Favorite Opening Theme For A TV Show

[Estreeter]

A lot of TV shows had a great opening theme (Intro) over the years and make the show instantly recogniseable without even seeing the show,
Some that come to mind instantly are
Mash, I Dream Of Jeanie, Cheers, Love Thy Neighbor, Looney Tunes, Gilligans Island, I could go on. But this is my favorite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUT07eZoXPw
The Sopranos

Can anybody add some instantly recognisable themes

[tabler]

Nice thread mv, the theme from Bonanza stands out for me (god that has made me feel so old, its depressing:()

[GeorgeMcSoon]

Monk

Opening sung by Randy Newman ( It´s a jungle out there )

[elton dong]

Has to be 'The Sweeney'

[MaxJoker]

Haven`t got an absolute favourite but some of the themes i like can be found here, on that thread that simply everyones talking about :D

http://www.vintage-erotica-forum.com/t44852-if-you-could-chose-a-theme-for-yourself-what-would-it-be-.html

:rolleyes:

Although The Equalizer intro has to be one of the best ever :cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB1NiNKwueE


Along with of course Farscape :cool::cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orh5IePXv_4


Not to mention Little house on prairie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-Ycfv_LM4U

Shit i forgot not to mention it :eek:

" Run away , run away ! "

[maxedout]

Thunderbirds - I want that played at my funeral just as the coffin slowly slides behind the screen.
Although I toyed with the idea of having the Stingray theme - "Anything can happen in the next half-hour".

I've been told I have a warped sense of humour.

[sydney1]

Love and marriage, love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage...........Aaaaaaaaal!

[theshape]

Sanford and Son

[imtrying]

My favorite is "Peter Gunn" by Henry Mancini. Other faves include "The Monkees", "Those Were The Days" (All in the Family), "Rawhide", "Batman", "The Munsters", "The Addams Family" and "The A-Team".

[imtrying]

Forgot about Mike Post. You could do a separate thread on this guy's TV theme songs alone. He did "Rockford Files", "White Shadow", "Riptide", "Magnum P.I.", "Greatest American Hero" and lots more.

[Greenman]

You can't beat The Prisoner, The Professionals(an unseen episode that has a much more dynamic opening and a voiceover that was dropped for some reason), Battle of the Planets cartoon based on the Japanese version called Gatchaman now that was worth rushing home from school to watch.

[risen]

I'll see your Mike Post and raise you Perry Mason.

Heres one of the 40 second opening sequences (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHqebO8aAc4).

and here is the full piece (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCaCXXCM42Y&feature=related) at a slightly different pace.

The theme is entitled "Park Avenue Beat" by Fred Steiner.

[MrKinkade]

Terry and June.. LOL
Captain Scarlet and the mysterons well ahead of it's time with mixed puppet and actor close ups.
The Persuaders unforgettable intro music from John Barry also did the Bond films theme music score.

[NelsonsGoodeye]

You're all WRONG! It's THIS!....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqs_0SBbPD0&feature=related


(Or maybe this........)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TSQ1Q8YA6I&feature=related

[smallblock]

Joe 90 for me I reckon.

[Mal Hombre]

:DTHe High Chaparral,Hawaii 5 0,The Avengers-God i feel old

[tabler]

Oh what happened to you,
Whatever happened to me,
What became of the people,
We used to be.

'What became of the Likley Lads'

[Wendigo]

A real Golden oldie.
Chuck Connors in Branded.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXlUS5-ag_g&feature=related

and Space 1999
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DF9nDJZrdA

[kananga]

I'm going with 'Suicide is Painless' the opening theme from M.A.S.H.
Here it is performed instrumentally on solo classical guitar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bRXauNsXv4

[Estreeter]

It's Friday, my last day of work before my 4 day weekend and this came to mind:):):):):)

Sunday, Monday, Happy Days,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Happy Days,
Thursday, Friday, Happy Days,
Saturday, what a day,
Rockin all week with you.

This day is ours
Won't you be mine. (Oh Happy Days)
This day is ours (Oh Happy Days)
Oh please be mine.

Hello sunshine, goodbye rain,
She's wearing my high school ring on her chain.
She's my steady, I'm her man,
I'm gonna love her all I can.
(Chorus)
Gonna cruise her round the town,
Show everybody what I've found
Rock'n'roll with all my friends
Hopin' the music never ends.

These Happy Days are yours and mine (oh Happy Days)
These Happy Days are yours and mine (oh Happy Days)
These Happy Days are yours and mine, Happy Days.
:cool:

[Herbert]

Although The Equalizer intro has to be one of the best ever :cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB1NiNKwueE


I agree 100 %, I've got series one on DVD but when will they bring the rest out ?

[Bovon]

Man In A Suitcase beats 'em all.

Honourable mention to Freewheelers, & Robinson Crusoe.

I'm afraid the YTs are all a bit ropey - but you get a flavour. :-)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9MxKqQmvw0&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPrHUk6bSP4


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHB1zd1f5M

[willba]

Amazed that Fools and Horses hasn't been mentioned yet.

Does anyone not know the words to this one ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NuMgotARU8

Not the original theme tune to the show. But definitely the best version, instantly recognised and loved by millions.

[tabler]

The Adams Family,

There house is a museum, etc etc:D

[BustyEscortLovr]

Da Vinci's Inquest (Canada)

All good choices - but I heard this and was HOOKED.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzbmKAvR0Mg

End Title theme - but I think sometimes also used as an opener - because it is just so GOOD.
(note youtube version is a bit muted from what plays on TV)

[Herbert]

Amazed that Fools and Horses hasn't been mentioned yet.

Does anyone not know the words to this one ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NuMgotARU8

Not the original theme tune to the show. But definitely the best version, instantly recognised and loved by millions.

OPENING

Stick a pony in me pocket, I'll fetch the suitcase from the van.
Cos if you want the best 'uns, but you don't ask questions,
Then brother, I'm your man. 'Cos where it all comes from is a mystery,
It's like the changin' of the seasons, and the tides of the sea.
But here's the one that's drivin' me beserk, Why do only fools and horses work?
La-la-la. La-lala-la. La-la-la. La-lala-la.

CLOSING

We've got some half price cracked ice and miles and miles of carpet tiles,
T.V.s, deep freeze and David Bowie L.P.s,
Ball games, gold chains, whatsnames, pictures frames and leather goods,
And Trevor Francis track suits from a mush in Shepherds Bush,
Bush, bush, bush, bush, bush, bush, bush ...
No income tax, no V.A.T., no money back, no guarantee,
Black or white, rich or poor, we'll cut prices at a stroke,
God bless Hooky Street. Viva Hooky Street. Long live Hooky Street.
C'est magnifique, Hooky Street, Magnifique, Hooky Street, Hooky Street (to fade)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lac8xyi-6j0&feature=related

[anklebiter]

I love TV themes.A great theme makes a good show better.Three of my favorites:

The X-Files http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDZBgHBHQT8

Welcome Back Kotter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGFwGwV1lZc

My personal all time favorite- cheers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BdJYIXMe1M

More include M*A*S*H* The Waltons The A-Team and Three's Company

[svga]

I'm outing myself: Dallas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R8WS-j7SKA) :D

P.S.: And of course Harlem Nocturne from Mike Hammer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDqA3b3nXcE)

P.P.S: The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KynwpcpDOqw)

[Estreeter]

Not to mention Little house on prairie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-Ycfv_LM4U

My mum loved watching that show when I was a kid, I hated it as it was on at the same time as Welcome Back Kotter, :(

Would you believe me if I said Mrs Olsen turned me on?

