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The cover of "Music for Prime Time" by Jon Burlingame. (Courtesy of Oxford University Press) Here & Now's Jane Clayson looks at some classic TV themes with Jon Burlingame, who teaches film scoring ...

Variety writer Jon Burlingame’s new book, “Music for Prime Time: A History of American Television Themes and Scoring,” is published today. The product of 35 years of research and more than ...

How the ‘Friends’ Theme Song Helped Save TV’s Main-Title Tunes From Going Extinct 'I'll Be There for You' bucked the tide at a time when execs were arguing songs had to go, Jon Burlingame ...

Jon Burlingame has interviewed 450 participants in that field and he shares that knowledge in the new, updated version of his book "Music for Prime Time." (X) Please DONATE NOW to support NCPR.