{"id":23124,"date":"2014-02-01T09:22:22","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T14:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=23124"},"modified":"2014-02-01T09:22:22","modified_gmt":"2014-02-01T14:22:22","slug":"old-super-bowl-nfl-films-are-the-best-nfl-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2014\/02\/old-super-bowl-nfl-films-are-the-best-nfl-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Super Bowl NFL Films are the best NFL Films"},"content":{"rendered":"

About 8 years ago, I commented on the Onion’s A.V. Club post about NFL Films Super Bowl movies<\/a>. The A.V. Club link is long gone, but what I wrote is still up.<\/p>\n

One night last week, I stayed up and watched what I think is the best Super Bowl highlight film ever, Battle of Champions from Super Bowl XIII, a Pittsburgh Steelers 35-31 victory over the Dallas Cowboys. That Super Bowl decided who would be the team of the ’70s and had every thing great about NFL Films – distinctive cinematography, editing, music, local radio broadcasts clips and of course John Facenda<\/strong>, the “voice of God” narrating some strong writing. It was also partially played during the day and both teams had classic uniforms and played in the natural grass Orange Bowl<\/p>\n

My belief is that NFL Films Super Bowl films peaked there for a variety of reasons. The most specific was Facenda’s death after Super Bowl XVIII, but also other things. The music wasn’t as epic as it was in the 1970s. Sam Spence rightly gets credited for creating the quintessential NFL Films music, but for a brief period, a number of British pieces from KPM music and de Wolfe served as the bulk of the soundtrack. It was funkier, blacksploitation-like in sound, but fit perfectly with the fast editing and colorful personalities of its time. Much of it can be found in this youtube playlist:<\/p>\n