[svga]

Would you believe me if I said Mrs Olsen turned me on?
Not until you confess that you have strange and really frightening desires:D

[Estreeter]

Not until you confess that you have strange and really frightening desires:D
OK, I confess, she was my 1st milf:D:p:o
http://img180.imagevenue.com/loc870/th_57651_mrs._olsen_123_870lo.jpg (http://img180.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=57651_mrs._olsen_123_870lo.jpg)
Perhaps I need a psychiatric examination

[tabler]

Three themes from my youth that stand out:-

Skippy

Flipper

Casy Jones

[Estreeter]

Three themes from my youth that stand out:-
Skippy

Skippy, another show my mum made me watch, I liked it but pretended to hate it just to start trouble:D
http://img243.imagevenue.com/loc43/th_78319_skippy_123_43lo.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCHY6n907OE

[Mal Hombre]

:DThe original Dr Who theme,except it was better as the closing theme just as a man in a rubber suit is closing in on some hapless extra

[tabler]

Skippy, another show my mum made me watch, I liked it but pretended to hate it just to start trouble:D
http://img243.imagevenue.com/loc43/th_78319_skippy_123_43lo.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCHY6n907OE

You where an awkward little bugger were you not?:D:D:D

(Probably havnt changed much either:D)

Another one:-

Fireball XL5

[svga]

Wondering that nobody has mentioned it already: Star Trek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdjL8WXjlGI&feature=related)

P.S: ST TNG (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOryEhRTP7A&NR=1)

[Staffsyeoman]

So very many... some all time ones:

Mission Impossible
The Man from Uncle
The World at War
Trumpton (Heeeere is a box...)
The A Team
MacGyver
Z Cars (only many years later did I discover that it's an Orange Lodge marching tune, then you listen, and go 'Course it is!)
Charlies' Angels
John Craven's Newsround - Closing (about two seconds)
Upstairs, Downstairs - beginning AND end
LA Law
The Avengers AND The New Avengers
Danger Man (second version)

And a lot already mentioned.

Edit: Freewheelers! Stone me you've made a happy man very old.

[imtrying]

Hey, do old cartoon themes count? If so: "The Flintstones", "Looney Tunes", "Top Cat", The Adventures of Dastardly and Muttly", "Johnny Quest", "Scooby Doo", "Speed Racer", "Super Chicken", "George of the Jungle" and "The Jetsons".

[spitalhouse]

Both visually and musically the brashest, the sexiest and the coolest opening title sequence in the history of TV!

Regards

[imtrying]

Has anyone mentioned "Get Smart" yet?

[Oswald]

The Champions.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062551/

[imtrying]

I was listening to a sports talk show today and the host mentioned that it was Jerry Mather's birthday, and they played the theme from "Leave It to Beaver". Talk about instantly recognizable. How could I have forgotten that one?

[tamsmith]

The Professionals.

[scoundrel]

Iconic 1980s serial which really captured the spirit of the age. Lots of bling, superficial glossy surfaces and glamour with an extremely seamy and ugly underbelly. The strength of the series was that it knew the surface was fake and explored the implications of this fact. Don Johnson as Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Tubbs had the facile charm and rich boys toys of successful pimps: that was their cover. But James Edward Olmos as Lieutenant Castillo, their boss, gave this pop video an unexpected depth in a performance rich in character and the sort of Alpha Male personal authority necessary to keep Crockett and Tubbs under command.

The opening sequence and tune gives you a lot of information about this show in 60 seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0MEtBQb2yM

[xerxes10]

The Wire

Tom Waits song "Down In The Hole" with different artists doing it for each season.

Season 1 - Five Blind Boys Of Alabama. My favourite version.
Season 2 - Tom Waits
Season 3 - Neville Brothers. Not heard yet, waiting for it to start on BBC2 in a couple of weeks.

Best TV show ever.

[darkmoonfire]

For me it has to be either:

UFO
Hawaii Five-o
or The Double Deckers.


I also loved the outro song from The Protectors, "In the Avenues and Alleyways", Not exactly an intro song though.

[Oswald]

Space 1999

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DF9nDJZrdA

[avidfan]

c'mon its gotta be magnum!
also, hawaii 5'o
starsky and hutch
miami vice

[imtrying]

Hey avidfan, when you say "Starsky and Hutch" which theme are you talking about? That show had three themes in four seasons.

[avidfan]

Hey avidfan, when you say "Starsky and Hutch" which theme are you talking about? That show had three themes in four seasons.

this one for me...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJnPS0QuTvY

[LovemBig]

"Suddenly I'm on top of the world, I can't believe it myself. Believe it or not "
Theme to the Greatest American Hero, Tom Post I believe? I love that tune!!!

[jimmy4u]

The Andy Griffith show! Opie, Barney, Aunt Bea oh my!

[Oswald]

Follyfoot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVgyxhe849k

[eelcat]

The Sweeney
Man About The House (great drumming)
The Odd Couple
The Dave Allen Show Theme
SWAT (by Rhythm Heritage)
The Original Doctor Who Theme
The Original Saint Theme

[Oswald]

The Professionals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCFVEvZvo3g

[sonnystitt]

KOLCHAK The Night Stalker, by Gil Mellé
PETER GUNN, by Henry Mancini
MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE, by Lalo Schifrin

[Pnin]

Rockford Files.

It's not the best, but it's my favorite.

[Oswald]

U.F.O.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8RfzkhqBLY

[tabler]

One from my youth that I found myself whistling this morning Robinson Crusoe, and then I started singing 'On white Horses' anyone remember that one?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQH1zd1f5M

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6z8GUywyc

[Clawhammer]

"Minder"

[/URL]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN9XzC6ChuE&feature=fvw

"Write the theme tune, sing the theme tune...do dee do" :)

It's funny how memory works...looking at that Dallas intro, by comparison today it looks like a country town with 5 huge skyscaper's .... I remembered it like it was a shining metropolis!!!

[neotonous1]

Paint it Black by: Rolling Stones for the series China Beach

[Mal Hombre]

Paint it Black by: Rolling Stones for the series China BeachAnd Tour of duty:D

[scoundrel]

One from my youth that I found myself whistling this morning Robinson Crusoe, and then I started singing 'On white Horses' anyone remember that one?

I remember the series and the tune very well. It was a staple of holday TV, along with Casey Jones: both total rubbish, but enjoyable rubbish.

The white horses in the series are of course Lipizzaners, a breed which might have died out after WW2, had not General Patton 'liberated' vital breeding horses from Czechoslovakia before handing the territory over to the Red Army. They are really lovely horses aren't they?

