1986-1989 NBC Major League Baseball Theme 

RIP Vin Scully, there will never be another one like you ever in our lifetime.

R.I.P VIn Scully 1927-2022.

NBC is back doing national MLB games, albeit on Peacock. However, they will simulcast one MLB game on the main NBC network for the first time since 2000.

I remember seeing an intro with this theme on ESPN Classic when I was in elementary school.

RIP Vin Scully, 1927-2022.

Thanks for posting....Dynamic powerful Theme song ...we remember it well.

I love Saturday Baseball in the 80’s

RIP Gary Carter (1954-2012) :(

The 1988 World Series. She is gone! RIP Vinny and Joe. 🙏🙏🕊🕊

This music is so freaking awesome and gr8.

This song was featured in a 1988 Chicago Bulls season video, believe it or not, in the part documenting the NBA All-Star Game from that year

FYI, I contacted Charles Gault to try and obtain a copy of this theme. He informed me he did not in fact write this theme for NBC. He had done others, but not this one.

The greatest television sports theme.

The best baseball theme ever

Godspeed, Vin. BTW please say hi to the likes of your fellow sports broadcasting greats on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, TBS/TNT, CBC and ESPN as well as NWA/WCW and WWE including Pat Summerall, Dick Enberg, Bob Wolff, Dizzy Dean, Joe Garagiola (Sr.), Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Gorilla Monsoon, Curt Gowdy, Jack Buck, Dan Kelly, Foster Hewitt, Harry and Skip Caray, Pete Van Wieren, Ray Scott, "Hot" Rod Hundley, Chick Hearn, Johnny Most, Charlie Jones, Frank Gifford, Frank Glieber, Howard Cosell, Keith Jackson, Bob Prince, Bob Blackburn, Merle Harmon, Herb Carneal, Milo Hamilton, Bill Enis, Bill King, Gordon Solie, Fred Cusick, Ray Morgan, Chris Schenkel, Jim Gordon, Jim Simpson, Chuck Thompson, Bob Starr, Mel Allen, Red Barber, Lindsey Nelson and Ralph Kiner when you enter the heavens.

1986 World Series!!

NBC was the place to be for baseball back in the day!

NBC this was it

The greatest baseball theme ever composed for network baseball and it always sends a chill down my spine. NBC used it only for postseason games and the All Star Game in 1986-1988, while still using its earlier, inferior theme for the Game Of The Week (which was just an annoying repetitive riff on the NBC chimes). In 1989, NBC's final year of the GOTW, it used this theme the whole year. I wish they'd brought it back during their late 90s postseason broadcasts when my Yankees were playing.

Voices of my youth!! I Remember it like it was yesterday.

Thanks for posting NBC Saturday Baseball was so special. I miss those times

I'm 41 I was so lucky to be a 80s kids I remember the 86 mets I was 11 years old bk them I love the theme song and Saturday baseball on NBC dam time fly classic time I was so lucky, reds fan 4life

RIP Joe Garagiola

1986 World Series opening showing the home staduims; Shea Stadium and Fenway Park.

I remember this theme so well as I am a Mets fan and all and when this played in 1986 I got all hyped up for the games to follow. They don't make em like this anymore. Great theme and so memorable too.

mine does (and it is on a VHS tape).

REST IN PARADISE MR SCULLY 🥲🥲🥲🥲💔💔💔💔

@scottof83 "The Eckersley offering to Gibson... and that's gonna be a HOME RUN!! UNBELIEVABLE!" OK, the above was on the radio by Jack Buck; how did Vin Scully's TV call go?

Awesome. I'm playing the 1989 NLCS in MLB: The Show, and this year you can use your own broadcast theme. Feels a little more authentic now!

Peacock should bring back this classic theme

Why, thank you for the plug.

Youngsters like Oil Can Boyd?! Damn I'm getting old!

