NBC's Meet the Press theme - aka "The Mission Part IV (The Pulse of Events)"
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♪ This theme was originally intended for special reports and only later was it also adopted by Meet The Press as its main theme. Meet the Press is the longest running show in the history of television.
♫ "The Mission" is four parts of music composed by John Williams for the NBC television network in 1985.
♪ "The Mission" composition was used as the theme for NBC's Nightly News,Today, Before Hours and Meet the Press in America. Outside the US, the theme was remixed for Channel 7 news in Australia. (go to my favourites to hear it!).
♫ The Mission: Part 1 (for NBC Nightly News): • NBC Nightly News theme...
♪ The Mission: Part 2 (Fugue for Changing Times): • Before Hours theme - a...
♫ The Mission: Part 3 (Scherzo for Today): • NBC's Today theme - ak...
♪ The Mission: Part 4 (Pulse of Events): • NBC's Meet the Press t...
♫ Visit my page for more uploads and favourites of the NBC news theme!
♪ I got the music from www.networknewsmusic.com. Click on "NBC News" on the left. 
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"And now we go to Darth Vader reporting live from Baghdad..."
Best. Comment. Ever.
I just spit coffee out my NOSE laughing at that !! Thanks !!
Doesn’t Lord Vader work for CNN?
...do it live.
Darth Vader: (haaaallll-hrrrrrrrrhhh) "Good evening, Brian. With great sadness and heavy-heartedness, I report to you all, that the chimes of history, ring throughout the streets of Baghdad today, as the merciless regime of Saddam Hussein has come to an end."
You know something just went down or is going down if this gets played on NBC. Gives chills!
At least if it’s not Sunday
The ooh shit theme lol
Yup. If this plays, someone was unalived, we’re at war or someone big just got indicted.
And now… someone was found guilty!!
As of September 28, 2022, this theme still goes hard.
October 2, 2023, it indeed still goes hard!
Remember-- if it's Sunday, it's Meet The Press! Go Buffalo Bills!
We miss ya, Timmy. More than you could ever know.
The best "Shit Just Got Real" music.
LOL!! So true... The best, "Breaking News if you believe it or not, it's coming for you mothafucka" music.
Agreed. This theme song told you that shit was really going to go down.
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Did Brian or Tom announce Tim russerts death?
This is also used for breaking-news special reports.
This is an NBC special NEWS REPORT:
Good Evening, I'm Tom Brokow. We're live from the Death Star reporting on the tragic loss of Alderaan this morning.
:'(
Best news theme ever by the great John Williams.
The guy is more Midas touch that just about any man I can think of. If I was going to Vegas I would want him or Jordan to blow on the dice.
John Williams is epic.
It transcends being just a news theme. Just an amazing piece of music...and it's only 1:30 long! Just a testament on Mr. William's gifted artistry.
Wait?! JOHN WILLIAMS?!!! The guy who did the Star Wars themes? Now I understand why NBC has the best themes.
@@alstewart5870 Yes, it is an amazing piece of music, but this 1; 30 long bit is actually just the last movement of a longer piece John wrote for NBC called the "Mission Theme," and it's about 10 minutes long in full I believe, the opening movement is used for the NBC nightly news. But yes, the opening and closing movements are the best which is why NBC uses them.
From NBC News in Washington... The World's Longest-Running Television Program... This is Meet the Press.
Herald1 this show will never be the same without Tim russert!!!!
Our issues this morning:
Inspector Javert Brian Williams announced his death?
If it’s Sunday, it’s Meet the Press
With Chuck Todd
Every time there's a special report...
...the chimes of death ring once again.
It literally makes me jump.
John Williams is a God in the Musical Universe.
Period.
If it's Sunday, it's Meet the Press.
If it's any time, it's something serious happens.
Like the death of someone prominent, or the president declaring war.
@@seangutierrez1337 or during trumps presidency whenever he did something stupid
@THE_flushingtoilet: After a while, the non-stuff just got real music was fine. He did so many things, ranging from dumb to “WTF were you thinking?! Were you thinking at all?!!”
All the great memories of the late great Tim Russert! One of the best newsmen ever! He is deeply missed even 12 years after his sudden passing. May he rest in peace in the glory of God!
