Current NPR All Things Considered Theme

The current theme for National Public Radio's All Things Considered evening news program. This theme was made in 1995, when trombonist and composer Wycliffe Gordon retooled Don Voegeli's original 1971 theme.

[@davetron3030]

NPR DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH THIS THEME.

[@jdmac44]

I hate it. lol

[@anwav-]

I know! They better not!

[@warrengalloway8939]

@@jdmac44 To be fair, they just kind of remixed it instead of obliterating it like they did Morning Edition.

[@KingSlimjeezy]

WHY NPR WHY DID YOU KILL MEOG REEEEEEEEEE

[@suhaibhaq7973]

They did:( its piano now

[@thepositivelynegativ]

This is the sound of all things being considered.

[@Kess_P2]

Not just things... all things 👀

[@missmandicorn1]

Ba-dum-tsss

[@falkortechnologies8039]

“From NPR news in Washington I’m Robert Siegel” “and I’m Audie Cornish”

[@Lucien_Noland]

You're a little confused but you got the spirit

[@ghdhfgh6125]

Audie Cornish left NPR today.

[@falkortechnologies8039]

@@ghdhfgh6125 nooooooo…

[@ArcanineEspeon]

When I was little I thought of this as the "Robin Seagull" theme.

[@lani3000]

"Thumbs up " if your parents would play this with you in the backseat as a kid

[@tobiolaleye6544]

RIGHT

[@NotLawBDO]

I HEARD THIS THEME IN THE BACKSEAT AS A KID!!!!!

[@itzjacob6460]

Mosty dads hehe :P

[@dreadfoozie]

Ik!!!😂😂☺️

[@joenax777]

No My parents were republican

[@van_whufc298]

The official soundtrack to riding in the backseat of Grandpa’s car on a sunny afternoon

[@ErinS06]

Official soundtrack of riding in my dads ‘96 Chevy S-10 as a kid

[@josephgarcia486]

Just lost my grandpa, I loved hearing this and morning edition all EVERY CAR RIDE. I’ll miss hearing it, I’ll see if I can tune in on it every once in a while. Shame on NPR if they ever change this song

[@marvincool3744]

NPR hosts/reporters have such weird names. "From NPR News in Washington I'm Titanium Utah. And I'm Severus Bukowski."

[@scwt89]

In Washington state, our local NPR host is named Tom Cocaine (it's spelled "kokenge," but it's pronounced just like "cocaine").

[@Jeffrey-ml3mf]

Are you sure it's not "Kokegne"? Or maybe "Coquengne"?

[@davidbukowski3463]

Hey now, what's wrong with Bukowski?

[@trollsthatlol1]

Lol yes! I like it

[@rainbowmetalhead]

I remember one reporter being named Melissa Block.

[@uzoamakaebin259]

WOW! After 10 years, the creator is STILL liking comments! Thank you so much...I grew up in the backseat every day listening to WGBH Boston's NPR and would hum along with my dad anytime it came on the radio! Ahhh memories...

[@CascadianPatriot]

Just to make sure you know, I'm not NPR. :)

[@uzoamakaebin259]

@@CascadianPatriot oh my god, so you're actually still alive?!? That is absolutely awesome!!! Usually the ppl I see on yt from years ago usually are inactive now...And yea I know you're not NPR 😅 thanks again for posting this!!

[@deletdis6173]

Epic

[@PurpleZebraRuler1170]

THIS IS THE SOUNDTRACK TO OUR EXSISTANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!! ROBBBBBBBBBEEEEEEERRRRRRTTTTTTTT SIIIIIIEEEEGGGGGELLLLLLLLLLL

[@mistaspot1]

Oh sweet nostalgia... I hope they never change it.

[@jbraxton147]

I'm not gonna lie, I actually enjoy listening to NPR

[@jenniferfreeman5522]

Me to. Why is it so hard to come to terms with? (-:

[@daigo1952]

Same here, since 1970 something...

