Favorite TV theme music?

[IrishEyes]

What is your favorite TV theme song or music? Personally, I always liked WKRP in Cincinnati.

[nykym]

1. Currently I like the opening and closing music on

Port Protection.

[pnwest]

2. The Sopranos. Groovy!

[multireeds]

3. Sanford and Son n/t

[Turbineguy]

4. Perry Mason

Yeah. That's right.

[Gruenemann]

7. Best ever!

[Chipper Chat]

5. Perry Mason. Jazz, minor key. Pre rock and roll piano chords.

Dick van dyke show - catchy
Cheers.

[Gruenemann]

6. Too many to list!

Perry Mason (showing my age here!), Hawaii 5-0, Mod Squad, Miami Vice for starters.

[captain queeg]

8. Mission impossible, Hawaii 5-0. Wild Wild West.

[highplainsdem]

9. Posted mine, The Avengers, a few weeks back, in a thread on TV intros:

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https://democraticunderground.com/10181611150

[IrishEyes]

20. Sorry, I didn't know that

I haven't been on this website in awhile.

[highplainsdem]

25. No problem. I love seeing more posts about this, am glad you started

this thread.

And I just added a few words to my reply above to make it clearer that I was linking to that OP because of my favorite theme music, which I'd posted there.

[Diamond_Dog]

10. Miami Vice.

Barney Miller theme song

[dameatball]

11. Andy Griffith; Green Acres; The Muppets also but it gave me the earworm

I also agree with the Perry Mason post

Ok, have no idea now.

[PJMcK]

12. Mannix

The theme was written and arranged by the great Lalo Schifrin who also composed the theme for Mission: Impossible. Mannix features a terrific 1970s big band sound:

[Sherman A1]

13. Indeed a great one

[TeamProg]

17. That is a great one!

[whathehell]

14. Hill Street Blues, second to

WKRP in Cincinnati.

[AngryOldDem]

27. Mike Post is the god of TV themes.

EDIT — Check his CV, per Wikipedia:

At the peak of his career, Post was the go-to composer for all of the series created by Donald P. Bellisario, Steven Bochco, Stephen J. Cannell and Dick Wolf. Due to the considerable amount of music to be created, Post operated an office with multiple staff composers, among them Walter Murphy, Velton Ray Bunch, Frank Denson, Jerry Grant and Greg Edmonson, all composing side by side in cubicles. Each would write music cues to complement specific scenes from each show in Post's signature style.[citation needed]

Other TV music works include The A-Team, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Blossom, The Commish, Doogie Howser, M.D., The Greatest American Hero, Hardcastle and McCormick, Hooperman, Hunter, Magnum, P.I., NewsRadio, Profit, Quantum Leap, Renegade, Riptide, Silk Stalkings, Stingray, Tales of the Gold Monkey, Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, The White Shadow, Wiseguy, the BBC series Roughnecks, and Philly.

[whathehell]

34. Wow..I did not know he'd done all that..

Thanks for the info!

[JT45242]

15. Highlander

Not sure if it counts since it was in a movie first...

As a dude in my early 50s, FRIENDS as well.

[DBoon]

16. The Prisoner

[gristy]

18. Rockford Files

[madamesilverspurs]

19. Salvage One

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[OldBaldy1701E]

32. I am so surprised at this.

I am pretty sure I still have a cassette of the original movie audio that came on television. I recorded it when it was broadcast. I figured that this was a project that had disappeared in time. Andy Griffith, Trish Stewart, and Joel Higgins (who would go on to do 'Silver Spoons' after this series was cancelled.)

[badhair77]

21. Greatest American Hero, Cheers, WKRP in Cincinnati, Mary Tyler Moore and there's something

about the Bonanza theme that stands out.

[ironflange]

22. Newhart

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A sparkling gem from the pen of Mancini.

Edit to add link:

[Glorfindel]

23. Dynasty - my favorite trashy prime-time soap opera of all time!

[tanyev]

24. Clicked on the thread to post WKRP and saw that you kicked off the thread with it.

A nice catchy little tune.

[AngryOldDem]

26. So many

“Cheers”, but Applebee’s is really pushing it with me
“Mary Tyler Moore Show”
“St. Elsewhere”, written by Dave Grusin
“WKRP,” opening and closing themes
Any theme by Mike Post

[wishstar]

28. North and South miniseries soundtrack by Bill Conti

[Emile]

30. Andy Griffith, everybody likes whistling.

[mia]

31. Fond memories of childhood.

I loved watching these old movies. Still do. I remember thinking that my parents had adventures like these.

[OldBaldy1701E]

33. So many great tunes...

If the defining criteria is how much you might like/play the tune outside of the show, I would have to say 'Home Improvement'. It rocks. However, being the old Sci-fi nerd that I am, you know I have to go with 'Star Trek' (Thank you Alexander Courage). Also, 'The Six Million Dollar Man' was a good one. Yes, Mike Post was a force to be reckoned with. 'Airwolf', 'The Greatest American Hero', and 'The A-Team' come to mind.

[Polybius]

35. The Golden Girls