Oops, one of those was supposed to be the closing theme (maybe better than the opening):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQHpV0F2xx4
― The Hood Won't Jump (Eazy), Wednesday, 30 December 2009 14:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Zoo Gang from the mid-70s - music by Paul McCartney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4EdVmJOLfo
Slowed down, this sounds a bit like the theme for 80s series Bergerac
― Bob Six, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 15:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Suicide Is Painless is a song written by Johnny Mandel (music) and Mike Altman (lyrics). Mike Altman is the son of the original film's director, Robert Altman, and was 14 years old when he composed the song's lyrics.
:o true?
― meisenfek, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 17:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Closing credits to Monkey Magic, possibly best theme song EVER:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfwcbexkHpk
Opening theme equally awesome: just ride out the minute of non-singing for the awesomeness to kick in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfl7LqvxxDw
― VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 23:35 (fourteen years ago) link
thanks for the far-east cue! *stunned by the 1 minute intro in the opening theme*
― meisenfek, Thursday, 31 December 2009 15:37 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-anabfAg06U
― meisenfek, Thursday, 31 December 2009 15:38 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3U2qO4f1_k
― The Hood Won't Jump (Eazy), Thursday, 31 December 2009 16:13 (fourteen years ago) link
That Manga intro is beautifully animated.
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Thursday, 31 December 2009 17:44 (fourteen years ago) link
best intro intro:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB1NiNKwueE
― poster x (ledge), Thursday, 31 December 2009 17:46 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPAt4pAF46Y&feature=related
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Thursday, 31 December 2009 17:54 (fourteen years ago) link
lollest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuCAQnWyAiQ
― poster x (ledge), Thursday, 31 December 2009 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Kingswood Country represent!! (Lex Marinos in the house yall)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsEzk66T4PY
― VegemiteGrrrl, Friday, 1 January 2010 00:04 (fourteen years ago) link
<3<3<3 Room 222 theme for all time
― velko, Friday, 1 January 2010 00:10 (fourteen years ago) link
And don't forget MINDER...Arfur Daley, lads!....used to watch it JUST for the song when i was little.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=280-jLL1u78
― VegemiteGrrrl, Friday, 1 January 2010 00:12 (fourteen years ago) link
I forgot how awesome the Equalizer opener is. Damn.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Friday, 1 January 2010 00:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Was going to rep for Famous Five theme being one of the best ever, but listening now...were those kids on valium? They sound so fragging bored! In my mind it was a lot more 'up'...yeesh
But i still love the "...George and Timmy the doh-ohhhh--OG"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPkh0lxFOhE
― VegemiteGrrrl, Friday, 1 January 2010 00:24 (fourteen years ago) link
No White Horses, no credibility.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6z8GUywyc
― anagram, Friday, 1 January 2010 00:45 (fourteen years ago) link
i dont like to reduce the whole OST to one theme. so i will not mention Cowboy Bebop.
― meisenfek, Saturday, 9 January 2010 21:19 (fourteen years ago) link
I liked the opening music Red Dwarf used for its first two series, and the visuals are cool too. Quite haunting for a comedy programme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY_nkBU4Wjk
― Communi-Bear Silo State (chap), Sunday, 10 January 2010 18:04 (fourteen years ago) link
These two songs are a jam and the opening titles are sharp. The Rookies has a better tune, but they are both classic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXfOuDGEAIE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUJu17fAnKU
― earlnash, Sunday, 10 January 2010 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnCJUImsXmU
― rionat, Sunday, 10 January 2010 20:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Flashing Bladehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-ZEDNkZ2L4
― bidfurd, Sunday, 10 January 2010 22:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Kaiki daisakusenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NILgqy_paJk
― meisenfek, Friday, 5 February 2010 13:16 (fourteen years ago) link
The Onedin Line (Aram Khachaturian)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx7RWW36wes
The MERE idea of using that Adagio from Spartacus theme for the Onedin Line plus giving the audiences a customized, fuller lush Hollywood-like orchestration deserves already an Oscar.The TV orchestration is even better than the original. It was the spineshiverer of our childhoods. Gooooorgeous!!
