NBC BREAKFAST AT WIMBLEDON (OPEN THEME) - Clark Gault (no VO)

Clark Gault's theme for NBC's Wimbledon coverage. No voiceover.

[@g1inskyms]

This older one was the best, with the great trumpet stabs and the octave at the end.

[@cornel999]

45+ years later, this is still my most indelible memory of Wimbledon. finals sunday, 9am, the cold open where you just hear the hush of the crowd, then Enberg does an intro, and then this music. it's so cool, the perfect mood setter, where you just know you're going to see something epic. god, i wish ESPN or tennis channel could bring this back. wimbledon never seems quite as special without it.

[@paulsonj72]

Prior to 1981 it was a Saturday finish and NBC didn’t start Breakfast at Wimbledon til 1979 for the men. The women were sometime in the 80’s

[@kvb44]

I agree 💯!

[@greggcarr2759]

this gets my blood pumping.. i miss this so much!

[@TheSmokingDen]

Finally! A version with quality audio.

[@XanderElion]

I love this so much. Thank you for preserving this beautiful music

[@michaelhogg324]

Ond of the best if not the BEST Themes for Sports!

[@gregoryhausner2291]

This theme song should be called The Walk Of Champions.🙂

[@duranddavis7710]

Today it's just another tennis tournament, but back then it was an event. ESPN, does a good job but they really don't capture the majestic of what is called Wimbledon. IMP

[@kvb44]

Well said!

[@nascarvintage17]

haaaaa great the music is very great i find i love !!

[@garymays6636]

This song is Bud Collins , Donald Dell….then Dick Enberg……..NBC Breakfast at Wimbledon

[@kvb44]

I thought the exact same thing!!

[@robbie192]

Omg! Thanks so much

[@juliofabre7744]

Great piece of music

[@bmasters1981]

IiNM, this was the same music that was on the '84 and '85 Wimbledon openings with the Proud N.

[@kristopherversteegt2939]

This version of the Wimbledon theme was used from 1979-1992!

[@johnmanier7968]

RIP Queen Elizabeth II.

[@Tom-tq2uq]

Creepy dude.

[@threerings1345]

I don't know but I'm gonna guess it took Bjorn Borg maybe an hour and a half to beat Roscoe Tanner in the final.

[@paulsonj72]

It was actually a five set match where Borg had to come back from a 2 sets-1 deficit to win

[@threerings1345]

@@paulsonj72 I'm a big fan of tennis, but guessed wrong on this one. It was before my time, but worth checking out. The tour is likely finished for this year anyway.

[@RandyDubin]

0:10 An out of tune moment that only Fletcher from "Whiplash" could appreciate.

[@heynow5000]

not quite my tempo

[@Ian16545]

Then why does TVPMM credit Edd Kalehoff as the author?

[@byrd59]

Probably because he wrote the theme for HBO's Wimbledon coverage. Could've been some confusion there.

[@timtebowsleftarm5368]

It does sound like Kalehoff. But I don’t doubt it’s Gault.

[@RochesterTVArchive]

@@byrd59 Edd has this exact track on a sampler of his from the early 2000s

[@deananderson5318]

@@RochesterTVArchive Could it be that Kalehoff wrote it and Gault performed it?

[@RochesterTVArchive]

@@deananderson5318 This is definitely Edd's composition. Not sure where the Clark Gault credit comes from.

[@tomcooper6108]

I lived thru this and thought it was cheesy as Hell.

[@Tom-tq2uq]

Thanks Tom. Thanks for sharing. Jesus.