Now it’s been 14 years! Scary how time flew
He was at least more objective than Chucky Todd ever was!! Rest in peace !
We lost Tim 10 years ago on this day. RIP.
When you hear this, you know some serious shit is going on.
LMFAO.... TRUE DAT
In memory of the late, great NBC Washington Bureau Chief and Moderator of Meet the Press........ Tim Russert. Thank you for being a giant in the news business, a fair and balanced reporter and the longest serving moderator of Meet the Press. You are greatly missed and won't be forgotten. Rest in Peace Tim and thank you!
Tim was the Best 👍
This piece of music was played at the beginning of the Specal Report when Tom Brokaw delivered the news about Tim Russert passing on that June Friday afternoon in 2008
Best news theme ever.
Glad this music is kept with at least some respect rather than playing it every time "BREAKING NEWS" comes up.
You know it's breaking news if you hear the NBC Chimes right before you hear this.
When you hear this, you stop whatever you're doing and pay attention. The chimes followed by this theme means something important happened or is about to happen.
Eric Maltbia do you remember if it was Brian Williams or Lester holt who announced Tim russerts death back in 08?
It was Tom Brokaw
LLD Productions why him and why couldn’t they have gotten someone else besides him to do it also?
He was a close friend of Tim Russert, the face of NBC during the era Russert was prominent in, and it just felt the most natural at the time. Only made sense.
LLD Productions i think Tom Brokaw took over snow for the rest of 2008 I think and it must have been a long time ago when brokaw did that now also?
I became aware of politics during the Iraq war, and that's when I was first watched meet the press and would hear this kickoff to the program where it did indeed feel like they were reporting on some Star wars-level saga of the empire striking back In a worldwide war on terror. Felt super important.
This played when the Gulf War started, when any former POTUS died, when the Berlin Wall fell, and when a certain former POTUS got indicted.
Hopefully we never ever have to hear this after the theme:
And we break in to regular programming to report that nuclear weapons have been used in combat for the first time since World War II...
That or
This just in, the International Space Station has been destroyed by an explosion. Sources confirm a mysterious object has appeared from behind our moon and is on an intercept course with Earth...
@@royals1231 that would be catastrophic.
(Howard Reig)"This is an NBC News Special Report, here is Lester Holt"
You won't get another voice like Howard Reig's.
How old was Tom brokaw in the video where he announced tim russerts death anyway?
That's pure John Williams stuff. He has now wrote the newest themes for NBC News from Fall 1985-present. Starting with "Meet the Press" followed by "Today" and "NBC Nightly News" featuring the theme song, "The Mission". As well as both for Universal Pictures and NBC Universal Television. That's why he's one of the best and got the Midas touch.
I remember the NBC chimes, and this music when 9/11 happened. I was a senior in high school. Im almost 40 now, and every time I hear this music, my blood runs cold for a split second.
OMG!!! Hard to believe that we lost Tim russert 15 years ago this past June 13th, 2023!!! Crazy how time flies!
Hey got their "check the box" replacement for little Chuck.
Reminds me of the great Tim Russert!!! R.I.P. to one of America's greatest journalists...
+Daniel Berger indeed he was about as close as you'll ever get to an objective pundit.
YEP!!!
Why would his best friend take over the show anyway?
I remember when NBC broke into programming to announce his death.
If there was ever a ringtone for the hotline at 3am, this should be it.
If it's Sunday, it's Meet the Press
Rest In Peace, Mr. Tim Russert
Growing up in the early 2000s and hearing this theme regularly over combat footage from Iraq and Afghanistan with Tim Russert's commentary/intro had me glued to the tv on Sunday mornings like any cartoon the previous day. There was something about it all that was so awesome and terrible at the same time.
nyyfanvkamath do you remember who took over the show after his death that year?
Listening away from the TV, it sounds like sci-fi music from some grand space adventure. No wonder - John Williams wrote this just 8 years after his music for the first star Wars saga. JW is an American Treasure!
I've been searching for this one for a while and could never seem to find it here. Thanks for posting it. John Williams is a God when it comes to composing themes. This music give me shivers up the spine because of not only its seriousness, but because it also has a sweeping melody.
