NationStates Jolt Archive

Well what would you say it was?

I'm voting for the Sanford and Son tune. Never seen the show, love the tune.

What about you? It can be from a T.V show, movie, whatever.

for me...
ending theme of "Buckaroo Banzai: across the 5th dimension."

and Puyo Puyo!

The theme song from the TV show "Good Times" was OK.

The theme for "What's Happening!!".

:D

The theme from "Green Hornet".

The ending theme to FLCL - "Ride on Shooting Star"

or "Bonanza" is we are exluding anime...

Ihatevacations']The ending theme to FLCL - "Ride on Shooting Star"

or "Bonanza" is we are exluding anime...

Has it ever been on the T.V or cinema screen? If yes, it counts.

Futurama theme oh so good only tune i know to feature that bell-noise without becoming christmassy :D

Hulk Hogan: Real American or Sting's creepy theme.

The A Team.
Or Thunderbirds. :D

Or Thunderbirds. :D
Damn right.

Married With Children

the opening theme to Cowboy Bebop, "Tank!", is also catchy

That 70's Show

People, stop this insanity. Magnum PI by a mile.


well, maybe night rider wasn't that far behind.

"Believe It Or Not" from The Greatest American Hero. Lousy show, great theme song

Also, "How Do You Talk To An Angel" from The Heights. Another bad show with a great theme song

the opening theme to Cowboy Bebop, "Tank!", is also catchy

Very much so. I'm sure there's others that I've heard that are slipping my mind, but this is my current favorite. I've always enjoyed the opening to ATHF as well, hehe.

That 70's Show
yes, thats good.

Very much so. I'm sure there's others that I've heard that are slipping my mind, but this is my current favorite. I've always enjoyed the opening to ATHF as well, hehe.

Did you ever see when they have the old man speak the lyrics with a dancing girl backdrop?


mattr0cka

There are some very good nominations on this thread. Most of you folks have fine taste in movie/tv theme songs.

for me...
ending theme of "Buckaroo Banzai: across the 5th dimension."

and Puyo Puyo!
8th Dimension, silly.

Hawaii 5-0 - in a landslide.

"Believe It Or Not" from The Greatest American Hero. Lousy show, great theme song

excelent choice, one of the few theme songs played on the radio as a single.

my choice is "secret agent man" by johnny rivers. from the show "secret agent" or "danger man" starring patrick mcgoohan.

This time, my answer's not a joke.

I say the theme for Welcome Back, Cotter is the best.

Gundam Wing!

"Just Communications" is so great.

The theme from Smash T.V. fit perfectly.

you're all nuts. it's CLEARLY the drew carey show!! the show went downhill, but their song was asskickingly good (cleveland rocks i think it was called). that, or bewitched the tv show..catchyass tune.

Hawaii 5-0 - in a landslide.
I had to play that song in Marching Band!

I have quite a few favorites....

The Imperial March from star wars: the empire strikes back.

The Pink Panther Theme. Gotta love the Pink Panther.

The Emperor's Throne Room Those Dark, gothic chorus guy voices can be somewhat spooky....

The Simpsons. Dude.... It's the simpsons! How can you not like the simpsons?

I have so many favorites....

The theme from "Green Hornet".

I second this vote

"Believe It Or Not" from The Greatest American Hero. Lousy show, great theme song


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

Believe it or not,
I'm walking on air.
I never thought I could feel so free-.
Flying away on a wing and a prayer.
Who could it be?
Believe it or not it's just me.

It's like a light of a new day-,
It came from out of the blue.
Breaking me out of the spell I was in,
Making all of my wishes come true-.

Believe it or not,
I'm walking on air.
I never thought I could feel so free-.
Flying away on a wing and a prayer.
Who could it be?
Believe it or not it's just me.

Well, the Thunderbirds tune is awesome. Other than that:

M*A*S*H
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Hill Street Blues
Pingu
Cheers
Magic Roundabout

The A-Team

or

Bonanza

or

Hill Street Blues

or

The Dick Van Dyke Show's theme

I agree with earlier posters on:

Magnum PI
Hawaii 5-0
Pink Panther.

I want to add:
Mission Impossible
James Bond
Dog-The Bounty Hunter. (I just love Ozzy)

Red Dwarf, particularly the opening theme.

