TOP 5 TV theme songs...

[The Laughing Vulcan]

There is nothing more awesome than this,

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qri85JDtPlM

is better. Of course NBC don't have the rights to it. It's even been replaced on the Season 1 DVDs. This is all I could find on Youtube... I've got a big arse nuke for music copyright law. Asshats!

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Ulysses 31
Thundercats
Mysterious Cities of Gold
Dogtanian and the Three Muskethounds
The Bots Master


(to name but 5 more)

 

[Piper]

My top five:

1. Twin Peaks - the greatest theme comes from the greatest soundtrack TV has ever had. Series isn't bad either.

2. The Twilight Zone. Iconic. Inimitable. Influential

3. Thunderbirds - Thunderbirds are Go! Barry Gray was a genius, and this was his finest hour.

4. The Simpsons - Danny Elfman captures the exuberance, anarchism and sheer energy of the Greatest Cartoon Series Ever.

5. The X-Files - The finest modern theme, instantly recognisable, creepy, and a perfect set-up for the show.

There are so many others, 5 is far too few to pick, but those are my picks.

 

[CommodoreKong]

Spectacular Spiderman
Wonderfalls
Futurama
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Doctor Who
Firefly

Couldn't choose just 5.

 

[Shaytan]

If anime series count : (in no order and in "foreign" languages )
Les Mystérieuses Cités d'or (The Mysterious Cities of Gold)
Les Mondes engloutis (Spartakus and the sun beneath the sea)
Capitaine Flam (Captain Future)
Pegasus Fantasy (Saint Seya)
Il était une fois la vie (Once upon a time life)

 

[kitamurafan]

I couldn't leave it at just those five, so here are five others of my favorite TV themes.

-Hercules The Legendary Journeys
-The Flash
-Hardcastle and McCormick
-Cleopatra 2525
-seaQuest DSV

 

[RobertScorpio]

more for me too..

SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN
ABC MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
MASH
DEEP SPACE NINE
and
24!

Rob

 

[Joel_Kirk]

1. Star Trek TOS

2. Kojak (the original; the darker, cooler version, if you can call it that)

3. Robotech

4. Doctor Who

5. Battlestar Galactica

There are others, of course...

 

[JRS]

Some of my favorites:
- From The Earth To The Moon (HBO)
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
- JAG
- The X-Files
- West Wing

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Look this thread is back!

#1 - Dexter
#2 - Hogan's Heroes
#3 - Farscape (first season)
#4 - The Munsters
#5 - Mission: Impossible

But ask me tomorrow and you'll get a different list.

Today, my list is:

#1 - Dexter
#2 - Get Smart
#3 - Hogan's Heroes
#4 - The X-Files
#5 - The Munsters

 

[Dorian Thompson]

Shame on you all. How could you forget this, the coolest theme song of all time? It played on the radio constantly when I was in high school, which really dates me.

Believe it or not

Never before or since has a song spoken to us syfy nerds so endearingly.

 

[Vanyel]

1. One Day At A Time My favorite.
2. Cheers
3. Laverne and Shirley
4. The Greatest American Hero Avery good song, but I don't think this the actual opening.
5. WKRP In Cincinnati full song here. I couldn't find the actual opening

 

[Dorian Thompson]

That was actually a video made by a fan with clips from the GAH show, but it was the actual theme song used.

One Day at a Time was great, too. I agree with that one.

 

[Vasquez Rocks]

I recently bought Parker Lewis Can't Lose on dvd and I forgot how great the theme song is. Imagine my surprise to learn that Dennis McCarthy did the music for the show.

Here's the ending theme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBiEAPWhRH0

The opening theme is the same, but the characters talk over parts of it in funny little bits:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKZSLqhrOJ4&feature=related

 

[Kirkman1987]

My favorite right now is Ashes to Ashes. I LOVE the guitar!

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKaH7CdRrf4[/yt]

 

[Admiral Shran]

No order....

1.) The Dukes of Hazzard
2.) Magnum, P.I.
3.) The A-Team
4.) Quantum Leap
5.) Batman: The Animated Series

 

[Mojochi]

Dramatic
X-Files - Mark Snow
Dexter - Rolfe Kent
Mission Impossible - Lalo Schifrin
Twin Peaks - Angelo Badalamenti
Tales From The Crypt - Danny Elfman

Comedy
Sanford & Son - Quincy Jones
The Jeffersons - Jeff Barry/Ja'net Du Bois
Good Times - Dave Grusin/Alan & Marylin Bergman
Barney Miller - Jack Elliot/Allyn Ferguson
The Munsters - Jack Marshall

Cartoon
Pink Panther - Henry Mancini
Peanuts/Charlie Brown Vince Guaraldi
The Flintstones - Hoyt Curtin
The Simpsons - Danny Elfman
Ren & Stimpy - God only knows. A Bunch of nuts at the Spümcø production company, going under the name "Die Screamin' Lederhosen"

 

[Scotty]

The award for best credits for worst show goes to:


My favorites in no particular order:

Recent
Big Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B909njPoX7k]Deadwood[/url]
John Adams
Six Feet Under
Stargate Atlantis

Yeah, a lot of HBO, but it's the only channel that actually has the time for opening credits.

Classic
ER
Star Trek (all series)
Knight Rider
Lois & Clark
The X Files

 

[Warp Coil]

1. The X Files
2. ER
3. Six Feet Under
4. Star Trek: Voyager
5. Baywatch

This is actually a pretty good selection! I've been thinking about all of these as good themes/credit sequences. I think my top five, at the moment, would be:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Dexter
ER
Six Feet Under
Star Trek: Voyager

Followed closely by the runners up:

Alias
Gilmore Girls
Stargate SG-1
True Blood
The X-Files

 

[M'Sharak]

I'll take a stab at this - five, in no particular order

The Wild Wild West - Richard Markowitz
Mission: Impossible - Lalo Schifrin
Barney Miller - Jack Elliott/Allyn Ferguson(?)
Northern Exposure - David Schwartz(?)
One Day at a Time - Jeff Barry

(Same list could be very different tomorrow.)

Ren & Stimpy - God only knows. A Bunch of nuts at the Spümcø production company, going under the name "Die Screamin' Lederhosen"

Possibly Chris Reccardi (who was one of the Screamin' Lederhosen and who also wrote the music for the "Happy Happy Joy Joy" song) though according to the following, the opening and closing themes were both born out a band jam session.

http://www.lysator.liu.se/~marcus/ren_stimpy/FAQ12.html