[@ketanfernandes4094]

Who doesn’t??

[@HolyMarkMcGrath]

Me too.

[@rillloudmother]

i love Korva Coleman, big deal?

[@Cephei29]

After 0:59 "...The News is Next." (Every morning my dad played this as he drove me to school!)

[@KatbotZ]

+Shelton Richardson Hahahah! Same!! I would always know when I heard the theme song, I was late!

[@marvincool3744]

So you’re an NPR kid who now listens to it as an adult as well?

[@zainhaq]

im an npr kid and am under 18 lol :)

[@Lucien_Noland]

You’re thinking of Morning Edition.

[@rebekahparker8555]

SAME!!

[@johnmitchell1973]

I just learned this was arranged by my favorite jazz trombonist... Wycliffe Gordon!

[@Solaremusic]

Don't you dare changing it NPR. Especially not now that you messed the Morning Edition's theme.

[@anwav-]

AMEN! Morning Edition was such a beautiful piece of music. And the 6 second bumper/transition version of the Morning Edition theme was so perfect in its brevity.

[@ALostPaperBag]

I love when it hits 4 and this song starts

[@catherineinghram2044]

NPR, please don't replace this theme with crap like you did with Morning Edition. This song means I'm leaving work, nothing else will do.

[@km6206]

This melody was quoted by Keith Jarrett in his solo on his song 'Lalene' (on 'Facing You' from 1972). Keith may have heard the original theme on the radio at some point, and it got into his subconscious.

[@luckycloudwillow]

I still listen to this on the radio. I love when they talk about news stuff and play classical music

[@florianbruggmann781]

Lovely, and brings so many wonderful memories.

[@plushblueep]

I'm Robert Siegel.

[@baylinkdashyt]

No you're not! :-)

[@youtert]

And I'm Kojo Nnnnnamdi

[@trollsthatlol1]

Then I'm Terry Gross :p

[@patekor2064]

And I'm Steve Short

[@drsevrin100]

and I'm Noah Adams.

[@ronniefox7118]

I have been searching for this tune for MONTHS. I’m in college now and I have weird deja vu nostalgia from them playing this at nap time in preschool.

[@mercedesyacula4415]

GOD THIS BROUGHT BACK SO MANY MEMORIES

[@marcusdavis9232]

this theme lives rent free in my head for eternity

[@nowitskevin3951]

i’ve been searching for so long... so long... finally! this is my victory day

[@metalhead6409]

This gives me flashbacks to 2007

[@roberthansen2008]

I actually enjoy listening to NPR. I've been listening to NPR regularly for the past 5 years. I got sick of left-wing talk and right-wing talk talk talk talk. NPR has sort of that neutral ground for me. Sort of that academic feel. And it's just quite honestly nice to hear without somebody shouting and yelling and shouting and yelling and shouting and yelling

[@BigAProductions07]

Listened to 90.1 every morning on the way to school as a kid in my mom’s van. I learned more from listening to the news from as early as 4-5 years old from the radio than anything else growing up

[@noahhackworth5659]

My Mom and I took my Dad to the Jersey Avenue Train station every morning when I was little and I heard this every morning.

[@MiguelCastellanosAIA]

I’ve heard really cool variations of this on the broadcast with mariachi and Arabic themes. Loved it! Wish I could find some of those…

[@Yapostadodat]

The daily bread for my soul since I was a kid. Nothing is absolute and everyone is annoyingly slanted to THEIR cause but for the most part their news IS the news.

[@FranzFerdinandVIII]

(22.Nov.2019) Like if you listen to All Things Considered.

[@FellowDrive]

"DUH-DUH-DUH-DUH-DUH-DUH-DUH-DUH-DUH"....."And I'm Robert Siegel".

