Score Productions

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{{Short description|American musical production company}}
'''Score Productions''' is an [[United States of America|American]] musical production company specializing in background [[music]] and themes for [[television shows]]. Started in 1963 in a brownstone townhouse on the [[Upper East Side]] of [[Manhattan]] by music producer [[Bob Israel (composer)|Bob Israel]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Clark|first=Kenneth|date=November 20, 1986|title=Composer's tunes go unnoticed daily on TV|work=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-11-20-8603270358-story.html|access-date=June 25, 2020}}</ref> Score has created some of the most recognizable tunes in America — most identifiable by just a few notes.<ref name=Score>[https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/20010418_Bob_Israel_living_an_American_dream_in_studio Bob Israel Living 'An American Dream' in Studio|BMI]</ref>

Among the composers who worked for Score Productions are [[Charles Fox (composer)|Charles Fox]], [[Edd Kalehoff]], [[Walt Levinsky]], [[Arthur B. Rubinstein]], Dick Lieb, [[Michel Camilo]], [[Chuck Loeb]], [[Billy Barber (musician)|Billy Barber]], Irving "Benny" Robbin, [[Charles Gross]], Deborah Hurwitz, Glen Daum, [[Birch Johnson]], Joe Kurasz and [[Les Fradkin]].

==Legacy==
One of the Score-produced compositions, "[[Come On Down (Crystal Waters song)|Come on Down]]", also known as the theme song from ''[[The Price Is Right (American game show)|The Price Is Right]]'', would eventually become a number one hit on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s [[Dance Club Songs]] Chart for [[Crystal Waters]] in 2001. The single also marked the first time that a television theme song (and one that came from a game show) reached number one on a Dance chart, and the first to feature lyrics.<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/album/come-on-down-mw0000657382 Come on Down - Crystal Waters|AllMusic]</ref>

==Selected credits of Score Productions music composers==

* [[Billy Barber (musician)|Billy Barber]] - ''All My Children, American Chronicles''
* [[Bob Israel (composer)|Bob Israel]] – ''ABC World News Tonight'' Theme, ''All My Children, Another World'', ''The Doctors'', ''The Red Hand Gang''.
* [[Michel Camilo]] – ''Goodwill Games'', ''One Life to Live'', ''Match Game (1998)'', ''Press Your Luck (1983)'', ''Loving'', ''High Rollers (1987)'', ''The All New Let's Make A Deal (1984)''
* [[Charles Fox (composer)|Charles Fox]] – ''ABC's Wide World of Sports'', ''Love, American Style'', ''Happy Days'', ''Laverne & Shirley'', ''The Love Boat'', ''Monday Night Football'', ''To Tell the Truth'' (1969), ''The Match Game'', ''What's My Line?'', ''Wonder Woman'', ''Rhyme and Reason''
* [[Charles Gross]] – ''The Doctors''
* [[Edd Kalehoff]] – ''The Price Is Right'', ''Concentration'', ''Tattletales'' (1974), ''Trivia Trap'', ''Card Sharks'' (1986)
* [[Walt Levinsky]] – ''Family Feud'', ''20/20'', ''Password Plus'', ''The Price Is Right'' (1976 music package)
* Dick Lieb and Walt Levinsky – ''Swiss Family Robinson'', ''WWII'', ''A G.I. Diary'', ''Search and Rescue'', ''Dr. Simon Locke'', ''Police Surgeon'', ''Lovers and Friends''
* [[Les Fradkin]] – ''One Life to Live'', ''Capitol'', ''Loving'', various game shows
* [[Chuck Loeb]] – ''CNN'' Main Theme and various ''CNN'' cues/shows
* [[Arthur B. Rubinstein]] – ''The Doctors'', ''Another World'', ''The Red Hand Gang'' (theme), ''Sportsworld'', ''WWII-A GI Diary'', ''All-New Beat the Clock'', ''Strange Paradise'', ''The Starlost'', ''Norman Corwin Presents'', ''Harvey'', ''The Price'', ''All the Way Home'', ''Look Homeward Angel''
* Paul Epstein - ''Body Language'', ''Classic Concentration'', ''Hit Man''
* Gary Anderson - ''Child's Play'', ''Super Password''
* Joe Kurasz - ''Guiding Light''

