Not even close to being my favorite cartoon, but a great theme, nonetheless.
The best sci-fi theme tunes
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Street Hawk. Can't go wrong with some Tangerine Dream
Edit: Then there's Babylon 5...
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They released the theme on an album called Le Parc as but they weren't able to call it Streethawk because of copyright so used it as the title track.
It also made it into their live repertoire some years later.
written by a former Tangerine Dream member
Season 5 main titles are my favourite version and current cell phone ring tone.
written by a former Tangerine Dream member
Christopher Franke, who also wrote the music to the Tenchi Muyo franchise, and the similarities always bug me.
I also have a soft spot for the original soundtrack to The Gathering, written by Stewart Copeland of The Police...
which of course reminds me of...
It seems like people are avoiding nearly all of the movie classics: Star Wars, Terminator, E.T., Close Encounters, etc.
Here's a couple of other television classics:
Here's a couple of other television classics:
I saw the Gathering when it first aired and I was stoked when i first heard this score because "Finally, a sci-fi show that isn't going to use pseudo-symphony music as its theme!"
Then the first episode aired...with pseudo-symphony music.
I get disappointed like that a lot.
Meanwhile, I add to the list something you young-uns might have to look up:
And a movie theme you might not expect:
It has time travel and F-14s! It's the ultimate genre film!
I suspect many will recognize the insignia from The Big Bang Theory.
I thought the early season theme of Andromeda was appropriately alien and futuristic...also nuBSG seemed perfect for a sci Fi series .... that wasn't BSG
I actually remember that from Seinfeld when George did a parody of it for his answering machine.
Yes this one of the best themes in the history of themes. Really stirring! JL was appointment tv for me, and this opener always got me stoked. And on that note:
Got this on UHF when I was a teenager in NYC. Man I loved this show.
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Oh, and how can I forget Robotech, Battle of the Planets and Star Blazers
A couple of more obscure (and one's more dystopia than sci-fi) but still I think good themes.
Noah's Castle (1980). Love the synths.
Expedition Adam 84 (Australian Title), The Visitors (European). Czechoslovakia 1983
and as Morpheus 02 originally forget
Robotech
Star Blazers
Battle Of The Planets
Noah's Castle (1980). Love the synths.
Expedition Adam 84 (Australian Title), The Visitors (European). Czechoslovakia 1983
and as Morpheus 02 originally forget
Robotech
Star Blazers
Battle Of The Planets
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