Olympic Question

August 19th, 2004

Filed under: General

Isn’t the music that NBC is using as it goes to and comes back from commercials the theme from The Adventures of Brisco County Jr? Not the actual Olympic theme; I’m talking about the other piece they’re using. It sounds suspiciously familiar to me.

(For wonderful Olympic news and views, make sure you check out Tom the Dog here and here . While I too find dressage boring and pretentious, I still prefer it to pair synchronized swimming which is pretentious, boring, and interminable.)

4 Responses to “ Olympic Question ”

  1. Augie De Blieck Jr.
    August 20th, 2004 at 8:27 am

    I’m not watching the Olympics this year, but I remember that they have used BRISCO music in the past during the Olympics. In other words: Yes, it probably is.

    I wish they’d put that series out on DVD. Dare to dream.

  2. Tom Bondurant
    August 20th, 2004 at 9:43 am

    Yes, it is Brisco’s theme, by Randy Edelman. Another vote for it on DVD (although I taped most of it from the brief TNT reruns).

    My guess is that NBC spent so much money on John Williams that it was glad to pick up Brisco, presumably on the cheap.

  3. Scott
    August 20th, 2004 at 10:26 am

    I’d love a Brisco DVD too. Mmmm, Dixie Cousins….

  4. Mike L. Croswell
    August 20th, 2008 at 10:56 pm

    We’ve been watching the Brisco County Jr. DVD’s via NetFlix. Really good!

    I agree, it is the same song. I’ve been playing the theme song on my acoustic bass every time we watched it.

    I believe, even the same recording, yes? I’d wondered who had composed it. Thanks for the info on Randy Edelman – pretty good composer.

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