Score Productions is an American musical production company specializing in background

music Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...

and themes for television shows. Started in 1963 in a brownstone townhouse on the

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by music producer Bob Israel, Score has created some of the most recognizable tunes in America — most identifiable by just a few notes.Bob Israel Living 'An American Dream' in Studio, BMI
/ref> Among the composers who worked for Score Productions are Charles Fox, Edd Kalehoff, Walt Levinsky, Arthur B. Rubinstein, Dick Lieb, Michel Camilo,

Chuck Loeb Charles Samuel "Chuck" Loeb (December 7, 1955 – July 31, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist and a member of the groups Steps Ahead, Metro and Fourplay. Early years and education Loeb was born in Nyack, New York, near New York City. At ...

, Billy Barber, Irving "Benny" Robbin, Charles Gross, Deborah Hurwitz, Glen Daum, Birch Johnson, Joe Kurasz and Les Fradkin.

Legacy

One of the Score-produced compositions, " Come on Down", also known as the theme song from ''

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'', would eventually become a number one hit on ''

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in 2001. The single also marked the first time that a television theme song (and one that came from a game show) reached number one on a Dance chart, and the first to feature lyrics.

Selected credits of Score Productions music composers

* Billy Barber - ''All My Children, American Chronicles'' * Bob Israel – ''ABC World News Tonight'' Theme, ''All My Children, Another World'', ''The Doctors'', ''The Red Hand Gang''. * Michel Camilo – ''Goodwill Games'', ''One Life to Live'', ''Match Game (1998)'', ''Press Your Luck (1983)'', ''Loving'', ''High Rollers (1987)'', ''The All New Let's Make A Deal (1984)'' * Charles Fox – ''ABC's Wide World of Sports'', ''Love, American Style'', ''Happy Days'', ''Laverne & Shirley'', ''The Love Boat'', ''Monday Night Football'', ''To Tell the Truth'' (1969), ''The Match Game'', ''What's My Line?'', ''Wonder Woman'', ''Rhyme and Reason'' * Charles Gross – ''The Doctors'' * Edd Kalehoff – ''The Price Is Right'', ''Concentration'', ''Tattletales'' (1974), ''Trivia Trap'', ''Card Sharks'' (1986) * Walt Levinsky – ''Family Feud'', ''20/20'', ''Password Plus'', ''The Price Is Right'' (1976 music package) * Dick Lieb and Walt Levinsky – ''Swiss Family Robinson'', ''WWII'', ''A G.I. Diary'', ''Search and Rescue'', ''Dr. Simon Locke'', ''Police Surgeon'', ''Lovers and Friends'' * Les Fradkin – ''One Life to Live'', ''Capitol'', ''Loving'', various game shows *

– ''CNN'' Main Theme and various ''CNN'' cues/shows * Arthur B. Rubinstein – ''The Doctors'', ''Another World'', ''The Red Hand Gang'' (theme), ''Sportsworld'', ''WWII-A GI Diary'', ''All-New Beat the Clock'', ''Strange Paradise'', ''The Starlost'', ''Norman Corwin Presents'', ''Harvey'', ''The Price'', ''All the Way Home'', ''Look Homeward Angel'' * Paul Epstein - ''Body Language'', ''Classic Concentration'', ''Hit Man'' * Gary Anderson - ''Child's Play'', ''Super Password'' * Joe Kurasz - ''Guiding Light''

Credits of Score Productions

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Specials'' * '' ABC'' Radio News * '' The Big Showdown'' (Don Lipp-Ron Greenberg Productions) * '' The Money Maze'' (Daphne-Don Lipp Productions) * '' Rhyme and Reason'' (W.T. Naud Productions) * ''ABC World News This Morning'' * '' Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers'' ( Walt Disney Television and

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* ''HBO Feature Presentation'' theme

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* ''Worldview'' * ''Newsday'' * ''Morning News'' * ''Today'' * '' Early Edition'' * ''Weekend A.M. News'' * '' CNNfn'' * ''

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'' (CBS/SYN/NBC/ABC) 1967–1968, 1969–1978, 1980–1981, 1990–1991, 2000–2002, 2016–present * ''

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'' (NBC/CBS/ABC/SYN) 1967–1969, 1973–1982, 1990–1991, 1998–1999, 2016–2021 * ''

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'' (CBS/SYN) 1974–1978, 1982–1984 * '' Double Dare'' (CBS) 1976–1977 * '' Family Feud'' (ABC/CBS/SYN) 1976–1985, 1988–1995, 1999–present * ''

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'' (NBC/SYN/CBS/ABC) 1978–1981, 1986–1989 * ''

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'' (CBS) 1979–1980 * '' Password Plus'' (NBC) 1979–1982 * '' Child's Play'' (CBS) 1982–1983 * ''

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'' (CBS) 1983–1986, (ABC) 2019–present * '' Super Password'' (NBC) 1984–1989 * ''Classic Concentration'' (NBC) 1987–1991 CBS * ''

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'' * '' Up to the Minute'' * '' On Our Own'' * '' Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures'' (Bakshi Animation) * ''

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'' (Talent Associates) * '' High Rollers'' (Merrill Heatter/Orion, 1987–1988) * '' Marlo and the Magic Movie Machine'' * '' The Starlost'' * ''The All-New

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'' (Hatos-Hall, syndicated 1984–86) INTERNATIONAL * América Television (Peru) *

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References

External links

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