ESPN has received a new theme song for the College Football Playoff National Championship from legendary composer John Williams.
On Monday, the 2022 college football season officially comes to a close. The Georgia Bulldogs look to defend the College Football Playoff national championship against the underdog TCU Horned Frogs with a victory at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. This will be one of the biggest games of the year, and ESPN is pulling out all the stops for the broadcast.
Depending on the variety, ESPN has a new theme song for the CFP national championship game, and it was written by none other than legendary songwriter John Williams. The song is called “Of Grit and Glory” and will debut Monday before the game during a video package.
The song will project “the feeling behind the night, the fear and anticipation, the triumph and failure,” according to ESPN’s Martin Khodabakhshian.
Legendary composer John Williams wrote an original theme for ESPN’s College Football Playoff National Championship, according to @variety.
“Of Grit and Glory” will debut Monday. pic.twitter.com/Og0CriLMSu
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Variety previewed the song, and they say it “plays like a joyful overture, opening with fanfares and transitioning smoothly from martial urgency to anthemic splendor, all richly orchestrated and instantly memorable “.
ESPN actually showed a 17-second preview of the song during its NFL Week 18 Saturday doubleheader broadcast. You can see it in the tweet from ESPN PR below:
THE #NationalChampionship starts in 48 hours
The ESPN Special #CFBPlayoffs open features an original score by legendary composer John Williams, titled “Of Grit And Glory”. Watch this preview and listen Monday at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN
More than @Variety: https://t.co/KBdgPGlG9J pic.twitter.com/5YDzwPaATu
—ESPNPR (@ESPNPR) January 8, 2023
Williams has notably composed some of the most memorable scores for major films, such as Star Wars, Jaws, Superman, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, etc. In addition to films, he notably composed the theme song for NBC’s Sunday Night Football.
Georgia is looking to become the first back-to-back national champion in the College Football Playoff era. They overcame a late 41-35 deficit to defeat the Ohio State Buckeyes 42-41 in the Peach Bowl.
Meanwhile, TCU experienced the biggest upset in College Football Playoff history by defeating the Michigan Wolverines 51-45 in the Fiesta Bowl.
Kickoff for the College Football Playoff national championship game is at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.
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