Thanks to TV networks doing away with their shows' opening-credit theme songs in order to cram in as many ads as possible, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences today announced that the Emmys would be retiring the award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music, effective next year. The award was won last year by John Williams' new theme to Great Performances and has somehow not even nominated any of Mike Post's contributions to the Law & Order franchise during the award's 21-year existence. The award is being replaced by something honoring "music composition for a non-fiction program," which will most likely result in a lot more awkwardly wacky songwriting competitions during the course of shows like The Biggest Loser and the 85,549 reality shows Vh1 is programming this year.
Monday, April 19, 2010
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OK, sound off, who had "Week 2" in the "How Long It Takes Maura To Post That Mario Paint L&O Theme Song" pool?
If there's a way to make that video your e-mail signature, you should totally do it.
Greatest American Theme Song never thought it could be so free-ee-ee!
I absolutely cannot stand the L&O: CI version of the theme song. Once the show moved full-time to cable, it went off in this crazy, overblown, guitar-driven direction that makes me cringe every time I hear it. I would LOVE to see the session musicians that jammed that one out.
That said, I'm still shocked that Mike Post has never been nominated.
That version of the song was actually first used on "Trial By Jury."
I uh know a lot about this show.
"non-fiction"?