Score Productions is an

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musical production company specializing in background

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and themes for television shows. Started in 1963 in a brownstone townhouse on the

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by music producer Bob Israel, Score has created some of the most recognizable tunes in America — most identifiable by just a few notes.Bob Israel Living An American Dream in Studio-BMI
/ref> Among the composers who worked for Score Productions are Charles Fox, Walt Levinsky, Arthur B. Rubinstein, Dick Lieb,

Michel Camilo Michel Camilo (born April 4, 1954) is a Grammy-award winning pianist and composer from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He specializes in jazz, Latin and classical piano work. Camilo lists some of his main influences as Chick Corea, Keith Ja ...

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, Billy Barber, Irving "Benny" Robbin,

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, Glen Daum,

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, and

Les Fradkin Les Fradkin (born 1951) is an American MIDI guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He is best known for being a member of the original cast of the hit Broadway show ''Beatlemania''. In addition to playing MIDI guitar, ...

. One of the Score-produced compositions, " Come on Down", also known as the theme song from ''

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'', would eventually become a number one hit on ''

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Chart for

Crystal Waters Crystal Waters (born November 19, 1961) is an American house and dance music singer and songwriter, best known for her 1990s dance hits " Gypsy Woman", " 100% Pure Love", and 2007's "Destination Calabria" with Alex Gaudino. All three of her st ...

in 2001. The single also marked the first time that a television theme song (and one that came from a game show) reached number one on a Dance chart, and the first to feature lyrics. Come on Down-Crystal Waters-AllMusic
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Selected credits of Score Productions music composers

* Billy Barber - ''All My Children, American Chronicles'' * Bob Israel – ''ABC World News Tonight'' Theme, ''All My Children, Another World'', ''The Doctors'', ''The Red Hand Gang''. *

– ''Goodwill Games'', ''One Life to Live'', ''Match Game (1998)'', ''Press Your Luck (1983)'', ''Loving'', ''High Rollers (1987)'', ''The All New Let's Make A Deal (1984)'' * Charles Fox – ''ABC's Wide World of Sports'', ''To Tell the Truth'' (1969), ''The Match Game'', ''What's My Line?'', ''Rhyme and Reason'' *

– ''The Doctors'' * Edd Kalehoff – ''The Price Is Right'', ''Concentration'', ''Tattletales'' (1974), ''Trivia Trap'', ''Card Sharks'' (1986) * Walt Levinsky – ''Family Feud'', ''20/20'', ''Password Plus'', ''The Price Is Right'' (1976 music package) * Dick Lieb and Walt Levinsky – ''Swiss Family Robinson'', ''WWII'', ''A G.I. Diary'', ''Search and Rescue'', ''Dr. Simon Locke'', ''Police Surgeon'', ''Lovers and Friends'' *

– ''One Life to Live'', ''Capitol'', ''Loving'', various game shows *

– ''CNN'' Main Theme and various ''CNN'' cues/shows * Arthur B. Rubinstein – ''The Doctors'', ''Another World'', ''The Red Hand Gang'' (theme), ''Sportsworld'', ''WWII-A GI Diary'', ''All-New Beat the Clock'', ''Strange Paradise'', ''The Starlost'', ''Norman Corwin Presents'', ''Harvey'', ''The Price'', ''All the Way Home'', ''Look Homeward Angel'' * Paul Epstein - ''Body Language'', ''Classic Concentration'', ''Hit Man'' * Gary Anderson - ''Child's Play'', ''Super Password''

Credits of Score Productions

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'' *'' America This Morning'' * ''

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'' * ''ABC Space Shuttle'' * ''The Royal Wedding'' * '' Wide World of Sports'' * ''ABC Superstars'' * ''ABC International Championship Boxing'' * ''

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'' * ''Primetime Monday'' * '' John Ritter Remembered'' * '' Major League Baseball Game of the Week'' * '' ABC's Wide World of Entertainment'' Theme * ''The

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'' * ''ABC Movies'' * ''

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'' * ''ABC Basketball'' * ''ABC Bowling'' * ''

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'' (Don Lipp-Ron Greenberg Productions) * '' The Money Maze'' (Daphne-Don Lipp Productions) * '' Rhyme and Reason'' (W.T. Naud Productions) * ''ABC World News This Morning''

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'' (NBC-Procter & Gamble) * ''The Dr. Dean Show'' HBO * ''HBO Feature Presentation'' theme

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* ''Worldview'' * ''Newsday'' * ''Morning News'' * ''Today'' * '' Early Edition'' * ''Weekend A.M. News'' * ''

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'' * ''Managing With Lou Dobbs''

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'' (CBS/ABC) 1961–1967, 1971–1975 * '' To Tell the Truth'' (CBS/SYN/NBC/ABC) 1967–1968, 1969–1978, 1980–1981, 1990–1991, 2000–2002, 2016–present * ''

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'' (NBC/CBS/ABC/SYN) 1967–1969, 1973–1982, 1990–1991, 1998–1999, 2016–2021 * ''

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'' (SYN) 1968–1975 * ''

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'' (CBS/SYN) 1972–1973, 1976 * ''

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'' (SYN) 1973–1978 * ''

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'' (CBS/SYN) 1974–1978, 1982–1984 * '' Double Dare'' (CBS) 1976–1977 * ''

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'' (ABC/CBS/SYN) 1976–1985, 1988–1995, 1999–present * ''

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'' (NBC/SYN/CBS/ABC) 1978–1981, 1986–1989 * ''

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'' (CBS) 1979–1980 * ''

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'' (NBC) 1979–1982 * '' Child's Play'' (CBS) 1982–1983 * ''

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'' (CBS) 1984–1986 * ''

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'' (NBC) 1984–1989 * ''Classic Concentration'' (NBC) 1987–1991

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