Your Top 5 TV Themes

[gloria]

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, avant garde composer Tim Souster goes to town on the Eagles' original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNT-JY66Lh4
The first Tom Baker era Dr Who theme with its electronic spangles and great terrifying washes of white noise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fnzcAFy8d8
Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch, as psychedelic as it gets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6OnU5k0ER8
Weekend World, Mountain's prog epic "Nantucket Sleighride" repurposed as doomy current affairs intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh7Ab8tX590
Ivor the Engine, Vernon Parry magnificence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_u4SvqjN4w

[Blumf]

Bollocks. Forgot about Arena.

Nice bit of Brian Eno, that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36B225lLvY4

[ollyboro]

Nice bit of Brian Eno, that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36B225lLvY4

It just seems like a tune that could drift on forever. REM's New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 always reminds me of it.

[Campbell Soupe]

Second vote for Miss Marple - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5wSGzqNmPU bucolic with a pinch of menace.

All Creatures Great & Small - https://youtu.be/YDU0B-ByBpk music to fist livestock by.

Danger Man (the version Radcliffe used for his Graveyard Shift show) https://youtu.be/TqCpYX3AaVQ

Blue Peter (Mike Oldfield version) https://youtu.be/2hXIwdXNwYA Simon Groom on sleighbells.

Entertainment USA https://youtu.be/ca-I4CKzVlM er, loved this as a kid...

[greenman]

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, avant garde composer Tim Souster goes to town on the Eagles' original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNT-JY66Lh4

Speaking of that is any of the other music to the original TV series out there?

[Dr Rock]

Loads of great ones already mentioned, i'll add

Joe 90
Spider-Man (60s cartoon)
The Tomorrow People
Mr Rossi
Blakes 7
Littlest Hobo

[Sin Agog]

The talk of Vangelis in the Blade Runner 2 thread reminds me that I'd definitely put the Cosmos theme in my Top 5.  It's like hymnal music for space-loving atheists, with Carl Sagan as our rhapsodising evangelist for the evening.

[jobotic]

Ivor the Engine is Vernon Elliott, isn't it?


Watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMMp3G6Y09Q

Words and Pictures

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N2bEb6vjFo

In a non-nostalgic way, I love the music in Waybuloo, annoying though the programme can be. An entire episode with nothing other than the music would be great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW78psuOmd4

[Replies From View]

The Girl From Tomorrow had a good theme tune.  I used to assume that show was a spillover from The Tomorrow People, but it wasn't.

Watt on Earth had a fantastic theme tune.

[Cuntbeaks]

Crystal Maze

The Equaliser

Who Dares Wins

Going For Gold

Bullseye

[Phil Colons]

Miami Vice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEjXPY9jOx8

[Mr Banlon]

Mr Rossi (original Italian version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z_XxNbCo44
World In Action (especially when used in over the end credits of A Quiet Mutiny) https://youtu.be/krcNTkAgRrA?t=1449
Sweeney (end credits version)
Monkey Magic
Water Margin  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqsAye_EiA0

Tentifini Maarhaysu  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsTV7eJ2aa8

[NurseNugent]

Last time we had one of these threads, Richard Bradford ended up dying days after I mentioned Man in a Suitcase as my favourite theme and now Hywel Bennett has died just a after mentioning Shelley. If this topic comes round again remind me to sat well clear.

[Dr Rock]

Mr Rossi (original Italian version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z_XxNbCo44

Yeah I have that, it's lovely, cheers me right up.

[Andy147]

Matador (a Danish programme I've never seen, not being Danish, but the theme is gorgeous. By Bent Fabric of "Alley Cat" fame).

Interceptor - Rock Revolution by Zack Laurence (based on Chopin's Revolutionary Etude).

Jeeves and Wooster by Anne Dudley.

[BlodwynPig]

Actually a lot of the Scandi-Noir dramas have great, if melancholic, themes. Borgen, Bron, Forbrydelsen.

[DrGreggles]

Mr Rossi (original Italian version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z_XxNbCo44

Lovely stuff.

[Bosoms]

Sorry!

https://youtu.be/OZJ6g1E2XBw

[Al Tha Funkee Homosapien]

*Ctrl-G - search "NYPD Blue" - 0 of 0*

https://youtu.be/ME9B5hmiesw

[Neomod]

World In Action (especially when used in over the end credits of A Quiet Mutiny) https://youtu.be/krcNTkAgRrA?t=1449

That plaintiff Hammond just screams the 1970's doesn't it. Gorgeous and grim in equal measure.

[SteveDave]

Cagney And Lacey

Around The World In 80 Days With Willy Fogg

Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

The Garry Shandling Show

[madhair60]

1. Run With Us - Lisa Lougheed (Credits of "The Raccoons")

2. Run With Us - Lisa Lougheed (Credits of "The Raccoons")

3. Run With Us - Lisa Lougheed (Credits of "The Raccoons")

4. Run With Us - Lisa Lougheed (Credits of "The Raccoons")

5. Run With Us - Lisa Lougheed (Credits of "The Raccoons")

[Neomod]

That plaintiff Hammond just screams the 1970's doesn't it. Gorgeous and grim in equal measure.

Shocking.

plaintive

[popcorn]

Jayce And The Wheel Warriors - More awesome 80s rock anthemness.

Every few months I remember this song exists and go and listen to it on loop for a while. I think it's smashing.

That chord change at 0:37, then the lead to the chorus. Oh, the chorus! The contrast of the male and female voices. The phrasing of the female vocal is particularly hooky. "B-b-battle drums burnin'! A-wheels movin'!"

I'm just going to come out and say it, I think that is one of the greatest choruses ever written. I'm not exaggerating. And it frustrates me that it was just thrown away on this not-particularly-well-known cartoon. It should have been a chart-storming international megasmash.

The Raccoons - Run With Us

... Meanwhile, this was seemingly released as a single, it has a video, so why wasn't this an international megasmash? That chorus lyric is still thrillingly romantic to my mind. "You can run with us..." And another staccato hook: "Ka-ka-ka come with us". Just shit hot.

[popcorn]

Here's another cartoon theme that could have been a huge smash hit, but wasn't for some reason: Where the Truth Lies, the Prince Valiant theme.

Look, yes, on the one hand it's Phil Collins cheese. But on the other hand, Phil Collins is ace. And those chord changes, that melody! It fucking soars! And the tragic descending melody at 0:45. Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!

[Neomod]

I've never seen it (looks well dodgy) but I heard the theme to Girls und Panzer recently. I'm partial to a bit of jpop me and even though it sounds like it was written under the influence of a Haribo™ high i'm digging the exuberance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6kqm2KT7rc

[massive bereavement]

Tales of Unease, 1970 by George Martin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OapMfO4qFG4

[Spiteface]

None of these are "Saviour in the Dark" by Jam Project, though. Therefore they're not as good.