TV and movie theme songs
which were your favorites?
Sunday, March 29, 2009 by I.R. Brainiac | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I was a musician once upon a time and have always had a special appreciation for instrumental music,mostly progressive rock,but there is a subgenre of music that gets overlooked a lot...themesongs. 
I think part of the reason is we only get about 1 and a half minutes and then the show starts...or a commercial blares in.But if you ever get to hear the extended versions,some of them are incredible.It dosnt hurt if just hearing the first few note conjures up warm fuzzies from the past or lets you know something good is about to happen.
Some of my favorites are...
Voyage to the bottom of the sea...moody,dramatic and really fit the show.
Space 1999...wow,mega jumping bass,pseudo porn track guitar alternating with blaring horns and strings...too freakin' cool.
Mission Impossible...inyer face bassline,jazzy flute,big horns...KAT cool man.
Monty Pythons flying circus...wth!?...this is some countries national anthem,they played it every morning while my flight marched by in the morning(EARLY in the morning) while I was in bootcamp.We got in trouble EVERY morning for laughing as we went by...guess the DI wasnt a PBS viewer. 
Peter Gunn...many a stripper twirled her tassles to this one...its just plain raunchy. 
Red Dwarf...hard to picture this song with a scifi show...til you know the story about Lister's plans for life after the space corp."goldfish shoals nibbling at my toes" 
Lost in Space...spectacular John Williams.There were 2 of them and both were great.
Dr. Who...weeeeiiiiiiiirrrrrrrd man.
Buck Rogers in the 25th century...show was silly but the theme was terrific.(WILMA DEARING! oh my!)SouthPark did a hilarious take on the whole opening montage with Cartman...you gotta see it if you were even a minor Buck Rogers fan.
James Bond...the main theme is truly iconic and 2 of the movie title themes were among my favs...You only live twice,and Tomorrow never dies.
So what are some of you favorites?
a free place to hear some...quality fair but I bet you could find much better...mine are from cd's. http://www.televisiontunes.com/index.php
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and I concur.
Reply #24 Sunday, March 29, 2009 6:50 PM
very feisty and patriotic,loved it!...how about Barney Miller's Smooth groovin' bassline?
Reply #27 Sunday, March 29, 2009 6:55 PM
The themes from Perry Mason, Dragnet and Highway Patrol would snag you.
Al Hirt playing trumpet on Flight of the bumblebee on the Green Hornet. Nelson Riddle's Batman Theme and Henry Mancini's Pink Panther Theme.
The theme from Ironside by Quincy Jones off the Smackwaterjack album was a priceless and brilliantly composed over-all masterpiece also used in the movies Five Fingers of Death and Kill Bill Vol. 2
Who didn't know the lyrics to Gilligan's Island, who didn't snap their fingers once they heard the first four notes to the Addams Family song?
Is written in 5/4 time. That was hard as hell to march to.
Total badass song!
Also theme from Goldfinger. You gotta give it up to Singer Shirley Bassey and them sexy ass horny horns!
Reply #28 Sunday, March 29, 2009 7:01 PM
A couple of my favorite television theme songs (very current):
From the series "Psych" - I know, you know, by the Friendly Indians: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Gced_Z_KU
From the series "True Blood" - Bad Things by Jace Everett: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH5gLSo3n64
Reply #29 Sunday, March 29, 2009 7:07 PM
Hardcastle & McCormick Drive!
1941 (John Williams) Theme Song
Reply #30 Sunday, March 29, 2009 7:08 PM
Reply #31 Sunday, March 29, 2009 7:09 PM
I gots all of those...
Reply #32 Sunday, March 29, 2009 7:12 PM
THe opening riff on Night Court was awesome. Great horn section. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pod-uZH8s8
All in the Family. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d8FTPv955I
Reply #33 Sunday, March 29, 2009 7:13 PM
Cheers.
WKRP in Cincinnati.
Yep....now, the ultimate revenge (try to get THIS one out of your head): The Lone Ranger. 
Reply #34 Sunday, March 29, 2009 7:16 PM
Hill Street Blues : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yevI8xCAKuc
BSG : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4xKAaJ5vxs&feature=related
Saving Grace : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxu21fYnKMw
Reply #36 Sunday, March 29, 2009 7:19 PM
Reply #37 Sunday, March 29, 2009 7:21 PM
theme from the Flash! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br2hXBhgLVY&feature=related Amanda Pays!
Reply #39 Sunday, March 29, 2009 7:49 PM
Actually vice versa but yep composed by Gioacchino Rossini August 3, 1829! That ones a very fun and equally melodramatic Timpani part to play!
What most people don't realize is that this song is merely the fourth part to the original opera.
- Prelude - a slow passage starting with a passage for five cellos
- Storm - a dynamic section played by full orchestra
- Ranz des Vaches (call to the dairy cows) - featuring the Cor anglais (English horn)
- Finale - ultra-dynamic "cavalry charge" galop heralded by horns and trumpets and played by full orchestra
It's only the finale of the overture that's associated with the Lone Ranger.
Reply #40 Sunday, March 29, 2009 8:30 PM
I used to play it as loud as my system would handle...bliss.
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Reply #21 Sunday, March 29, 2009 6:41 PM
Gomer Pyle USMC