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by julianw | June 19, 2008 at 10:13 am
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Having two weeks ago axed the famous Hockey Night in Canada theme song, CBC is trying to find a new jingle through a nation wide, public contest in which Canadians are invited to submit their own compositions. The tunes will be judged by other members of the public, by CBC staff, and finally, by a "celebrity panel."
Frankly, I'm worried about who these celebreties will be, and I want to suggest that CBC open a second contest in which the public gets to decide which famous people will have the final word on the theme song.
Canadians will have an opportunity to leave their musical mark on the country's most famous sports show with the official launch Thursday of Canada's Hockey Anthem Challenge.
Aspiring composers will be able to submit audio or video files with their bid to provide the new theme music for Hockey Night in Canada.
"Between now and October, we invite musicians to create and everyone in the country to help us select the perfect new music to represent the most famous hockey broadcast in the world," said Scott Moore, executive director of CBC Sports.
"With Canada’s Hockey Anthem Challenge, we will create a new theme for the hockey nation, something that will tell the world what CBC’s Hockey Night In Canada is all about."
The winning entry will receive $100,000 in cash and half of the ongoing performance royalties, with the other half going to Canadian minor league hockey.
At least five semifinalists will be presented to the country and judged by a celebrity panel on a CBC network television special on Oct. 4. The judges will be announced shortly.
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Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (5)
at 13:11 on June 19th, 2008
julianw, I like this story. It's good stuff. I'll still like the original one better.
at 13:58 on June 19th, 2008
User-generated TV theme songs? What a terrible, terrible idea.
at 15:39 on June 19th, 2008
julianw, I like this story. It's good stuff. Some of the stuff sounds quite decent.
at 16:40 on June 19th, 2008
julianw, I like this story. It's good stuff. I still can't believe the old song is gone. Its just not going to be the same without it and also on a different channel.
at 19:49 on June 19th, 2008
julianw, I like this story. It's good stuff.