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Post by Philip Ayres on May 7, 2012 11:48:37 GMT
I've had the Fall Guy theme song going round in my head all morning:
Can't get it out, catchy tune and lyrics which are relevent to the show.
Which got me thinking.....
What's the best TV Theme SONG? A song has to have lyrics so no music only pieces.
Links to YouTube if you can!
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Post by Nigel on May 7, 2012 12:03:51 GMT
I think that True Blood has the best theme songs for years, one of the best ever. The style of music (country) suits the programme's location (Deep South); the lyrics suit the sexy tone and evil themes of the series.
Thundercats still stands up extremely well.
The opening and all closing versions of Blackadder the Third are great.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 7, 2012 12:10:41 GMT
Blackadder II beats III any day of the week.
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Post by The Doctor on May 7, 2012 17:02:13 GMT
Inhumanoids! Inhumanoids! The evil that liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiies. With. IN!
Down in the fiery depths of the Earth. The nightmare. BEGINS!
RARARRARARARRARAAAGHGHGRRAAAAAARRGHHHLLLL.
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on May 7, 2012 22:01:52 GMT
Now is this exclusive to songs made specifically for shows, or does it include music that shows adopted (Such as Designing Women adopted "Georgia on my Mind" as their themesong)
Live Action:
Monk- It's a Jungle Out There
Psych- I Know, You Know
The Big Bang Theory- The Big Bang Theory
Cheers- Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Fraggle Rock- Down At Fraggle Rock
MASH- Suicide is Painless
Designing Women- Georgia On My Mind
Firefly
Animated-
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
Animaniacs
Tiny Toons
Anime-
Sakura Wars
Ah! My Goddess (TV)
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Steel Angel Kurumi
Please Teacher
Princess Nine
Love Hina
Edit: Added MASH, Fraggle Rock, and Cheers to my Live Action list.
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Post by Bogatan on May 7, 2012 22:17:02 GMT
Links later
Firefly
Red Dwarf credits
Mysterious cities of Gold
Fraggle Rock
Not quite so great
Veronica Mars
Years since I watched them but Princess Nine I do vaguely remember being great.
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Post by glaug on May 7, 2012 22:27:59 GMT
Blackadder II beats III any day of the week. "To faaaaaalll in love with boys is weeeeeeeird! Espeeeeeeecially boys without a wiiiiiiiiinkle!" Most of the catchiest songs for me would be Japanese stuff from anime series. Several of the TF themes, actually... Things I can't resist singing along to whenever I hear them include: "Resolution" by Romantic Mode, from Gundam X Transformers Evo, by JAM Project, from TF: Animated's Japanese release In fact, anything by JAM Project that I know the lyrics to... Transformers: The Headmasters Thundercats "Won't get fooled again" by The Who, as used in CSI: Miami Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors |
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Post by Hero on May 7, 2012 23:34:07 GMT
This for me...
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Post by Toph on May 7, 2012 23:51:21 GMT
I can't believe I forgot Fraggle Rock!
I still sing along to that whenever I hear it!
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Post by Nigel on May 8, 2012 8:09:27 GMT
Blackadder II beats III any day of the week. Ah, I was misremembering. It was the end themes to both I meant; both opened with instrumentals. I agree with Cheers, one of my favourite songs, let alone theme songs. Fraggle Rock was also great, yet how come no-one's mentioned The Muppet Show? (Muppets Tonight had a pretty good theme song, too.) |
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Post by Benn on May 8, 2012 13:08:18 GMT
Star Fleet, people, Star Fleet.
(Only counts if characters introducing themselves counts as words...)
Also: A Cruel Angels' Thesis.
Not for everyone, granted, but I like it.
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Post by Nigel on May 8, 2012 13:55:16 GMT
Some cartoon themes just came to mind:
The Dreamstone
Jamie and His Magic Torch
Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
The Raccoons
Around the World With Willy Fogg
Dangermouse
Ewoks (original)
Transformers Victory (opening and closing)
Also, not a cartoon, but a children's programme: Rainbow.
1960s Batman.
Monkey (opening and original closing)
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2012 16:21:07 GMT
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 8, 2012 16:26:14 GMT
Star Fleet, people, Star Fleet. (Only counts if characters introducing themselves counts as words...) The Star Fleet theme song is on the end credits. The Star Fleet opening credits can't be allowed, because that would open the door to any opening credit sequence that involved speaking (The A-Team, Knight Rider, Star Trek, Babylon 5...) But I vote Muppets. It's a song, but it involves endless variations with sound effects and Fozzie Bear jokes / heckling. Martin |
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 8, 2012 17:35:43 GMT
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Post by duffism1981 on May 8, 2012 18:02:24 GMT
I was going to complain about the lack of The A-team theme in this thread until I read "A song has to have lyrics so no music only pieces." But behold I have found a loophole.
