Monday, August 1, 2016

Saturday Night Live theme song

The SNL theme song has been pretty much unchanged from the show's earliest days.  In the last episode of season 6, castmember Robin Duke introduced musical guest Junior Walker by saying that the SNL theme is based on his "sound."  In the 2002 Tom Shales book, "Live From New York!," original musical director Howard Shore says he wanted the theme to be a piece of jazz on which future musicians could expand (and they have): occasionally, they'll pep it up (such as the late 1990s) or give it more structure (season 6).  From season 7-10, the band (under Tom Malone) produced this ridiculously exciting take on the theme, which seems impossible to find otherwise.  I once told Malone that the theme "sounds like a Saturday Night," but he just gave me a bemused smile, patted me on the head and gave me a cookie.

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