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Retro Sports News

Retro Sports News

STYE556 · Mat Sibley
This albums fuses 70s style sports music with horns and strings over rock drums. Think of the soundtrack to the "Love Boat" and you'll get a good idea of what this album offers.
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ReleasedSep 2017

Tracks

12 main mixes
Ahead Of The Field
STYE556 · Retro Sports News · Mat Sibley
1:23·140 bpm·Dm·7 versions
Retro VintageAction, Comedy, Energetic

Punchy 140bpm 70s sports-news cue in D minor with stabbing trumpets, big brass section hits and busy strings riding a rock drum kit and rounded electric bass. Short and quirky, it plays as a comic action dash rather than a triumph, ending inside 90 seconds for a clean news-package fit.

Retro VintageActionComedyEnergeticFunkyNewsMid TempoUp Beat70sSeventiesVintageRetro
1:23
The Winners
STYE556 · Retro Sports News · Mat Sibley
1:19·120 bpm·G·7 versions
Retro VintageAnticipation, Awards, Ceremony

Slower and statelier at 120bpm in G major, with French horn added to the trumpet-and-strings section writing over a steady rock backbeat. Built for the podium moment: broad, ceremonial and proud, with enough sustained underscore texture to sit beneath commentary.

Retro VintageAnticipationAwardsCeremonyElegantMajesticMid Tempo70sSeventiesVintageRetroSoul
1:19
Free For All
STYE556 · Retro Sports News · Mat Sibley
1:34·140 bpm·Cm·7 versions
Retro VintageAction, Awards, Car Chase

A driving 140bpm C minor romp where brass stabs and urgent strings chase each other over live drums and bass, tipping into spy-caper territory. The longest of the fast cues on the album at 1:33, it sustains a scramble-for-position feel before a decisive brass finish.

Retro VintageActionAwardsCar ChaseComedyEnergeticUp Beat70sSeventiesVintageRetroSoul
1:34
Final Lap
STYE556 · Retro Sports News · Mat Sibley
1:04·140 bpm·Em·7 versions
Retro VintageAction, Awards, Car Chase

The shortest cue here at just over a minute, a 140bpm E minor sprint with trumpet-led brass, propulsive strings and hard rock drums. Compact and built for the closing straight, making it useful as a fast outro or end-of-segment button.

Retro VintageActionAwardsCar ChaseComedyEnergeticUp Beat70sSeventiesVintageRetroSoul
1:04
Enter The Arena
STYE556 · Retro Sports News · Mat Sibley
1:46·135 bpm·C·7 versions
Retro VintageAwards, Ceremony, Elegant

Broad 135bpm fanfare in C major, brass and strings sweeping over a steady kit for a proud arena entrance. At 1:45 it is the album's longest ceremonial piece, with room to underscore an announcer or opening titles.

Retro VintageAwardsCeremonyElegantMajesticNewsMid Tempo70sSeventiesVintageRetroSoul
1:46
Afternoon Sport
STYE556 · Retro Sports News · Mat Sibley
1:01·125 bpm·B flat·7 versions
Retro VintageAwards, Ceremony, Corporate

A bright, one-minute 125bpm cue in B flat with sunny horns, easy strings and unhurried rock drums — the album's most relaxed daytime-television flavour. Happy and corporate-friendly, cut to a tidy sixty seconds for a standard ad or segment slot.

Retro VintageAwardsCeremonyCorporateElegantFunMid Tempo70sSeventiesVintageRetroSoul
1:01
Fancy Footwork
STYE556 · Retro Sports News · Mat Sibley
1:42·125 bpm·Em·9 versions
Retro VintageAction, Awards, Comedy

Funky 125bpm E minor groove where slap bass and clean rhythm guitar join the trumpets and strings, giving it more strut than the straight fanfares. Playful and nimble across 1:41, suited to nifty footage — dribbling, dance steps, dexterous close-ups.

Retro VintageActionAwardsComedyElegantEnergeticUp Beat70sSeventiesVintageRetroSoul
1:42
Head To Head
STYE556 · Retro Sports News · Mat Sibley
1:46·130 bpm·Gm·9 versions
Retro VintageAction, Anticipation, Awards

The most serious cue on the record: 130bpm in G minor with taut strings, brass swells and slap bass under a firm backbeat, holding suspense rather than celebrating. At 1:46 it has room to build a rivalry sequence before the outcome is known.

Retro VintageActionAnticipationAwardsElegantNewsMid TempoUp Beat70sSeventiesVintageRetro
1:46
The Race Is On
STYE556 · Retro Sports News · Mat Sibley
1:28·190 bpm·Em·7 versions
Retro VintageAction, Anticipation, News

By far the fastest thing here at 190bpm in E minor, a flat-out gallop of rock drums, slap bass and clipped trumpet figures with anxious strings. Lean on the ceremonial side and heavy on urgency, ideal for anything genuinely racing.

Retro VintageActionAnticipationNewsSportsSuspenseUp Beat70sSeventiesVintageRetroSoul
1:28
Fight To Glory
STYE556 · Retro Sports News · Mat Sibley
1:57·130 bpm·Cm·7 versions
Retro VintageAwards, Ceremony, Corporate

At 1:56 the longest cue on the album, a 130bpm C minor piece that trades comic energy for emotional weight, with warm strings and brass over slap bass and steady drums. It suits the struggle-then-vindication arc and has enough underscore space for narration.

Retro VintageAwardsCeremonyCorporateElegantEmotionalMid Tempo70sSeventiesVintageRetroSoul
1:57
Around The Bend
STYE556 · Retro Sports News · Mat Sibley
1:20·140 bpm·C·7 versions
Retro VintageAwards, Ceremony, Corporate

A breezy 140bpm cue in C major with easy-listening horns, glossy strings, slap bass and clean guitar — the most overtly cruise-ship-television moment on the record. Short at 1:20 and consistently sunny, it works as a light link or bumper.

Retro VintageAwardsCeremonyCorporateElegantLove BoatMid TempoUp Beat70sSeventiesVintageRetro
1:20
Endurance
STYE556 · Retro Sports News · Mat Sibley
1:41·85 bpm·Dm·7 versions
Retro VintageAwards, Ceremony, Corporate

The album's slow cue at 85bpm in D minor, laying elegant strings and mellow horns over a loose slap-bass and drum groove for a smooth, unhurried feel. Across 1:41 it stays reflective and low-key, leaving plenty of room over the top for voiceover.

Retro VintageAwardsCeremonyCorporateElegantLove BoatMid Tempo70sSeventiesVintageRetroSoul
1:41

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