Theme 1 (1970 - 1976): "Score (theme from ABC's NFL Monday Night Football)"

    [above is title as listed on published sheet music; also
     THEME and composer credit in Craig W. Pattillo's "TV Theme
     Soundtrack Directory" as the FIRST THEME -- used since 1970;
     BMI title variation, aka: "Score"]

     Composer: Charles Fox (BMI)

     Orig. Publisher: Sound Services, Inc. (BMI)
                         of New York, NY

     2001 Publisher: [not found in ASCAP or BMI databases]

     Copyright Date: 1972 on published stage band arrangement

     Recordings:

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Theme 2 (1976 - 1981): "A B C - Monday Night Football Theme"

    [above is title as filed for copyright; this 1976 THEME was
     revised in 1980 and the new version has a separate copyright
     filed in 1981; ASCAP title variation aka:
     "ABC's Monday Night Football Theme"]

     Composers: Jon D. Silbermann (ASCAP)
                Joseph P ("Joe") Sicurella (ASCAP), and
                Jack C. Cortner (ASCAP)

     1978 Publisher: [not found in 1978 ASCAP Index of 
                      Performed Compositions]

     2001 Publisher: American Broadcasting Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
                        a div. of ABC Television
                        of New York, NY

     Original 1976 Copyright Date: 1976; EU 729 291.

     1980 Version Copyright Date: Mar. 13, 1981; PAu-283-768.

     Recordings:

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Theme 3 (1981 - 1982, 1984 - 1990): "N F L Monday Football Theme"

    [above is title as filed for copyright; BMI title variation
     aka: "NFL Monday Night Football Theme"]

     Composer: Robert Arnold Israel (BMI)
              [president of "Score Productions, New York"]

     1982 Publisher: A B C/Dunhill Music, Inc. (BMI)

     2001 Publisher: ABC-Circle Music, Inc. (BMI)
                        a div. of ABC Television
                        of New York, NY

     Creation  Date as noted on copyright form: 1981

     Copyright Date: Feb. 1, 1982; PAu-380-219.

     Recordings:

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Theme 4 (1983 - 1984): "ABC Monday Night Football"

    [THEME verified by Craig Pattillo in his book "TV Theme Soundtrack
     Directory", as used only one season in 1983...probably in a
     music package filed for copyright in 1982 under the title,
    "3 Sports Themes and One News Theme (TV Sports & News Themes)";
     According to Pattillo, after this they went back to using the
     Robert Israel THEME above]

     Composers: Gary Michael Anderson (ASCAP) and
                Annie Leslie Roboff (ASCAP)

     Orig. Publisher: RET Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
                         of Atlanta, GA

     2001 Publisher: [not found in 2001 ASCAP database]

     Title as filed for copyright: 
       "3 Sports Themes and One News Theme (TV Sports & News Themes)"

     Creation Date as noted on copyright: 1981

     Copyright Date: Jan. 11, 1982; PAu-364-827.

     Recordings:

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Theme 5: "Heavy Action"

    [THEME Title and composer credit from production library music
     collector Gonzalo Duque, who remembers this THEME as synonymous
     with the series and with football in general; it may have been 
     used as early as 1978; but he remembers it primarily as an 
     OPENING THEME...(exact dates of use unknown);

     Then in the 1990's it was the secondary THEME used during the
     opening following Hank Williams Jr's, "All My Rowdy Friends..."
     described below...]

     Composer: Johnny Pearson (PRS, Great Britain; ASCAP/BMI)
              (some works affiliated with ASCAP, and some with BMI)

     1978 Publisher: Emil Ascher, Inc. (ASCAP)
     2001 Publisher: KPM Music Division (ASCAP)

     Composition Date: circa 1974

     US Copyright Date:
     US Renewal   Date:

     Recording: 
                LP from the "KPM Recorded Music Library (British)
                "Industrial Panorama"
                KPM 1136, Side A, Track 2

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Theme 6 (1990 - Present): "All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)"

    [according to BMI and copyright records, above is the original 
     title which BMI calls the "legal title"; BMI alternate titles
     aka: "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight";
     aka: "All My Rowdy Friends (Are Here For Monday Night)"; and
         another variation...published in Craig Pattillo not found
         filed as a separate copyright:
     "All My Rowdy Friends (Are With Me Tonight)"; according to 
     Craig W. Pattillo in his book "TV Theme Soundtrack Directory", 
     the use of this song began with the "Twentieth Anniversary" 
     broadcast of "Monday Night Football", in 1990, ]

     Composer: Hank Williams, Jr. (BMI)

     1978 Publisher: Bocephus Music, Inc. (BMI)

     2001 Publisher: Bocephus Music, Inc. (BMI)
                        of Nashville, TN

     Original Creation Date: 1981
     Original Copyright Date: July 20, 1981; PAu-316-102.

    [1st lyric revision "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight"]:
     Rev. Date: Feb. 8, 1984; PA-210-692.

    [following 1990 version is used specifically for the series
    "ABC N.F.L. Monday Night Football" under the title,
    "All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over for Monday Night Football"]:
     Rev. Date: Dec. 6, 1990; PAu-1-455-471.
     
    [following 1996 version says it is for ABC "Operation Kickoff" --
     under the title "All My Rowdy Friends Are Here For Monday Night"]:
     Rev. Date: July 25, 1996, PAu 2-108-530.

    [for "All My Rowdy Friends--Bring on Da Game Football 1997"]:
     Rev. Date:  July 7, 1997; PAu-2-208-946.

     Recordings: