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 #62 Monday, March 30, 2009 1:33 PM
Dr. Zhivago
Lawrence of Arabia
Green Berets
and for contrast
The Three Stooges Theme
Reply #63 Monday, March 30, 2009 1:45 PM
Lawrence of Arabia
Green Berets
Reply #64 Monday, March 30, 2009 4:09 PM
Oh damn. Maurice Jarre, best known for composing the song Lara's Theme (Somewhere my love) from Dr. Zhivago, just died today at the age of 84.
Well it's no wonder MouseGoddess. John Williams has been composing most music associated with our life time more than anyone.
Spanning from the 50's to today with new releases already for 2010-11 check out his list of film scores, it'll dawn on you that there aren't too many songs you've heard by him that doesn't give you chills!
Reply #65 Monday, March 30, 2009 4:19 PM
RIP to Maurice but the music and the family talent live on; Jean-Paul's music Oxygene is superb too.
Reply #66 Monday, March 30, 2009 5:10 PM
The Young ones. (British Sitcom \ Cliff Richard song)
Titanic.
Schindlers List.
Cold Mountain.
Bond.
Hannah Montana 
Reply #67 Monday, March 30, 2009 6:44 PM
those great Clint Eastwood spaghetti western themes... 
Reply #68 Monday, March 30, 2009 11:43 PM
Hmm this could be fun !
Dallas, CHiPs, Battlestar Galactica (1979), Greatest American Hero, Cheers, Knight Rider (1983), Fantasy Island, The Love Boat.....
Hehe, im stuck in the 80's I know 
GigaByte69
Reply #69 Tuesday, March 31, 2009 2:00 AM
Oh yeah! The Good the Bad and the Ugly... now there's a classic movie theme if ever I heard one.
Reply #70 Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:27 AM
No Beverly Hillbillies yet?
The Goodbye Girl ... movie
The Exorcist ... still creeps me out when I hear it.
To Sir With Love ... one of my favorites as a child
Romeo and Juliet ... What is a youth... all time favorite from childhood
Casino Royale ... the 1967 movie, Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass, really got me hopping
Boy, I could really go on and on if I thought about it but these were just off the top of my head.
Reply #71 Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:41 AM
Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield Keila!
An extremely haunting sound.
Reply #72 Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:56 AM
Schindlers List.
John...for you...this one brings tears every time....
Yitzhak Pearlman playing "Schindler's List" theme.
Reply #73 Tuesday, March 31, 2009 12:06 PM
It's official, 3 new programs have been made and are set to air early April in Europe on the satellite channel Dave. The 3 new episodes are set to premiere over the Easter weekend in fact, the Eps are named Back to Earth, Parts 1, 2 and 3 !! Watch out for the brand new plush sleeping 1/4ers.
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Reply #74 Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:03 PM
oh yeah!
Reply #76 Thursday, April 2, 2009 12:18 AM
Fast became a modern classic by the Master Quincy Jones Keila!
Go deeper into this great composer's past work, your ears'll love you for it.
But a fast tid-bit. Quincy Jones when to junior high school with Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Lee!
Reply #77 Thursday, April 2, 2009 12:33 AM
Sandbaggers...
Callan...
Star Cops...
My all-time fave....The Persuaders ...
Reply #78 Thursday, April 2, 2009 1:11 PM
I have that one...not familiar with the others.
Reply #79 Thursday, April 2, 2009 1:42 PM
Here ya go, I.R.
Sandbaggers (MI5 I think): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSCmoSHlTwg
Callan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDdSWjpPJDg
Star Cops: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8wDsrwV_k0
Don't forget "Mr. Lucky" and "Peter Gunn"
Reply #80 Thursday, April 2, 2009 2:26 PM
Stargate SG1
Stargate Atlantis
now let me go waaaaay back,
Howdy Doody (Tra-ra-ra-boom-di-a)
Captian Kangaroo
I Love Lucy
Burns and Allen (George M. Cohan's "Love Nest")
Dinah Shore (see the USA in your Chevrolet)
to name a few.
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Reply #61 Monday, March 30, 2009 12:12 PM
I knew somebody had to post it... should have guessed it'd be you. Oh well, looks like those nice young men in their clean white coats 'll be here shortly... just hope they put the strait jacket on the right person.
I'll say... I'd rather listen to rap crap or chalk being dragged down the blackboard.
Shoot, even Wacko Jacko doing the theme song to The Beverley Hillbillies in E-Flat would be more bearable... just.