They remind me of a very good novel called Airs Above The Ground, written by Mary Stewart, which I read as a teenager: a clever crime/espionage thriller which featured Lipizzaner horses as a key element of the plot. Airs Above The Ground is a really difficult dressage manoevre performed by horses in the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. Only the very best horses can do it. The novel is a really good read and I recommend it highly.

The very pretty girl whom we see in tabler's clip is Helga Anders, who would have been 16 or 17, just the same age as her character (called Julia) who has been sent to live on a farm where her uncle breeds Lipizzaner horses and discovers her true calling to be with these remarkable animals - but I'm making the series sound better than it really was...

Sadly, Fraulein Anders passed away in 1986, aged only 38. My German isn't very good but I think herzversagan means that she died of a heart attack. Damn shame.

[molfluon]

Late 60's uber camp. Never before or since did a Hammond Organ ever sound so cool:D

Seems it's been mentioned and linked before but thought some might like an mp3 as a ringtone.

http://rapidshare.com/files/242314273/UFO.mp3


10 downloads only. First come first served.

[molfluon]

Gerry Anderson puppet series about a 9 year old boy who can (with funky tech help) absorb the brainwaves and therefore skills of secret agents and other specialists to do covert ops for the benefit of mankind.

Joe 90 was a sweet looking blonde haired boy. When I watched the shows I looked just like him and was also 9. I didn't wear glasses but anyway that was my own disguise. How cool was that?:D

YouTube link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTsMx1DGfNk

[Oswald]

Stingray.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E06cNv55jTs&feature=related

[tamsmith]

The Professionals was a great theme but for a laugh so was Steptoe and Son.

But those of a certain age will remember Robin Hood (Richard Greene) version. Guys we all can sing the words and, of course, the naughty schoolboy version's.

Friar Tuck really did run like "duck".

[Oswald]

Robin Hood Theme Song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w7ALMIUy74

[Estreeter]

http://img223.imagevenue.com/loc17/th_60065_the-twilight-zone_123_17lo.jpeg (http://img223.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=60065_the-twilight-zone_123_17lo.jpeg)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzlG28B-R8Y

Scared the shit out of me when I was a kid:eek:, still does:o

[penfold007]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF2x5IKxmAQ - Dr Who theme from 1963, back in the days before the Radiophonic workshop had synthesizers. Delia Derbyshire was a genius.

Honourable mentions to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_4iyJZp7AM - World in Action. From an era when you might see something worth watching on ITV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsYrhNMZa6U - Jewelled by Propaganda (BBC Rally Report theme). Makes me want to buy a Mk2 Escort and pretend I'm Ari Vatenen. But without the talent.

[wrench24a]

You have to go all the way back to 1971 for this one. GREAT BUT SHORT LIVED!
What a SHAME!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8X0Ooe7DWc

[Oswald]

Joe 90.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d9QZFdW8uQ

[molfluon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF2x5IKxmAQ - Dr Who theme from 1963, back in the days before the Radiophonic workshop had synthesizers. Delia Derbyshire was a genius.

Honourable mentions to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_4iyJZp7AM - World in Action. From an era when you might see something worth watching on ITV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsYrhNMZa6U - Jewelled by Propaganda (BBC Rally Report theme). Makes me want to buy a Mk2 Escort and pretend I'm Ari Vatenen. But without the talent.

Two of these are my favourites too. Only vaguely remember the rally theme. Dr. Who was both a technical triumph and great music. Must have sounded totally trippy at the time.

World In Action. Bleak, savage, beautiful. How on earth could anyone imagine a Hammond Organ and guitar would sound like that with the right score. It made the bane of many people's lives sound like a depressed Tiger that's about to rip your head off.

I forgot about World In Action when I wrote the UFO post. Whose treatment of the Hammond is completely different but nonetheless just as effective. I'm eating my words here. I said the UFO theme tune was the only example of Hammonds sounding good. Goes to show that the right musician can use any well tuned instrument if it has the sounds he or she wants to make.

Can anyone else come up with any good theme tunes with Hammond Organs in them?

[tabler]

World in action is Nantucket Sleighride by Mountain.

[scoundrel]

I am not a number! I am a free man! (sorry mate, you're a number actually).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AL7npkSXZE

[snape]

It would probably be banned these days, but I still like it.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spQY2FbCUtM

[Clawhammer]

"Dr Who theme from 1963, back in the days before the Radiophonic workshop had synthesizers. Delia Derbyshire was a genius."

Penfold007,

I heard a story that by the time she'd finished dubbing that music backwards and forwards the magnetic tape was nearly transparent...having all the magnetic oxide wiped off by all the passes through the machine...

[tmee2000]

Theme from "12 O'Clock High". The music from the movie is just great, too.

[tmee2000]

It would probably be banned these days, but I still like it.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spQY2FbCUtM
My God, how do they do that? How can you train a mule that well?

[molfluon]

My God, how do they do that? How can you train a mule that well?

You don't want to know. <shudder>

[kananga]

"Dr Who theme from 1963, back in the days before the Radiophonic workshop had synthesizers. Delia Derbyshire was a genius."

Penfold007,

I heard a story that by the time she'd finished dubbing that music backwards and forwards the magnetic tape was nearly transparent...having all the magnetic oxide wiped off by all the passes through the machine...

Probably my alltime favorite television theme.
I remember as a 13 year old hearing 'Children of the Grave' by Black Sabbath, loving it, then thinking where have I heard this before? Rob Grainer performed at my high school library in the seventies.
Of course everyone was well familiar with this composition.
Found the one you mentioned on Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF2x5IKxmAQ
kudos to Clawhammer.

[tabler]

Guys I remember (I think) something called The Singing Ringing Tree, now what I'm going to describe sounds like one of my old drink and drugs trips but I'm sure it happened!
There was a man who was turned into a bear, a nasty dwarf and a mechanical fish and a princess who was kiddnaped and turned into something else!

Can anyone else remember this or am I having weed flashbacks?

[slowdiver]

I believe the story about the tape being almost transparent was also true of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, after all the operatic vocal overdubs were completed.

And back to the thread ;)

Doctor Who, Late Pertwee/most of Tom Baker. The music was awesome and the visuals were as scary as hell to a 7 year old :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdVivT0ShC4&feature=related

The theme to Black Beauty always sends a shiver down my spine, just a wonderful theme:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0aZCGcaxTo&feature=related

I also have fond memories of the song "Eye Level" by the Simon Park Orchestra, the theme to "Van der Valk" and a UK number one no less :)

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

Ah memories :)

[Mal Hombre]

Liberty Bell-Monty Python's Flying Circus

[bawjaws]

Guys I remember (I think) something called The Singing Ringing Tree, now what I'm going to describe sounds like one of my old drink and drugs trips but I'm sure it happened!
There was a man who was turned into a bear, a nasty dwarf and a mechanical fish and a princess who was kiddnaped and turned into something else!

Can anyone else remember this or am I having weed flashbacks?
Remember it well tabler.It was pretty scary/strange for kids like me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW-D9pObZKw

[tabler]

Remember it well tabler.It was pretty scary/strange for kids like me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW-D9pObZKw

Thank you so much mate I had a drunken conversation about this in a pub not long ago, and the blokes pissed themselves laughing, thinking I was making it up. I was beggining to doubt myself!
My god it is bizzare though!:eek:

[illuminated]

Here are some of my favourites.

