Editing Match Game (section)

==Music==
''Match Game'' featured several theme songs throughout its various runs. From 1962 to 1967, [[Bert Kaempfert]]'s instrumental "[[A Swingin' Safari]]" was used as the theme. Kaempfert's commercial single, recorded in Europe, was used for the pilot, an American cover version by the [[Billy Vaughn]] orchestra was used through 1967. From 1967 to 1969, a new theme composed by [[Score Productions]] was used.

When the program returned in 1973, Goodson–Todman once again turned to Score Productions for a music package. A new theme, performed by The Midnight Four, was composed by Score staff composer [[Ken Bichel]] with a memorable "funk" guitar intro,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080117145250/http://tvpmm.com/documents/listeningroom.html ''Match Game''], Television Production Music Museum, TVPMM. Retrieved January 17, 2011. {{dead link|date=May 2016}}</ref> and similar elements and instruments from this theme were also featured in the numerous "think cues" heard when the panel wrote down their answers. Alternate think cues were extracted from the music packages for ''[[Tattletales]]'' and ''[[The Money Maze]]''. In keeping with the zany atmosphere, the music supervisors also used other notable musical works to add to humorous situations. Among the non-Score Productions music heard on occasion was the "burlesque" music titled "[[The Stripper]]", and a version of "[[Stars and Stripes Forever]]" (usually humorously played in response to Rayburn's call for "[[belly dancing]]" music).

The music for ''The Match Game–Hollywood Squares Hour'' was composed by [[Edd Kalehoff]]. None of the music used from the 1970s version was used in this version. The main theme song and several of its cue variations were used on ''The Price Is Right''.

In 1990, Bichel re-orchestrated his 1970s theme with more modern instruments with new think cues (with the classic intro/think cue re-orchestrated). The 1998 version again used music from Score Productions. The 2016 revival utilizes Bichel's original 1973 theme and think cues.