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The 40 Best TV Theme Songs of All Time
Paste Magazine ^
| November 17 2008
| Josh Jackson
Posted on 11/19/2008 6:40:27 PM PST by kik5150
It's fashionable to lament the state of the TV theme song. Gone are the days when a show's whole premise was summed up in musical verse before every episode. Now we have Lost and it's single chord. And though I actually like Lost's simple spooky chime and have recently highlighted the 12 Best TV Theme Songs From Current Shows, there's no denying we're past the golden age of the TV show theme song. Take a look at the following list, and let me know where I'm wrong. I've included music without words, but I skipped over shows that used already popularized tunes like "The William Tell Overture" from The Lone Ranger and "Stand" from Get a Life.
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KEYWORDS: themesongs
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To: buccaneer81
I'll have to throw in Gilligan's Island just because I was in love with Mary-Ann. :^)
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:41:12 PM PST
by
eyedigress
( My first 4 wheeler was derailed on that last post)
To: kik5150
How about Greatest American Hero?
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:42:55 PM PST
by
stayathomemom
(Cat herder and empty nester)
To: kik5150
No Mission Impossible????
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:43:16 PM PST
by
MadelineZapeezda
(Have you girded your loins today??????)
To: buccaneer81
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:43:40 PM PST
by
TruthHound
(You can keep the "change"!)
To: eyedigress
I was in love with Mary-Ann. :^) We all were ;-)
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:43:53 PM PST
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: Right Wing Assault
To: kik5150
To: TruthHound
The Monkees!An amusing one minute video.
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:45:46 PM PST
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: kik5150; Clemenza
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11/19/2008 7:46:07 PM PST
by
dynachrome
(Obama yunikku khinaaziir)
To: Fu-fu2
One of my best memories of my father...he LOVED that show and we always watched it together when I was a little boy. Always looked forward to it and I can still hear the theme song:
Have gun will travel reads the card of a man...
A knight without armor in a savage land...
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:46:21 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
(BHO: making death and taxes yet MORE certain...)
To: MadelineZapeezda
No Mission Impossible???? #12.
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:47:55 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(11/4: The revolutionary socialists beat the Fabian ones. Where can we find a capitalist party?)
To: Funee Kat
We are in agreement on Route 66: one of the very best. Also Mannix (theme by Lalo Schifrin) for it's cool changes and great piano solo. Also Room 222 (theme by Jerry Goldsmith). Contains a musical pun in the time signature, which is 4-3-1-2-2-2. Get it? Call me a fool, but I also love the theme to The Love Boat. Melody by Charles Fox, words by Paul Williams, Jack Jones sang it. Dianna Ross rumored to be singing backup.
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:51:35 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
(RKBA: last line of defense against vote fraud)
To: kik5150
Or “Taxi”...or “The Avengers”...or “The Prisoner”
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11/19/2008 7:51:38 PM PST
by
decal
("You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing.")
To: kik5150
I can’t believe the way those tools spoke over the 1984 Olympic theme. It reminds me of why I don’t listen to FM radio.
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11/19/2008 7:52:59 PM PST
by
Doohickey
(The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be.)
To: kik5150
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:55:01 PM PST
by
The Chief
(I'm a Volunteer Fire Fighter and I VOTE!)
To: Pharmboy
“his fast gun for hire heeds the calling wind,
A soldier of fortune is a man called Paladin.
Paladin, Paladin, where do you roam?”
Simply the best....
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11/19/2008 7:55:37 PM PST
by
Fu-fu2
To: kik5150
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:56:52 PM PST
by
tlb
To: kik5150
What? No
Cannon?!?
Sorry :P
Btw, definitely agree about the Miami Vice theme. I wasn't a fan of the show, but Jan Hammer knocked it out of the park with the theme music.
Loved seeing Rockford File and Night Court get a mention, too. Two of my all-time favorite tv shows, with or without the cool theme music.
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posted on
11/19/2008 7:58:18 PM PST
by
DemforBush
(Millions of conservatives have got your back, Sarah!)
To: Revolting cat!
As a symphonic theme I was rather fond of the “Star Trek: Voyager” overture/theme.
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posted on
11/19/2008 8:07:11 PM PST
by
R_Kangel
(`.`)
To: kik5150
Lalo Schifrin’s Mission Impossible; Get Smart and the Soprano’s theme.
Ed
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posted on
11/19/2008 8:57:19 PM PST
by
Sir_Ed
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