==Credits of Score Productions==

'''[[The Walt Disney Company]] (includes [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]])'''<ref name=Score />
* ''[[ABC World News Tonight]]''<ref name=Score />
*''[[America This Morning]]''
* ''[[20/20 (American TV program)|20/20]]''<ref name=Score />
* ''[[This Week (American TV program)|This Week]] with [[David Brinkley]]''<ref name=Score /><ref>[https://www.networknewsmusic.com/tag/score-productions/page/2/ Network News Music (Page 2)]</ref>
* ''[[Nightline]]''<ref name=Score />
* ''[[Monday Night Football]]''
* ''ABC Space Shuttle''
* ''The Royal Wedding''
* ''[[Wide World of Sports (American TV program)|Wide World of Sports]]''
* ''ABC Superstars''
* ''ABC International Championship Boxing''
* ''[[Battle of the Network Stars]]''
* ''Primetime Monday''
* ''[[John Ritter]] Remembered''
* ''[[Major League Baseball Game of the Week]]''
* ''[[ABC's Wide World of Entertainment]]'' Theme
* ''The [[Kentucky Derby]]''
* ''[[Preakness Stakes]]''
* ''[[The Championships, Wimbledon]]'' Tennis
* ''[[Indianapolis 500]]''
* ''ABC Movies''
* ''[[One Life to Live]]''
* ''[[General Hospital]]''
* ''[[All My Children]]''
* ''[[Loving (TV series)|Loving]]''
* ''[[NBA on ABC]]''
* ''[[PBA Tour|PBA on ABC]]''
* ''[[Good Morning America]]'' 1998–1999
* ''The [[John Stossel]] Specials''
* ''[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'' Radio News
* ''[[The Big Showdown]]'' (Don Lipp-Ron Greenberg Productions)
* ''[[The Money Maze]]'' (Daphne-Don Lipp Productions)
* ''[[Rhyme and Reason (game show)|Rhyme and Reason]]'' (W.T. Naud Productions)
* ''ABC World News This Morning''
* ''[[Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (TV series)|Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers]]'' ([[Walt Disney Television (production company)|Walt Disney Television]] and [[Disney–ABC Domestic Television]], theme song composed by [[Mark Mueller]] and produced by [[Alf Clausen]])

'''[[NBC]]'''
* ''[[Search for Tomorrow]]'' (CBS/NBC-Procter & Gamble)
* ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]] ''(NBC-Procter & Gamble)
* ''[[The Doctors (1963 TV series)|The Doctors]]'' (NBC-Colgate Palmolive)
* ''[[Texas (TV series)|Texas]]'' (NBC-Procter & Gamble)
* ''The Dr. Dean Show''

'''[[HBO]]'''
* ''HBO Feature Presentation'' theme

'''[[CNN]]'''
* ''Worldview''
* ''Newsday''
* ''Morning News''
* ''Today''
* ''[[Early Edition]]''
* ''Weekend A.M. News''
* ''[[CNNfn]]''
* ''[[CNN]] Theme (Turner)''
* ''[[Larry King Live]]''
* ''Managing With [[Lou Dobbs]]''

