CBS News Sunday Morning

Background

CBS Sunday Morning (originally CBS News Sunday Morning) is a news-magazine created by CBS News, which debuted on January 28, 1979 with Charles Kuralt as the anchor. Sunday Morning is known for its iconic sun logo and its theme, which is the fanfare "Abblasen," composed by 18th century composer Gottfried Reiche.

1st Intro (January 28, 1979-1993)

Visuals: We see a light yellow sun rise on a black background. When the sun reaches the middle, it zooms backwards and then an orange CBS eye logo zooms forward with a trail following it. Then we see the days "SUNDAY", "MONDAY", "TUESDAY", "WEDNESDAY", "THURSDAY" and "FRIDAY" (in a blocky font) scroll in from top to bottom. The days move forward towards the viewer. Then a orange trail is seen and "SUNDAY" follows the orange trail backwards. When it reaches the end of the trail, there's a flash that reveals the text "CBS News" on the top of "SUNDAY" and the word "MORNING" below "SUNDAY". The background fades to the set afterward.

Variants: Starting in 1986, the day "SATURDAY" is added to the intro, the CBS eye is red and the sun is orange. Also, "SUNDAY", "MONDAY", ""TUESDAY", "WEDNESDAY", "THURSDAY" and "FRIDAY" are in yellow and "SATURDAY" is in purple when the days scroll and when the days move forward towards the viewer.

Technique: Scanimate.

Audio: Gottfried Reiche's "Abblasen" performed by Don Smithers on a baroque trumpet.

Availability: Appeared on episodes of CBS Sunday Morning of the era.

2nd Intro (1993-2003)

Visuals: We see a light orange sun rise and then before the sun reaches the center a yellow CBS eye flies forward from the sun as the eye turns white as it approaches the viewer, as the eye is moving the background begins to zoom out to reveal a sun, as the background finishes zooming out, a box made up of the text DANCE, LIFESTYLES, MUSIC, MEDIA, NATURE, MOVIES, EDUCATION, WEATHER, ART, SPORTS and POLITICS, all in different fonts, move downward together as a bar made of multiple interlocking layers of the text MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY move from the right in the background, then the text MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY move forward one at a time from the first column of the bar in the background then a silver 3D CBS eye moves backwards and rotates while the right eye of the sun in the background starts glowing, then text SUNDAY in flies in from the top and moves backwards, then the text MORNING flies in from the bottom and moves backwards, as the CBS eye approaches its final stop the text CBS NEWS (in an outlined form) fades in, then after the text SUNDAY and MORNING come to a rest the right eye of the sun stops glowing and then as the camera moves in on the right eye the CBS eye and the text CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING transitions from silver to white, then as the camera begins to go into the right eye the black background in the eye fades away to reveal the set

Technique: CGI.

Audio:

1993-1998: The same recording of "Abblasen" from before.
1998-2003: A clearer recording of "Abblasen" performed by Doc Severinsen on a piccolo trumpet.

Availability: Appeared on episodes of CBS Sunday Morning of the time.