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TV Theme Songs and Soundtracks


Gus Mears

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You cannot beat the Dallas opening theme, any version of it

 

Any version of the Doctor Who intro could find a worthy home in this thread, I've gone with the late 80s version. I know many people out there strongly dislike this McCoy era version of the theme, but I loved it as a kid and I still like it now!

 

These are some of the themes that often spring up from the childhood memory banks..

 

 

 

I couldn't have watched Sharky and George more than twice as a kid, but this theme has never left me. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet but The A-Team theme. IIRC it was written by the same guy who wrote the "Quantum Leap" theme. Another catchy one is the theme for "Tales of the Unexpected". At the end of one episode there's a cool steel drum version of it.

 

Also a bit of Trivia about the Bottom end theme. It's a cover of "Last Night" by The Mad Lads who were on Stax records. Bottom was originally going to be called "I saw your bottom on TV last night" or something similar, hence why they went with "Last night".

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It was just going to be called "Your Bottom"

Yep, I thought it was something like that. I think Rik said he wanted people to say "I saw your bottom last night on TV", IIRC it's mentioned on the documentary tribute the BBC did about him when he passed away. 

 

 

The theme for Hulk Hogan's Rock & Wrestling cartoon, written by Jim Steinman. Bonnie Tyler used the same music for her song "Ravishing".  

 

Someone made a Sheiky version

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTt05xDgzXs

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nCqRmx3Dnw

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjImwACuh7w

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Speaking of TV themes that borrowed from pop songs, here's Catchphrase:

 

Which may have slightly borrowed this instrumental segue from St Elmo's Fire:

 

https://youtu.be/jVf4_WglzWA?t=151

Good to know that someone else has noticed this. I thought I was the only one who could hear the similarity (or blatant lifting)!

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..and then for the opening of "Euro 1988".

 

Silsoe (which was basically Rod Argent & Peter Van Hooke who did a lot of ITV intros at the time. Van Hooke was in "Mike & The Mechanics" at the time, so maybe that's why they kept on using it. They were quite big around then) with "Aztec Gold"..

 

 

Got their moneys worth out that tune.

 

ADDED: I've never been able to find the B-Side to "Aztec Gold". "Flying with the Wind". It sounds brilliant, probably shit. Silsoe (Argent & Van Hooke) also did one when ITV had the athletics. It was called "Hot Foot" and used to be on Youtube. Great as well.

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That Mexico '86 theme is fucking brilliant. Went on an England World Cup youtube rabbit hole afterwards, finally found the ITV commentary on Michael Owen's goal against Argentina from '98. Watched about 10 minutes of the match in total. I know it's almost a cliché to say how great Brian Moore's commentary was, but it really, really was a million miles better than every TV commentator out there today. https://youtu.be/fCynt_cuXw8?t=2677

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Speaking of TV themes that borrowed from pop songs, here's Catchphrase:

 

Which may have slightly borrowed this instrumental segue from St Elmo's Fire:

 

https://youtu.be/jVf4_WglzWA?t=151

Good to know that someone else has noticed this. I thought I was the only one who could hear the similarity (or blatant lifting)!

 

 

A lot of TV shows borrowed that bit. I've sure some sports show on Channel 4. Something like "Gillettes Sports Weekend" highlight show. Had Kid Jensen narrating it. If anybody remembers him. No songs these days have instrumental hooks like they had in the 80s. A shame.

 

It turned up in a lot of shit.

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