Back when almost all tv shows had a theme song, some were brilliant, some were fun, some were mediocre, and some were just terrible. What ranks in your list of best or favorite tv theme songs?
Back when almost all tv shows had a theme song, some were brilliant, some were fun, some were mediocre, and some were just terrible. What ranks in your list of best or favorite tv theme songs?
Could only get my list down to 11, in no particular order.
1. The Banana Splits
2. Doctor Who
3. F-Troop
4. Hawaii Five-O (original series)
5. The Jeffersons
6. Lost in Space (the familiar John Williams theme, not the other one)
7. The Rockford Files
8. Sanford & Son
9. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
10. The Wild, Wild West
11. Peter Gunn
Honorable mentions: The A-Team, Batman, The Beverly Hillbillies, Bonanza, Dallas, The Electric Company, Firefly, Happy Days ("Happy Days," not "Rock Around the Clock"), The Monkees, Josie and the Pussycats, Mission: Magic, NBC Mystery Movie, The Partridge Family, St. Elsewhere, Star Trek (TOS), WKRP in Cincinnati, Rawhide, The Dukes of Hazzard, The Mary Tyler Moore Show
In no particular order
Psych
Perfect Strangers
Hawaii 5-0 and Magnum PI
Monk
The Addams Family
The A Team
Firefly
The Dukes of Hazzard
Frasier
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1) The X-Files
2) Star Trek: The Original Series
3) Doctor Who (2005 - 2007)
4) Cheers
5) The Addams Family
6) Firefly
7) Gilligan's Island
Finding this difficult. Cheated and made two lists.
HBO (basically in order)
Succession
The Sopranos
Game of Thrones
The Young Pope
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Wire (all seasons)
True Detective (season 1)
The Night Of
Boardwalk Empire
True Blood
Gentleman Jack
Not HBO (No Order)
Mad Men
Downton Abby
Smallville
Charmed (how soon is now)
Buffy
Taxi
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Daily Show
South Park
Star Trek: TOS
Happy Valley
"Love is All Around," MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW
"The Early Morning Song," THE FRIENDLY GIANT
"Maybe Tomorrow," THE LITTLEST HOBO
"Fireball," FIREBALL XL-5
Theme for ROOM 222 (Jerry Goldsmith)
"Hurra, hurra . .." theme for MEISTER EDER UND SEIN PUMUCKL
"Die Biene Maja," DIE BIENE MAJA
"Definition," DEFINITION theme later used for Austin Powers
"Seattle," HERE COME THE BRIDES
Theme for THE NBC MYSTERY MOVIE (Henry Mancini)
X-Men: TAS is really the only one I can hum without thinking about it, but there’s tooooooooons that I like.
nothing like nostagia
the greatest american hero
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb4C7vSByMM
battlestar galactica original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g69a6iQZNOc
starman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-ATjAvMN3w
hawaii five-o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLG0Dh-cKfM
happy days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W6y7YhHdVE
tj hooker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hci3fWEx-JA
angel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XX4-g-9_ts
tru calling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzNt4kAn7EY
stargate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AA0QY7Og3k
beauty and the beast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYV4h0dRZpI
In no particular order: (I will not mention anime, because that's its own category, imo)
-- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
-- Angel
-- Firefly (I almost didn't do three Joss Whedon shows, but that's silly - I loved all three!)
-- The Equalizer
-- Justified
-- The A-Team
-- Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
-- Star Trek: Enterprise (The first one! Before they made it all peppy :P)
-- Hill Street Blues
-- Teen Titans (japanese version)
1. Airwolf
2. Miami Vice
3. Star Trek: Enterprise
4. X-Files
5. Thundercats
In no particular order:
Star Trek: TOS
Magnum PI (Original)
Hill Street Blues
Gilligan's Island
ER
Knight Rider (original)
Greatest American Hero
WKRP in Cincinnati
MASH
Happy Days
First one I thought of was Dr. Who, so I'll go with that.
Every day is a gift, not a given right.
Hawaii Five-O
Star Trek TOS
Supergirl
Sanford and Son
The Big Bang Theory
The Simpsons
Car 52 Where Are You
Green Acres
The Beverly Hillbillies
Peter Gun
My top 10 (in alphabetical order):
Game of Thrones
Hawaii 5-0 (original series)
Miami Vice
Mission: Impossible
Star Trek (The Original Series)
Strike Force (1981)
S.W.A.T. (original)
The Equalizer
The Sopranos
Wonder Woman
Animated top 10 (in alphabetical order):
Astro Boy
Batman Beyond
Batman: The Animated Series
Jonny Quest
Josie and the Pussycats
Justice League
Men In Black: The Animated Series
Sailor Moon
Speed Racer
Spider-Man (1967)
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