[@CreativeName-rz8ow]

"I'm Audie Cornish." "And I'm Mary Louise Kelly." (Together): "And this is All Things Considered"

[@Isthisreallifeblog]

I could listen to this everyday

[@carloberg8772]

the theme was first heard in the 1945 fred mcmurray movie 'murder, he says'. at least that's the earliest i'm aware of. it actually was a central part of the story as the lyrics contained a secret code to be deciphered.

[@KidPundit]

Thank you for uploading this!

[@violet-beck]

absolute banger

[@eurolease24]

great song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ty. greetings from Cleveland.....:)

[@mannymarotta]

90.3!

[@Prisoner_849]

Everytime my friends dad or stepmom came to pick me up NPR would be playing on the Radio. Fond Memories!

[@DesertTripper]

I liked the theme with the piano intro better. Brings back good memories of the 80s and 90s.

[@trinoply]

This is the greatest meme to play on when reading an article to friends on discord.

[@joshuarosenkranz8379]

You never thought instruments could some how talk down to you till you heard this

[@anwav-]

Such a beautiful piece of music.

[@DavidPigbody]

When do your hearing aids arrive?

[@anwav-]

@DavidPigbody When your smelly butt mother brings them.

[@ACETYGRA]

"I Love Cheesy Poofs!!"

[@KatbotZ]

+ACETYGRA This blew my mind. All these years I've been singing both these songs and didn't even FUCKING REALIZE. God. Matt and Trey are geniuses.

[@victorwilson1337]

Ho. Ly. Shit.

[@Yowzoe]

Love this theme and most other NPR themes also. They wake up my brain. Does anyone know where I can get a list of the snippets of music between stories on ATC? Several years back one could find them on the NPR website, but no more, it seems. ty

[@CascadianPatriot]

Yowzoe Check the transcripts that come out for each segment a few hours after the show.

[@camsully7325]

Always a lovely tune

[@Craspic]

Many of us DO listen to this every day!

[@xander2cat]

i love this song

[@fluorideenjoyer]

we raving to the all things considered theme

[@maryexstroughtonaire4244]

I loved this show.

[@Ozonespider]

listen to the Beatles' "I Will" and then this back to back...

[@AbhNormal]

My mind's just been blown! Never noticed the two songs had the same chord progression.

[@JustPippaNY]

Ah, nothing better than waking up to this.

[@repowers2]

The sound of the end of the work day. 5 o'clock, punch out time!

[@pigman6954]

the sound of my childhood

[@chrisd8673]

Hey we gotta talk about the music I’m hearing now as opposed to what I heard on the radio the other day considering what I searched for to get to this page.

[@dzoey2]

I just noticed - the theme sounds a lot like Carl Maria von Weber Op 3 No. 4 theme. I came across it in an old music book and was struck at how similar it was

[@jongibson4599]

I hear it in Robert Schumann's, "Arabesque".

[@207962]

hey know i love this song so chill

[@sakurachannel9624]

I grew up on this song

[@kawsakiTV]

It’s literally the same theme as today 😁 Glad they haven’t changed it.

[@TOROislame]

yooooo throwback lmfao oh man

[@twentyseventhnoteiuyt5394]

I remember a very similar rendition of the theme music long before 1995

[@heydudage]

where can i find the reggae version? anyone know any ideas?

[@timcrawford7306]

I’m having flashbacks of sitting in traffic on my way home after work and listening to NPR.

[@samblackwood4690]

My dog howls every time this theme plays. Every day at 4pm like clockwork.

[@potatosauce5720]

this is my childhood right here

[@jakeb9288]

This is the theme of my childhood!!

[@summitco08]

@firmingitup you're right, it's all about 0:23-0:26 - best three seconds of my drive home, lol. Love the Morning Edition theme too.... Classy - THIS is NPR.

[@jeiger]

I miss this theme

[@wcnmvp3820]

I think we're all there for 0:22

[@trollsthatlol1]

I just realized the beginning of this theme sounds very much like ' Bells over Belfast' o:

[@nebneb2814]

Anybody know the notes to this? I play tenor sax.

