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New Morning Edition Theme

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TheBigA

If you're a listener to NPR's Morning Edition, you'll hear a change in the show's theme music starting Monday May 6:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/05/...on=click&module=Editors Picks&pgtype=Homepage

To my ear, I can barely hear any similarity to the original theme, which was much more melodic. You can hear the new theme here:

https://current.org/2019/05/exclusive-listen-to-the-new-morning-edition-theme-music/

The original theme was designed to fit on primarily classical format stations. Today the show airs mostly on news/talk stations.
 
There's a callback to the Liederman music about halfway through the billboard and at the end.

One thing that I can't pick out is a signature. Traditionally program music has attempted to have a 5 second or less signature that is memorable, and can be easily recognized in a remix. The Liderman theme for Morning Edition had this. I'll be interested to hear this in more locations through the coming week, and it may emerge.
 
I always liked the Morning Edition theme (the old one.) Never a fan of All Things Considered's theme, though. Wish they changed that one.
 
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