Best Television Theme Songs

[jbmagic]

What is some best television theme songs of all time?

1)Fall Guy
2) BJ and the Bear
3)Chips

[Ramzavail]

What are...

1. Sopranos

[MIJB#19]

Cheers!

[stevew]

Miami Vice
Knight Rider
Spongebob Squarepants
LA Law

[spleen1015]

60 Minutes

[Pumpy Tudors]

"The Fall Guy" had an awesome theme song. I really wish some channel would pick up this show so I could see it again. I loved it.

Also, I liked all thirteen versions of the "In Living Color" theme song.

[Draft Dodger]

Magnum PI
Simon and Simon
CHiPs
Knight Rider
Airwolf

but nothing compares to the Hockey Night in Canada theme song.

[Honolulu_Blue]

but nothing compares to the Hockey Night in Canada theme song.

You are correct, sir.

I would also add the "A-Team" theme.

[Pumpy Tudors]

I have never heard the Hockey Night in Canada theme song. :(

[FrogMan]

but nothing compares to the Hockey Night in Canada theme song.

You are correct, sir.


Not sure any of you could help, but if that theme is the same both for the CBC's HNiC (English) and SRC's (Société Radio-Canada) "La soirée du Hockey", then I'm with you. I still hum the theme of la soirée du hockey every once in a while, as it really marked my youth...

FM

[General Mike]

Perfect Strangers

[jbmagic]

Family Ties
Facts of Life

[rkmsuf]

Antiques Roadshow

[FrogMan]

can't believe nobody, in our crowd, has already said the MNF theme, over the year. No other song has ever got me pumped to watch football like that one...

FM

[jbmagic]

Dukes of Hazard
Different Strokes

[Sublime 2]

Not sure if it counts since they actually use real songs, but I've always gotten a lil pumped up watching the WWE Raw opening. Enough atleast to watch about 5 minutes and then change the channel.

[Ksyrup]

Dirty Jobs

Gotta give props to a show that uses a Faith No More song...

[rkmsuf]

Damn couldn't it even think of that one, and i just watched the 100th episode last night!

er, I don't think it was the 100th episode. Show has been on what a year maybe?

It was the 100th dirty job.

Carry on.

[Sublime 2]

Dirty Jobs

Gotta give props to a show that uses a Faith No More song...

Damn couldn't it even think of that one, and i just watched the 100th episode last night!

[stevew]

Laverne and Shirley
A Team
Growing Pains

[cuervo72]

Sanford and Son
Doctor Who
Match Game '7x
Pink Panther
Peter Gunn

[Pumpy Tudors]

Comedy "Homeboys in Outer Space" option

Edit: This may be the only time you see "Comedy" and "Homeboys in Outer Space" together.

[cuervo72]

"The Fall Guy" had an awesome theme song. I really wish some channel would pick up this show so I could see it again. I loved it.

It is in my iTunes list.

[stevew]

Transformers
GI Joe

[Flasch186]

one that has stuck with me for years and years and years, Greatest American Hero:

Look at what's happened to me,
I can't believe it myself;
Suddenly I'm up on top of the world,
Should've been somebody else.

Believe it or not,
I'm walkin' on air,
I never thought I could feel so free;
Flyin' away on a wing and a pray'r,
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it's just me.

Just like the light of new day,
It hit me from out of the blue;
Breakin' me out of the spell I was in,
Makin' all of my wishes come true.

Believe it or not,
I'm walkin' on air,
I never thought I could feel so free;
Flyin' away on a wing and a pray'r,
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it's just me.

This is too good to be true,
Look at me
Falling for you.

Believe it or not,
Believe it or not,
Believe it or not,
Believe it or not.

Believe it or not,
I'm walkin' on air,
I never thought I could feel so free;
Flyin' away on a wing and a pray'r,
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it's just me.

Believe it or not,
I'm walkin' on air,
I never thought I could feel so free;
Flyin' away on a wing and a pray'r,
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it's just me.