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

I’m trying to play this on guitar. Surprisingly, I’m in drop C following the sax intro and what I’ve got so far is D- A- F- C- 0 G- 5- 0- 0 C- 5- 8-4-2- 3- 0 sus (piano) All notes (numbers) on the guitar are ascending on the scale. (Best guess, I didn’t pay much attention in the fundamentals of music reading. That’s why I play punk 🤣)

[@johngeoffrion4590]

"I love Cheesy Poofs, you love Cheesy Poooooofs... Without Cheesy Poofs, we'd be LAME!"

[@MrKajithecat]

Sounds like an evening car ride home

[@flacha123]

Spectacular variations on "All Things Considered" - do yourself a favor and start listening, I dare you stop before the end.

[@QToon92801]

When it's 4pm, you should know it's lit.

[@Chubachus]

It does sound very 1990's.

[@lokipks01]

My pittie howls along to this theme every afternoon 🤣 (and sometime to the one for Marketplace).

[@estebansteverincon7117]

I'll consider it

[@j-bird1778]

This theme has been burned deep into my memory from countless morning in the car with my parents.

[@RainbowPowerRangerX]

Consider all the things!

[@PS1897]

This is the sound of education and knowledge about the world. Coincidentally, it reminds me of a good Argentinian coffee.

[@Abbyisthecoolist]

Takes me back to when I was 5 or 6 with my dad driving me to daycare at 6am

[@brettjc0483]

I remember hearing this intro while in the back of my moms car and i wanted to find the music so bad

[@7motyllek]

i agree with Mr. Coleman and, to hear the 'All Things Considered' theme go to 'You Tube' movie "Murder He Says 1945" a comedy with Marjorie Main and Fred MacMurray you will hear the theme note for note , its the opening theme and sung throughout the movie......So much for this 2nd rate composer taking credit and i'm surprised no one on their staff has discovered this to correct the steal

[@Fersomling]

The beginning part of the theme I remember from the '70s.

[@coreywiley3981]

the first bit sounds like "Sing it loud so I can hear you" from the song "I Will" by the Beatles.

[@lotusbandicoot]

I already do. XD

[@JavanHamiltonTV]

0:26 That's the juice right there.

[@kmc672]

Hell yea !

[@jimmystempien6512]

I HAVE UNLOCKED SOME CORE CAR RIDE MEMORIES

[@radudeATL]

@TumblingDice66 It's not a great theme, but as someone who listens to this program every day on the drive home after work, and as a musician, I am quite smitten by it. For some reason, it works!

[@natekidren]

Fun fact: My dad actually worked for NPR for 12 years- 1985-1997

[@ankleater2112]

this song is gangsta af

[@williammorris584]

Student poor with no TV, Susan Stamberg and Noah Adams followed this every afternoon.

[@LeoMes01]

Why no one has sampled this I dont even know ?

[@ShaneyElderberry]

The third movement theme of Daniël de Lange's Symphony in C-minor, Op.4 (1865).

[@RonaldAtkinson9]

Carl Maria Von Weber wrote the original tune. So this was inspired from that. I believe it's Op.3 No. 4

[@fcoleman8]

I don't think that the Don Voegeli NPR theme is an original tune composed by him, but rather something akin to a folk song which goes back in time, much like Haydn used the "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star theme in his Surprise Symphony. Listen to the theme from the scherzo (3rd movement) of Daniel de Lange's Symphony in C minor (available on You Tube) for the identical theme whch dates to 1910 or thereabouts.

[@kaldesyzdi595]

Mr. Burns brought me here.

[@ThommyofThenn]

does :08 remind anyone else of the "ACTION NEWS" theme during the satirical broadcast sequence of the 1987 Robocop?

[@LiamButler2006]

RIP Carl Kassell

[@Saucegod207]

Takes me back to trying to get 5 more minutes of sleep in the backseat of my moms car on the way to school