What are your favorite TV theme songs/music?

[LAS14]

I'm sure this has been done before, but not that I saw. I'll start.

Mary Tyler Moore and Mash

[Sherman A1]

1. Hill Street Blues

The West Wing

Combat

12 O'Clock High

[Dave in VA]

2. Maude

[El Supremo]

3. That's easy. Hawaii Five 0.

[TexasBushwhacker]

97. Okay, you got me misty

My mother used to jump up in front of the TV and pretend to surf when it came on, just to make us laugh. She was a pistol!

[El Supremo]

98. My wife's high school band and cheerleaders used to perform it at half-time.

As I suppose many others did.

[techne7319]

4. Taxi

“Angela” by Bob James

[doc03]

5. Hawaii 5-0

Not a fan of the new show.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. St. Elsewhere

[Croney]

7. Hill Street Blues, MASH, Matlock, The Office,

The Andy Griffith Show, and THE WALTONS. I should have put that one first.

[Soxfan58]

8. Cheers

[DonaldsRump]

9. Barney Miller

[Gidney N Cloyd]

87. One bass note and you know the song.

[Sneederbunk]

10. Wagon Train

[lkinwi]

11. The Addams Family

https://m.

[Va Lefty]

13. Sanford and Son

[lilactime]

14. I loved the theme song to Here Come The Brides

[targetpractice]

15. Battlestar Galactica (1978)

[Delarage]

49. Mine, too!

Loved that show....

[targetpractice]

16. Space: 1999

[irisblue]

17. Person of Interest

[targetpractice]

18. The Facts of Life

[voteearlyvoteoften]

19. Green Acres

And Beverly Hillbillies

Ear worms for the holidays for all...

[targetpractice]

22. Both of those shows were BRILLIANT...

...Theme songs, premise, writing, cast, to comic timing. I still giggle at the "cement pond" and Lisa's "hotcakes".

[3catwoman3]

44. You must make sure to pronounce...

...it as SEE-ment pond, for the full effect.

[targetpractice]

20. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (Original)

[irisblue]

21. Hill Street Blues

It was "Must See TV"

[50 Shades Of Blue]

23. The Greatest American Hero - Believe It Or Not. Also...

I actually bought the single at the time!

Also... Walt Disney's Zorro

And... The Adventures of Robin Hood

[Doreen]

43. OMG!!

I was scared to put down Beleive it or not because I had a feeling no one would know what I was talking about. Good, I am not the only one. I bought the single way back then to.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

48. I'm glad I'm not the only one too!!!

[targetpractice]

24. Land of the Lost...

[True Dough]

35. It still Sleestaks up well today!

Loved that show when I was young.

[targetpractice]

40. Hah! It had great sci-fi writers of the time...

... including Larry Niven, Donald Glut. I loved that show, too!

[targetpractice]

25. Pee Wee's Playhouse (by Cyndi Lauper)

It gets good at 1m 3s into the video...

[Anon-C]

26. Magnum PI, Moonlighting, Welcome Back Kotter, Sanford & Sons, the Hitchhiker

[pat_k]

67. +1 for John Sebastian's "Welcome Back" (Kotter)

[TomSlick]

27. Hogan's Heroes

Great trombone counter-line.

[targetpractice]

29. Parks and Recreation

"This is what the inside of a golden retrievers head sounds like" — YouTube commenter

[JDC]

30. The Leftovers. Changed every season and sometimes episode, and every season solid theme

[targetpractice]

33. The first season score is sublime...

[JDC]

41. It is. And it always popped in at the right moment through the whole series

[nmgaucho]

31. National Geographic 1964 - 1987 Theme and Montage HD

[pat_k]

69. Fantastic!

[Quemado]

32. Friends and Happy Days

Friends:

Happy Days:

[Mike Nelson]

34. Outer Limits

[Cartoonist]

36. Mancini

Peter Gunn

Mr. Lucky

Pink Panther

[Leghorn21]

51. "Peter Gunn "is UNTOUCHABLE, C!! - But right behind him are the coolest violins (??!?) evah

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[pat_k]

64. +1 for Peter Gunn theme (also in Blues Brothers... and I'm sure others)

[sarge43]

88. Yup. Expecially Mr Lucky. It doesn't get anymore lush and lovely

Mancini wasn't capable of writing a sour note.

[Mike Nelson]

37. Gilligan's Island

[True Dough]

38. Movin' on up!

[madaboutharry]

39. Another one for Hawaii Five 0

[jg10003]

42. Car 54

[Sanity Claws]

76. That was mine too!

I loved how they worked in so many different parts of NYC into the song. The reference to Khrushchev and Idlewild Airport reminds me of how things have changed in some respects but basically are the same.

[3catwoman3]

45. Lots of good choices here.

I would add Bonanza, and the various Star Trek themes (except the weird one from the final Enterprise series - OK song, but didn’t fit the genre’.

[IcyPeas]

46. True Blood

The song plus the imagery puts you right into the mindset of the show.

[sakabatou]

47. Tank! - Cowboy Bebop

[OriginalGeek]

112. I entered this thread just to post that.

Haven't watched any episodes in a while but listen to that weekly at least. I love the ending theme song too.

[sakabatou]

114. Watch the series

It's only 26 episodes, about 23 minutes each.

[OriginalGeek]

115. Oh I've seen it many times over

It's getting close to time to make another run through though.

[sakabatou]

116. Oh, ok

[Delarage]

50. Simon & Simon

And the first season's version.....

[mia]

52. First one that came to mind.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

53. Mr. Ed

Poor Alan Young -- all those years of acting lessons, only to be upstaged by a horse.