[cuervo72]

Transformers
GI Joe

Oh, if we're going animated, I'd like to add Danny Phantom, Teenaged Robot, and Teen Titans. And the Superfriends.

edit: though I suppose Pink Panther is animated too...

[cthomer5000]

Clueless
Fat Albert & Cosby Kids
Firefly
Futurama
Inspector Gadget
Sealab 2021

[cuervo72]

Batman
Batman: The Animated Series

(decidedly different moods, there)

Hmm, going back to the 60's though, I might add the Beverly Hillbillies and Gilligan's Island.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Thanks, Hatcher Flaschen, for mentioning "The Greatest American Hero." I'd completely forgotten about that one. Connie Sellecca was my first celebrity crush. :)

[kmbgolf]

welcome back kotter

[Flasch186]

Thanks, Hatcher Flaschen, for mentioning "The Greatest American Hero." I'd completely forgotten about that one. Connie Sellecca was my first celebrity crush. :)

If you go to IMDB and watch the trailer, which has the theme song playing, you will have that song bouncing around in your head for weeks.

[Passacaglia]

Benson

[ntndeacon]

I always liked the Rockford Files and Quincy's theme songs

[jbmagic]

Silver Spoons

[Runtheball]

I'll go along with Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, but would have to add Gilligan's Island and Beverly Hillbillies to the list. And who could resist singing along with the theme from The Jeffersons?

[MJ4H]

Greatest American Hero

[Butter]

The old CBS College Football theme song. That always got me pumped up to watch Florida beat Kentucky 69-10.

[heybrad]

Land of the Lost

Marshall, Will and Holly
On a routine expedition
met the Greeeaaatest
earthquake ever known

Hiiiigh on the rapids
it struck their tiny raft (AAAHHHH!)
and plunged them down
a thousand feet below

To the land of the lost (echo: lost lost lost)
To the land of the lost
ROAAAAAAAAR!

[jbmagic]

Brady Bunch

[cuervo72]

And who could resist singing along with the theme from The Jeffersons?

Oh, can't believe I forgot that one.

[johnnyshaka]

one that has stuck with me for years and years and years, Greatest American Hero:

Look at what's happened to me,
I can't believe it myself;
Suddenly I'm up on top of the world,
Should've been somebody else.

Believe it or not,
I'm walkin' on air,
I never thought I could feel so free;
Flyin' away on a wing and a pray'r,
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it's just me.

Just like the light of new day,
It hit me from out of the blue;
Breakin' me out of the spell I was in,
Makin' all of my wishes come true.

Believe it or not,
I'm walkin' on air,
I never thought I could feel so free;
Flyin' away on a wing and a pray'r,
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it's just me.

This is too good to be true,
Look at me
Falling for you.

Believe it or not,
Believe it or not,
Believe it or not,
Believe it or not.

Believe it or not,
I'm walkin' on air,
I never thought I could feel so free;
Flyin' away on a wing and a pray'r,
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it's just me.

Believe it or not,
I'm walkin' on air,
I never thought I could feel so free;
Flyin' away on a wing and a pray'r,
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it's just me.

Saw the title of this thread and instantly starting singing this song...GOLD!!

Of the current shows, The Office theme music is always stuck in my head for days after hearing it.

[saldana]

monk....the most perfect song for the show it goes with since cheers

[Raiders Army]

Happy Days by far.

I'd also go with A-Team, Dukes of Hazard, and Airwolf.

[Neon_Chaos]

As Balki would say... DOOON'T BEEE REEEDEEEEEKUUUUULLUUUUUS!

Perfect Strangers, hands down. :)

[finketr]

Airwolf

yargh..

this is stuck in my head now.

[Neon_Chaos]

Darkwing Duck? :)

[Maple Leafs]

Also, I liked all thirteen versions of the "In Living Color" theme song.
Don't be a sore loser.

[st.cronin]

C'mon

The Simpsons

[JAG]

Lots of good choices so far, I'd add Night Court to the list.

[MalcPow]

Rawhide, with the Blues Brothers playing it.

