Just finally got around to watching the video for John Williams’ “Of Grit and Glory.” The new piece, composed for ESPN’s College Football Playoff National Championship, was heard for the first time on Monday, during the sports channel’s broadcast of the TCU-Georgia game at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA. Watch it now, or save it for when you need an inspiring three minutes. Williams will be 91 on February 8.
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John Williams scores ESPN College Football
John Williams “keeps an oar in” with a new theme for ESPN.
Williams has written an original theme for ESPN’s College Football Playoff National Championship, to air Monday evening at 7:30 p.m. EST, prior to the TCU-Georgia game at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA.
The new music will be recalled throughout the TCU-Georgia matchup. The composer, who will be 91-years-old on February 8, recorded several takes of the main piece as well as briefer excerpts, “a re-join piece and a vamp, cutdowns and stingers,” shorter pieces that can be useful during the game itself.
“This is believed to be the largest-scale musical commission ever for the sports network. What will happen with the piece after Monday night is not clear.”
Let the royalties negotiations begin!
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