NBC Football SuperBowl Theme info

bove · 5th February 2009

For any of you football fans out there, I thought I'd report on a recent session for the updated NBC football theme music which debuted during the superbowl broadcast. I was playing tuba on the session.

You can hear the new theme beginning at 1:34 of this video. (click the "watch in HD" button for good audio)
YouTube - NBC Super Bowl XLIII Pre-Game Intro with Faith Hill (HD Quality)

It was recorded in New York at Avatar studio A, using a 29 person orchestra (17 brass players).

Mics I noticed being used:
Trumpets: 2 Coles 4038
Trombones: 2 Royer R-121
Tuba: ElectroVoice RE-20
Horns and Woodwinds: Avatar has a lot of U87/87ai and a whole bunch of these were in use over the woodwinds and horns.
There was also a "decca tree" using three Neumann U87 or U67... (I didn't take a very close look at them.)

**Remoteness** · 9th February 2009

Very cool my man!

offdwall · 17th January 2012

I was the recording (and mix) engineer for that session. Awesome tuba sound

BTW, they were U87ai's on the Decca Tree, 87's on the horns and winds, 87ai's on the Timp.

boojum · 17th January 2012

What a board!!!

Go Giants!!!

5th February 2009	#1
bove Gear maniac Joined: Dec 2005 Location: New York, NY Posts: 290 Thread Starter	NBC Football SuperBowl Theme info For any of you football fans out there, I thought I'd report on a recent session for the updated NBC football theme music which debuted during the superbowl broadcast. I was playing tuba on the session. You can hear the new theme beginning at 1:34 of this video. (click the "watch in HD" button for good audio) YouTube - NBC Super Bowl XLIII Pre-Game Intro with Faith Hill (HD Quality) It was recorded in New York at Avatar studio A, using a 29 person orchestra (17 brass players). Mics I noticed being used: Trumpets: 2 Coles 4038 Trombones: 2 Royer R-121 Tuba: ElectroVoice RE-20 Horns and Woodwinds: Avatar has a lot of U87/87ai and a whole bunch of these were in use over the woodwinds and horns. There was also a "decca tree" using three Neumann U87 or U67... (I didn't take a very close look at them.)

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Remoteness Super Moderator Joined: Aug 2002 Location: NYC Posts: 7,405	Very cool my man!

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offdwall Gear interested Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 1	I was the recording (and mix) engineer for that session. Awesome tuba sound BTW, they were U87ai's on the Decca Tree, 87's on the horns and winds, 87ai's on the Timp.

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