September 2, 20205 yr Several great themes listed so far. Of the ones not listed, I’ll add Remington Steele (another Mancini theme) and Simon and Simon.
September 2, 20205 yr Mancini wrote the "What's Happening!!" theme song. Edited September 2, 20205 yr by Deej
January 28, 20214 yr Rockford Files is strong, but I present a worthy contender with the record scratch twist that it is a closing theme:
January 28, 20214 yr Two of my faves, can't believe not mentioned. This one might be cheating, though
January 28, 20214 yr Lalo Schifrin could write some smooth stuff And who could ever forget the sexy trumpet solos when Judy showed up
January 28, 20214 yr Author Just another typical Mike Post / Pete Carpenter 80's theme (they were all the same) but the 65 Vette is tits.
January 28, 20214 yr 11 hours ago, jetsfan76 said: Two of my faves, can't believe not mentioned. This one might be cheating, though Jeffersons was mentioned in post 12
January 30, 20214 yr Written and performed by the late great Sonny Sharrock.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
January 31, 20214 yr I'm a sucker for the bittersweet themes like Hillstreet Blues, Taxi, etc., but Dynasty is my favorite theme. There's not even the nostalgia for me that so many themes are wrapped up with, since I've never seen a second of the show.
January 31, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Mole said: I'm a sucker for the bittersweet themes like Hillstreet Blues, Taxi, etc., but Dynasty is my favorite theme. There's not even the nostalgia for me that so many themes are wrapped up with, since I've never seen a second of the show. Ha. Me either. It has that “Academy Awards,” theme going on.
January 31, 20214 yr Author On 1/28/2021 at 3:31 PM, HornPhD said: Since DET didn’t post a link to the song. That was the 3rd version. Here's all 3. The original was by The Thrasher Brothers. And here's a shot for shot recreate with Adam Scott and Jon Hamm
January 31, 20214 yr Author On 1/27/2021 at 9:44 PM, jetsfan76 said: This one might be cheating, though No, this is cheating.
April 15, 20214 yr Don't think these were posted, if so, listen again. It's become a cliche, but man, back in the day, Monday nights rocked.
April 15, 20214 yr On 1/31/2021 at 11:49 AM, RPM said: That was the 3rd version. Here's all 3. The original was by The Thrasher Brothers. And here's a shot for shot recreate with Adam Scott and Jon Hamm That remake needs to happen.
April 16, 20214 yr On 1/27/2021 at 10:57 PM, Longhornstampede said: Lalo Schifrin could write some smooth stuff And who could ever forget the sexy trumpet solos when Judy showed up Entire Jetsons theme song: Meet George Jetson. His boy, Elroy. Daughter Judy. Jane, his wife. Somewhere, someone is still getting paid royalties for that.
April 16, 20214 yr The win up above for Mannix and the Jetsons. Both truly awesome and that Jetson's car sound... In the Welcome Back mode...Jose Fucking Feliciano
November 29, 20223 yr Author The 100 Greatest TV Theme Songs of All Time From Seventies sitcoms with expository jams to modern prestige classics with experimental scores, from 'Sanford and Son' to 'Succession,' from 'Match Game' to 'Game of Thrones' WE APOLOGIZE IN advance for all the TV theme songs we are about to lodge back into your heads. Or maybe we should preemptively accept your thanks? Despite periodic attempts to contract or outright eliminate them, theme songs are a crucial part of the TV-watching experience. The best ones put you in the right mindset to watch each episode of your favorite, and can be just as entertaining in their own right as any great joke, monologue, or action sequence. So we’ve decided to pick the 100 best theme songs of all time — technically 101, since there are two as inextricably linked as peanut butter and jelly — and attempted to rank them in order of greatness. How did we figure this out, beyond just arguing about it over Slack, Zoom, ham radio, etc? First, we assembled a massive list of great songs from throughout the entire long history of TV. We then pared that down by looking for diversity in terms of style of music, style of show, and era. (Honestly, the entire 100 could have been made up of shows from the Seventies. Apologies to The White Shadow, What’s Happening??, and many more that did not make the final list.) Some were written expressly for that show, while others were pre-existing songs given new life through their association with a particular series. Then we considered two main factors: 1)How great is it as a song? 2)How well does it prepare you for the show that follows, in terms of mood and/or an explanation of the premise? Sometimes, one factor weighed more heavily than the other, and many bitter fights were fought. (There are still hurt feelings regarding which of ABC’s T.G.I.F. family sitcoms got the nod and which ones didn’t.) Like any attempt to quantify art, there was ultimately a lot of gut feelings involved: On its own, Theme Song A is an objectively better piece of music than Theme Song B, but Theme Song B is a much more perfect match for its show. This list — with many of the blurbs owing a debt to the wealth of theme song history in the book TV’s Greatest Hits by Jon Burlingame — is our attempt to explain why we chose these 100 over any or all of your favorites. Enjoy, and get to humming.
November 29, 20223 yr Great themes above, no doubt, Peter Gunn so cool, but this old geezer is partial to the late 1950’s WB Westerns, in no particular order: Maverick Cheyenne the Rifleman Bronco Lane Sugarfoot Bat Masterson the Rebel
November 29, 20223 yr Author 2 hours ago, Bama Llama said: Sugarfoot My Granny used to call me that. Used to make me laugh when it came on. One of my favorite western themes was a late 60's entry, The High Chaparral. Filmed in Old Tucson. Always thought that was cool. Another was Laredo. Edited November 29, 20223 yr by RPM
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