Your Favorite TV Themes/Songs (1 Viewer)

[Nick*Z]

More Bill Conti? Yes, please!

 

[JamesSmith]

For me, the favorite ones are some of the "forgotten" ones that never got a commercial release. Shows like Ellery Queen, Lucas Tanner, Petrocelli, How the West Was Won, etc. They're marvelous themes and cues, that could still be used today for intros and such. Pity, it's such an obscure interest.

==jthree

 

[compson]

Tarzan (1966-1969)​

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Below is the Tarzan theme I remember from when NBC originally broadcast the show (begins at the 1:26 mark). I believe the theme was changed when CBS aired reruns in 1969, or perhaps it was changed for syndication.

 

[jayembee]

^^^

That's the one I remember, though to be honest, I don't think I remember it from the show itself, but from the Al Hirt album "The Horn Meets the Hornet", where Hirt plays a number of TV themes.

the horn meets "the hornet" - Google Search

 

[mark-edk]

Below is the Tarzan theme I remember from when NBC originally broadcast the show (begins at the 1:26 mark). I believe the theme was changed when CBS aired reruns in 1969, or perhaps it was changed for syndication.

Tarzan had two different themes. Season one was by Walter Greene. For season two Nelson Riddle wrote a new theme.

 

[Jeff Flugel]

Tarzan had two different themes. Season one was by Walter Greene. For season two Nelson Riddle wrote a new theme.

I prefer the first (Walter Greene) theme, myself, but both are memorable. Fun show, Tarzan.

 

[John Hermes]

I prefer the first (Walter Greene) theme, myself, but both are memorable. Fun show, Tarzan.

I remember figuring out the first theme, "Tarzan' March", on my guitar I still remember it!

 

[Wiseguy]

Switch (1975-1978)​

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One of the last series I'd like to get on DVD.

 

[Wiseguy]

Switch (1975-1978)​

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Note Jaclyn Smith in the first opening a year before Charlie's Angels. She played a recurring character in the pilot (where most of the scenes in the opening came from) and two other episodes in 1975.

 

[Desslar]

One of the last series I'd like to get on DVD.

Why is this show so obscure? Robert Wagner and Eddie Albert aren't big enough to get a DVD release? There were 70 episodes over 3 seasons, so it wasn't a blink and you'd miss it affair.

 

[Jeff Flugel]

Why is this show so obscure? Robert Wagner and Eddie Albert aren't big enough to get a DVD release? There were 70 episodes over 3 seasons, so it wasn't a blink and you'd miss it affair.

From what I've heard/read on this and other forums, Switch was apparently one of the series that had most of its masters and/or tapes (can't remember which, though its most likely tapes) destroyed in the big Universal fire, thus rendering releasing the series an expensive proposition for the studio. Other members here will likely know the full story and can clarify the details, if they feel so inclined.

 

[bmasters9]

O-R ABC Dynasty, fourth go (1983-84, last one w/the great Pamela Sue Martin as Fallon Colby):

 

[Wiseguy]

Hazel (1961-1966)​

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Only three versions? There were 13 different openings (5 were featured on only one episode).

 

[Steve Armbrust]

I confess I didn't go through all 20 pages of this thread. But despite my fondness for many of the old theme songs, this song continues to haunt me and was a perfect theme song for The Leftovers. Even though I recorded this on DVR, I never skipped the opening credits.

 

[The 1960's]

Quinn Martin (1922–1987)​

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[bmasters9]

Bumping up: Knots Landing sixth go (1984-85) (shortened version)

 

[jcroy]

Hollywood Wives (by Laura Branigan).

 

[bmasters9]

Ryan's Four (short-lived '83 ABC medical series w/Tom Skerritt, Lisa Eilbacher, et al.)...


The Feather & Father Gang (short-lived '76 ABC mystery/crime series w/Stefanie Powers and the late Harold Gould; includes full end titles w/CPT's Sunburst/Abstract Torch [and opening title has a faintly seen CPT copyright, attached here)])...

 

[JamesSmith]

Love those old forgotten tv themes. Wish they still did collections of them.

--jthree

 

[bmasters9]

Did you know that L.A. Law had a second version of its opening title track, used for more serious storylines? Here's an example of that, with the low synthesizer bass theme in the first few seconds, used for serious episodes (this example from 1987).