A Sonic Identity for a New Broadcast Era

Client: Rangers Sports Network / Texas Rangers Baseball Club

Summary: An original theme and full sound design package for the launch season of Rangers Sports Network, built to land alongside the Rangers logo 1,000+ times a season.

The Challenge

The call came from Patrick Modrovsky, Coordinating Producer for Texas Rangers Baseball Club. We knew Patrick from his days at Bally Sports, and he was just starting his new role with the Rangers.

In 2025, the Rangers were launching Rangers Sports Network as part of their move away from Bally Sports Southwest. It was a clean break, and Patrick had a tall order on a short timeline under heavy pressure from ownership: stand up an entire sports network in a single offseason from scratch. The theme music would land next to the Rangers logo over a thousand times a season — the first sound fans heard on every broadcast.

For a launch this visible, the Rangers needed sonic ownership.

The brief had to thread a creative needle: bold, modern, and memorable, while still holding the classic sports-theme DNA that signals “Texas’s team.” And because input was flowing in from executives and stakeholders who aren’t composers, Brad had to translate non-musical feedback — vibe words, references, gut reactions — into actual musical decisions.

On top of that, the music had to lock tight to Chyron’s graphics package. Every sting, every vamp, every transition had to land on frame, which meant mixing against moving animation targets and staying in close collaboration with the graphics team.

Our Approach

DAP signed on with Rangers Television, LLC on January 31, 2025, with roughly three weeks to get a broadcast-ready theme and full sound design package into Patrick’s hands.

Composition & Sound Design

Brad Dale composed the theme. Rene Coronado contributed sound design for the open sequence, tied into the mix so it reads as one piece with the composition. The palette leaned on tight staccato brass and string lines, live and orchestral drums, driving bass (live and synthetic), modulated percussion for energy and edge, and the trailer-forward low hits and cymbals that signal scale — all underpinning an energetic melodic storyline that carries the Rangers identity.

Iterative, Collaborative Process

Patrick ran point from the Rangers side, fielding feedback from team leadership and the animators. Every revision against an updated animation pass got a fresh mix so the sound design and composition stayed locked to frame. Small details, like the space between the sting and the vamp or the timing of announcer calls landing over the music bed, got the same scrutiny as the big brass hits.

A Complete Sonic System

The output was a full package: theme edits in broadcast lengths, stems, stings, opens, transitions, and graphics-synced hits. A cohesive sonic system the Rangers’ broadcast team can deploy everywhere the visuals live.

Results

Patrick approved the broadcast mix on February 19, 2025 — roughly three weeks from the initial agreement — and the theme and package went live for Rangers Sports Network’s inaugural season.

The theme now anchors every RSN broadcast, reaching fans across cable and satellite providers, Victory+ streaming, Fubo, over-the-air stations in Dallas–Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, and San Antonio, and the network’s @RangersSportsNetwork YouTube and social footprint.

Not a bad sonic footprint for a network that didn’t exist six months before.