[Ryche]

I was thinking Unknown Stuntman from the Fall Guy when I saw the thread title.

[Maple Leafs]

No love for Fresh Prince of Bel Air?

[Abe Sargent]

I love the music from Bab 5

[Abe Sargent]

Ditto Dr. Who, btw. And Prisoner.

[Johnny93g]

How could no one mention the Wonder Years!!!!

[thesloppy]

Hawaii 5-0 and Mission: Impossible are classics.

Fat Albert, reprazent.

[Sweed]

Hawaii 5-0 and Mission: Impossible are classics.


I was reading through the thread and was amazed these hadn't been listed yet. I get to the end and there they are, you have good taste.

My personal favorite, and the first thing I thought of was "Cheers".

[Mustang]

Any of the Sid & Marty shows.. Sigmund the Sea Monster, Bugaloos, Dr. Shrinker, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl.. throw out a HR Puff N' Stuff on there, Great Space Coaster, Muppet Show and Fraggle Rock.

Ok.. maybe not 'great' but, memorable at least.

Of course, there is also Peter Gunn..

makes me want to go play Spy Hunter...

[MJ4H]

Star Trek: Voyager has a great theme.

Laverne and Shirley was on the pop charts for awhile.

I really like One Day at a Time, too.

I have about a gazillion favorite TV themes. I'm sure I'll be back to list some more, later.

[Mustang]

Geez.. forgot about M*A*S*H

[jbmagic]

Punky Brewster

[Neuqua]

Aw man, someone beat me to Darkwing Duck

[AlexB]

BJ and the Bear

There is a porn re-make in there somewhere, if only I could think of a title... :D

[AlexB]

Dola,

And as The Sopranos has already been mentioned, I'll give an out of left field nostalgia mention to The Littlest Hobo

[Joe]

Wings

[MJ4H]

I think Wings' theme song is actually Schubert

[Joe]

No love for Fresh Prince of Bel Air?

Uncle Phil should've picked up Will from the airport.

[Terps]

Good Times.

[stevew]

Sanford and Son.

[Maple Leafs]

Uncle Phil should've picked up Will from the airport.
I think it's fair to assume that that simple snub set the tone for their rocky relationship.

[KevinNU7]

This ofcourse brings me to a topic I have discussed to great lengths with my wife. What ever happened to theme songs? The 80s early 90s were all about a song that tied into the show. Now it is just some lame jazz band or a dude with a casio

[Greyroofoo]

Aqua Teen Hunger Force,

Numba 1 in the hood, G!!!

[Mustang]

hxxp://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/20/tv.themesongs.ap/index.html


I find it odd that I read an article and the next thing that pops into my mind is a discussion on this board... go figure.

[Hoosierbuckeye]

My favorite tv theme songs:

Six Feet Under
My Three Sons
The Munsters
and the one you can't forget

Mayberry.

[Maple Leafs]

This is the theme to Garry's show....

[Oilers9911]

Was going to say Greatest American Hero too. Modern shows I would say:

Rescue Me
Over There (No longer on sadly)
Billable Hours (Canadian Show on Showcase TV here in Canada.)

[MJ4H]

This is the theme to Garry's show....

one of my favorites. I particularly liked: We're almost to the part of where I start to whistle.

Great stuff.

[CraigSca]

Space:1999 had a cool theme song.

[Izulde]

The Wonder Years
The Heights
The Gummi Bears
Saved by the Bell

[wade moore]

The Wonder Years
The Heights
The Gummi Bears
Saved by the Bell

You never dissapoint.

[Oilers9911]

The Wonder Years
The Heights
The Gummi Bears
Saved by the Bell

After seeing your Star Wars poster I would have thought:

Star Trek TNG
Star Trek DS9
Star Trek TOS
Star Trek Voyager
Star Trek Enterprise

[Izulde]

You never dissapoint.

