What’s your favourite TV Show theme tune of all time?

gammygils

The Fall Guy

Midnight Caller

WKRP in Cincinnati

foxy farmer

gammygils wrote: »

The Fall Guy

Midnight Caller

WKRP in Cincinnati

Ah yes The Fall Guy. Forever etched in my memory. Heather Thomas walking through the doors in a blue green bikini. Woof woof.

PsychoPete

Andrewf20 wrote: »

The chain for F1 grand prix in the 1990s:

Wasn't Fatboy Slim Right here right now a theme song as well? Back in the rte days

Seaniedel

Someone had ski Sunday earlier...agree ! Also, don't think the following were mentioned...all Brill too...theme tune & the programmes themselves...grizzly Adams, huck finn, wonder woman and buck Rogers 😀

Rawr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzyHxYxc-Mo

ILoveYourVibes

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Rawr

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I remember when Gaybo left the Late-Late and Pat Kenny took over. Not only did we get a downgrade on the presenter but they replaced this iconic score with some Casio keyboard nonsense that sounded like it came from same folk that did Kenny Live's intro.

I guess at least they were giving us fair warning in the intro that the new Late-Late wouldn't be as good

gmisk

Airwolf
Cagney and lacey

cml387

Kudos to who mentioned Mike Post, one of teh greats.

Best news theme of all time, Nationwide:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2OSXHORlEg

And who mentioned Grandstand?. The original still the best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rs-07F9v6g

KathleenGrant

That Granstand is awful.

rednik

One of the best from the 70's/80's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbYeSPZTxKI

bladespin

rednik wrote: »

One of the best from the 70's/80's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbYeSPZTxKI

Yes, yes, yes :cool:

Of course:

MenloPete

I can't believe no-one has mentioned Doctor Who theme - still stands up after more than 50 years!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75V4ClJZME4

Necro

Couple mentioned before here but worth a repost:

The Sopranos

Game of Thrones

Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Some I'm surprised haven't gotten a mention yet:


Pokemon

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Insect Overlord

Necro wrote: »

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

They did a great one for the Green Ranger back then as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU7k81-YmSY

Hoop66

Mentioned before, Rockford Files/Ski Sunday.

For your consideration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZmxZThb084

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3lOD44Oexw

Ger Roe

The Tomorow People - Complete with Thames TV Ident (very nerdy)..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xez4o1ujOPI

Thunderbirds - The most iconic of some great themes from Barry Gray - How many times has Thunderbirds March been used in advertising or to portray teamwork and organisation against impossible odds? Still instantly iconic after over 55 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2n0widQ4nA

Hawaii Five 0 - Just a great piece of music, with what were very exotic opening titles - sun and clear blue seas at a time when the TV was the only place you would see such things if you lived in Ireland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AepyGm9Me6w

Capt'n Midnight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLrHsGmQHUo

Danger Mouse 1981

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0O-2oAvNTo

Van der Valk , Eye Level

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88y4ttqaW6U

Monkey

Closing theme is nowhere near as good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWn2Iq3iYR0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SpX8bVEmJo

Space 1999 , pity they didn't make a second series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2n0widQ4nA

I Want a Film that Begins with an Earthquake and Works Up to a Climax
- attributed to Samuel Goldwyn

That sentiment describes a lot of episodes of Thunderbirds

RandomViewer

The Sweeney

Hardcastle and McCormick

Simon and Simon

Highlander ( the series)

short version of NYPD BLUE

Ah there's so many that I always remember. The Marvel cartoons on a saturday morning were great for intro themes.



Some that stick out to me:

Capt'n Midnight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hasBJ1Gkjy8

Black Beauty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR_mFRE6qKc

Roobarb

sonofenoch

"BAD BOYS!"


"What Choo Wannt? What Choo Wanna Dooooo? When Da sheriff in town cam runnin' fo you!"

"TELL ME! What Choo Gonna do? What choo gonna Doo-ooo-oooo?"

"Yeahh.."


"Bad Boys, Bad Boys, What Choo Gonna do? What Choo Gonna do when they cam for you?"


Can't remember the name of the show though. Was it Cops? Bad Boys? I'm not sure.

fritzelly

DM_2092 wrote: »

Can't remember the name of the show though. Was it Cops? Bad Boys? I'm not sure.

Both!

PsychoPete

Has anyone mentioned Doug yet? Excellent theme song to an excellent cartoon

tc20

Late to the game here but I'm going to throw Van der Valk into the mix, more for the nostalgia than my actual fave - plenty of those mentioned already.
Edit, can't embed here sorry..

gammygils

Rockford Files : This got a few mentions, it deserves a You Tube

And Mannix, another cool PI Guy

Kojak - The Second Theme, Series 5 (1977)

Joe_ Public

One of my favourite ever tv shows and theme tune was Taxi. Just that simple evocative tune over the picture of a cab crossing over the 69th street bridge. Just got me everytime and still does.

Strumms

It wasn’t exactly a great show but the Chips music was good.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D5-bD372v5s