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Dunwoody Dude
 Post subject: TV Show Theme Music That Works For You
PostPosted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 11:37 am 
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Guess I'll mention two British examples.

I have always loved the opening to The Prisoner. That crack of thunder and then....da da da...

That funky(in a Gallifreyan sorta way) theme to Doctor Who. Specifically the version used during the Tom Baker years.

What about you?

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Good choices, Dunwoody. Keeping it domestic:

1 Good Times
2 Electric Company
3 Twin Peaks
4 Battlestar Galactica
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They just don't make TV theme show music like they used to.

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I, Spy -- that syncopated off-kilter rhythm just does it for me.
Gotta second Twin Peaks -- simple, and gorgeous -- I was going to cover it and give it a beat before I heard Moby's Go.
ER -- practically gives me a heart attack, I'm going to cover that some day
Dark Shadows -- proto-goth
Munsters -- surf fun
Adams Family -- the finger snaps!

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It might be cheesy but the opening guitar line of Simon and Simon has always stuck with me.
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I think Futurama's is pretty good. The Odd Couple theme, too.
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Streets of San Francisco. my uncle had one of those cds with tv themes and he'd listen to it in the car on long drives. i always loved the music, but wanted to kill the voiceovers.
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Moxie Wrote:
Good choices, Dunwoody. Keeping it domestic:

Electric Company


Rita Moreno - she of "Heeyyyy yoouuu guuyyssss!!!" fame - was on the Diane Rehm show this morning on NPR and she talked about how awesome it was to be on that show w/ Morgan Freeman and Bill Cosby back in the day. They also played a bit of the theme song and it does indeed rule.

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I'm partial to the Elfman ones - espec. Simpsons and Sledge Hammer...

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tkyd Wrote:
It might be cheesy but the opening guitar line of Simon and Simon has always stuck with me.


Cheesy? No way dude.

To most of the above I'll add:

Mama's Family
Good Times
opening and especially the closing themes of the Jeffersons
The Fall Guy
Miami Vice
90210

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sanford and son has to be the best theme song ever though.

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Rockford Files, all the way.

Also great are...

Barney Miller
Sanford and Son
What's Happening
Twin Peaks

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I constantly get the theme song to SeaLab stuck in my head.
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Rocky and Bullwinkle closing music.

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What's Happening = secondeded

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Family guy for sure, Peter's theme music was a funny bit.."riding on a bus, riding on a bus.."

even though I don't like the show that much, crankyankers opening tune is pretty good

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I'll second Hawaii 5-0. Immediately came to mind.

Also Warren Zevon's "If You Won't Leave Me I'll Find Somebody Who Will" was the song for a short-lived show, "Route 66" I believe, but I never saw the show.

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