Airwolf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr_CJL1YQRc

Hawaii Five-O
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUeacmnyS84

The Incredible Hulk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOXpKUu6pUg

The Streets of San Francisco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F0wlfmxKdU

[Oswald]

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV8YbLvGrb0&feature=related

[Bovon]

World in action is Nantucket Sleighride by Mountain.

Tab - I think you mean Weekend World. Er, slightly different programme. ;)

And if it was your good self that was asking about the TV show 'White Horses'?
The theme tune (song) was a hit record in the 1960s, sung by, er, Jackie somebody. It can prob be found on youtube...In fact, here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6z8GUywyc

[Wendigo]

Marine Boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNl_X85vF9s

Gigantor - admittedly this has dated
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84IgD0vBhCI

It's Funky Phantom time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jDjkESR-4Y

and the all time classic - Banana Splits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8jlJpceXpY

[Oswald]

White Horses.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6z8GUywyc

[tamsmith]

Anyone said the theme from the Tv cartoon Thundercats yet?

Well after my time but my kids thought it was the best.

"Thunder Thunder ThunderCats are GO"!!!

[Pinkpapercut]

Too many to mention them all, but one that springs immediately to mind was the opening theme to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", largely because the opening couple of seconds of it sounded like it was going to be Blondie's "Fade Away and Radiate".

Two other - better - themes I liked were Angelo Badalamenti's theme for "Twin Peaks" and the theme music for "Six Feet Under".

Going a lot further back I can remember the entire tune and lyrics for the opening and closing themes for "The Beverly Hillbillies" without ever having tried to learn them, which says a lot about their stickability.

[Moltar]

A mind numbingly boring montage, but a hell of a theme...

Barney Miller, USA, 1970s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfgNcwOi6WM

[tabler]

I loved this show as a kid, Fireball XL5

Opening
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oboly57qxjg

Closing song
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VQNCYjswJA

[Rfan]

Ok, I haven't read the whole thread but I'm sure this ones already got a gurnsey. If not whoo hoo!

Star Trek (original series).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdjL8WXjlGI

The horns in the opening section real nail it for me, gives that clarion call to adventure feel. Its a great trademark theme that has been adapted for most of the following films and series.

Cheers.

[haldane4]

Tales of the Unexpected, with the nekkid lady dancing in silhouette and Ron Grainer's fantastic theme music.

Also I Claudius with the snake sliding across the marble floor. Nicely parodied by Blackadder II.

[nudgenudge]

Always remember the music from the b&w Robinson Crusoe series of the 60s

[Mal Hombre]

Always remember the music from the b&w Robinson Crusoe series of the 60s:D Once heard impossible to forget

[NelsonsGoodeye]

Always remember the music from the b&w Robinson Crusoe series of the 60s

WOT? You mean this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHB1zd1f5M

[Mal Hombre]

That's the one,drove my Mum mad every school holiday

[crazybikerme]

Always reminds me of being a kid back in the days..............:o

[mark1970]

I know I'm going to come over a bit "Alan Partridge" but The Return Of The Saint, also am I the only person who likes the original Star Trek Enterprise theme? There is something about Diane Warren's songwriting and Russell Watson's voice! Mind you honourable mentions must go to the 1970's kids progs "The Littlest Hobo" and "The Flashing Blade" Don't think too many people remember the latter...

[Morocco]

For me it has to be either:

UFO
Hawaii Five-o
or The Double Deckers.


I also loved the outro song from The Protectors, "In the Avenues and Alleyways", Not exactly an intro song though.

top ten list:

UFO
Hawaii Five-0
Bonanza
Odd Couple
Waltons
Knight Rider
Hill St. Blues
Magnum PI
Friends
ER

[ed_balls]

most recent would be the wire series one. but remember it only arrived in the UK a few months back.

[maxedout]

...am I the only person who likes the original Star Trek Enterprise theme?

:eek: Yes, you are , "rock" balladeering at it's most annoying. The only way to make it worse would be to have Michael bloody Bolton singing it.

"The Flashing Blade" Don't think too many people remember the latter.

Wrong again :p:D- that's another one like Robison Crusoe - sticks in the mind.

Here's a reminder - low quality but what can you expect from a tape of an old 60's show.
This site's a goldmine, you can spend all day here if you want to feel really old.

http://www.thechestnut.com/flashing.htm

"You've got to fight for what you want
For all that you believe
It's right to fight for what we want
To live the way we please"

Shit - I'll be humming that all day now. :mad:

[Clouddancer]

The programme's theme music is "No Mean City" composed by Mike Moran. The vocals were originally performed by Maggie Bell, formerly a member of Stone the Crows, but an instrumental version is now used for both opening and closing credits

[Terminator666]

miami vice
x-files
the csi themes by The who
charmed The smith's original
dukes of hazard maybe
star wars i know it's a film but they are supposed to be making a 5 season t.v. series to fill the gap between film 3 and 4 fingers crossed.

[Mal Hombre]

Gustav Holst's Mars,theme for Quatermass

[imtrying]

miami vice
x-files
the csi themes by The who
charmed The smith's original
dukes of hazard maybe
star wars i know it's a film but they are supposed to be making a 5 season t.v. series to fill the gap between film 3 and 4 fingers crossed.

I think it's a shame that classic rock songs like "Who Are You" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" are known by a whole generation as T.V. theme songs. :eek:

[snape]

The level of violence is just about acceptable I think. :(





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_fx8ASV6Hs&feature=related


:(

[Aitken Bonar]

The intro for the Six Million Dollar Man impressed the hell out of me when I was a kid, although the series was crap in the main.

If you're a Brit you might remember a drama series called Warship, about the crew of a Royal Navy frigate called HMS Hero. That had a great intro.

Chris Carter's Millennium series is one of my recent favourites in the intro stakes.

Also, "Name: Richard Kimble, doctor of medicine. Destination: death row, state prison ..." - The Fugitive.

The Mission Impossible theme is really brill. And a biiiiiig shout for the Roobarb theme. :D

[Aitken Bonar]

I know I'm going to come over a bit "Alan Partridge" but The Return Of The Saint, also am I the only person who likes the original Star Trek Enterprise theme? There is something about Diane Warren's songwriting and Russell Watson's voice! Mind you honourable mentions must go to the 1970's kids progs "The Littlest Hobo" and "The Flashing Blade" Don't think too many people remember the latter...

Oooh yes we do!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-ZEDNkZ2L4

[Aitken Bonar]

One for those of us of a certain age who like safe places to hide now and again. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWJjcT7Uipo&feature=PlayList&p=9E0E5D3891BA80B6&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=46

[John C. Holmes]

Magnum PI
Simon and Simon
Freaks and Geeks (Joan Jett's Bad Reputation)
Barney Miller
Hawaii Five-O

In that order.

[Mal Hombre]

One for those of us of a certain age who like safe places to hide now and again. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWJjcT7Uipo&feature=PlayList&p=9E0E5D3891BA80B6&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=46
Brian Cant of course ,His voice was part of the soundtrack of my childhood.

