TORONTO – On Monday night, CTV National News is debuting brand new theme music that has an “all-new feel for an all-new era at CTV News," says Wendy Freeman, president of CTV News.
CTV went all out in creating the musical score which features an all-Canadian orchestra composed of nearly 80 musicians and instruments that include the Bonjour Stradivarius Cello, one of the most valuable cellos in the world. On loan from the Canada Council and played by Rachel Mercer, it is valued at $8 million.
Freeman boasts that “Every aspect of the music is Canadian – from the composer and local recording studio, to the recording engineers, technicians, and of course the musicians,” in a news release. Led by producer and composer Doug Pennock, co-arranged, orchestrated and conducted by Jamie Hopkings, recorded and mixed by senior recording engineer Gary Gray, the new theme music was performed at Revolution Recording in Toronto.
CTV News has seen some significant change over the past number of months as Canadian news icon Lloyd Robertson retired and was replaced by Lisa LaFlamme, who has since been joined by co-anchor Seamus O’Regan, who was promoted from his post at Canada AM.
