Favorite TV Theme Song?

[phillybri]

I'll go w/ WKRP in Cincinnatti as the all-time best theme song...

Here's a good site for wav files...
http://www.tunepix.com/themes.htm

[terrya]

1. The theme from "Mannix" Great Lalo Schifrin jazz. eom

[flamingyouth]

2. Hawaii Five-O

Book 'em, Danno - murder one!

[Jim Sagle]

3. "Twilight Zone" theme - FIRST year (not the "do do do do" theme).

[meegbear]

4. Barney Miller

killah bass riff.

[MissMillie]

19. I concur

I love the bass riff.

[NuckinFutz]

5. MASH...Suicide is Painless

Also I have a special place for the them from I Dream Of Jeannie.

[DianeK]

6. i really like the theme song for

a&e's family plots

[mac56]

7. "The Dick Van Dyke Show"

"The Rockford Files"
"Peter Gunn"
"77 Sunset Strip"
"Captain Kangaroo"
"Simon & Simon"

and of course

"Mystery Science Theatre 3000"
and "It's Garry Shandling's Show"

[southpaw]

8. Northern Exposure

Another awesome bass line... a really slippery fretless one at that!

[mac56]

9. "60 Minutes"

:evilgrin:

[Canuckistanian]

13. Very John Cage

[Archae]

10. Miami Vice

Really asinine show, but the music was terrific by Jan Hammer.

Also the theme tunes from Star Trek The Next Generation, DS9 and Voyager.

The Enterprise one stinks.

[pagerbear]

11. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 schlemiel, schlemozzle, Hassenfeffer Incorporated!

[arwalden]

12. Bewitched

[Magrittes Pipe]

14. "Hey Sandy"

from The Adventures of Pete and Pete.

[underpants]

15. Mmm-Hawaii 5-0, Barney Miller, Pardon the Interruption

To name three

[Itchinjim]

16. GREEN ACRES!!

IT'S THE PLACE TO BE!!!!!

[OneBlueSky]

17. Theme Song Lyrics for TV Shows

http://www.geocities.com/tvshowthemelyrics/

actually, we had a pretty extensive discussion of this topic sometime back . . .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=653038

[Sandpiper]

18. Peter Gunn

n/t

[NoPasaran]

20. Mission: Impossible

[LDS Jock]

21. Love Is All Around... Mary Tyler Moore show

Thats my favorite. Makes me wanna turn in a circle and throw my hat in the air.

[Sequoia]

22. Rawhide

Hawaii 5-0, Big Valley, Andy Griffith, and Adam-12. All the old ones I guess.

[VOX]

23. "Hill Street Blues" theme...

I still find myself humming it now and then.

[yolatengo]

24. The Munsters or Courageous Cat!

Wicked surf guitar riff or wicked hot jazz riff?

Honorable Mention to The Daily Show!

Bigby

[Kid_A]

25. The X-Files

That show was untouchable for its first five or six seasons, and the theme music that played over the awesome opening credits was one of the best ever.

And Scully was a babe!

[Az]

26. Lost In Space

Good grief that thing was cool.

Some other great ones:

The Munsters
Hawai Five O
Rockford Files
Peter Gunn

[salvorhardin]

27. The Prisoner

both the beginning and ending versions.

[Bridget Burke]

28. Twin Peaks

The show didn't have staying power, but certainly started out right.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

29. The original Perry Mason theme

also the theme from the Rockford Files