[Dr Shipherd]

Quite a few, from both sides of the pond:

Department S
Man In a Suitcase
The Baron
Dave Allen At Large ("Blarney Stoned")
The Prisoner
The Benny Hill Show ("Yakety Sax")
Search
Mr. Broadway (by Dave Brubeck)
Kids In the Hall
Hawaii Five-O
Mission: Impossible
Rockford Files
Spiderman (the 60's animated series)

[scoundrel]

Apologies that I can't find the actual opening credits on youtube: they were iconic. But the tune itself is outstanding and very evocative if you were ever a fan of this most intelligent and unusual of cop shows.
http://img152.imagevenue.com/loc1153/th_10035_Hill_Street_Blues_122_1153lo.jpg http://img140.imagevenue.com/loc836/th_10038_Hill_Street_Blues_1_122_836lo.jpg (http://img140.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=10038_Hill_Street_Blues_1_122_836lo. jpg)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yevI8xCAKuc

[rodell]

The first season of Space 1999, over the top intro, funky guitars, timpany drums, trumpets and harps. It had something for everyone...

or The Protectors with Tony Christie belting out Avenues And Alleyways :D

[marvelnut]

Hey guys it sure was fun checking out everybodys theme favs. Now being a seventies kid myself, there are almost two many to mention. So here are links to a couple of my favorites.

ABC movie of the week theme..Used from 75ish to about 1980.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVif5l_Gb5s&feature=related

ABC weekend special
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnxCrFYviGM

Enjoy!!

[marvelnut]

I just remembered another favorite of mine. In Search Of, with Nimoy!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK4PGCQQ4Oc

[kananga]

Probably because I enjoyed the show immenseley, although from what I gather the last episodes were a little dire?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C7YzqTtFXU

[kananga]

Loved the television series of Douglas Adams wonderful trilogy, (or is it five now?) and the theme tune, maybe moreso than Red Dwarf.
I love the way the Brits 'do' science fiction.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9TYG9gTshU

[tabler]

Dire? blondi the 3 that they showed on Dave were bloody awful, really they were an insult to the memory of the show especially after all the hype and build up towards them.
Like you I am a huge fan and still love the opening theme but just one tip mate, if they show the new ones in Oz do yourself a favour and give them a miss, stick with the memory of the first ones.

[marvelnut]

Everyone should love the "Wild Wild West" theme, but I hate to admit that I love the version that features the animated Jim West slugging the chick that tries to stab him. In the other versions he just kisses her and she swoons away. If she tried to stab me, I would slug her myself!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7ThP2VuHRQ

[marvelnut]

Here are a couple more of my favorites. The first is the 5th season Kojak theme which I think is very underated and lastly the classic Odd Couple theme.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjPI-t7vsig

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDrfHj3j398&feature=PlayList&p=E708B9768AF688D9&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1

[tabler]

The Odd Couple is classic, funnily enough I watched the DVD of the film last weekend and the theme tune is the same as the series (ok, visa versa) also the same with M*A*S*H, the series had the same theme as the film only without the lyrics.

[tamsmith]

Airwolf.

[Mal Hombre]

The Littlest Hobo, Not the opening theme but the closing song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PINxfouNQFwme

[Greenman]

Best opening and one of the longest has to be cartoon series Battle of the Planets.

[tamsmith]

The Littlest Hobo, Not the opening theme but the closing song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PINxfouNQFwme

My sons favourite. Now it is his mobile ringtone. Of course, Dad had to get it for him.

[kananga]

Going with Greenman's cartoon theme I'm going to choose "Futurama".
I love this series and have all but four of the DVD's.
The series is ten years old this year, and while discontinued, aside from movie length episodes it probably doesn't quite qualify as Vintage as such - but, hey!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIenBDFzYq8&feature=related

Love the theme..

[Ghaleon]

Here's a top 10 countdown ....

10) CHiP's
09) Knight Rider
08) Hardcastle & McCormick
07) Monday Night Football a.k.a. Heavy Action
06) The Benny Hill Show - Yakety Sax
05) Star Trek - Original & Next Gen.
04) Falcon Crest
03) Dallas
02) Late Night with Jonny Carson

And My #1, with a bullet ....

01) Thunderbirds

Ghaleon

[grunde]

Derrick
Ironside
The Persuaders

[mr_tibbs]

Barney Miller

[reaction]

Count Duckula
The Mysterious Cities of Gold
The A-Team and
Airwolf.

[fleetwood77]

I liked the theme tune of the politics programme "Weekend World" with Brian Walden
It was the last few bars of "Nantucket Sleighride" by Mountain

[Nelberto]

Northern Exposure , The New Avengers and ,while not strictly a theme, the beginning of Porridge

[johnsmith69]

sorry couldnt be bothered to read whole thread - has anyone mentioned - Van Der Valk?

[Oswald]

Grandstand - Original Theme. :thumbsup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbYRQ0db8JI

[jbrodie]

The Sky at Night.

[snorkie]

Monk

Opening sung by Randy Newman ( It´s a jungle out there )

I also like the season one: "Monk Main Title Theme" by Jeff Beal. They had Sarah Silverman do an inside joke in the "Mr. Monk and the T.V. Star" episode, where she said that Monk should never change his theme song. :) It's nice that they bring the melody back from time to time.

[Dr Shipherd]

I left out a few from my previous post:

UFO
Thunderbirds
The High Chaparral

[edgarcasey]

Ohhhhhh, where's my time machine?? Harkening back to an easier, simpler, happier and more innocent time...a time when things seemed to actually make sense here somehow. Pass the tissues, please (especially for MTM)!

Angela Bob James (Theme from Taxi)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDj2-tgAauw&feature=related

Theme from Love American Style

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uHY8sARMlE

and the iconic montage....Theme from The Mary Tyler Moore Show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBTWF1bDPn0

[rorus998]

its gotta be "Alias Smith & Jones" ...loved that show as a kid


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alias_Smith_and_Jones

[Nelberto]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyUiHK3rPDU just found this,Rockliffe's Babies,another of my favourites

[DrFishnets]

Favourite opening theme...

The Sweeney
The Professionals
Doctor Who (Tom Baker, Peter Davison and Colin Baker version)
Terrahawks
Starsky and Hutch
Blake's 7
Tales of the Unexpected
Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World
StreetHawk
The Krypton Factor (late 1980s version)
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981 Television version)


Doc

[scoundrel]

The World At War (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMClpOb49b0)

As mentioned earlier by staffsyeoman in his list. Its one of the most bleakly evocative and haunting combinations of image and music (theme by Carl Williams) I have ever seen. The implications of the flames consuming face after face are really chilling.

[Oswald]

Minder. :thumbsup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5ohUHIjAxI

[FlyStrat]

Star Trek - The Next Generation

[Oswald]

Thunderbirds :thumbsup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vpMy14XiBw

[hairscute]

Would have to be FIREBALL XL5 for me . :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASvBTqfTrzA&feature=related

How come Tv shows had such great theme tunes / songs in those days ? Even childrens TV shows .

Cheers..

