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What is your favorite TV theme song or music? Personally, I always liked WKRP in Cincinnati.
nykym
(3,063 posts)Port Protection.
pnwest
(3,266 posts)multireeds
(49 posts)Turbineguy
(37,370 posts)Yeah. That's right.
Gruenemann
(984 posts)Chipper Chat
(9,692 posts)Dick van dyke show - catchy
Cheers.
Gruenemann
(984 posts)Perry Mason (showing my age here!), Hawaii 5-0, Mod Squad, Miami Vice for starters.
captain queeg
(10,248 posts)highplainsdem
(49,041 posts)Last edited Tue Feb 8, 2022, 09:38 PM - Edit history (1)
https://democraticunderground.com/10181611150IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)I haven't been on this website in awhile.
highplainsdem
(49,041 posts)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
(32,082 posts)Barney Miller theme song
dameatball
(7,400 posts)I also agree with the Perry Mason post
Ok, have no idea now.
PJMcK
(22,050 posts)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
(38,958 posts)TeamProg
(6,250 posts)whathehell
(29,094 posts)WKRP in Cincinnati.
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)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
(29,094 posts)Thanks for the info!
JT45242
(2,297 posts)[link:
|Not sure if it counts since it was in a movie first...
As a dude in my early 50s, FRIENDS as well.
DBoon
(22,397 posts)gristy
(10,667 posts)madamesilverspurs
(15,809 posts).
OldBaldy1701E
(5,161 posts)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
(4,221 posts)about the Bonanza theme that stands out.
ironflange
(7,781 posts)Last edited Wed Feb 9, 2022, 02:14 PM - Edit history (1)
A sparkling gem from the pen of Mancini.
Edit to add link:
Glorfindel
(9,736 posts)tanyev
(42,620 posts)A nice catchy little tune.
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)Cheers, but Applebees 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
(5,271 posts)Response to IrishEyes (Original post)
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Emile
(22,937 posts)mia
(8,362 posts)I loved watching these old movies. Still do. I remember thinking that my parents had adventures like these.
OldBaldy1701E
(5,161 posts)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.