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" 'Roundball Rock': John Tesh talks about how NBA on NBC theme came to be" (article)"

Will the NBA on NBC theme return? John Tesh discusses his beloved song's comeback
The song has spawned a "Saturday Night Live" sketch and has its own Wikipedia page, and it's now set to make it's long-awaited return to the NBA on NBC.

Huh, I wasn't aware they even had themes.

I have known that story for decades and it NEVER gets old!

It's a good theme, but it's kind of hard to beat the 'NFL on Fox' theme.

That's the one. I don't really ever watch televised sports, but the sports programs have some absolute bangers (although I suppose that's to be expected-----------you want a theme song that's going to rile people up, not put them to sleep).

[EDIT: I will say, and this is totally subjective, but I think the themes are suited to the sports. Like, basketball is super dynamic and frantic, so that blaring, fast-paced 'NBA on NBC' theme is a good fit; whereas football is a little more methodical and brutal, so a slower-paced more...militaristic(?) theme is natural. It's like the two halves of that old jazz song 'Powerhouse' that shows up in Looney Tunes all the time-------------they're equally great, but the first part is better matched up to assembly lines and conveyors, whereas the second part is more suited to, like, construction machinery, or Rube Goldberg machines.

" 'Roundball Rock' Is Back: John Tesh Unveils New Version of Iconic NBA Theme Song " (article)

The composer debuted the "shredded" version of the iconic 'NBA on NBC' track on Dan Le Batard's radio show Thursday.