Theme from This Week In Baseball

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  • Опубліковано 2 чер 2024
  • 00:00 Jet Set (Opening song to TWINB)
    02:09 Gathering Crowds (End to This Week In Baseball)
    The opening theme music to TWIB is "Jet Set", composed by Mike Vickers, a former member of the original Manfred Mann band. "Jet Set" was first used as the theme for the original 1974-75 version of the game show Jackpot. When Fox brought TWIB back, a slightly revamped version of "Jet Set" was written.
    The closing theme to the show is "Gathering Crowds", composed by John Scott.[16] It is typically played over a montage of baseball's greatest moments, building to a crescendo with a punctuated three-note chord as the MLB logo slides into view. The piece has also been utilized to similar effect for montages and credits at the end of, for example, local TV newscasts.

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  • @ProspectFilmRoom
    @ProspectFilmRoom Рік тому +63

    When literally nothing else mattered in life but baseball.

    • @ronakpatel7778
      @ronakpatel7778 Рік тому +5

      I was a kid in 80s w this. You’re right nothing else mattered!

    • @rockvilleraven
      @rockvilleraven Рік тому +6

      @@ronakpatel7778 When there was a rain delay in a Braves game on TBS, they always went with TWIB to fill in the time.

    • @garyallen4313
      @garyallen4313 3 місяці тому +4

      Yes I agree… Saturday was my favorite baseball day . I put my Yankee Jersey on and my cap. Oh the goosebumps i feel when I hear this… Back then baseball ruled… Long gone are those precious days we lived in our childhood…..

    • @fredweppner3559
      @fredweppner3559 Місяць тому +1

      Perfectly stated! Baseball was life!

  • @PastorMattSkiles
    @PastorMattSkiles Рік тому +78

    These two musical themes take me back to the early 80's watching TWIB every Saturday with Mel Allen and then tuning into NBC and the Game of the Week. It made my childhood special and made me a life-long fan of baseball. Sure miss those days....great memories.

    • @ericstathis67
      @ericstathis67 Рік тому +4

      100%!! It was my very favorite show!! I'd watch this religiously every Saturday and it would be followed by a Yankee game here in NY!

    • @72defender
      @72defender Рік тому +5

      Well said! 👏
      My expenses were exactly this, and that show deepened my love for the game!

    • @rockvilleraven
      @rockvilleraven Рік тому +3

      Gathering Crowds was also used as the ABC News theme, after Roone Arlidge of ABC Sports fame, took over the network's news division. Until they started World News Tonight.

    • @davidjames8031
      @davidjames8031 9 місяців тому +2

      I rarely missed an episode. I knew when that opening theme came on, I was going to be in a treat to see some great plays, interviews, and especially a few blunders.

    • @kitkatcats3360
      @kitkatcats3360 Місяць тому +1

      Perfect music for the show. Just like NFL films music. Transports me back to those days as a kid.

  • @jayw6203
    @jayw6203 5 місяців тому +14

    I'll always remember looking forward to the clip of Ozzie Smith doing a backflip. When baseball was pure fun.😊

  • @JAVan-oy2tu
    @JAVan-oy2tu Рік тому +27

    Good bye everybody and see you next week in This Week in Baseball !

  • @armorybrunotjr.3204
    @armorybrunotjr.3204 8 місяців тому +22

    The opening theme is "Jet Set" by Mike Vickers and the closing theme is "Gathering Crowds" by John Scott.

  • @gmo709
    @gmo709 11 місяців тому +15

    Great songs. Great show! Loved that damn show. And Mel Allen was awesome. First song is great and fun. Second song...beautiful and classic, hopeful.

  • @armorybrunotjr.3204
    @armorybrunotjr.3204 9 місяців тому +13

    "This Week In Baseball" was originally known as "This Is Baseball" when it premiered in 1974, and was narrated by John Facenda, the voice of NFL
    Films.

    • @rapalbumdepot7648
      @rapalbumdepot7648 8 місяців тому +1

      Good knowledge

    • @armorybrunotjr.3204
      @armorybrunotjr.3204 8 місяців тому +2

      @@rapalbumdepot7648 Thank you. "This Is Baseball" featured highlights
      of baseball's weekly games,plus historical moments. In 1977, Facenda handed the narrator's mike to veteran broadcaster Mel Allen, and the program was retitled "This Week In Baseball". How about that?

    • @anthonywhiteman4488
      @anthonywhiteman4488 3 місяці тому

      Interesting. Never knew that. Facenda was the voice of the NFL to me.

    • @TheVibeRAIDER
      @TheVibeRAIDER 28 днів тому

      Nice to know!

  • @JAVan-oy2tu
    @JAVan-oy2tu Рік тому +15

    Hello everyone, This is Mel Allen and welcome to this Week in Baseball !

