Has anyone noticed that the Keith Olbermann theme is from Beethoven's 9th?

[hiphopnation]

Is it my imagination, or is that Countdown theme borrowed from the second movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony? Apologies if this is already common knowledge. It's a great piece of music! :bounce:

[laconicsax]

1. I'm pretty sure this is common knowledge, but only to those

who have seen the show and know Beethoven 9.  I'd bet that everyone else just knows it as Olbermann's theme.

[azmouse]

2. I didn't know that but then

I wouldn't know Beethoven's 9th if it bit me in the ass.

Thanks for the info. It's good to learn new things.

[Drum]

3. It is,

and I heard somewhere that this choice is an homage to Edward R Murrow, whose b'casts also used this musical quote.

Anybody know?


It is extraordinary music...I am a big fan of Beethoven's 5th, 7th, and 9th symphonies.

:hi:

[haele]

4. I also remember it from a 1960's/70's evening news - the Huntley/Brinkley News Hour?

I don't remember exactly which one, but without looking, I think it was either Huntley Brinkley or whoever did the NBC national news hour right after the locals.

Haele

[kineneb]

6. yes, they used the "Molto vivace" (2nd mvmt) as their theme

1960s, The Huntley-Brinkley Report


over at wikipedia...
The six-note introduction to the second movement had been featured on NBC News programs as early as the Huntley-Brinkley Report of the 1950s. The Huntley-Brinkley Report also featured a longer section of the movement during the end credits. It still survives on NBC's cable network, MSNBC, most prominently, in remixed form, on Countdown with Keith Olbermann.

[AwakeAtLast]

5. Some shampoo commercial has been using it, too.

And I always think, "Dammit, stop using Keith's theme!" even though I know where it comes from. ;)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

7. Yup...Just like Huntley-Brinkley of old.

[MilesColtrane]

8. It's from the second movement of the 9th, a scherzo.

In D minor...the saddest of all keys.

[hiphopnation]

21. lmao

:rofl:

it's a fine line between clever and stupid

[JVS]

9. Just like Alex's bedroom in Clockwork Orange.

[elleng]

10. Somewhere in here, I guess.

Don't make me watch KO, please!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2AEaQJuKDY

[MilesColtrane]

11. Here it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooGgwN59w5A

[elleng]

12. Thought so!

Music to LOUNGE by!

[totodeinhere]

13. Yea, it's in the public domain so he doesn't have to pay royalties on it.

[Critters2]

14. We oldsters know that this was also the theme music

for The Huntley and Brinkley Report, NBC's nightly news show in the 60's.

[Connonym]

15. I'm sorry, if it's not from something by the White Stripes I'd be totally clueless

[bixente]

16. Forgive my ignorance

But is Beethoven's 9th also referred to as the Moonlight Sonata?

I myself have not seen any of Olbermann's shows.

[elleng]

17. NO!

Beethoven's 9th is a 3-movement symphony, with choral part; lasts around 1 hour. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2AEaQJuKDY&feature=related (part 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSEqQsAXbJw&feature=related (part 2)

sonata = 'song,' and is piano song, lasts less than 10 minutes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQVeaIHWWck

[bixente]

18. Humiliating

I hate making an idiot of myself.

[elleng]

19. sorry,

i didn't mean to be so emphatic. been listening to some dramatic music!

ps, i can't remember which is tschaikovsky, mendelsohn, bruch or beethoven violin concerto, tho i listen to them a lot!

[Burma Jones]

20. Four Movements........

1. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
2. Molto vivace - Presto
3. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante Moderato - Tempo I - Andante Moderato - Adagio - Lo Stesso Tempo
4. Recitative: (Presto – Allegro ma non troppo – Vivace – Adagio cantabile – Allegro assai – Presto: O Freunde) – Allegro assai: Freude, schöner Götterfunken – Alla marcia – Allegro assai vivace: Froh, wie seine Sonnen – Andante maestoso: Seid umschlungen, Millionen! – Adagio ma non troppo, ma divoto: Ihr, stürzt nieder – Allegro energico, sempre ben marcato: (Freude, schöner Götterfunken – Seid umschlungen, Millionen!) – Allegro ma non tanto: Freude, Tochter aus Elysium! – Prestissimo: Seid umschlungen, Millionen!

[Critters2]

24. And such a wonderful piece of music.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra played the whole 9th in the Public Garden--or was it the Common?--for its 100th Anniversary. What a great evening that was!!

[hiphopnation]

22. pretty sure there are four movements in the 9th

in fact, i think all of his symphonys were four movements

[SoxFan]

23. "BEETHOVEN IS DEAD TO ME!"

Sorry, just making sure GD:P was represented in this discussion.

Carry on.