What do you call those wordless songs that are played during sportscenter highlights, or nfl primetime highlights. Other types of these songs are also typically played in highlight videos like Hakeem the Dream, all the Jordan videos.
Actually, there are two types of music you hear on TV shows like that and radio. Generally, the stuff you hear during the highlights is called "theme" music. This is most often royalty free music that can be purchased from music "libraries" and inserted for use. The other kind of music is "bumper" music. This is the stuff you hear between the show and the fade to commercial. Usually, for tv, it is a repetitive theme reminicent of the show's main theme. Other times, it can be either different types of music from popular songs to other "library" music.
The term "jingle" is used to describe, specifically, the music used in a commercial that helps define the commercial itself. An example of a jingle would be Ford's "Ford is the best in Texas" song that you hear at the end of their commercials or State Farm's "like a good neighbor, State Farm is there" song. Usually, a jingle includes both words and music. Generally, music heard in a commercial that does not include lyrics (just background music, for example) is simply referred to as "commercial" music. "Jingle" almost always applies exclusively to an identifiable theme that includes music and lyrics.