[pat_k]

70. Fond memories of childhood!

[Ciaphas Cain]

54. If you need help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire...

[mia]

55. Favorite music theme from childhood

[pat_k]

71. Thanks for this!

So many memories in this thread!

[TlalocW]

56. Rockford Files - Although I've never seen a single episode

Extended version... Or themes were really long back then...

Also, I will have the closing theme to Mystery Science Theater 3000 played at my funeral.

TlalocW

[Niagara]

57. The Wonder Years

Beautiful song.

[gay texan]

58. The wild wild west n/t

[pat_k]

59. +1 for Mash

[SeattleVet]

60. Monk...

the first season.

[pat_k]

61. All in the Family ("Those were the days")

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[pat_k]

62. The Wire ("Way Down in the Hole")

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[pat_k]

65. Can't forget Twilight Zone and Doctor Who

[pat_k]

66. RIP Penny Marshall -- Laverne and Shirley theme

[pat_k]

68. A few more greats -- in no particular order

Mission Impossible

Sopranos ("Woke Up This Morning" )

Courtship of Eddie's Father (Nilsson's "Best Friend" )

Weeds (Malvina Reynolds, “Little Boxes” )

The Monkees

Scrubs ("I'm No Superman" )

Seasame Street Theme (version performed by Gladys Knight and the Pips)

[targetpractice]

72. Wonder Woman

[MFM008]

73. Johnny Quest

Time Tunnel...
Looney toons.
Felix the Cat.

[PJMcK]

74. Mannix

A great jazz waltz by the amazing Lalo Schiffrin.

[Auggie]

75. Thank you ...

it's one of my favorites too.

[ms liberty]

77. Hitchikers Guide the tv show, aka Journey of the Sorceror

By the Eagles. It's also my ringtone

[targetpractice]

80. Absolutely, yes...

I did not know it was by the Eagles... Thanks ms liberty!!

[lastlib]

81. From One Of These Nights album. eom

[beachbum bob]

78. The Sopranos, Woke Up this Morning by Alabama

the very best

[JenniferJuniper]

79. Speed Racer intro

He was a demon on wheels.

[OriginalGeek]

113. And

He's gonna be chasing after someone.


My mom often teased me about the time l transferred to a new school in the middle of 4th grade and cried because the new school hours went until after Speed Racer was on so I wouldn't get to see it any more.

I showed her though. I skipped many days of school and stayed home to watch it. No idea how I got away with that big I figure with my folks both working and in the process of divorcing I was lower on the priority list. Score! Lol.

Not too long ago my daughter and I went to Comic-Con and she bought me a Mach 5 key chain. One of the best things she ever gave me.

[JenniferJuniper]

117. I have a slightly similar story

In the third grade Joey Braham and I got into a bit of a footsy match during math class and had to stay after school.

Which would mean we would not make it home in time for Speed Racer. Joey tried to negotiate with the teacher, "Can't we do this tomorrow? We are going to miss Speed Racer and this is the episode where he finally figures out Racer X is really his brother!"

She was unmoved. So we had to wait another 10 weeks or so for that episode to come around again.

[OriginalGeek]

119. Lol that's a mean teacher!

Heartless!


My little brother uses Racer X for his avatar on most online fora. Which I tease him about since he's the little brother. He says he's still older than our youngest brother so it counts.

[Wolf Frankula]

82. The Three's Company song popped into my head

when I saw this post. So I guess that's it.

Wolf

[targetpractice]

83. This title/theme sequence has everything that was 1979...

Watch for a bit to hear the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (Pilot) theme...

[LAS14]

84. Is the age of most of the favorites an indication of...

... the age of DUers? The age of DU Lounge visitors? A reflection on the quality of program theme music over the last decade or two?

[AwakeAtLast]

85. Outlander

It's gorgeous, it won an Emmy, Bear McCreary is amazing!

[pat_k]

86. +1

[Gidney N Cloyd]

89. Bonanza, Rawhide, Spider-man

Some interesting covers:

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[hurl]

90. An obscure one...

PBS had a brief series in the late 80s called Alive from Off Center. Theme by David Byrne (of Talking Heads fame), with help from Laurie Anderson.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

99. "It's Garry Shandling's Show"

https://slate.com/culture/2016/03/why-the-theme-song-for-it-s-garry-shandling-s-show-is-the-greatest-tv-theme-song-of-all-time.html

[hay rick]

100. Victory at Sea!

Also Peter Gunn. I haven't watched a whole lot of television since about 1960...

[MLAA]

101. M*A*S*H

[k8conant]

102. Providence (1999-2002)

"In the United States, the theme song was "In My Life", a cover of the Beatles song performed by Chantal Kreviazuk"

[CherokeeDem]

103. Peter Gunn

I love this song... have since I was a little girl!

[Afromania]

104. Couple of different decades here:)

[trueblue2007]

105. MAVERICK ..... STARRING Gorgeous Democrat man..... JAMES GARNER.

OH MY GOSH..... I LOVE THIS MAN

[garagedoor]

106. Goodtimes and The Jeffersons

The Jeffersons' theme song singer was Willona (Ja'net Dubois) of Goodtimes!

Edited to add: Big Valley - I remember this song when I was six listening to old reruns - soo majestic!

Here Come the Brides.

The Partridge Family - the premier episode - yeah, I loved loved loved David Cassidy.

[rusty quoin]

107. Lately, it's Room 222.

[dae]

118. Mine is an ad jingle for the "Good Humor Man"