Love this theme, listen to it every fall. Miss you Joe & Vin! #GoDodgers

Two great World Series events happened with this theme. First: "Little roller up along first...BEHIND THE BAG! IT GETS THROUGH BUCKNER! HERE COMES KNIGHT AND THE METS WIN IT!" Bill Buckner's "goof" that sent Ray Knight to home plate and kept the New York Mets alive by winning Game 6 of the 1986 World Series against the Boston Red Sox. Second: "High fly ball into right field! She i-i-i-i-is GONE! (long pause) In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened!" Kirk Gibson's famous Walk-off Home Run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Oakland Athletics. And they were both called by Vin Scully!

Love it! 80s baseball Saturdays you can't go wrong!

It was fall 1986 and my love for sports and the New York Mets first began. I was nine.

i know i do to right! i love it so much Rachel

MLB is back on NBC 2022 and on Peacocks

I don't know about that. Walk around Boston wearing a Bill Buckner jersey, and you could be putting yourself in danger.

In the DVD pack that includes every game, they keep in the commercial bumps (i.e. Vin Scully reading the sponsors ads); they play it during that. Also, during the "end credits" of Game 7.

The World Series on Philippine Television Anniversary Theme Song (1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019)

IIRC, this theme was first used for the 1986 World Series.

I remember this theme when Will Clark was named MVP of the 1989 NLCS when the SF Giants beat the Cubs in 5 games! It was also the final NBC baseball broadcast … miss the days of Vin Scully, Joe Garagiola, Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek. ⚾️❤️

My high school days. Sweet memories.

I think this theme was used in the 1987 LCS. I have an old VHS with ALCS Game 5 that season when the Twins clinched in Detroit.

I cannot begin to thank you enough for posting this!!! What a great feeling to feel the goosebumps on my arms from the memories ... Such an amazing time in TV History.... They just don't make them like the used to. Oh, and God rest his soul, how Casey Stengel would have loved it.... THANKS FOR THE SMILES!!

4:26 Joe Garagiola: "Somehow baseball always manages to come up with that great sixth and seventh game."

A terrific theme indeed

Been looking for this for YEARS!!!

I get shivers when vin scully says shea stadium in new york

Old school MLB theme.

They should all be using this great music all the mlb tv networks.

Anytime I throw a ball in softball this is constantly going through my head!

Now that Fox is bringing back Saturday afternoon baseball they should purchase the rights to this theme just for the nostalgia of it.

Iconic AF

If NBC would want to make a decent amount of extra change, they should get all the music of their sports themes they used in the past.

Amen.

A majestic theme

Agreed.....

Metsy Metsy Metsy, not Mama, not Papa, Metsy! METSY METSY METSY!!!!!!!!!!! (Casey Stengel)

I recall this theme very well. It's great to reminisce on it because it was when I began following baseball in 1989.

Loved watching baseball on NBC when I was a kid

I have the game 7 credits & music on VHS. Love this tune.

Amen to that!! If you hear this theme and aren't moved to getting those sping tingling hairs or even tears (yes I'm almost crying listening to this) then you weren't a fan of baseball in the 80's...this is a timeless classic and one of the great sports theme's of all time....thank you so very much for posting!!

MIKE C I was fortunate to record this live on on a high quality beta max tape and as soon as the technology became available to transfer it onto DVD which I still enjoy to this day. Not only is Gault amazing; but also Harry Coyle, which many people don't realize was a visionary, an icon and a genius as a producer for NBC sports who saw the talent of Gault and had the wisdom to put this production together. I agree with the other posts that NBC, if they ever get baseball back should use this theme. The audience it would draw, especially among the boomers would be extraordinary. My thanks to Terry for posting this masterpiece. What a great memory it evokes.

I remember maybe it was the 80's NBC had this one opening I think during World Series where they would show a very rapid look through baseballs history year by year. Would love to see it again. It was accompanied by percusion instruments.

Best theme song ever!!

