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rajah_d

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ESPN Baseball Tonight highlight music
« on: January 18, 2025, 02:30:53 AM »
Hello! I'm looking for several tracks used for highlights during Baseball Tonight's run from the mid-90s to about 2007 or so, but if anybody is interested, I have compiled several tracks that I know were used by the show ...

(Sorry in advance for the formatting!)

TRACK TITLE      LIBRARY            ALBUM               CATALOG #   YEAR RELEASED   OWNED BY
Breakneck         AirCraft            Action … Take 2            ACL 041      1991         AirCraft
Cramps In My Pants      AirCraft            Natural Born Rockers            ACL 073      1995         AirCraft
Natural Born Rockers      AirCraft            Natural Born Rockers            ACL 073      1995         AirCraft
All Out         Apple Trax            Hard Edge – Contemporary Guitar Rock      AT082      2002         Manhattan
Mainstream      Apple Trax            Hard Edge – Contemporary Guitar Rock      AT082      2002         Manhattan
Slay Ride         Apple Trax            Hard Edge – Contemporary Guitar Rock      AT082      2002         Manhattan
Wah Wah Mama      Apple Trax            Hard Edge – Contemporary Guitar Rock      AT082      2002         Manhattan
Indie Race         Atmosphere         Rock Out               ATMOS093   1997      Universal
Leap to Fame      Chappell            Extreme Sports            CHAPAV111   1997      Universal
Rock Chicks      Chappell            Rock Themes            CHAPAV62   1993      Universal
Freefall Aerobatics      Chappell            Sports/Rock            CHAPAV72   1994      Universal
Jet Ski Racer (b)      Chappell            Sports/Rock            CHAPAV72   1994      Universal
Alter Ego         Chronic Trax         Chronic Rocks II            CM026      2001      Universal
Make A Fist      Chronic Trax         Chronic Rocks II            CM026      2001      Universal
No Escape         Chronic Trax         Chronic Rocks II            CM026      2001      Universal
Strangler         Chronic Trax         Chronic Rocks II            CM026      2001      Universal
Activate         De Wolfe            Indie, Rock & Grooves            DWCD 0166   1994      De Wolfe
Demolition Man      De Wolfe            Indie, Rock & Grooves            DWCD 0166   1994      De Wolfe
Hardcore         De Wolfe            Indie, Rock & Grooves            DWCD 0166   1994      De Wolfe
Powerdrive         De Wolfe            Indie, Rock & Grooves            DWCD 0166   1994      De Wolfe
Fired Up         De Wolfe            Power & Motion            DWCD 0181   1995      De Wolfe
Motivation         De Wolfe            Power & Motion            DWCD 0181   1995      De Wolfe
Reaching the Line 1      De Wolfe            Power & Motion            DWCD 0181   1995      De Wolfe
Alley Cat         De Wolfe            Rock Box               DWCD 0218   1997      De Wolfe
Hole Punch      De Wolfe            Rock Box               DWCD 0218   1997      De Wolfe
Round We Go      De Wolfe            Rock Box               DWCD 0218   1997      De Wolfe
She Can’t Love Me Like Me   De Wolfe            Rock Box               DWCD 0218   1997      De Wolfe
Billboard         Firstcom            Sports Extreme Vol. 2            FC-A64      1997      Universal
Energy Grooves      Hudson            Energy Grooves            HRCB 12      1997      De Wolfe
Big Mistake      Killer Tracks         Killer Rocks            KT147      2002      Universal
Pure Petro         Killer Tracks         Killer Rocks            KT147      2002      Universal
Pedal to the Metal      Manhattan            High Energy Rock III            MPM049      1994      Universal
Punk Funk         Manhattan            High Energy Rock, Too         MPM20      1988      Manhattan
Rock Nation (instrumental)   MasterSource         Hard Rock & Metal            MSTR071      2002      Universal
Until the End (instrumental)   MasterSource         Hard Rock & Metal            MSTR071      2002      Universal
I Can’t Have You (instrumental)   MasterSource         Rock & Alternative            MSTR057      2001      Universal
When I’m Gone (instrumental)   MasterSource         Rock & Alternative            MSTR057      2001      Universal
Shockwave      Match            Action Replay            MAT148      1994      Universal
Aggravated Assault      Match            Alternative Indie            MAT174      1999      Universal
Drop Jaw         Match            Alternative Indie            MAT174      1999      Universal
Fame Game      Match            Alternative Indie            MAT174      1999      Universal
Look Sharp      Match            Alternative Indie            MAT174      1999      Universal
Sweat and Tears      Match            Alternative Indie            MAT174      1999      Universal
Fast Break         NYB            Rock – Volume 1            NYB6      1995      Universal
Power Pop         NYB            Rock – Volume 1            NYB6      1995      Universal
Driveby         NYB            Rock – Volume 2            NYB7      1995      Universal
Monster         NYB            Rock – Volume 2            NYB7      1995      Universal
Ocean         NYB            Rock – Volume 2            NYB7      1995      Universal
Police         NYB            Rock – Volume 2            NYB7      1995      Universal
Show No Fear      NYB            Rock – Volume 2            NYB7      1995      Universal
Just Ink It         Who Did This Music?/Groove Addicts   Rock Vol. 1               TL004      ?      Warner Chappell



