THEME Tunes that you love.

Gingerbread Demon · Apr 6, 2018

OK fun thread here.

Theme tunes from TV shows or movies, that you like or even love.... Since I'm following the Netflix reboot of Lost In Space here's the theme tune from the original series by John Williams, yes the same John Williams who has done a metric ton of movies and other related things.

Feel free to add some more of your own or comment.

The Laughing Vulcan · Apr 6, 2018

Might need to start a separate thread if I go on an anime kick. So many theme songs I love. They also have the advantage? Advantage that they have three minutes in total of opening and closing credits to fill, so you can get a good 90-second chunk of j-pop or j-rock in there, as opposed to modern Western TV shows, which have been so pared down by adverts that they're lucky if they get 10 seconds to make a musical statement.

Keeping it Western though... Another Johnny Williams tune...

But I love the Due South theme song...

Tosk · Apr 6, 2018

I love all the cheesy '80s sitcom themes! Family Ties, Punky Brewster, Perfect Strangers, Growing Pains, Gimmie A Break, Mr. Belvedere, Diff'rent Strokes, Webster, Uncle Buck, The Facts of Life...and so many more.

Daisyjayne · Apr 6, 2018

Themes I love are
High Chaparral
Black Beauty
Magnificent Seven(movie)
Simon & Simon
Cagney & Lacey.......

Gingerbread Demon · Apr 6, 2018

The Laughing Vulcan said:
Might need to start a separate thread if I go on an anime kick. So many theme songs I love. They also have the advantage? Advantage that they have three minutes in total of opening and closing credits to fill, so you can get a good 90-second chunk of j-pop or j-rock in there, as opposed to modern Western TV shows, which have been so pared down by adverts that they're lucky if they get 10 seconds to make a musical statement.

Keeping it Western though... Another Johnny Williams tune...

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But I love the Due South theme song...

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No feel free to post those anime themes. The more the merrier.

Mr. Laser Beam · Apr 6, 2018

(Peter Davison version only)

And of course...

(yeah, the show is hilarious, but I really do like the actual song)

The Laughing Vulcan · Apr 6, 2018

Tetragrammaton Invictus said:
No feel free to post those anime themes. The more the merrier.

Gingerbread Demon · Apr 6, 2018

It's all cool TLV

auntiehill · Apr 6, 2018

Daisyjayne said:
Themes I love are
High Chaparral
Black Beauty
Magnificent Seven(movie)
Simon & Simon
Cagney & Lacey.......

Simon & Simon had a very catchy tune-- the second version, not the first.

My other favorites:
Magnum, PI
The A- Team ( my ringtone)
Most versions of Doctor Who
Stargate:SG1
Bonanza
Big Valley
Dick Van Dyke Show
Game of Thrones
St Elsewhere
Cheers
Hill Street Blues
Friends
Original BSG

Gingerbread Demon · Apr 6, 2018

Original BSG
Game Of Thrones (though I don't watch it. I just can't get into it)
Automan 80s synth
Airwolf

Owain Taggart · Apr 6, 2018

The short-lived Gypsy on Netflix had a slow-tempo version of Fleetwood Mac's Gypsy that was awesome:

Quite a different tone and feel to the original version of the song which was fast-paced.

Ar-Pharazon · Apr 6, 2018

Actual singles I owned on 45's back in the 70's:

Greatest American Hero
Grizzly Adams
Happy Days
Laverne & Shirley
Makin' It (the song lasted longer than the series)
Welcome Back (Kotter)

Balok's Decoy · Apr 6, 2018

I love the theme to Twin Peaks:

And a stellar creepy theme: Mindhunter

Balok's Decoy · Apr 6, 2018

Tosk said:
I love all the cheesy '80s sitcom themes! Family Ties, Punky Brewster, Perfect Strangers, Growing Pains, Gimmie A Break, Mr. Belvedere, Diff'rent Strokes, Webster, Uncle Buck, The Facts of Life...and so many more.

I LOVE the Perfect Strangers theme. A staple of my childhood.

It's my life, my dream. Nothing's gonna stop me now

tomalak301 · Apr 6, 2018

Farscape - season 3 and 4

Orphan Black

Star Trek: Voyager

New Battlestar Galactica

Babylon 5 - I like all the versions but season 1 and 2 were the iconic ones

Frasier

Step by Step - the old sitcom from the mid 90s

I wish theme songs made a comeback on network TV. Streaming and premium shows are starting to bring it back. Game of Thrones is becoming pretty iconic .

mos6507 · Apr 6, 2018

The SMDM opening is the perfect blend of music and visual.

I like both seasons' themes of Space: 1999 but most prefer Season 1. Nothing beats the epicness of the first few bars.

mos6507 · Apr 6, 2018

A few more.

This is an obvious choice.

And two great animated themes from the great Hoyt Curtin.

Owain Taggart · Apr 6, 2018

tomalak301 said:
I wish theme songs made a comeback on network TV. Streaming and premium shows are starting to bring it back. Game of Thrones is becoming pretty iconic .

Yeah, for awhile the trend was to just have a short title screen before fading to the episode. I'm glad it's coming back too, because I feel they help differentiate a show and keep it in people's minds, especially if it's a catchy tune.

J.T.B. · Apr 6, 2018

All the classics, Hawaii Five-O, Hill Street Blues, The Rockford Files, but here is a favorite that I don't see mentioned too often:

(Sorry you have to get past a 25 second intro before the music, but it's the best recording I could find).

Captain pl1ngpl0ng · Apr 6, 2018

I sporadically brake out in some kind of rattle-MacGyver-jibberjabber-hum. That's a fun theme melody

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Fleet Admiral

Admiral

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The Blooness

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Vice Admiral

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