The Greatest TV Theme Songs

xtinelauren1 · Aug 29, 2014

yossi said:
I really enjoyed the "Orange is the New Black" theme song. I'll second M*A*S*H*.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hAyFRgdjKU8

aka the longest theme song ever, seemingly. but i have much love in my heart for regina spektor and oitnb is the best show ever so idc.

Colonel Hogan · Aug 29, 2014

Roland Shaw Orchestra - Affair In T'Sien Cha

DesEsseintes · Aug 29, 2014

Original Dr Who
Inspector Morse, especially when you know it is based on the actual Morse code for his name.
Miss Marple
Poirot
Van der Valk
The BBC Snooker
Ski Sunday
BBC Cricket
BBC Narnia - takes me right back to crumpets over the fire and that Sunday evening blues feeling.

Sorry for flooding the thread - it was actually a restraint to keep it to that few!

PS - Brideshead Revisited.

And Twin Peaks, of course, is absolutely haunting. OK, I'll really stop now.

lovecraft68 · Aug 29, 2014

True Detective

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4zluA60hjs

lovecraft68 · Aug 29, 2014

A fun one was the Billy Joel song from Bosom Buddies.

Dougntexas · Aug 29, 2014

Andy Griffith Theme song.
Gilligan Island
Beverly Hillbillies
Rockford Files -already mentioned
My Three Sons
Dragnet

Lorilei · Aug 29, 2014

Skiddles2014 said:
I love that show.

Me too.

Everybody was a baby once, Arthur. Oh, sure, maybe not today, or even yesterday. But once. Babies, chum: tiny, dimpled, fleshy mirrors of our us-ness, that we parents hurl into the future, like leathery footballs of hope. And you've got to get a good spiral on that baby, or evil will make an interception.

snugglestruggle · Aug 29, 2014

These are all good choices. I would nominate MR .ED but it's more of a ditty than a song.
Theme Songs
Rawhide sung by Frankie Lane.
Taxi t
SWAT Tv series
The Munsters
Hogans Hero's (a nod to Col Hogan)
Mike Post & Pete Carpenter came up with some classic tunes

Mello_SixtyNine · Aug 30, 2014

The Greatest American Hero:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv-xWPANTUM

The Venture Bros:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQddCqZy6tQ

Bosom Buddies (Original Billy Joel Theme):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOKNgNFeC4s

Benny Hill Show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK6TXMsvgQg

InternationalFunboy · Aug 30, 2014

I like the theme from the original BSG --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHp9oZPqs8E

Mello_SixtyNine · Aug 30, 2014

Can't believe I forgot The Band of Brothers. It's so good that I bought the soundtrack:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gec7OUrj87M

RjThoughts · Aug 30, 2014

sigh · Aug 30, 2014

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale
a tale of a fateful trip,
that started from this tropic port
aboard this tiny ship....

Quit groaning. Somebody had to do it.
The reruns were being rerun way before I was born, and haven't stopped yet.

Killswitch · Aug 30, 2014

Laverne and Shirley

Happy Days

Good Times

Jeffersons

Sanford and Son

All classics.

HoHoBomb · Aug 30, 2014

Killswitch · Aug 30, 2014

HoHoBomb said:

Thread over.

snugglestruggle · Aug 30, 2014

I'm rather surprised Fata has not mentioned the theme from the greatest TV detective of all time KOJACK!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hQldclTLwM

The Avengers !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjPIf5Qb8aw

Who can forget Soul Train?

My Mystery pic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GAbc5uQXJo&list=PLX0QhAqFLAd579hJgpjW7dckbCPCh3CiF

Honorable mention,
The Time Tunnel
The Saint
Lost in Space
The dating game
Love American Style

spacekowboy · Aug 30, 2014

Not Normal said:
I always thought there was a lineage to the Barney Miller theme. The bass, and Ney Yourk studio funk vibe. I think the melody is soprano sax, not clarinet. .

You are most likely right about the soprano sax. I always forget about that one.

nowisthetime · Aug 30, 2014

TV theme songs today suck but here are my favorites:

Facts of Life
Hawaii Five O
MASH
Cheers
Hey Arnold!
227
Good Times
Diff'rent Strokes

Killswitch · Aug 30, 2014

The Love Boat

lol

doowdniw · Aug 30, 2014

Beverly Hillbillies

Not Normal · Aug 30, 2014

spacekowboy said:
You are most likely right about the soprano sax. I always forget about that one.

Kenny G pretty much ruined the soprano sax. That stupid smelly (I've been told by a guy who toured with him) motherfucker.

nowisthetime85 said:
TV theme songs today suck

Orange is the New Black was mentioned, and the Big Band Theory's song is cool too.

1sickbastard · Aug 30, 2014

The theme song for The Partridge Family.

cleaver · Aug 30, 2014

the adventures of brisco county junior

if only for original context sake...

gravyrug · Aug 30, 2014

1sickbastard said:
Johnny Quest

That reminds me of this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6jCJZEFIto

Even though most here won't know it.

Also, yes, BBC mystery series have the most haunting themes. They get stuck in my head all the time, especially Poirot and Campion.

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