Favourite TV/film theme?
 

Here are my favourite TV and film themes:

TV:

YouTube - The Ventures - Hawaii 5-0 (themesong)

Film:

YouTube - Isaac Hayes - Shaft

What is your favourite TV and film theme?

Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got.
Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot.
Wouldn't you like to get away?
Sometimes you want to go
Where everybody knows your name,
and they're always glad you came.
You wanna be where you can see,
our troubles are all the same
You wanna be where everybody knows your name...

Ghostbusters - Ray Parker, Jr.

YouTube - Ennio Morricone - The Good, the bad and the ugly (concert)

I also like the global catastrophe theme.

YouTube - Welcome Back Kotter

if i remember correctly it's by john sebastian

Nothing is better than this one , not even Shaft.

Great theme tune but never liked the programme much. Loved this one though and I'm waiting for this to come out on DVD:

Yeah I never liked Space 1999 much either.

I remember when ITV repeated it on Saturday mornings in the mid / late 80s.
I used to turn it on , watch the theme tune and within 5 minutes I would be bored and i'd turn over & watch Going Live instead.

How can I forget one of the most radical and influential and most well known pieces of electronic music ever written. Not only that it was also performed by a woman (Delia Derbyshire) , who went on to become one of the pioneers of electronic music.
I mean .... a woman , coming out with a totally electronic score for a primetime TV show in 1963.

Damn I wish the BBC had balls to take risks like that these days.

Search around, I'm almost sure Brian May did it, or had something to do with it. (theme tune that is)
I vaguely remember a 12" with a blues jamming session with May and Van Halen, on the flip side.

In the meantime, this pwns all;


Check out the future, it's what 1980 is gonna look like!

Star Fleet Project - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There it is ^

It's a pity the orignal titles are'nt here.



and following on:


Even though I am a film fanatic, this set was bought on release at the expense of some of my favourite films.

It isn't my favourite, but the Black Books theme is cool. It's quite reminiscent of some of the guitarwork on Rain Dogs actually.




The Blackadder II theme with the Brian May guitar tone is cool too:





There are plenty more.

Jackass, anyone?

I thought that, in fact i thought as far as to think it was a Tom Waits song i hadn't heard.

I checked the credits, it isn't a Mr. Waits piece.





Quincy Jones theme music <3

I have this on my computer :D

I'm sorry but this is just the best thing ever.

The Twin Peaks theme

I always had a thing for the Ghostbusters theme.

Team America - F YEAH

It's just too stupid and too awesome to not enjoy.

Tales From The Darkside- '80s TV Show.

I'd have to say anything written by John Williams. E.g. Star Wars, Indiana Jones, etc :D

BOND!! James bond. Double o seven. Fantastic arrangement by John Barry. Hats off.

TV - Scrubs



Film - Enter the Dragon

I love the theme song from The Munsters:

Now, this is a story all about how
My life got flipped-turned upside down
And I liked to take a minute
Just sit right there
I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel Air

In west Philadelphia born and raised
On the playground was where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool
And all shootin some b-ball outside of the school
When a couple of guys
Who were up to no good
Startin making trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one little fight and my mom got scared
She said 'You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air'

I begged and pleaded with her day after day
But she packed my suite case and send me on my way
She gave me a kiss and then she gave me my ticket.
I put my walkman on and said, 'I might as well kick it'.

First class, yo this is bad
Drinking orange juice out of a champagne glass.
Is this what the people of Bel-Air Living like?
Hmmmmm this might be alright.

But wait I hear there're prissy, wine all that
Is Bel-Air the type of place they send this cool cat?
I don't think sow
I'll see when I get there
I hope they're prepared for the prince of Bel-Air

Well, the plane landed and when I came out
There was a dude who looked like a cop standing there with my name out
I ain't trying to get arrested
I just got here
I sprang with the quickness like lightening, disappeared

I whistled for a cab and when it came near
The license plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror
If anything I can say this cab is rare
But I thought 'Now forget it' - 'Yo homes to Bel Air'

I pulled up to the house about 7 or 8
And I yelled to the cabbie 'Yo homes smell ya later'
I looked at my kingdom
I was finally there
To sit on my throne as the Prince of Bel Air

yes! I love love love that shit
just putting it on makes me feel like i'm in a david lynch movie

Extreme Ways

it's not actually written for the Jason Bourne series, but wow
especially the mix for Ultimatum is awesome

Fat Albert theme is my fav.

Aqua Teens FTW.. Movie was DREADFUL though

Good Times theme
Barny Miller theme
Godfather theme
Scrubs theme
Rob and Big theme

Californication