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Re: ESPN Baseball Tonight highlight music
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2025, 05:35:51 PM »
It's always interesting to see where library music has been used, so thank you for the list. I'll have a listen to some of them.

rajah_d

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Re: ESPN Baseball Tonight highlight music
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2025, 12:40:51 AM »
Thank you! Hopefully this list can be of some use to anybody who might be involved in current video production work.

rajah_d

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Re: ESPN Baseball Tonight highlight music
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2025, 12:54:39 PM »
Additional tracks have been identified, thanks to the efforts of Craig-UK from this board!

TRACK, ORIGINAL PUBLISHER, ALBUM TITLE, CATALOG NUMBER, YEAR OF RELEASE, CURRENT OWNER

Axe Man – Underscore   AirCraft   Action … Take 2   ACL041   1991   AirCraft
City Heat – Alt   AirCraft   Ad-Vice   ACL018   1985   AirCraft
Catch the Fever – Alt   AirCraft   Jet Stream II   ACL071   1995   AirCraft
In Too Deep   Amphonic   Hard Rock   AVFCD109   1993   Amphonic
Stratosonic   Brg Music Works   Blazing Inferno   BRg3015   2010   Manhattan
Dutch Rub   Brg Music Works   Guitar Felony   BRg3011   2010   Manhattan
Out of My Head   Brg Music Works   Guitar Felony   BRg3011   2010   Manhattan
The Days of My Life   Chappell   Rock Vocals   CHAPAV75   1994   Universal
Positive Vibrations b)   Firstcom   Dance Masters   FC-A56   1997   Universal
Culture Grunge   Kosinus   Culture Grunge   KOS35   1994   ?
Speed Game   KPM   Rock Attitude   KPM308   1996   KPM
Technosport   Match   Action Replay   MAT148   1994   Universal
Stock Car Racer   MusicHouse   Raving Mad   MHE29   1992   ?
Kitesailing (a)   Firstcom   Hard Sell   FC-A41   1995   ?

** The tracks with reported release dates of 2010 (also "Just Ink It" from the original post, which was also reported as released in 2010) were in use by ESPN several years before this date; the reported date of 2010 is the best information that I can come up with from general internet searches -- it's obviously not accurate.


Two other tracks have been identified from albums that are no longer widely available / have been discontinued:

Emergency Rescue (b)   Firstcom   All American Hero   FC-A11   1992
Day by Day (b)   Firstcom   Rock    FC-A40   1995


A handful of other music tracks have yet to be identified; that thread is available in the "Track IDs" topic on this board. And there are still others, used the early 1990s, that I haven't made efforts to research yet. So far, 67 tracks have been identified.
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Re: ESPN Baseball Tonight highlight music
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2025, 04:41:50 PM »
Nice work by rajah_d and Craig-UK!

I've also gone through the trouble of adding all the ID'd tracks from this show on FANDOM's Production Music Wiki.

htXXs://productionmusic.fandom.com/wiki/Baseball_Tonight

rajah_d

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Re: ESPN Baseball Tonight highlight music
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2025, 01:44:41 PM »
BTW, while I was researching these tracks, I discovered eight tracks that had been used for score panels after highlights, by the short-lived ESPNEWS (note: this was a separate cable channel operated by ESPN, kind of a "Headline News" for sports -- it still exists, but it's a dumping ground for general programming and not news-oriented):

From Sports/Hi-Energy 3 (2000), EDGE40 from Killer Edge:
Double Header
Heads Up
Match Point
Shoot Out

From Youth Culture 4 (2001), ATMOS141 from Atmosphere:
Bass Bar
Bomb Factory
On Your Knees
Skank

(Yes, the vocal samples were kept intact -- the anchor just read the highlight wrap over them!)



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rajah_d

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Re: ESPN Baseball Tonight highlight music
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2025, 05:48:10 PM »
ADDITIONS:
Four more confirmed tracks used by Baseball Tonight, as well:

Rocktronics from Alternative Indie, MAT174 (several other tracks from this album have already been identified, but this one wasn't verified until now)
Sport Game from Guitar Extreme, KOS33
Tough Game from Sports Edge V1, the first Velocity track I've found, VL027Q
Hero Worship from Photo Finish, FC-A8


If I can find four or five more tracks from the ones I have listed in the "needs identified" thread (Missing tracks 15 and 16, Web Gems, Touch 'Em All are the priorities), I'll happily put this project to bed! We're up to 71 identified.


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Re: ESPN Baseball Tonight highlight music
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2025, 03:22:46 AM »
And one more identification from Craig from this board, #15: "Here At Last" from JW Music, JWCD 2001! I never would have found this.