'''[[RTL Group]]/[[Fremantle (company)|Fremantle]]''' (including Goodson-Todman assets)
* ''[[Password (American game show)|Password]]'' (CBS/ABC) 1961–1967, 1971–1975
* ''[[To Tell the Truth]]'' (CBS/SYN/NBC/ABC) 1967–1968, 1969–1978, 1980–1981, 1990–1991, 2000–2002, 2016–2022
* ''[[Match Game]]'' (NBC/CBS/ABC/SYN) 1967–1969, 1973–1982, 1990–1991, 1998–1999, 2016–present
* ''[[What's My Line?]]'' (SYN) 1968–1975
* ''[[The Price Is Right (American game show)|The Price Is Right]]'' (CBS/SYN) 1972–present
* ''[[I've Got a Secret]]'' (CBS/SYN) 1972–1973, 1976
* ''[[Concentration (game show)|Concentration]]'' (SYN) 1973–1978
* ''[[Tattletales]]'' (CBS/SYN) 1974–1978, 1982–1984
* ''[[Double Dare (1976 game show)|Double Dare]]'' (CBS) 1976–1977
* ''[[Family Feud]]'' (ABC/CBS/SYN) 1976–1985, 1988–1995, 1999–present
* ''[[Card Sharks]]'' (NBC/SYN/CBS/ABC) 1978–1981, 1986–1989
* ''[[Beat the Clock]]'' (CBS) 1979–1980
* ''[[Password Plus and Super Password|Password Plus]]'' (NBC) 1979–1982
* ''[[Child's Play (game show)|Child's Play]]'' (CBS) 1982–1983
* ''[[Body Language (game show)|Body Language]]'' (CBS) 1984–1986
* ''[[Press Your Luck]]'' (CBS) 1983–1986, (ABC) 2019–present
* ''[[Password Plus and Super Password|Super Password]]'' (NBC) 1984–1989
* ''Classic Concentration'' (NBC) 1987–1991

'''[[CBS]]'''
* ''[[Face the Nation]]''<ref>[https://www.networknewsmusic.com/tag/score-productions/ Network News Music]</ref>
* ''[[The Early Show]]''
* ''[[CBS Overnight News|Up to the Minute]]''
* ''[[On Our Own (1977 TV series)|On Our Own]]''
* ''[[Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures]]'' (Bakshi Animation)
* ''[[Guiding Light]]''
* ''[[Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling]]'' ([[WWE]])

'''[[Warner Bros. Discovery]]''' (includes Lorimar and Telepictures)
* [[Turner Sports]]
* ''[[HLN (TV network)|HLN]]''
* ''[[College football|NCAA Football]]''
* ''[[NBA on TBS]]''
* ''Great Chefs of the East'' (PBS, Discovery)
* ''[[The Butter Battle Book]]'' (Dr. Seuss Special/TNT)
* [[Perfect Match (American game show)|''Perfect Match'']] ([[Lorimar-Telepictures]], syndicated 1986)
* ''[[The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime]]'' (Lorimar-Telepictures, syndicated 1986–87)
* ''[[Trump Card (game show)|Trump Card]]'' (Telepictures/Warner Bros., syndicated 1990–91)
* ''[[What a Cartoon!]]'', ''Malcom and Melvin'' and ''Malcom and Melvin: Babe! He Calls Me''

'''OTHER'''

* ''A Gorey Halloween'' (J. Walter Thompson)
* ''[[Get Smart]]'' (Talent Associates)
* ''[[High Rollers]]'' (Merrill Heatter/Orion, 1987–1988)
* ''[[Marlo and the Magic Movie Machine]]''
* ''[[The Starlost]]''
* ''The All-New [[Let's Make a Deal]]'' (Hatos-Hall, syndicated 1984–86)

'''INTERNATIONAL'''
* [[América Televisión|América Television]] (Peru)
* [[Asia Television]] (Hong Kong)
* [[NHK]] (Japan)
* [[Seven Network]] (Australia)
* [[Televisión Nacional de Chile|Television Nacional de Chile]] (Chile)

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://archive.org/details/ScoreProductions Score Productions Production Music on Internet Archive]

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[[Category:Television music]]
[[Category:American television composers]]
[[Category:American companies established in 1963]]
[[Category:Mass media companies established in 1963]]

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