― meisenfek, Sunday, 28 November 2010 23:41 (thirteen years ago) link
(remember remember)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZh4DDl5wfk
― meisenfek, Sunday, 4 September 2011 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
Rick Springfield:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e5NlaM8bgI
― dlp9001, Sunday, 4 September 2011 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
mr. belvedere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IUSSrldd0U
― remy bean, Sunday, 4 September 2011 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
Seitz goes Newhart
http://www.vulture.com/2012/05/seitz-asks-whats-your-favorite-tv-theme-song.html
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 31 May 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
Love these:
BlockbustersAnimal HospitalQuantum LeapHill Street BluesTaxiCheers
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Friday, 29 June 2012 11:29 (eleven years ago) link
thanks to netflix I've rediscovered this fucking brilliant theme song. Love it, love it, don't care what anyone says. Love the little instrumental solo between verses too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzccLTr7gJA
(in case you're wondering why it doesn't sound like the theme song you remember, this show had two theme songs, and this one was the second (and better) one.)
― Poliopolice, Tuesday, 25 December 2012 03:20 (eleven years ago) link
Derek Scott Orchestra - girl in the white dress - 'General Hospital (UK) 1973, 'drama theme tune'
― meisenfek, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 20:33 (five months ago) link
The Tracey Ullman Show, written by George Clinton (!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDbATFVoof4
― Dwigt Rortugal (Eric H.), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 20:37 (five months ago) link
ctrl-f "The Rockford Files"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg1Cx26-928
― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 21:17 (five months ago) link
the correct answer and also a top 10 pop hit.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 21:31 (five months ago) link
Sorry!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brtcb-DmuuA
― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 21:36 (five months ago) link
The Crystal Maze (90s)Grandstand (tho it is Keith Mansfield library music)Sorry! (like Woo doing Cardiacs' Insect Hoofs on Lassie, which did not yet exist)Big Brother (UK)Joe 90The Gaffer (the world's only Britfunk theme tune?)The Bill ('Overkill' by Morgan Pask, 1984 versions and 1988 versions)
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 21:37 (five months ago) link
haha touche
Have to add Art of Noise's Krypton Factor theme to that list
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 21:38 (five months ago) link
Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World, and the variations in the two follow-up series.
― Duane Barry, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 21:47 (five months ago) link
the original theme song to Newton's Apple was a modified version of Ruckzuck by Kraftwerkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWIrDST8TcY
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 21:50 (five months ago) link
I can’t find any mention of MASH.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 21:53 (five months ago) link
Theme from S.W.A.T (1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHDg96-ZN_U
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 22:07 (five months ago) link
Lodge 49:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfZUBo9OuTk
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 22:18 (five months ago) link
more tv show themes should have been like 3-2-1 Contact
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kypt0mAL2TA
― peace, man, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 22:23 (five months ago) link
World In Action (opening & closing themes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95qLDc7zwYY
― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 22:34 (five months ago) link
In Search Of...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_SAKcOuTpU
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 22:46 (five months ago) link
Im really into the Taxi theme tune lately
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 22:54 (five months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DL8SGEyhZE
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 22:56 (five months ago) link
Has this been mentioned yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-bd5j18N0s
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Wednesday, 8 November 2023 22:57 (five months ago) link
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends!I am surprised at how rarely this gets mentioned as a great TV theme - maybe the connection with the programme is too strong. I am biased because it's probably the first music I remember adoring, but I honestly think it is a bit of a masterpiece - Roland ragtime on a railway rhythm! It's so warm but so unusal - I think the piano part is sped up (those trills are not possible to replicate in real time) and though many fans I've tried, I've never heard a recreation of the theme that gets close to the quality of the original recording. I'm not five anymore but it's always gonna be musical ambrosia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U70prkddO7w
― houdini said, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 23:06 (five months ago) link