[automotrix]

For me ER & Third Watch made one of the best intro tv series, music, visual, edition-video, special-effects, acting, all in one, who catch the audience since the begining, great tv for watching.

ER:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIPwpjDgYzE

Third Watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0IaJz0tAzU

[marvelnut]

Hey guys, when the Marvel cartoons aired back in 1966, they had bumpers in between the segments that described their powers and weapons and/or talked about their lives. I guess when they syndicated them in the early 70's some TV stations opted to replace the bumpers with commericals, so most people have never seen them. I found a link on youtube for 4 of them together in 1 clip. 2 for Hulk and 2 for Iron Man.
Check em out, this will take you back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf8kWQikjbg

[marvelnut]

How many of you guys have seen the live action Spider-Man TV show from the 70's. The theme from the first season was great, check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEG17yTgJrg&mode=related&search=

[crazybikerme]

http://img245.imagevenue.com/loc427/th_39188_mash_tv_show_15_123_427lo.jpg (http://img245.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=39188_mash_tv_show_15_123_427lo.jpg)

[John C. Holmes]

Barney Miller
Simon and Simon
Magnum PI
Airwolf
The A Team
M*A*S*H*
WKRP
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Midnight Blue

[qwerty007]

The best opening theme of any program::D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-mExFor0nI

http://thumbnails25.imagebam.com/9029/fad72a90282941.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/fad72a90282941)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrsRJh9DhNM&feature=related

This one wasn't too bad, either...

[TexMadrid]

Love theme music could not pick a favorite:

ER (Season 2)
X-Files
SWAT ('75)
Barney Miller
Newhart
Northern Exposure
Quantum Leap

and the Odd Couple (tv)

[keefriff]

Theme from "Sanford and Son" written by Quincy Jones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5DnqW3F57E

[oldperv]

Hill St. Blues
Hawaii 5-0
Rockford Files
Magnum P.I.
Chips
WKRP
Peter Gunn
Movin' On
Tiny Toon Adventures
Dragnet
NCIS Los Angeles

[marvelnut]

One of the 70's best, from Spelling & Goldberg.

Vega$, with Robert Urich!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bpvAupdQ0M&feature=related

[qwerty007]

Anybody find this haunting song as good as I do?

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=_UmOY6ek_Y4&videos=U7PanyuhaTQ

Gives me the shivers...

[TexMadrid]

How the heck did I forget the supremely atmospheric:

Twin Peaks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oDuGN6K3VQ

And I love Magnum series and theme, but here is the original intro lasted about 6 episodes I think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNYDNtVs1PE

[qwerty007]

And I love Magnum series and theme, but here is the original intro lasted about 6 episodes I think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNYDNtVs1PE

HOLY SHIT :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: :eek:

How boring was THAT!!!??? How long would the show have lasted with that theme...

[TexMadrid]

HOLY SHIT :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: :eek:

How boring was THAT!!!??? How long would the show have lasted with that theme...

:D:D:D I was going to write more but I thought I would keep it simple. Very Generic. I feel like I have heard the theme before don't know what series but it is so close to another 70's theme, hell it might actually be close to a lot of 70's themes!

Edit: I think it reminds me of the Trapper John MD ('79) theme, also very generic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTjo2L8k67k

[DEB JORDAN FAN]

Steptoe And Son.

[Mal Hombre]

Ironside

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNS0u6USBT8

[Oswald]

Colditz TV Series Theme Tune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aT5gGDA59k

[renno61]

the protectors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgrusom5FMY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVQzxuYpHpE&feature=related
harry o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eMyHO0Jd4s
search
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkdbq20s0ls&feature=related
the avengers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPw1pjrIeaQ&feature=related
blakes 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlSgxLE5ydk
sapphire and steel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gjHmEUiaxo
cannon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqAGg7dEcLc

[John C. Holmes]

MAKIN' IT!

The only example of the theme song lasting longer on the charts than the show itself did before getting cancelled!

[TexMadrid]

Here's a really nice theme from The Paper Chase ('78). Seals and Crofts sing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOWgTtSiVwA

[Mal Hombre]

The closing theme from "Bottom"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxcnH4bVE30

[Night Haunter]

Starsky and Hutch, I was absolutely enthralled by this show when I was a kid....and Bluey with Lucky Grills :)

[Basser]

only one contender as far as i'm concerned - monkey!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iUMWy4hqAg

[Joszka]

Mannix. Theme of Lalo Schifrin.

http://img266.imagevenue.com/loc197/th_91115_mannix_123_197lo.JPG (http://img266.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=91115_mannix_123_197lo.JPG)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLTb3_-pdU4


The Untouchables, with Robert Stack.

http://img240.imagevenue.com/loc403/th_91336_Untouchables_123_403lo.JPG (http://img240.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=91336_Untouchables_123_403lo.JPG)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Cqu6iRC2E

Johnny Staccato, with John Cassavetes,
the most jazzy of all series ever.

http://img169.imagevenue.com/loc562/th_91117_Staccato_123_562lo.JPG (http://img169.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=91117_Staccato_123_562lo.JPG)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDieJH2q7tE

[rpsaturnal]

Many, many themes are memorable to me, including:

MASH
Cheers
Frasier
Star Trek
Star Trek: the Next Generation
Firefly
Electric Blue (what?)

[tygrkhat40]

Barney Miller, The Jetsons, Batman, Peter Gunn, The World at War, Hill Street Blues, The Rockford Files and the all-time greatest, Hawaii Five-O.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AepyGm9Me6w&feature=related Hawaii Five-O theme link.

[macksharp]

i gotta say...

Catweazle, Prince Planet, Gigantor, and Marine Boy and a special mention for Skippy (the bush kangaroo)..

oh my god...they're all kids shows!!!??

[IronMan]

Voltron!

[TripleM]

It Takes a Thief

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKT_hWv_fbQ


Also Star Trek Deep Space 9 had the best theme since the original.

[renno61]

time tunnel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP2TEdOAldQ
the persuaders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAxvfmGUjuQ
thunderbirds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RzCB3VRruE

[tabler]

I'm feeling a little nostalgic today (yeah I know, nostagia is not what it used to be).

One from my youth...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig3GcDBjQN4&feature=related

[Mal Hombre]

Here's an old one, Hi Ho Silver Awayyyy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxIuIxqo2So&feature=related

[ubu_roi]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - my favorite, as it sounds just like the show: energetic, fun, and a bit tongue-in-cheek. By the band Nerf Herder.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d2oKpuw30k

[kelio]

Used to love this show - what some 20, 30 years ago ?

The Jeffersons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9y4iXAso4I

[Desert Dream]

A list here from various types of telly shows. Picked for either the intros themselves or the actual music which burned there way into my mind forever or a mixture of both.

