people singing “ABC”.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An instrumental excerpt from "Affair of the Heart" by Rick Springfield.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An uplifting orchestral tune with drums, horns, flutes, and bells, ending with a twinkling sound. The "Milky Way" variant lacks the twinkling sounds.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A series of synth choir sounds with a four-note synth chime tune, ending with an orchestral hit.

'''Music/Sounds:''' It normally used a gentle uplifting fanfare with a horn section, ending with six synth bell/choir notes (the last three would later become the trademark ABC jingle), and would be remixed depending on the variant. Other sounds relating to the imagery would be used, as well (The normal jingle was heard on the Leaves, Cave Painting, Snake Skin, River, Rainforest, Tide, Ashes, Desert Flower, Desert, Seashells, Skyscrapers, Wattle, Rock Pebbles, Sand and Cave  with the sounds intact). The 1st Special variant was usually accompanied with an announcer.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Depends on the variant, usually ending with the three note jingle.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Depends on the variant, usually ending with the three-note jingle.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Custom music depending on the ident, with the three-note jingle playing at the end

'''Music/Sounds:''' A tribal synth composition with accompanying ambience sounds related to the scenery of each ident, ending with the three-note jingle.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Varies per ident; all idents end with the 3-note jingle.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Various arrangements of an uplifting tune. The standard version was a piano-driven orchestration.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The music/soundtrack from the ID being played.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Each ident has a custom musical score with the dialogue of the featured person over it.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A soft synth or upbeat musical score ending with the three-note jingle.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Various, depending on the ID, though all culminating in the iconic 3-note jingle from the 12th ident.

'''Music/Sounds:'''  

'''Music/Sounds:''' A new rendition of the 3-note jingle from the 12th ident, usually accompanied by a soft synth pad and sounds related to the imagery. The jingle plays in sync with the white border line hitting each corner of the inner box.