Favorite TV Theme Song

[Gothampc]

Posted: 5/15/14 at 7:51pm

What are your favorite tv theme songs?

Mad Men - to me it's understated sophistication

Twin Peaks - mysterious, it's like the music is moving from a dark place into the light

[SNAFU]

Posted: 5/15/14 at 7:53pm

It's About Time.

[ArtMan]

Posted: 5/15/14 at 7:58pm

Gunsmoke

[FishermanBob]

Posted: 5/15/14 at 9:13pm

Mannix... Lalo Schifrin at his finest.
Mannix theme played by a full orchestra

[canmark]

Posted: 5/15/14 at 9:14pm

Mary Tyler Moore Show

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 5/15/14 at 9:15pm

Golden Girls.

[Gorlois]

Posted: 5/15/14 at 9:30pm

Golden Girls is great.

Bewitched.

[sabrelady]

Posted: 5/15/14 at 11:05pm

Thierry la Fronde (1963–1966)

(kinda a French Robin Hood ( but w a sling shot) w a cute very ambivilant looking lead)


theme Updated On: 5/16/14 at 11:05 PM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/15/14 at 11:44pm

Irene Reid - Theme from 'Bewitched'

Updated On: 5/15/14 at 11:44 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/15/14 at 11:52pm

227!!!!!!!

[Marianne2]

Posted: 5/15/14 at 11:55pm

Three's Company

[daisybeetle]

Posted: 5/16/14 at 2:28am

Mission Impossible

Hawaii 5-0

[LaurenB]

Posted: 5/16/14 at 4:34am

Kojak is another good one.
Kojak theme

[HorseTears]

Posted: 5/16/14 at 5:23am

Unquestionably, Dr. Who. I'm not even a fan of the show -- well, I was when I was a kid growing up in the UK -- but it's so iconic. It was one of the first uses of electronic music on television and was developed in something fabulously called the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. The ones from the 60s-70s are my absolute fav versions. Many of them still sound remarkably fresh and modern today.





Runner up is one that can still give me nightmares. The delightfully creepy theme music to Unsolved Mysteries:

[After Eight]

Posted: 5/16/14 at 5:52am

December Bride

Topper

Karen

Lassie (The Gounod theme music)

[madbrian]

Posted: 5/16/14 at 6:33am

Sanford & Son
One Day at a Time
Laverne & Shirley
All in the Family
The Jeffersons
Hawaii 5-0

[candydog2]

Posted: 5/16/14 at 7:14am

Moonlighting

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 5/16/14 at 8:24am

"All in the Family" or "Barney Miller."

[tazber]

Posted: 5/16/14 at 8:41am

Good Times

Cheers

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/16/14 at 9:07am

Room 222
Family (composed by John Rubinstein)
Patty Duke
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
H.R. Pufnstuf
Mission Impossible
Gidget
That Girl (first season, when it was sung)
I'm a Big Girl Now
It's a Living
Night Stalker
I Dream of Jeannie
Buck Rodgers (first season, when it was sung)
Love, American Style
The Jeffersons
Angie (Different Worlds)

More recent (as in the last few decades):

Twin Peaks
Downton Abbey
Mr. Selfridge

Updated On: 5/16/14 at 09:07 AM

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 5/16/14 at 9:13am

Happy Days
Welcome Back, Kotter
The Jeffersons
Cheers
MTM
Secret Agent
Brady Bunch
Partridge Family
All In The Family
Carol Burnett 9Finale)

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 5/16/14 at 9:20am

Twin Peaks
Psych (catchiest theme tune ever)
Happy Days
Roseanne

[VeraCharles3]

Posted: 5/16/14 at 9:35am

Thanks for thread Gothampc

Some of my favorites

Cagney and Lacey
Golden Girls
If Tomorrow Comes - also my favorite 80's mini-series
Wonder Woman

Favorite UK theme tunes

Downton Abbey - thanks best12bars - I tend to overlook modern shows
Vera
The Riff Raff Element
Johnny Briggs
Treasure Hunt

Updated On: 5/16/14 at 09:35 AM

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/16/14 at 9:56am

It's a Living
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Gidget
Angie
Just the Ten of Us
One Day at a Time
Friends
Big Bang Theory
Six Feet Under
First Monday

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 5/16/14 at 10:16am

Hawaii 5-0
Angie
Nanny and the Professor
Six Feet Under
Room 222
It's a Living
That Girl (love both, with lyrics, and the jazzier instrumental)