Yeah, they used this music but for very short time. I don't know why, but almast every single time when they are going to use a new theme they use a stock music for a short period first. The same thing happened in 2017 when they started to use a new news intro
*My verdict:* 1998-2001: The titles are alright, and the music is good too, even if they didn't make the music! 2001-2006: The visuals are very nice in my opinion, and the remixed music is good as well. 2006-2008: Horrid intro visually, but brilliant music. 2008-2009: Simplistic but sweet titles, and another nice update to the tune. 2009-2012: Same titles, but new music, though I prefer the previous music, the one from 09-12 lacks the punch of the former one. 2012-2015: I like the visuals, and the new theme is alright. 2015-2017: I like the new music, sounds like a remix of the previous one. 2017: Back to the 2012 template, with "The 5:30" swapped out for "3 News". A bit lazy for me. 2017-2018: New titles, with not much happening. A bit stock-y for me, but passable, and the studio here is very nice. 2018-present: Easily the worst intro they have had, both in the music and graphics. It reeks of cheap stock footage. It makes the 2006 title graphics look like the 2008 ones!
@@cce7065 Yes, I managed to find the original titles a few months back, it’s on my channel. For that, I must say the graphics were decent, but the music was very slow and unfitting. The graphics were better than the 1999 titles - not as garish, but the music was an improvement in 1999 - even though the 1999 theme is some off-the-shelf library music.
I don't think anyone would disagree when I say the current VM News intro is AWFUL! Both the visuals and tune are woeful. The TV3 intros weren't the best but they weren't bad either. I personally feel that many news broadcasts have downgraded the quality of their intros in recent years but Virgin Media seemed to really go all out in presenting utter rubbish. I hope we're not waiting too long for Virgin Media News to create a new intro. However I fear we might be waiting a while as there is a trend now for news to keep their intro visuals and tunes for years. BBC News has been using variants of the same intro for the last 20 years.
