Recently started watching old 90s and 80s shows just for the fun of it, because I’m bored with all of the new stuff that’s coming out, and I fell into Knight Rider.
My review of the show so far aside, it’s got straight up the most banger theme music I have heard in a TV show in a very long time.
It got me wondering what other TV shows have really great theme songs?
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Didn’t see Golden Girls mentioned yet so I will nominate that one.
Off-topic: Is this the only post across all of Lemmy whose comments are nearly 2x as many as its upvotes?
Good question.
I suddenly couldn’t remember what McGyver theme was but I remembered it’s quite a banger.
And I wasn’t mistaken.
I think I had it on like my Nokia 3210 as a custom ringtone.
One that wasn’t good but definitely an earworm:
But currently I’ve got the Voyager theme stuck in my head but it’s somewhat boring, but all the Star Trek themes are good. Perhaps best is ofc It’s been a long road from Enterprise.
Someone said “Buffy” and that was good, yeah. I don’t think “Angel” is bad either. https://youtu.be/vpAol_17mO0 sounds a bit like Apocalyptica tbh
Now that I checked quite a few, seems like in the late 90’s early 00’s lots of openings had barely a theme song, 80% just the main character recapping the premise of the show
Air wolf. Never saw the show, player the NES game, but it slaaaaaps.
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Series: “From” Que Sera Sera https://youtu.be/PDd-180FQ8U
These answers are a testament to how much better theme songs were before the 2000s, especially for kids shows. You used to get a minute and a half of hype music to introduce new viewers to the show or psych up returning viewers. Now, even the best ones, like Gravity Falls, are less then 40 seconds.
Simon & Simon theme was a banger
Didn’t see anyone mention the original Attack On Titan theme, which is surprising given how popular it was at the time
To nominate a show I actually watched beyond the first season: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Life is a hurricane…
I know it’s not a serious intro, but the theme to Aqua Teen Hunger Force has been rattling around in my head for nearly 25 years. Definitely a banger in my mind (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcd6wU86OgI).
Trailer Park Boys.
Pink Panther!
Tank! by the Seatbelts for Cowboy Bebop is probably one of the best openers of all time for anything.
