What Was The Last Great TV Theme Tune?

[Twed]

Absolutely kicking myself for not keeping that CD.

[NoSleep]

Lots of Tongo Hiti live videos on YouTube.

[earl_sleek]

Stranger Things' theme is pretty iconic.

House of Cards (US) is the only other recent-ish one that comes to mind as memorable.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Heathcliff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml8mnc7WciA

Poddington Peas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rg1GrN7-f8

[mothman]

I do quite like The Expanse: https://youtu.be/5Y4wuVfV5G4 ... but is it a great TV theme? Probably not.

[Sebastian Cobb]

As a recent one I liked the English cut of Deutschland 83 (the German one had more sinister and better title sequences to Blue Monday).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L_PlDsa_BI

[beanheadmcginty]

Working Lunch

[Deyv]

I like the woozy opening music better; it seems to capture the essence of that bloodshot-eyed Bojack we see. Plus it features the late Ralph Carney (ex-Tin Huey, Pere Ubu) on sax.

Oh shit, the fact that Ralph Carney died completely passed me by. 2 years go? Fuck. I was just reading about how Tom Waits cut ties with him.

I prefer the opening music while it's playing, and the closing music while that's playing. They both make me cry insipid tears of indecision. I mainly came here to post shock about Ralph Carney, I don't think there has been an original truly great theme tune since King of the Hill, maybe.

[Rolf Lundgren]

On the Record with bonus points for having a crocodile Big Ben.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9-DghzcgiE

[NoSleep]

Oh shit, the fact that Ralph Carney died completely passed me by.

I can't remember exactly which episode, but during the opening credits Ralph was on the TV in Bojack's living room as a tribute after he died (I think it's an episode 1).

[Deyv]

I can't remember exactly which episode, but during the opening credits Ralph was on the TV in Bojack's living room as a tribute after he died (I think it's an episode 1).

Just looked this up, it's in season 5, which I haven't got to yet. I'm extremely slow with my viewing, I'm about three episodes into season 4. I look forward to seeing the tribute and presumably crying.

[NoSleep]

Blink and you'll miss it.

[the]

Seeing as a bit of a theme (!) has developed here of recording artistes doing music for shows - these aren't theme tunes but they're special appearances of acts in the children's programme Yo Gabba Gabba:

      Playlist

Featuring Cornelius, The Shins, Ladytron, Devo, Flaming Lips, Amy Sedaris, Of Montreal, The Roots, Tanya & Petra Haden, and many more.

And if you fish around, there are also Cool Tricks from Mix Master Mike, Biz Markie, Rahzel, and others.

[Dex Sawash]

Floyd on Food

[Harpo Speaks]

Yeah two for one there.

Yeah they are both great to be fair, as someone else mentioned there's that lovely wooziness to the opener that fits perfectly with the visuals.

It was just the sheer ear-wormery of 'Back in the nineties, I was in a very famous TV showwww...' that shaded it.

[Replies From View]

Grange Hill, the chicken one

[Jockice]

Dallas.

[Jockice]

Or Quincy.

[owlboy]

We Bare Bears:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKqgz4CuFeA

It always makes me happy when I hear it because it means We Bare Bears is coming on the telly.

No? How about Cow and Chicken then?

[chveik]

Callan

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

[Deanjam]

Department S

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

[studpuppet]

Charlie Farley & Piggy Malone*

(*Or The Hanged Man if you're a Colin Blakely fan)

[NoSleep]

Actually it has to be Eastbound & Down.

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

[Jerzy Bondov]

You have to go to Cbeebies for your Great Theme Tune fix. Vis: MOLLY AND MACK

[petril]

IBA Engineering Announcements For The Radio and Television Trade, not just the Inverness Caledonian Thistle of ITV programmes, but top end theme tune too

[Tony Tony Tony]

Roobarb and Custard

https://youtu.be/zedq1VhaS90

Or I challenge you not to sway along to The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

https://youtu.be/OE10msGsCn4