Behold the awesomeness of the A-Team theme in french:
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Post by The Doctor on May 8, 2012 18:28:15 GMT
Amazing!
-Ralph
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Post by Nigel on May 8, 2012 18:42:21 GMT
pSyclonus mentioned Ullysses 31; I'm currently rewatching this having finally got around to buying the DVDs (annoyingly deleted and expensive to get hold of even second hand) and was disappointed to find that the theme doesn't stand up as well as some of its contemporaries. I find it has become slightly, cringingly cheesy and dated. However, the incidental music remains remarkable, both musically and in its usage.
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Post by Toph on May 8, 2012 21:35:59 GMT
Years since I watched them but Princess Nine I do vaguely remember being great. I rarely do this, since Youtube and I are mortal enemies. But Princess Nine is worth the torture it is to try to attempt to access a link there: |
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Post by Toph on May 8, 2012 22:16:38 GMT
Revolutionary Girl Utena- A Round Table (Revolution)
Please Teacher- Shooting Star
Steel Angel Kurumi- A Miracle that Starts with a Kiss
Sakura Wars (I think this is it. I'm having to do all this blind by guesswork, not being able to watch the videos, and the Sakura Wars video links are more confusing than the others)
Ah! My Goddess Season 1 theme
Ah My Goddess: Flights of Fancy (S2) theme
Love Hina
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 11, 2012 22:13:20 GMT
The Muppet Show, Gummi Bears, Poddington Peas, The Adventures of Galaxy Rangers and Ulysses 31.
Andy
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Post by Shockprowl on May 13, 2012 12:47:40 GMT
Gotta be Star Trek: Enterprise! Surely!
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Post by The Doctor on May 13, 2012 15:18:21 GMT
I've got faith.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on May 14, 2012 11:30:11 GMT
Wait, they started singing in Star Trek theme tunes?
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Post by Toph on May 14, 2012 14:35:23 GMT
Wait, they started singing in Star Trek theme tunes? Enterprise uses the Rod Stewert song "I've got Faith" for it's opening theme. (Not sung by him, though) Pissed off a lot of trekkies, apparently, who tried a write in campaign to get them to go back to the traditional instrumental pieces. Glad it failed, because the theme was very appropriate, and one of the few good things about Enterprise. A little known fact, the original Star Trek theme song has very rarely heard lyrics! |
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Post by blueshift on May 14, 2012 15:03:09 GMT
Wait, they started singing in Star Trek theme tunes? Enterprise uses the Rod Stewert song "I've got Faith" for it's opening theme. (Not sung by him, though) Pissed off a lot of trekkies, apparently, who tried a write in campaign to get them to go back to the traditional instrumental pieces. Glad it failed, because the theme was very appropriate, and one of the few good things about Enterprise. A little known fact, the original Star Trek theme song has very rarely heard lyrics! I liked the Enterprise theme too! The Star Trek lyrics were never meant to be heard though, were they? Wasn't there a legal technicality that meant by crediting Gene Roddenberry as lyric writer, he got half of all royalties for the tune? |
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2012 15:14:23 GMT
"I find it has become slightly, cringingly cheesy and dated." I think this is why I enjoy it so much, have such strong childhood memories attached to cartoons and TV shows that whenever I hear them I'm 8 -10 yrs old again ;D Cheesy or not lol In their time the child version of me found them cool, and still does now, those memories overtake any adult criticism  |
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Post by Toph on May 14, 2012 15:53:29 GMT
Enterprise uses the Rod Stewert song "I've got Faith" for it's opening theme. (Not sung by him, though) Pissed off a lot of trekkies, apparently, who tried a write in campaign to get them to go back to the traditional instrumental pieces. Glad it failed, because the theme was very appropriate, and one of the few good things about Enterprise. A little known fact, the original Star Trek theme song has very rarely heard lyrics! I liked the Enterprise theme too! The Star Trek lyrics were never meant to be heard though, were they? Wasn't there a legal technicality that meant by crediting Gene Roddenberry as lyric writer, he got half of all royalties for the tune? I admit such knowledge is well beyond me. I'm only aware of lyrics existing because my mom has some sheet music for the theme, with the lyrics on it. |
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