The Hockey Theme
Instrumental composition by Dolores Claman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"The Hockey Theme" is a Canadian piece of instrumental theme music composed in 1968 by Dolores Claman and orchestrated by Jerry Toth.[1] It was widely recognized as Canada's unofficial second national anthem.[2][3][4][5]
"The Hockey Theme" | |
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Song | |
Language | English |
Published | 1968 |
Composer(s) | Dolores Claman |
The theme was associated with CBC Television's Hockey Night in Canada, and Télévision de Radio-Canada's La Soirée du hockey beginning in 1968. In 2008, the CBC announced that the negotiations to renew their licence or purchase the theme had been unsuccessful and that they would run a national contest to find a new theme. The rights were then purchased by rival broadcaster CTVglobemedia (now known as Bell Media) in perpetuity. Since 2008, the theme can be heard on hockey broadcasts on the Bell Media-owned TSN and RDS sports networks.