There's no one like him.
Whenever I hear this on TV, I automatically think, "oh man, someone's dead."
lmao, Unfortunately yes, or something got blown up. Main use for breaking news from NBC
MorphingMaster Sounds almost like something that would be played in Star Wars.
Composer is the same composer from Star Wars lol John Williams
Same.
Harvey Birdman or who just got shot and where
This is nbc special report coming from New York this Lester Holt
Thanks so much for posting this.
I've always love this theme. a great piece of music.
And I too miss Tim Russert. A man with a heart of gold.
If you'd listen closely, you will hear traces of this music used a little later in the auto chase music from the opening title/prologue sequence of "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."
Part IV, -a most stirring variation of "The Mission". Thank you John!
NBC SPECIAL REPORT: A meteor has touched down in France, and a 1000 ft high Lovecraftian monstrosity has emerged from the crater. European forces are battling the creature with no avail, we'll keep you posted on further events. We now return to Seinfeld already in progress
*Deep voice*: "From NBC News in Washington this is Meet the Press with..."
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With Tim Russert
With Tom Brokaw
With David Gregory
@@vincentroysamot7311 Chuck Todd
A.K.A. the "oh crap, did Trump just hit the red button?" music
potus may die of covid 19 china kills us pres and pres' wife w/covid 19
Now, it may be the "Trump is fired" music, I hope...
ETA: It was... thank GOD!!
@@PeachWookiee or trump runs in 2024 or trump and co go to prison
That was Hillary that had the button.
And she gave it to Russia!
@@PeachWookiee Yeah ... now you've got dementia Biden fucking everything up. Nice.
This is awesome. First time I heard it I thought it was by one of the old composers. Didn't realize it is relatively new. Beautiful and driving.
Yup, John Williams' music can seem that way sometimes, they're modern classics.
Just don't confuse Karl Jenkins' Palladio with Mozart. If you don't know what I"m talking about, look up Palladio here on YT, you'll probably recognize the song, and it was written in the '90s, making it relatively new.
Oh, and the song is also "beautiful and driving, And remember, A diamond is forever.
From NBC News in Washington, the longest-running, first run, nationally, television news program in television history. This is MEET THE PRESS with Kristen Welker."
"OUR ISSUES THIS SUNDAY..."
Miss Tim. He was why I watched the show.
Holy smokes!!! It’s already 16 years since Tim russert passed away when he was preparing his Sunday show on MTP! Rest in peace Tim! 😢
From NBC NEWS IN WASHINGTON…
THIS IS: “ MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER.”
IF IT’S SUNDAY… IT’S “ MEET THE PRESS.”
Kenneth Huang. 4/21/24.
Beautifully done!
This is the most John Williams thing I've ever heard. And I love it.
A masterpiece! Thank you for posting!
The first time I heard this was when they announced desert Storm on TV.
Why is this not on CD?
I'm not the only weirdo who actually looked this up
Best part of Meet the Press.
The only good part of Meet the Press. 😉
A J Hecha I used to hear this theme and watch this show Sunday mornings when I was little?
Still some of the best reporting out there. The theme is just icing on best news cake out there.
A J Hecha u know when I watched this show Sunday mornings when I was little??
A J Hecha Really awesome part of Meet the press.
And remember if it's Sunday, it's Meet the Press
This is an NBC News Special Report. Here's Brian Williams.
If it's Sunday...
...it's meet the press
Go Bills! RIP Tim Russert
I'm Brian Williams live from the Moon. We're cutting into regular programming because I'm under sniper fire from Chris Kyle.
Taydra姫 funny
You know shit's going down the toilet when you hear this.....
I’m glad that nbc still is using this even with a new host
out of all of the mission series this is my favorite
Sends chills up my spine.
Gives yuh the chills don't it?
I always found Meet The Press intros to make the news exciting and a lot edgier...I like it
This is how it sounds every day now thanks to COVID... :(
This theme song was my pre NFL Sunday vibe my dad would always have it on in the morning before the games came on
...I love this piece!
THIS TAKES ME BACK IN TIME!
