Piano Solo: To Tell the Truth (1990 Theme)
Requested by another YouTube user, this is my attempt at a piano solo rendition of the theme to the 1990 version of "To Tell The Truth." This is a remake of the 1969 theme with some slight differences. The 1990-91 run of the show had many things cursing it due to circumstances beyond its control; as a result, it had three different hosts: Gordon Elliot (an Australian TV host who was later forced to resign when his employers disputed with NBC over his contract), former NFL star Lynn Swann (who later left due to schedule conflicts with his job at ABC Sports), and Alex Trebek (who became the first and only host to do 3 game shows simultaneously, as he was also hosting "Jeopardy!" in syndication and "Classic Concentration" for NBC daytime). Doing "Truth" gave Trebek a full hour on daytime television.
Other oddities about this version included NBC accidentally airing the wrong show on premiere day; half the country instead saw one of the pilots hosted by Richard Kline, which had a slightly different set. The second one occurred when Alex Trebek's wife went into labor just before airtime; producer Mark Goodson decided to host the show himself instead of finding a substitute so that Alex could depart the studio and join up with his wife at the hospital.
Overall, Gordon hosted a grand total of 8 weeks of this run; Lynn did the next 14, and Alex did the last 19.
This arrangement © me and me alone
Original music composed by Charles Fox & Paul Alter for Score Productions; the company itself rearranged the original theme into a lush, orchestral arrangement of the song, sans the lyrics.
To Tell the Truth © Fremantle and everyone else who owns the rights; it was originally a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production.
To Tell the Truth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y23RKKfHn1k (theme I attempted to do)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfw2MYKgbgQ (Gordon Elliot)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RAe_XUdYHI (Lynn Swann)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9umZYbda8w (Alex Trebek)
Other oddities about this version included NBC accidentally airing the wrong show on premiere day; half the country instead saw one of the pilots hosted by Richard Kline, which had a slightly different set. The second one occurred when Alex Trebek's wife went into labor just before airtime; producer Mark Goodson decided to host the show himself instead of finding a substitute so that Alex could depart the studio and join up with his wife at the hospital.
Overall, Gordon hosted a grand total of 8 weeks of this run; Lynn did the next 14, and Alex did the last 19.
This arrangement © me and me alone
Original music composed by Charles Fox & Paul Alter for Score Productions; the company itself rearranged the original theme into a lush, orchestral arrangement of the song, sans the lyrics.
To Tell the Truth © Fremantle and everyone else who owns the rights; it was originally a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production.
To Tell the Truth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y23RKKfHn1k (theme I attempted to do)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfw2MYKgbgQ (Gordon Elliot)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RAe_XUdYHI (Lynn Swann)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9umZYbda8w (Alex Trebek)
Category Music / Other Music
Species Unspecified / Any
Gender Any
Size 120 x 120px
File Size 1.8 MB
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