re: Best theme song for a TV show

Posted by Junkyard Hog

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Posted on 9/2/24 at 4:41 pm to southpawcock

Dallas
Cheers
Good Times
Bonanza
The Andy Griffith Show

Posted by Dizz

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Posted on 9/2/24 at 5:08 pm to Junkyard Hog

Firefly

Posted by DrrTiger

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Posted on 9/2/24 at 6:08 pm to southpawcock

Now the world don't move to the beat of just one drum, what might be right for you, may not be right for some...

Posted by wartiger2004

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Posted on 9/2/24 at 6:34 pm to southpawcock

Airwolf

Posted by rebelrouser

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Posted on 9/2/24 at 6:35 pm to southpawcock

Rockford Files, Miami Vice, Hawaii Five-0, The Jeffersons.

Posted by Tiger Prawn

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Posted on 9/2/24 at 6:37 pm to southpawcock

The Office
GoT
Friends

Posted by Twenty 49

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Posted on 9/2/24 at 6:51 pm to Tiger Prawn

I've always liked Gunsmoke (Closing Theme "The Old Trail"). Great horns.

Posted by moontigr

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Posted on 9/2/24 at 7:06 pm to southpawcock

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Posted by moontigr

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Posted on 9/2/24 at 7:07 pm to moontigr

and in distant 2nd...

Posted by Kafka

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Posted on 9/2/24 at 7:11 pm to southpawcock

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Posted on 9/2/24 at 7:11 pm to moontigr

Posted by Kafka

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Posted on 9/2/24 at 7:13 pm to Kafka

Posted by LSUFreek

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Posted on 9/2/24 at 7:18 pm to southpawcock

I don’t know if it’s the best, but it’s one of my all-time favorites:

Posted by BRich

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Posted on 9/2/24 at 7:26 pm to southpawcock

Posted by LSUFreek

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Posted on 9/2/24 at 7:30 pm to BRich

Another theme I enjoyed as a young teen:

Posted by Allyn McKeen

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Posted on 9/2/24 at 7:40 pm to southpawcock

Peter Gunn is badass. Henry Mancini wrote it.

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Posted by VoxDawg

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Posted on 9/2/24 at 7:48 pm to southpawcock

GoT is amazing, but I think there is some recency bias driving that.

Miami Vice, Dallas, Magnum PI and pretty much anything Mike Post also has a case to be made for it.

Twilight Zone and Star Trek, too.

Posted by BRich

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Posted on 9/2/24 at 7:56 pm to moontigr

Actually written by Quincy Jones...