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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Reply #42 Sunday, March 29, 2009 8:54 PM
Huh . . how have I never noticed this smiley? [e digicons]:karma:[/e]
Reply #43 Sunday, March 29, 2009 9:06 PM
while I lived in some 2 story barracks the guy below me THOUGHT he had a loud sterio...to get even I would lay my 6 speaker sunn 200watt concert lead amp on the floor face down and blast him into C&W hell. 
Reply #44 Sunday, March 29, 2009 9:14 PM
I used to play it as loud as my system would handle...bliss.
Same here with Wagner's (pronounced Vog-ner) Ride of the Valkyrie.
Still do to this day when the neighbor's gangster rap gets too loud.
I don't get mad, I get even!
I DID THAT, TOO! (Eventually I moved away...there is only so many acts of getting even and then one-upping those acts that a person can do without crossing a line that can't be uncrossed, and could lead to incarceration). I still love blasting Wagner in the car during rush hour traffic. That, and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, which I vaguely remember in my very, very young days was used in a commercial to sell breakfast cereal that was "shot from guns." I can't remember the name of the cereal to save my life right now.
Reply #45 Sunday, March 29, 2009 9:28 PM
Good one! Crazy kids needs some culture.
I can see that, and it's funny as all hell! I once had a perfect driving moment with Jeff Beck's Freeway Jam from Blow By Blow! So I feel you on that one.
Fabulous orchestrations!
I believe that would be Quaker Puffed Wheats blowin' out them cannons K10! But KaBooms, Rice Krispies and Dinos had cannon commercials too.
Reply #47 Sunday, March 29, 2009 9:57 PM
I am having 70's flash backs....someone forgot Chico and the Man and Barney Miller....lol
I love the CSI's theme..again, 70's music from THE WHO. Deep Space 9 and Generations from Star Trek hold a special place in my heart. We had a basenji that would yodle to both...his own song for each. Was so cool. He was cool. I miss him. 
Reply #49 Sunday, March 29, 2009 10:29 PM
I liked the THE PRISONER ( Patrick Mc Goohan ..) Classic Music ,Classic Series ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AL7npkSXZE&feature=related
and I have actually been to
'The Village' It is about a 2 hour drive away ... Very beautiful ...
http://www.portmeirion-village.com/?lID=1
Be seeing you ! !
Reply #50 Sunday, March 29, 2009 10:49 PM
CSI Miami's "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who.... fits perfectly with the show's theme.
Crossroads (Ralph Macchio movie) theme/incidental music by Ry Cooder... bluesy and ballsy... love the 'cutting heads guitar duel with Steve Vai.
Doctor Who theme... in yer face and totally ballsy.
And who could forget "this is Spinal Tap" ..... everything flies there (cos it goes to 11)
As for 'instrumentals... theme to "The Dam Busters" ... dunno who did it but its got grit,
Reply #51 Sunday, March 29, 2009 11:41 PM
Eric Coates did the Dambusters Theme .. from the film of the same name ...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001IY57ZU/ref=dm_dp_trk18
Reply #52 Sunday, March 29, 2009 11:41 PM
Movie-wise I love the theme from Star Wars. Gives me goosebumps.
From TV, I agree with Psych, and The Rockford Files, but my fav is the theme from Newhart-the one where he had the inn. It's a really mellow piece by Henry Mancini.
I used to get revenge on my neighbor with the 1812 Overture, too! Then one day during our music war, he had the nerve to come to MY door and yell about the loud music! I just said "How do you like it?" and shut the door! I moved after that because someone that ballsy scares me! 
Reply #53 Sunday, March 29, 2009 11:50 PM
Starkers ... Just got this for ya ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJun5ziotfw
Reply #54 Monday, March 30, 2009 12:53 AM
Thanks for that, Mike... it has been a while since I heard it, still a great piece of music. 
BTW, it's great to see you... haven't seen your around much of late.
Reply #56 Monday, March 30, 2009 1:43 AM
Nah, I'm just an old man,
DUDE! You're only a year older than me! Maybe not even that, depending on when your birthday is...we probably graduated the same year. Your mind is sharp as a tack, and I can't hold a candle to that. There are parts of my life that I might as well have been in a coma for, for all that I can remember (admittedly, some of those times I worked very hard at forgetting.)
The rest of the stuff you said in that post is very kind, and I thank you.
Reply #57 Monday, March 30, 2009 3:30 AM
If anybody puts this up as a fave theme I'm gonna seek to have men in white coats go around to their place with strait jackets and the appropriate meds... not to mention start up a petition which moves to have that person set to visitor status to protect the majority from minority lunacy
Reply #58 Monday, March 30, 2009 11:01 AM
Reply #59 Monday, March 30, 2009 11:11 AM
a country practice?...never seen it but from that opening clip it looked like a parody of tv...man was that schmaltzy. 
Reply #60 Monday, March 30, 2009 11:22 AM
hahaha, as i said to starkers every1 to their own lol 
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Reply #41 Sunday, March 29, 2009 8:38 PM
Same here with Wagner's (pronounced Vog-ner) Ride of the Valkyrie.
Still do to this day when the neighbor's gangster rap gets too loud.
I don't get mad, I get even!