I was 5 years old when 9/11 happened, and I heard this play when they were showing the 2nd plane going into the second tower. Ever since, I get scared paranoid thinking some bad has happened when NBC plays this, and I'm 16.
If you didn't live through the 80's and/or Cold War, you have no idea what type of feelings of panic this theme would cause.
Funny you should mention that...
@@thattechdude Yeaaahh.... I'm just gonna keep my trap shut now. Sorry. Sorry everyone.
This aged like old milk.
I wasn't here during the Cold War, or when the Wall came down, the big Crash of 87, or Desert Storm.
But I was here days after Nixon died, the Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal, the Oklahoma City Bombing, Columbine High, 9/11 ... And all of those were in that Tim Russert era and thank God I was here every Sunday. God Bless Tim Russert.
It was also used on "NBC News Special Report", with NBC chimes.
Brian Williams was the one who announced Tims death on June 13 2008?
@@hollypietrzak5214 no, it was Tom Brokaw.
@@michaelbass3865 i cant believe its been 13 years now since he died you know?
@@hollypietrzak5214 it doesn’t even seem like that long to me either. Seems more like five years.
From NBC News in Washington this is meet the press with Chuck Todd
Everytime i hear this theme as a special report my first thought was uh oh and now what because you know something is going to happen
When I was in High School that song broke the news when Tom Brokaw told the World Tim russert died
From NBC News Washington. The Hostess Running Show Television History. This Is Meet The Press With Daniel Tiger.
this song has been around for a long time
This is perfect music to make you alert at 9 AM on a Sunday morning. Meet The Press rocks!
"But first..."
If you hear this on any day other than Sunday, then shit has just hit the fan
Great theme for a great show.
if sometimes biased
Who announced his death?
Such a cool theme song!
This sounds like a war is beginning and all of the units are deploying into combat
Not far off since that's exactly what followed when this played at 7:04pm on March 19th 2003 on NBC and we invaded Iraq.
anytime we hear this, we are SCREWED!!!
From NBC News Washington, This is MEET THE PRESS with Tim Russert
If it's Sunday, it's Meet the Press, Go Bills, Beat those Browns
God Bless You Mr. Russert, May You R.I.P.
SCREW Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly, Tim Russert could kick their backsides, too
T-Bone Hubbard imagine Timmy on there now with the dumbass we have now in the oval office.
When Brian Williams announced Tim russerts death I think he spoke to fast a little?
This is the theme they use for Special Reports for NBC as well
I want this as my phone ringer!!
MEET THE PRESS. SUNDAY MORNINGS AT 10:30 AM ON NBC 10 BOSTON.
KH: MEET THE PRESS IS A PUBLIC AFFAIRS PRESENTATION OF NBC NEWS, AND HAS COME TO YOU FROM OUR STUDIOS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 4/21/24.
I heard this on Malaysian TV a couple years back regarding 'Today in History'
From NBC News in Washington
The longest-running show in television history
This is the special edition of Meet The Press with Kristen Welker
*This is an NBC News Special Report. Here is Lester Holt.*
0:20 has such a Mahler sound and feel and I’m OBSESSED.
Hearing this song means something's going on!!!!!!!
I 🖤 this theme
0:01 From NBC News in Washington, this is Meet the Press with Tim Russert.
"If it's Sunday....."
This must be Belgium.
Oops, wrong day of the week.
It's Meet The Press. Btw, why did they have new graphics?? Lol
Why would Tom brokaw sit in as moderator it doesn't really make any sense at all?
I did look forward to it
This is my ringtone!
chills
This is meet the press, with chuck Todd, our issues this Sunday, Russia & Ukraine (beginning intro), then guests and analysts, show begins… at the end, if it’s Sunday, it’s meet the press, ending intro!
Man, feels like Star Wars all over again.
Genius!
John Williams has blessed us with this masterpiece...the ultimate tune to play when the shit hits the fan.
awesomeness
This is an NBC News Special Report. Reporting from NBC News World Headquarters in New York, here's Lester Holt.
I love it. So epic.
Can you believe that this June will mark the somber 14th anniversary of Tim Russert’s passing? Scary how time flew! Continue to Rest In Peace Tim Russert