The Mission (theme music)

The Mission
Theme music by John Williams
GenreOrchestral, television theme
Commissioned byNBC News
Published1985
Premiere
DateSeptember 9, 1985
PerformersNBC Orchestra
Used by various NBC News programs including NBC Nightly News, Meet the Press, and Today

"The Mission" is an orchestral suite composed by John Williams in 1985 as a television news music package for NBC News. It consists of four movements: The Mission, used for NBC Nightly News, with variations used for some other NBC programs, Fugue for Changing Times, used for Before Hours during 1987–1988, Scherzo for Today, used for Today until 1990, and The Pulse of Events, used by Meet the Press and special breaking news reports.

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