The great thing about having a weblog like this is that if you ask a question, you get an answer. Of course, you get a lot of wrong answers but somewhere in there may be the correct one.
Last night before bed, I asked here if anyone could identify the background music being played when John Leader is introduced in the video to which I'd linked. This morning, my e-mailbox contains fourteen different answers from 31 people, including eight messages from folks who think it was the James Bond theme. (No, the video starts with that music. I was asking about the piece being played as John Leader is introduced.) Two people also thought the correct answer was "New York, New York" and three said it was the main theme from Chariots of Fire.
Eliminating the obvious wrongos, I went to the Amazon site, looked up the CDs of the other suggested answers, played a little of each and now I know. It's from the 1993 movie, Rudy, scored by Jerry Goldsmith. Thanks to Jim McClain, who was the only one of the thirty-one to send me that information.
Congratulations, Jim…and for the rest of you, we have lovely parting gifts and our thanks for playing Name That Background Music.