# A little fooball music please **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 11, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-fooball-music-please/335142 "2005-12-11T15:54:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-fooball-music-please/335142/1 "2005-12-11T15:54:25Z")
There was this (pro) football highlight show that I used to watch semi-regularly. They would take some historic gridiron struggle and show it practically play-by-play in slo-motion. It was always snowing, it was always a dramatic epic clash between arch rivals. There was this very, well, football like music that accompanied this show. It was very fan-fare-ish, lots of trumpets and such. I can hear the music in my head but for the life of me I cannot find a link to it or even remember the name of the show. My wife is putting an iMovie togther and think this music would be perfect but I can’t seem to track down. Any (North American) Dopers out there have any idea what I am talking about? ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-fooball-music-please/335142/2 "2005-12-11T16:13:06Z")
I don’t know if this will help, but I tried looking up some football music on Amazon, and there are some sample clips to listen to [here](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000DGUH/ref=pd_sim_m_6/102-2704171-2981752?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=5174) that have a lot of brassy songs from football shows (some only have spoken voice, skip those). I keep thinking I know what you’re talking about, but then I keep hearing that damn Hockey Night in Canada theme in my head. Grr. That’s the trouble: just about all football/sports shows use brassy themes. Here’s hoping you find what you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-fooball-music-please/335142/3 "2005-12-11T16:41:10Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > I don’t know if this will help, but I tried looking up some football music on Amazon, and there are some sample clips to listen to [here](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000DGUH/ref=pd_sim_m_6/102-2704171-2981752?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=5174) that have a lot of brassy songs from football shows (some only have spoken voice, skip those). Thanks, I think I recognised what I want from the short clips off that one or “Autumn Glory”. Neither one of them are on iTunes but using the search term “battle glory” turned up a few classical hits (heh, a pun) that sound like the NFL music could be derived from the classical. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-fooball-music-please/335142/4 "2005-12-11T17:45:33Z")
[Try this](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002VERQA/qid=1134323011/sr=8-2/ref=pd_bbs_2/102-2923006-3239343?v=glance&s=music&n=507846) ---
**Author:** ![snorlax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@snorlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snorlax)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-fooball-music-please/335142/5 "2005-12-12T12:59:52Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > … It was always snowing, it was always a dramatic epic clash between arch rivals… I loved these. > [@baritone NFL Films announcer guy](#): > > November 24, 1967. > > Lambeau Field. > > Gale Sayers carves through the Green Bay defense like a Thanksgiving day turkey. ---
**Author:** ![Logically\_Loquacious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Logically\_Loquacious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Logically_Loquacious)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-fooball-music-please/335142/6 "2005-12-12T15:31:52Z")
I don’t know if this helps at all, but the snowy football scene you may be thinking about was a Denver Bronco/Pittsburgh Steeler game. It snowed like a mother that night, and was the best game I have ever seen (I’m a Bronco fan). The song may be the one used by Denver (and other teams, too). I did a search for NFL music and there is quite a bit out there. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-fooball-music-please/335142/7 "2005-12-12T16:22:57Z")
[Here](http://www.valley-entertainment.com/Artists/NFL_Films_Music/), weird but I just saw this advertised on ESPN yesterday by what’s his name… Steve Sabo? Whoever the son of the guy that started NFL Films is. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-fooball-music-please/335142/8 "2005-12-12T16:33:46Z")
[Ed and Steve Sabol, NFL Films (w/ unforgettable voice of John Facenda performing narration)](http://www.techcentralstation.com/013004A.html). ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-fooball-music-please/335142/9 "2005-12-12T19:03:43Z")
“Power and the Glory” is the more reasonable choice. The box set is pretty expensive. ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-fooball-music-please/335142/10 "2005-12-12T22:18:03Z")
Upon reading your OP, I realized it had nothing to do with what you’re looking for, but Santana did a song called “Touchdown Raiders”, an instrumental for the Oakland team. It’s on **Beyond Appearances**. No link, sorry.