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Six O'Clock Soundtrack: The art of TV news music

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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News Music

News music is one of the most difficult pieces of music to create. Composers try to convey that even if the news is tense and urgent, things are also under control. News themes have to work with every headline from cat video memes to disasters. Flora explores how news music can be used in ways that are not exactly wholesome.

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