Song is so heartbreaking as an 86 Red Sox fan. But it is perhaps the best intro/theme sports songs. Very dramatic. Bring it back someday.

I remember this song from the 1988 World Series.loved it. Along with Vin Scully on play by play. Damn! That's baseball.

Looking for all the 80s baseball show themes. That's an awesome start! Thanks so much!

Debuted during Game 7 as I recall. Certainly the best theme song for a sports event.

Kim, Maybe Emberg and Scully in there Prime, but right now there in there 80's and 90's! Btw I also miss the NBC Game of the Week Coverage and Presentation but whether Baseball realizes it or not, so does Baseball! Baseball's National Coverage and Ratings and NATIONAL INTEREST have never been the same since they took the GOTW away from NBC and put the emphasis on Cable!

NBC always came. .out with that music. Love it

The unofficial New York Mets theme song! Yeah! The New York Mets made this famous! Now, with permission, hopefully for my upcoming Baseball 9 videos, the unofficial theme for my baseball team.

Since everyone is rebooting old shows, why not do one for old themes? NBC has the rights to this one. Can you imagine your favorite team that’s on NBC Sports Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston etc....and hear the theme of MLB Game of the Week? THAT WOULD BE FREAKING AWESOME 😎🎶🎶🎶🎶❤️❤️❤️❤️!

I contacted Gault a long time ago trying to get info about this theme. He said he didn't write it. I informed the person who posted this but I guess he didn't care to update the info.

this is y every tv is switching to digital in june i think

Wait... Is this theme synonymous with "BEHIND THE BAG!!!"? For some reason, it strikes a chord with me.

A long time ago (8 years to be exact) someone by the name of fgarcia20 said this song was a "boring fucking tune..." When God bless him and to each their own however, this theme ROCKS! I remember that October night when the Mets beat Boston to win the '86 World Series. I was in College in night school and didn't find out until I got home. Thank God for VCR's. I recorded the game and listened to this ending theme for about a week. My God the memories are ageless.

Does anybody have the MLB on NBC theme music from the late 1990's?

I love this music! It is on my 1986 Mets tape and I've been trying to find it for years. Thank You!

@BatmanFan1966 Same here, except I was 7 YEARS OLD!!! lol I have the VHS of Game 7 with the video of this on there....wish I had the equipment to transfer it to a digital file.

I can remember the 1986 World SAeries between the Mets and Red Sox and watching the credits rolling to this theme. Great memories...

the first thing that comes to my mind the world series in 88 game 1 kirk gibson spent the whole game in the trainers room and all the suddden he comes out and hits a the home that wins game 1 and that would be his only appenence in the series orel hirschiser was named mvp if my memory serves me right if not please let me know but anyway for one night kirk gibson was the star

Awesome theme! This brings back great World Series memories from my high school years. Thank you!

I like the frist one because she is at the super bowl and I like the real faith hill that sings on sunday night night football

Back when all them lady's sported that Bush and males mustaches were partially colored white on the brim. Yew know the golden age of putting plastic over your couches.

@ectigers83 You are correct sir.

Anyone have the MLB on NBC theme from 1996-2000?

"Hi once again everybody this is Vin Scully along with Joe Garagiola"

Baseball hasn't been on NBC in eight years, and won't return for at least six more. There's just something basically wrong with that.

Weekday afternoon postseason baseball on NBC with the crisp autumn air.

Visions of Hank Arron hitting hr 715, and Carlton Fisk waving the ball fair.

''Have you driven a Ford, lately?''

I only remember this theme from the 1989 NLCS, (Giants vs. Cubs). Still have this in my video library, with the great Vin Scully behind the mic.

I've been looking for the CBS MLB theme for the longest time, but to no luck. I only have the theme recorded on video tape.

I love this song. Mets 1986!!!!

This song is awesome and I love it!!!!

MLB on NBC theme (1986-1989).

This theme would be the perfect alarm so you can get energized for the day and watch some baseball when the day ends.