Music
The following is a list of music tracks that have been used throughout the Local 58 series. Many of the selections consist of licensable royalty-free music or music that has lapsed into the public domain.[1]
"Entering Graciously" is a 2015 track produced by LIMO Recording Studio. It was first introduced as the theme for the station's I.D. from the 2000s in Weather Service and has since been used in the same capacity in the episodes You Are On The Fastest Available Route, STATION ID, and Real Sleep. After the Local 58 channel converted from analog to digital broadcasting in 2021, a new version of "Entering Graciously" featuring more hi-hats in its instrumental mix was adopted for the station's I.D., as seen in the episodes CLOSE and Night Walk. This specific variation of the track, however, has not yet been found online; it is likely possible that this was unofficially remixed by Kris Straub.
"I Concentrate on You" is a song written by Cole Porter for the 1940 MGM film musical Broadway Melody of 1940. The specific recording that appears in Contingency is a 1962 cover performed by Ray Conniff & His Orchestra & Chorus, where it was used as the theme for the station's I.D. from the 1970s.
The Star-Spangled Banner
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is a contrafactum which set the words of Francis Scott Key's 1814 poem "Defense of Fort M'Henry" to the tune of the 1773 British melody "The Anacreontic Song," which was composed by John Stafford Smith. It was officially adopted as the United States' national anthem in 1931. Two different recordings of "The Star-Spangled Banner" are used in the episode Contingency.
The first version is an arrangement made by Canadian electronic composer Mort Garson for Moog synthesizer and brass ensemble, which was included on the 1974 U.S. Air Force Recruiting Service album Production Music.[2] A filmstrip produced by the U.S. Air Force that set the arrangement to a montage of images of Americana, including military aircraft and servicepeople, national parks, and images from the Apollo missions, became a popular TV station signoff that was used by 81 known local stations across the U.S. primarily in the 1970s and 1980s.[3] The track is used in Contingency in a similar capacity, as the Local 58 station ends its broadcast day by playing it over images of the American flag.
The second version is a 1910 recording performed by the United States Marine Band, who at the time would have been under the direction of William Henry Santelmann.[4] The performance was captured via Edison Standard Record, a wax cylinder meant to be played back on a phonograph. It appears in Contingency at the start of the USDPAD contingency message as President Lyndon Johnson's message to the American people scrolls across the screen.
"America," better known by its opening lyrics "My Country, 'Tis of Thee," is another contrafactum that was unofficially used as the national anthem of the United States before the adoption of "The Star-Spangled Banner." Its lyrics were penned in 1831 by Samuel Francis Smith and subsequently set to the tune of "God Save the King." A 1962 cover performed by the Robert Shaw Chorale is used in Contingency, playing over the instructional portion of the contingency message.
"Jazz Guitar Interlude" is a royalty-free 2012 track composed by Neuromancer that is used as the station's I.D. theme from the 1980s in Show for Children.
Entrance of the Gladiators
"Entrance of the Gladiators" op. 68 is a military march composed in 1897 by Czech composer Julius Fučík. Originally written to commemorate Roman gladiators, the song has since become associated in contemporary usage with clowns and circuses. A cover of the march is used in Local 58's Show for Children bumper, which features an image of a trash can designed like a smiling clown, although the specific recording it's taken from has not yet been identified.
"The Brementown Musicians" is a 1935 theatrical cartoon produced by the Ub Iwerks Studio as part of their ComiColor series. Its score was composed by Carl Stalling, who scored Walt Disney's earliest Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphony cartoons in the late 1920s and would later go on to score numerous Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for Warner Bros. Cartoons for 22 years until his retirement in 1958. His underlying score that plays over the title card of "The Brementown Musicians" is repurposed as the music that plays over the title card of the Cadavre cartoon "A Grave Mistake" in Show for Children. This was the first selection of music to be credited in the end credits of a Local 58 episode.
"The Fresh Vegetable Mystery" is a 1939 theatrical cartoon produced by Fleischer Studios and scored by Sammy Timberg for Paramount Pictures as part of their Color Classics series. Fleischer Studios is best known today for creating the character of Betty Boop, developing numerous animation techniques like rotoscoping and the stereoptical process, and producing the first animated film adaptations of characters like Popeye the Sailor, Superman, and Raggedy Ann. Timberg's opening score for "The Fresh Vegetable Mystery" is used throughout the Cadavre cartoon "A Grave Mistake" in Show for Children.
"Love Is in the Air" is a royalty-free 2015 track composed by Marvin Urias that is used as the station's I.D. theme from the 1990s in Skywatching.
"The Disappearance of the Unmoved Mover" is a royalty-free 2020 track produced by So Vea that plays over the Local 58 station's announcement that they will be converting from analog to digital broadcasting in Digital Transition.
"Coalescence" is a royalty-free 2019 track produced by Airae that plays over Local 58's montage of previous programming as they make the conversion to digital broadcasting in Digital Transition.
"I'm so Funky" is a royalty-free 2025 track produced by Peachwood that plays over the Thought Research Initiative's ad for its new Qualiaform Intuition (QI) AI model. The track likewise appears in "TRI - TV Ad (2026)" uploaded onto the Thought Research Initiative's YouTube channel, which shows the same ad. "I'm so Funky" is also credited at the end of Ad Spot.
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/analoghorror/comments/1gst4e9/comment/lxh150c/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/release/7131283-Various-Production-Music?srsltid=AfmBOooWUBUygBTTRsE-oOESGUFxRX2aWxPDdNgXvZ5NfxUjSWYlCnP4
- ↑ https://signons-and-signoffs.fandom.com/wiki/Moog_SSB
- ↑ https://www.marineband.marines.mil/About/Our-History/History-of-the-Directors/