The funny thing is I've never seen an episode of The Heights. But MTV played the music video of the theme song so much it got in my head and I found I rather liked it. :D

[Izulde]

After seeing your Star Wars poster I would have thought:

Star Trek TNG
Star Trek DS9
Star Trek TOS
Star Trek Voyager
Star Trek Enterprise

Now I'm starting to see why Madonna hates being known as the Material Girl. :D

But no, not a Star Trek fan at all and my only interest in the Star Wars universe extends to the movies and the KotOR series.

[terpkristin]

After seeing your Star Wars poster I would have thought:

Star Trek TNG
Star Trek DS9
Star Trek TOS
Star Trek Voyager
Star Trek Enterprise

Not so much a fan of the themes per se on TOS and TNG, but DS9 and Voyager had FANTASTIC themes. Enterprise's was good, but I think the vocals make it rank below the instrumental ones, DS9 and Voyager (I especially adored the horns in DS9's). Granted, I didn't watch the actual SHOWS much, but I loved their theme songs.

As for whoever said Teen Titans, thank you for getting that STUPID SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD. Drives me BONKERS and now it's going round and round up there. Stupid Puffy kids.

If anybody watches Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, that theme song is perfect for the show, though I wouldn't consider it an all-time classic or in a list of "bests." I also concur with whoever said it, the Knight Rider theme was great (and can still be heard as an underbeat on many pop/dance songs lately).

/tk

[Oilers9911]

Now I'm starting to see why Madonna hates being known as the Material Girl. :D

But no, not a Star Trek fan at all and my only interest in the Star Wars universe extends to the movies and the KotOR series.

Well that puts a quick and painful end to my post :D

[Coop]

Battlestar Galactica
Batman(60's)
Aquateen HungerForce
Batman/Superman Animated
That 70's Show

[vex]

Saved by the Bell
Fresh Prince

[kingnebwsu]

(in no particular order)

Greatest American Hero
Cheers
Dallas
MASH
Happy Days
Facts of Life
Desperate Housewives
Duck Tales
Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers

I'll think of more later ;)

FYI, there are TV greatest hits theme song CD's that are made. I have the 70's and 80's one and it has a bunch of the songs I listed up there. Definitely worth checking out and it has 65 tracks.

[MJ4H]

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FYI, there are TV greatest hits theme song CD's that are made. I have the 70's and 80's one and it has a bunch of the songs I listed up there. Definitely worth checking out and it has 65 tracks.


I think I have all of those :)

[14ers]

Star Trek Enterprise
I would be willing to go on record as saying this is one of the worst theme songs of all time. It just tried to hard.



Greatest opening of all time....The Ultimate Warriors opening routine.

[KJDelaney]

I would have to agree to Hockey Night in Canada.

Now, time for the obscure..........

Voltron.

[Oilers9911]

One I forgot to mention, Hill Street Blues.

[saldana]

I would be willing to go on record as saying this is one of the worst theme songs of all time. It just tried to hard.



Greatest opening of all time....The Ultimate Warriors opening routine.

this might warrant its own thread....best prowrestling ring entrance routine?

[kingnebwsu]

Oh yeah, the CBS NCAA basketball music always gives me goosebumps the first time I hear it each March :)

[TLK]

Rushmore Style:

Diff'rent Strokes
Cheers
Greatest American Hero
21 Jump Street

[Antmeister]

Cheer
Hill Street Blues
Knight Rider
Original Star Trek
The Incredible Hulk
Cosby Show (Bobby McFerrin version)

I am convinced that a number of television fail if they don't have a good theme song. Whenever a new show goes on the air, I jokingly tell the wife that the show won't survive because of its horrible theme song.

[ntndeacon]

Another one that Iam kinda surprised to see on this thread is
Bonanza's Theme.

[Izulde]

Now, time for the obscure..........

Voltron.

I can't believe I left that out! That's one of my two favourite shows of all time! I even have the theme song on mp3.

Good catch. :)

[chinaski]

Night Court
Bosom Buddies
Soap
Threes Company

[Gallifrey]

Stargate Atlantis
Dr Who
Stargate SG1