As for the Simpsons theme, I hate it so much it makes me want to kick puppies.

The Ghost In the Shell: Stand Alone Complex theme damnit! "Inner Universe" had to be the best one!

The Neon Genesis Evangelion opening theme (Thesis of the Cruel Angel).

Am I the only one who loves the Sanford and Son theme?

"Bum-bum-bwa-dum. Bum-bum-bwa-dum-bwa-dum-bum..."

tv show- hawaii 50, the a-team, dragnet and the jetsons... maybe fragle rock aswell... oh and definitely popeye and the outer limits...
movie- the bond theme, of course
ad- old spice theme and the stella artois one

M*A*S*H
Band of Brothers

As long as we are involving movies as well, then you are as clumsy as you are stupid. The Imperial March for the win.

Outside of movies, though, I'll put points down for the theme from Masters of the Universe, The Avengers, and the music for Most Extreme Elimination Challenge.









Oh yeah, almost forgot.




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Unicron's Theme.

I personally think that some of the best themes are from:

TV
MacGyver
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate SG-1
Thunderbirds

Movies
Back to the Future
Chariots of Fire
Independence Day
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Midway
Nicholas and Alexandra
Patton
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek First Contact
Star Wars

Red Dwarf, particularly the opening theme.


I prefer the closing theme (http://www.freedomware.co.uk/rdlibrary/redsong.wav)

The Magnificent Seven. So good they used it for VB (beer) ads for 20 odd years, albeit slightly modified.

The opening theme for Farscape was very primal and unusual, Futurama is a good one, and Family Guy swings its ass off, but for me, by far the best theme on TV belongs to Yoko Kanno and Seatbelts for "Tank!" from Cowboy Bebop.

For movies, my favorite theme was the insane accordion that accompanied Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys. A close second would be the hybrid TV-Movie theme of Police Squad/Naked Gun -- swings like crazy.

Ihatevacations']The ending theme to FLCL - "Ride on Shooting Star"

or "Bonanza" is we are exluding anime...

Why exclude anime? "Ride On Shooting Star" is outstanding power pop from a group calling themselves The Pillows. It's a good show, too.

For movies, my favorite theme was the insane accordion that accompanied Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys. -- swings like crazy.

Dude... That was one good movie. The theme went well with it too.

Movies
Back to the Future
Independence Day
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek First Contact
Star Wars

I definatly agree with these. ST IV and First Contact themes are my favorite ST themes.....

excelent choice, one of the few theme songs played on the radio as a single.
--snip--


"Few"?

Aside from Greatest American Hero, can anyone help me dispel this notion of "few" that got on the radio?

"Welcome Back" (Joey Scarbury, Welcome Back, Kotter)
"I'll Be There For You" (The Rembrandts, Friends)
"Hill Street Blues" (____________, Hill Street Blues)
"Get Happy" (The Partridge Family)
"Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees" (The Monkees)

Any more?

I absolutely adored the intros to Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess.

As for movies:
"The Touch" Transformers the Movie
and
the theme for Man in the Iron Mask. Sorry, I don't recall the name. But it's the tune they pretty much play whenever someone's riding on a horse.

Which you know...happens a lot...cuz it's Dumas.

Oh. And the Longevity Award goes to:
The intro song for My Secret Identity, for being the one I've remembered the longest.

Hmmm... A lot have already been mentioned, but the theme song from Kill Bill (battle without honor or humanity) was good, or at least extremely catchy.

Tank!, The Real Folk Blues, and Blue from Cowboy Bebop from TV (as well as the Futurama theme, I've always loved that one)

The Emperor's Theme from Star Wars for the win!

I also like the extended Family Guy theme from Live in Vegas.

Duck Tales beats everything out!

Duck Tales, woo-oo!

Hawaii 5-0 - in a landslide.
The winner ---- Book'em Danno!

Bonanza is pretty good, too.

The score for the Magnificent Seven is the best movie theme, ever.

Either Dr.who ( I heard a cool dance mix at T in the park scottish music festival and it brought back the memories of my youth in front of the t.v )


Shut up and tidy up - A British cartoon had an amazing guitar intro it rocked .