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    Did Quincy Jones do themes for game shows in his fabulous career?

    I found out from my Guiness Rockapedia {A handy book for discovering anything about famous singers and new artists} that Quincy Jones had done themes for game shows including the theme from Now You See It and I found it shocking that Quincy even does game show themes in his career and it made me think that Quincy was a good friend of Mark Goodson and he had asked him if he could write the theme of Now You See It and that I think is what made Now You See It a popular game show and a hit for CBS,
    Is the Now You See It theme on any Quincy Jones cds?,
    Vinnie

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    Quincy Jones also did the theme to the Canadian game show Definition, which was hosted by Jim Perry of Card Sharks fame. Definition was the longest-running game show hosted by Jim Perry, if I recall.

    The theme to Definition was called "Soul Bossa Nova" - it was also featured in the Austin Powers movie trilogy.
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    The original version is called "Chump Change". And waaaaay back in the day, that was Bill Cosby's intro tune on the Carson show.

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    Chump Change is featured on Quincy's "You've Got It Bad Girl" album, which was released in 1973.

    A slightly different variation (which was essentially the song as we know it but just with some added rhythmic hand claps) was first used as the theme to an actual lone TV show on the short-lived The New Bill Cosby Show in 1972. Bill co-composed the song with Quincy. If anything, someone at Goodson-Todman working to help develop NYSI must have heard the song, liked it, and thought it would have made a good fit for the show.
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    Quote Originally Posted by matchgame74fan View Post
    Chump Change is featured on Quincy's "You've Got It Bad Girl" album, which was released in 1973.

    A slightly different variation (which was essentially the song as we know it but just with some added rhythmic hand claps) was first used as the theme to an actual lone TV show on the short-lived The New Bill Cosby Show in 1972. Bill co-composed the song with Quincy. If anything, someone at Goodson-Todman working to help develop NYSI must have heard the song, liked it, and thought it would have made a good fit for the show.
    Oh, so the Now You See It theme is on a Quincy Jones cd after all. Wow seeing this post makes me want to head to the music store to buy the single of it. Thanks for the wonderful answer Matchgame,
    Vinnie

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    Looking here (I know, it's Wikipedia), I see nothing about game shows, except Definition in Canada. There might have been some side jobs he has done throughout his long-lived career that weren't worth noting on Wiki

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