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Title: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: EasyAce on May 14, 2020, 04:01:35 am: We may have done it before, but since a lot of us might be watching or listening more now in isolation . . .

I have a large old-time radio collection and The Six Shooter is my favourite radio western, bar none. (Starred Jimmy Stewart as a laconic wanderer who helped folk along the way and never shot his gaudy pistol unless he absolutely had to. Lasted one year but should have lasted more.) It was written intelligently and sensitively and without about ninety percent of the cliches that helped devolve Westerns.

The show's theme music was Charles Williams's "Highland Lament." And I've just found the 1945 recording that the producers of The Six Shooter used for its theme, so I thought it'd be a nice way to open the new thread . . . if there was a more perfect piece of music evoking lonely wandering around old West I haven't heard it yet. It's Williams himself conducting the Queen's Hall Light Orchestra . . .

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OK, let's rack 'em up!
Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: Sighlass on May 14, 2020, 08:16:46 am: Ok, I will play... The Walton's Theme song (it went through several variations over the years).

But they all were good... I like the trumpet play at the end of this ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQRUrNM54sU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQRUrNM54sU)

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Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: PeteS in CA on May 14, 2020, 04:08:05 pm: Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pptFCbYuOIM#)

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Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: EasyAce on May 14, 2020, 04:20:48 pm: There were eight million stories in the naked city . . . and Nelson Riddle did the best arrangement of its theme . . .

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. . . not to mention writing and recording one of the great television themes . . .

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Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: EasyAce on May 14, 2020, 04:23:23 pm: Quote from: PeteS in CA on May 14, 2020, 04:08:05 pm
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That's one of the great TV themes of all time . . .

. . . but that wasn't my favourite song on that album . . .

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Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: mountaineer on May 14, 2020, 04:37:28 pm: Peter Gunn and Perry Mason.
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Oh yeah, the Twilight Zone.
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Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: mystery-ak on May 14, 2020, 04:42:32 pm: Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwzaxUF0k18#)
Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: EasyAce on May 14, 2020, 04:43:34 pm: Quote from: mountaineer on May 14, 2020, 04:37:28 pm
Peter Gunn and Perry Mason.
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Back in the late 1970s, the Tubes included a medley of crime drama themes in their live performances including "Peter Gunn" and "Perry Mason" . . .

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Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: mystery-ak on May 14, 2020, 04:48:17 pm: Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_xFuWmdhLk#)

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Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: pookie18 on May 14, 2020, 05:05:12 pm: Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HFakjigeFc#)

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Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: skeeter on May 14, 2020, 05:08:15 pm: No contest.

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Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: Cyber Liberty on May 14, 2020, 05:20:09 pm: OK, I have a rarity. This is the Closing Credits theme for Buck Rogers in the 26th Century, vocal version. Only the first two episodes of the series had it, Season 1 Episode 3 forward had the instrumental version.

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Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: Elderberry on May 14, 2020, 05:36:52 pm: Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnANp5_qlsk#)
Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: Elderberry on May 14, 2020, 05:45:40 pm: Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkM0m-fB2Uw
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Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: EasyAce on May 14, 2020, 06:43:33 pm: Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syt8qQUbzVc#)

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For years, this was the theme music for New York CBS's afternoon movie showing The Early Show and, of course, The Late Show and The Late Late Show . . .

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Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: deb on May 14, 2020, 06:58:06 pm: Quote from: skeeter on May 14, 2020, 05:08:15 pm
No contest.

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You are absolutely right! Was loads of fun to play in high school pep band. Still such a cool song!
Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: EasyAce on May 14, 2020, 07:00:27 pm: Quote from: skeeter on May 14, 2020, 05:08:15 pm
No contest.

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Best version:

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Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: EasyAce on May 14, 2020, 07:01:20 pm: And if music from commercials is acceptable, I still think this is the best one . . .

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Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: deb on May 14, 2020, 07:12:07 pm: Quote from: EasyAce on May 14, 2020, 07:00:27 pm
Best version:

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I have a different version on iTunes (by The Ventures) with elongated percussion solos at the beginning and in the middle. Itâ€™s probably my favorite. Seriously cool song.
Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: EasyAce on May 14, 2020, 07:13:13 pm: Hands up to everyone who remembers this being used in a mid-1960s Diet Pepsi television commercial (Bob Crewe, the producer for the 4 Seasons and Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, heard it in one of the spots and cut a version of it with his own ensemble for his own label---and had an unexpected smash with it . . .)

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Today's PC world, of course, would denounce it as sexist . . .

I remember first hearing it in 1967 and thinking at first that it was Herb Alpert's latest.
Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: mountaineer on May 14, 2020, 07:18:27 pm: Quote from: debrawiest on May 14, 2020, 07:12:07 pm
Seriously cool song.
I suspect that every high school marching band director in the country agrees.
Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: EasyAce on May 14, 2020, 07:20:04 pm: Quote from: debrawiest on May 14, 2020, 07:12:07 pm
I have a different version on iTunes (by The Ventures) with elongated percussion solos at the beginning and in the middle. Itâ€™s probably my favorite. Seriously cool song.
That's a good take on it too.

Now---do you remember when the bachelorettes were introduced to this song on The Dating Game . . .

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Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: deb on May 14, 2020, 07:24:15 pm: Quote from: EasyAce on May 14, 2020, 07:20:04 pm
That's a good take on it too.

Now---do you remember when the bachelorettes were introduced to this song on The Dating Game . . .

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I do remember that song. I actually listened to a lot of Herb Albert. My older brother was a trumpet player and he had a few of Herbâ€™s albums. And I might have had a slight prepubescent crush on Herb. :whistle:
Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: truth_seeker on May 14, 2020, 07:36:42 pm: Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XDB7GMnbUQ#)
Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: EasyAce on May 14, 2020, 07:38:44 pm: Quote from: debrawiest on May 14, 2020, 07:24:15 pm
I do remember that song. I actually listened to a lot of Herb Albert. My older brother was a trumpet player and he had a few of Herbâ€™s albums. And I might have had a slight prepubescent crush on Herb. :whistle:
You may remember that, when a bachelor got to pick between three ladies on The Dating Game, this was their walk-in music . . .

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Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: Neverdul on May 14, 2020, 07:41:37 pm: The Simpsons theme was written by Danny Elman but the show has the distinction I believe as being the only TV show to have a slightly different title sequence opening each show â€“ the "chalkboard gag", â€œLisa's soloâ€ and the â€œcouch gagâ€.

They did a great GOT themed opening.

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Speaking of:

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And:

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And:

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Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: EasyAce on May 14, 2020, 07:55:21 pm: Arguably the greatest closing theme in television history . . .

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Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: EasyAce on May 14, 2020, 07:56:55 pm: Arguably the second greatest closing theme in television history . . .

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Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: jmyrlefuller on July 29, 2020, 10:55:57 pm: Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSI1Sn3Yso8#)

And... one where the theme song outlived the show itself by a long shot:
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Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: dfwgator on July 29, 2020, 11:10:17 pm: Two of my all-time faves were from British shows.

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Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: EasyAce on July 29, 2020, 11:20:22 pm: I bet you didn't remember this gentleman (yes, it's that Randy Newman) did the theme and much of the music for this television classic . . .

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Title: Re: Favourite TV and Radio Themes
Post by: skeeter on July 29, 2020, 11:26:29 pm: Quote from: EasyAce on May 14, 2020, 07:00:27 pm
Best version:

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I still have this version in a 45. Played a hole in it when I was 12.