Airwolf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCXbvRrz7Uo

The professionals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCFVEvZvo3g

The Equalizer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB1NiNKwueE

Knightrider
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo8Qls0HnWo

The Dukes Of Hazzard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxD0PqVlt5Q

the sweeny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D99O6oTJVHo

Ulysses 31
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ4c1X5ene8

Terrahawks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNRzgB8PNtM

Battle of the planets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoO5H_UKCrw

Dr Who - 3 versions of the theme tune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRhPM2wMzH8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v19lhwJYPWk&NR=1

The Incredible Hulk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOXpKUu6pUg

roobarb n custard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zedq1VhaS90

the tomorrow people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xez4o1ujOPI

star fleet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h751hnVdHM

the trap door
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9dbAQJIu1o

Dangermouse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrM0E9pag8E

Spider-man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o29VoxtsFk&feature=fvw

gamesmaster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFCSEv_LHdk&feature=related

Chocky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3ztIDFU2P8&feature=related

rentaghost
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT54Er0a7nQ&feature=related

the flumps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yD8VJ4Cx4E

The Fall Guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asysY14LMUo

Six Million Dollor Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HofoK_QQxGc

Due south
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoXJtszkmwE

[kelio]

Kung Fu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEtKj6keoYU

Perry Mason
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAPOskOpa7E&feature=related

The Invaders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOLGrXOtuwQ

Not only great opening TV themes but also great shows :thumbsup:

[Desert Dream]

The New Avengers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrsRJh9DhNM&NR=1

Return of the Saint
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj3Ogsn5Vr4

Space: 1999
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WZW4groJro&feature=related

Space 1999 Season 2 Opening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnQ7vmUjyl4

[kolzig37]

My favorite, The Bob Newhart Show http://thumbnails21.imagebam.com/12431/498b65124305602.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/498b65124305602) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRVy5jPtjMw :)

[karloschaos]

A few golden memories from me.

Think of all the Animals you've ever heard about...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSapOlzAKPI

Ho Ho Me Heartys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3nM2Ul4rLU&feature=related

Sorry but we can't send your pictures back to you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcCHRW8G9yY&feature=related

Saturday, Saturday..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syCwrxUElfg

[Mal Hombre]

Batman-The Animated Series
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEx9r5enZsk

[renno61]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdjL8WXjlGI
star trek
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz_NkXeAnJo&playnext=1&list=PLBF3F52723FAB745B
the rockford files
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRhPM2wMzH8
dr who
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjFB1FZdKU8
blackadder 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN9XzC6ChuE
minder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDzNkern1Fc
u f o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYDs3_BJLhQ
mission impossible
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwBoLu3leRU
poridge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV8YbLvGrb0
captain scarlet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV8YbLvGrb0
sapphire and steel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awwPyAcXebI
search
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ReSTFDAHU&feature=related
banacek
a few intro from shows of the past

[shodan2011]

Don't quite know why, but I've always thought the intro to Homicide: Life on the Street was one of the best intros to a TV series. It has to be the first 3 seasons though; they were changed for the 4th, 5th and 6th seasons and they aren't as good.

Intro to the first season (the best season by far):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeZLSomwuLw

[wuadey]

Taxi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzhwx8aOO0A

[MaxJoker]

Gotta be (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PPf3aaZmUw&feature=related) :cool:

http://img109.imagevenue.com/loc578/th_95356_flintstones_main_image_123_578lo.jpg (http://img109.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=95356_flintstones_main_image_123_578 lo.jpg)

Well except for " Having a gay old time" that is :D :thumbsup:

[Moonstalker]

Juke Box Jury
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrrSAC6GPYM

Firefly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrAS20mNZUE

Luther
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Qg1pQSOa0

[Mal Hombre]

The opening theme for the darkest,most disturbing children's cartoon ever-Invader Zim.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-tgGwKZeko

[Road Dogg]

http://www.trueknowledge.com/images/thumbs/180/250/Boon_series_1_title.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBZSTrlcylU

[Drella]

Flat out favorite goes to Ironside
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KXhmxpnvRM

Then there's (of course) The $25,000 and $100,000 Pyramid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J98NjQZiTJk

[navvet]

Six great ones from the 1960s;

Suspense Theatre - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahboQf90bLA

It Takes a Thief - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKT_hWv_fbQ

The Avengers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0YOlU3SMgs

Mission Impossible - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI9KhPJ-utE&feature=related

N.Y.P.D - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N7Tg2jaCdw&feature=feedwll

The Green Hornet - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIwsqFjfKPs&list=FL4GkVp1Bp4yxPajNS_3M98Q&index=13&feature=plp

[mizlaplan]

A modern classic:
Sean the Sheep

[Dirty Old Man]

Danger Man that was renamed Secret Agent Man in the US with the theme song of Secret Agent Man sung by Johnny Rivers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iaR3WO71j4&feature=artist

[Historian]

The programme's theme music is "No Mean City" composed by Mike Moran. The vocals were originally performed by Maggie Bell, formerly a member of Stone the Crows, but an instrumental version is now used for both opening and closing credits

and no instrumental version could ever be a patch on the original Maggie Bell version...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjV88-LLn_k


Incidentally, while looking for that, I tripped over one I'd forgotten- short-lived (a couple of series around 1978/9) ITV detective series 'Hazell'- again, it's the unmistakeable Maggie Bell singing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR-jU0NpjE0

[pharoahegypt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fspz4PTEpy0
The Sweeney (closing theme)

classic..."Youre nicked son!" series and music

[4ad]

The Lost Islands

Remember this being on in the late 70's, anyone know if its out on DVD?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkAfHJfavGI


The Fantastic Journey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SauJnxxn1M


Wacky Races

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3cLSnzN-p0&feature=related

Battlestar Galactica (2000's version of show)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd4_G0Uky5U

Chuck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWHSNplG4FE

[kelio]

Department S - Peter Wyngarde Is Jason King

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9b0DGMfYa4

:cool:

[Norbert84]

L.A. Law - horrible show with an undeserved theme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sHMYADPB8o

NYPD Blue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PIb4IrXh9A

Hunter - another crap cop show with a nice theme song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFDElJimWFk

Silverhawks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzAQu23t19A

Praxis Bülowbogen - an incredibly boring German show with just a sweet theme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssecSyV8GoU

[tabler]

One that has just come back to me in a flood of nostalgia....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5i_pEYGe1o

[Mal Hombre]

In a similar vein,Another School Holiday favourite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig3GcDBjQN4

[hannoc]

The Von Bondies song during the intro of Rescue Me is awesome. Also, the old Batman theme was great, as well as the Monkees. I also have fond memories of the LaLaLa song from the Banana Splits (the Dickies recorded this song in the 80's).

[kelio]

A bit of French nostalgia from the 60's with Thierry La Fronde

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is880Jwn3qc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thierry_La_Fronde

[Norbert84]

Tu es francais, kelio? :D

While we're at French nostalgia, I almost forgot about this nice cartoon from my childhood:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV49duBKUb0

[kelio]

Tu es francais, kelio? :D

:D:thumbsup:

Sometimes I wonder :D aber I kenne Kommissar Derrick ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULtPxHYgeYQ

[keefriff]

Chico and the Man - Jose Feliciano

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZV9yA-ZJhs

[Warren G]

These opening themes are an art unto themselves. I have a friend who fast forwards through all the openings, but I love to watch them. They are really an art form, and one of the best to me is from Six Feet Under...

http://youtu.be/KYAe0qwg9Yw

The music, the video, just perfect. The music is by Thomas Newman, son of the legendary Alfred Newman, and cousin of Randy Newman. They actually transplanted that tree from Pennsylvania, or somewhere, just to film it. The way the gurney wheel swivels just at the point of the uptempo of the music...the beautiful blooming of the flower in synch with the soundtrack..perfect.