    • @paulveneziano4082
      @paulveneziano4082 6 місяців тому +1

      Why do I think 🤔💬 it was "' hello there everybody, this is Mel Allen " Lol

  • @abathens
    @abathens 11 місяців тому +19

    Loved the 2nd theme where they showed Dave Parker making that perfect throw home from right field!

  • @bradmonium1
    @bradmonium1 9 місяців тому +9

    been hopelessly lost in a loop of this for about a week ... and it just keeps getting better and better

  • @Friarjohn1971
    @Friarjohn1971 2 місяці тому +4

    This music always motivated me to grab a glove and go make some great plays!!

  • @DJ-bj8ku
    @DJ-bj8ku 6 місяців тому +6

    The second theme song especially has the feel of Olympian greatness. It elevates sport to an artform and evokes the Ancient Greek aspiration for perfection. Marvelous.

    • @williamhicks7736
      @williamhicks7736 2 місяці тому

      Well said!

    • @anthonysalerno8732
      @anthonysalerno8732 Місяць тому

      As a little boy, I loved this music. As an aging man, I am getting misty-eyed listening.

  • @lawrencebenjamin502
    @lawrencebenjamin502 Рік тому +16

    Heavenly music to me.

  • @kendonaldson4737
    @kendonaldson4737 5 місяців тому +4

    Fabulous title for the ending theme....The Gathering Crowd

  • @sir945
    @sir945 Місяць тому +2

    My Saturday Mornings were so fun because I got up and watched cartoons then it was This Week In Baseball. Then after that it was the NBC Game Of The Week.
    Boy I had a simple childhood.

    • @Michael-dr3mi
      @Michael-dr3mi Місяць тому +1

      And don't forget about "The Baseball Bunch" which was on for about five years, too!

  • @eddyhooper5052
    @eddyhooper5052 Рік тому +8

    This theme song was also used for the game show Jackpot.

    • @nala3038
      @nala3038 8 місяців тому +1

      That’s great knowledge

    • @mbclev
      @mbclev 25 днів тому

      That was used for the original NBC version of the show.

  • @1who4me
    @1who4me Рік тому +12

    Thanks for the upload. I’ve been looking for this theme for awhile.

    • @alextrujillo4253
      @alextrujillo4253 Рік тому +2

      What’s the name of it ? Is it on Apple Music to stream.

  • @flame-sky7148
    @flame-sky7148 4 місяці тому +2

    Gathering Clouds is great American music, straight up classic.

  • @kenmeluso1952
    @kenmeluso1952 2 місяці тому +1

    I wish I could still play baseball.

  • @silvio8409
    @silvio8409 8 місяців тому +3

    Baseball was life

  • @kevinobrien4605
    @kevinobrien4605 7 місяців тому +7

    How about that! Miss you Mel.

    • @anthonysalerno8732
      @anthonysalerno8732 Місяць тому

      Even if he was a Yankees guy! -Signed, A Red Sox Fan

  • @Jiltedin2007
    @Jiltedin2007 9 місяців тому +4

    Gathering Crowds was also used in the Early 70's by ABC Television as their theme song for "The ABC Evening News" which was done live from New York with Harry Reasoner and Howard K. Smith.

  • @mrg8581
    @mrg8581 Рік тому +15

    I swear I can hear Mel Allen's voice.

  • @raha2470
    @raha2470 9 місяців тому +4

    When I hear that second song, I can picture Ozzie Smith doing flips cross the field.

  • @rapalbumdepot7648
    @rapalbumdepot7648 10 місяців тому +3

    I'm not cryin your cryin

  • @98593le
    @98593le 7 місяців тому +2

    Would wait all week to see this show hoping I'd see a tigers play.

  • @josetirado3680
    @josetirado3680 9 місяців тому +2

    Hello everybody this is Mel Allen

  • @kik5323
    @kik5323 8 місяців тому +1

    S/O to Jack Fritz from Philadelphia WIP for sending me here. The top 5 at 5.

  • @johnnybrowns8123
    @johnnybrowns8123 Рік тому +3

  • @ronsadventures2007
    @ronsadventures2007 Місяць тому

    The og sports center

  • @TheVibeRAIDER
    @TheVibeRAIDER 28 днів тому +1

    Can someone explain why the theme was truncated at the end of the TV show "This Week In Baseball"? The version here seems to be the original, not played on TV, which ends as TA-DA. DO-DO-DO

  • @borisbernal6475
    @borisbernal6475 4 місяці тому +1

    2:12 ✌️🇵🇦

  • @ghhtdesfh
    @ghhtdesfh Місяць тому

    How about that!

  • @williamhicks7736
    @williamhicks7736 2 місяці тому

    😭…

  • @ERen-tj6jg
    @ERen-tj6jg 7 місяців тому +2

    Oooh..the sound tracks of my childhood!.."how about that!⚾️