First News
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First News is a television news music package composed by American musician Frank Gari. It was composed in 1996 and features up to 150 cuts of opens, closes, bumpers, stingers and promo beds in orchestral and action news formats.
Originally composed for WTNH in New Haven, Connecticut, the package consisted of smooth, orchestral news themes featuring a strong brass section. The package has since been picked up by WEWS-TV in Cleveland, and a heavy update was commissioned in 2003. This update, produced only on synthesized instruments in the typical Gari style, is edgier and just as powerful as the original. The theme continues with the same signature un-modified, as has happened with a good deal of Gari packages with 6+ note signatures.
The package has been used by at least 20 television stations in the United States.
First News is also the name of another television news music package, composed by Non-Stop Music and first heard on WDIV in Detroit, Michigan.
External links
- ["First News" at SouthernMedia's NMSA] - listing of American stations which have used First News
- [Gari Communications at News Music Now] - Hear some samples of some of Frank Gari's greatest work for television stations
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