[red exposure]

I quite like the really simple title-sequence for this show, despite being a bit dated (and probably not the best show on earth).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJQ-ZircSO0

I've also included the rejected title sequence for 'Psychoville', which is an amusing straight parody of the 'Sorry!' titles.:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx3kvZuTjKo

[Artsey]

Wide World Of Sports
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2AZH4FeGsc

The History Channel Theme (extra points for the title or composer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGV843t850A

The Olympics Theme Leo Arnold version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IizWc4cJwbw

John Williams version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWdOFgDQIn0&feature=related

I dream Of Jeannie Season One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l32ZLcSHG5M

Season two
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LLCBAqd4M4&feature=related

Land Of The Giants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iMNBY61ndQ

Dynasty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjpCU4Zy9Cs

The Rat Patrol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X34OFJpnRwE

Dark Shadows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=gcrxLo6Feu0

CBS late Movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH_re7CaZvw&feature=related

The Munsters soft version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuHr00nxeew&feature=related

The Munsters hard version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=kUftpgCf8yE&NR=1

[renno61]

flashing blade http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-ZEDNkZ2L4
canon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGJ82yhdMqk
voyage to the bottom of the sea http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKU0M9x0fCo
dr who http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdVivT0ShC4
harry o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eMyHO0Jd4s
captain scarlet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV8YbLvGrb0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXvfNJIOzxg&feature=related
spiderman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o29VoxtsFk
six million dollar man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HofoK_QQxGc

[Artsey]

From the Earth to the Moon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhZhzt1rh7o

end titles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNLnLQcAJJs

The Right Stuff Long
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFzMzu6Gjt0

[exfarmer]

The Sweeney
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D99O6oTJVHo

Magnum PI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR9WJToFsTs

[theequestrian]

"Gotcha" by Tom Scott (Theme to Starsky & Hutch)

[HappyFlasher]

Forgot about Mike Post. You could do a separate thread on this guy's TV theme songs alone. He did "Rockford Files", "White Shadow", "Riptide", "Magnum P.I.", "Greatest American Hero" and lots more.He also did "Hill Street Blues"

[Artsey]

Couple other good ones

John Adams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6DPeCXV5bI

Star Trek Voyager
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HNtfu_QurU

The always popular NFL Monday Night Footbal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37-AlmNdESg

Star Trek Enterprise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPn-lTytfGo

Star Trek Enterprise Empire version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfbsZRbwbJ4

Roots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpLSkCirjWI&feature=related

Shaka Zulu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mRz1JlF87c

[MaxJoker]

http://thumbnails106.imagebam.com/25241/fa4586252400850.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/fa4586252400850)

The Walking Dead (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Aj6AflnJmg)

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[richardoe]

My favourite opening titles has always been the one for Porridge "Norman Stanley Fletcher you have been found guilty and it is my duty to pass sentence...." it must be one of the few TV programmes never to have music at the start.

[Cheekymonkey]

The Persuaders (John Barry composer)

http://ist2-1.filesor.com/pimpandhost.com/1/_/_/_/1/1/t/o/X/1toXd/Anonymous-The-Persuaders--422469_0.jpg (http://pimpandhost.com/image/21783775-original.html)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t99QQIXez4M

[MrInBetween]

Estreeter was exactly right, starting this thread, to pick out the Sopranos opening credits; not just the music but the accompanying visuals have you asking yourself, what could a programme that starts like this possibly be like? At the time the series was first shown I was only ever watching things I'd recorded and usually whizzed through the credit sequences impatiently, but that was one that I always made a point of sitting through.

Another must-see every time, and an equally happy marriage of driving beat and intriguing vision:

True Blood (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxINMuOgAu8)

[Cheekymonkey]

OZ (HB0)

http://ist2-1.filesor.com/pimpandhost.com/1/_/_/_/1/1/t/u/M/1tuMk/oz_0.jpg (http://pimpandhost.com/image/21806164-original.html)

Killer beats. Phat bass. Stabbing horns.......Pure Bliss!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enLN64YRhDs

[LadyLuck]

Hawaii Five-O

[tygrkhat40]

Yahoo! recently did a "tournament" to pick the greatest TV Theme of all time. It doesn't matter who won, because they left off the best of all-time, Hawaii Five-O.

[Bobtheman12]

Three's Company.

R.I.P. John Ritter.

My all time favorite sit-com.

[Saintpaulo]

Barney Miller

[axdx]

for me it's

-The Twilight Zone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF-yh4mU6ps) (the 80's version)

-The Equalizer

-Miami Vice

-Tales From The Darkside (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnE3-0X-174)

-Carnivàle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CYMXoX-b0o)

-The Hitchhiker (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eRUpjlZNMU)

-WWF Monday Night Raw (1996) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLAqdBwG27k)

-WWF Superstars (1993) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfhhDHGOH1Y) This is just the theme song, i couldn't find the video.

[kennyjackson]

Barney Miller


That bass is outrageous.:cool:

[kennyjackson]

So many to choose from. Let's see
50's The Lone Ranger, The Rifleman
60's Star Trek, The Wild Wild West, The Big Valley, Land of the Giants (season 2), The Man from U.N.C.L.E the first season, The Virginian, Mission Impossible, Mannix,
70's W.K.R.P in Cincinnati, MASH, Barney Miller, Starksy and Hutch, Baretta, Rockford Files
80's The A-Team, Miami Vice,
90's (This is where TV starts to decline with the reality shows), The Highlander with it's badass theme by Queen, The Flash, Stargate SG-1, The Simpsons
00's American Dad, The Sopranos,
10's Shark Tank

[mizlaplan]

The Survivors opening theme back in the mid-70s scared the cr*p out of me :thumbsup:
I haven't seen the "new improved Survivors". Not interested.
There's something about this 1970s TV series which pushes so many buttons :)
Here's the theme tune, with a mangled version of the first episode:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH6us7DLaRk
They don't make "end-of-the-world" stuff like they used to :(

[MaxJoker]

Some might say this classic theme sums up the GD/VET Mods (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRX4mlFi06A) :o

Although if they damn well did :mad::mad::mad:

They`d be spot on right ;):thumbsup:

[Joszka]

Cinéma Cinémas, a french TV show in the 80's, about movies ofc but also directors, actors, etc.
From the wide world, but often US (real) artists.
I've seen there the best interviews of John Ford, Charles Bukowski, Russ Meyer, etc..
Not at all the usual promotional poor stuff we have now about cinema.
The best show ever on french TV.

The opening music theme is by Franz Wazman (extract from "A place in the sun" soundtrack).
Plus short samples from various masterpieces movies.
Paintings by genius graphic designer Guy Pellaert.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TimYkDswhuQ

[mizlaplan]

The Outer Limits (original):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CtjhWhw2I8

[kennyjackson]

The Outer Limits (original):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CtjhWhw2I8

That opening used to scare the hell out of me.