Some of your favorite TV theme songs...

Eric-S · 02-03-2007, 01:43 PM

The fact that the TV theme song is being pushed out to make more room for commercials, I thought I would give you all the chance to list some of your favorites. Some of mine would include...

The Rockford Files

Taxi

Barney Miller

Thanks,

EJ

gene c · 02-03-2007, 03:23 PM

Hawaii 5-O needs to be on that list. Book'em Dan'o.

mylan · 02-03-2007, 05:55 PM

Love Rockford Files and Hawaii 5-0
I'll add Growing Pains (especially the later version with no music)
Laverne and Shirley
Happy Days
Magnum P.I.
Cheers

Rob Gardiner · 02-03-2007, 10:09 PM

THE SIMPSONS
THE SOPRANOS
MARRIED... WITH CHILDREN
THE ODD COUPLE <-- I have no idea if it's really by Mancini, but it has that "Mancini-esque" quality that I enjoy

Linda Thompson · 02-03-2007, 10:33 PM

I love the music from Will & Grace...sorta reminds me of the Vince Guaraldi Charlie Brown scores a bit.

I also enjoy the themes from:

Wings
Futurama
La Femme Nikita
Silk Stalkings
Alien Nation
Hercules
Xena
Renegade
Psych (too short!)
Star Trek - TOS
The X-Files
Emergency!
Rockford
The A-Team
Bonanza
WKRP

EDIT - Oops! Forgot one of the absolute best: M*A*S*H

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Bryan X · 02-03-2007, 10:46 PM

Don't forget Greatest American Hero.

Al.Anderson · 02-03-2007, 10:49 PM

Lots of good ones. I'll add Mission Impossible.

Rob Gardiner · 02-03-2007, 11:14 PM

A few more

GILLIGAN'S ISLAND
COWBOY BEBOP
SAMURAI CHAMPLOO
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT <-- how can I resist that ukelele
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
I LOVE LUCY
CRIME STORY
WELCOME BACK, KOTTER
THE JEFFERSONS
FAT ALBERT

Brian Perry · 02-04-2007, 12:38 AM

There's no doubt in my mind that Hawaii Five-O is the best opening sequence ever created. To this day, when I'm re-watching an episode on Tivo, I never fail to watch the song in its entirety.

I also have to second the nomination for Cheers. Maybe it was just the anticipation of knowing a great show was coming, but I'll always fondly remember hearing that song on Thursday nights.

And my honorable mention goes to The Beverly Hillbillies.

Yee-Ming · 02-04-2007, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linda Thompson

Star Trek - TOS

Say what you want about the program, but Voyager had a great theme. Similarly, Battlestar Galactica TOS had an absolutely brilliant theme, nicely reprised in the new one as "The Colonial Anthem".

I actually rather like the Law & Order theme. And it's interesting how they've managed to create interesting, yet different, riffs of it for SVU and CI.

And how about that hoary old chestnut, LA Law? That trumpet riff followed by a heavy opening beat that coincides with the trunk of the car slamming shut, displaying the custom license plate?