Memorable TV Themes

[rockefeller center]

"1000 Meisterwerke", music: Wilhelm Dieter Siebert

[mikeweil]

Laurie Johnson's theme for "The Avengers".

And the Theme for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: beautiful trumpet melody!

Edited July 16, 2009 by mikeweil

[rockefeller center]

"The Streets of San Francisco"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRaB1aJ_Adw

Edited July 16, 2009 by rockefeller center

[BruceH]

"Peter Gunn," and "Mission: Impossible"---for me these are hard to beat for catchiness and durability. And sheer fun.

[Soulstation1]

Street Beater from Sanford And Son

[B. Goren.]

"Peter Gunn," and "Mission: Impossible"---for me these are hard to beat for catchiness and durability. And sheer fun.

I tend to agree.

[DTMX]

Hawaii Five-O.

[rockefeller center]

"Tatort", Klaus Doldinger

[DMP]

Andre Previn's theme for "The Aquanauts."

[mikelz777]

The Odd Couple

Jonny Quest

Theme for Jonny Quest

Here's a nice workout for the trumpeters out there:

The Green Hornet

The Green Hornet Theme

The Mod Squad

Edited July 17, 2009 by mikelz777

[Jim R]

Laurie Johnson's theme for "The Avengers".

Here

Watch it for the music... and more importantly, watch it for Diana Rigg.

[BruceH]

The Green Hornet Theme always sounded like a take-off on "Flight of the Bumble-Bee" to me. Loved it, though.

Also, as a kid I loved The Mod Squad show.

[GA Russell]

I still remember this without looking it up.

Everybody knows in the second life we all come back sooner or later

As anything from a pussy cat to a man-eating alligator.

Well, you all may think my story is more fiction that it's fact.

But believe it or not my mother dear decided to come back

As a car.

She's my very own guiding star.

She's a 1928 Porter.

That's my mother dear.

She helps me through everything I do

And I'm so glad she's here.

My Mother The Car.

My Mother The Car.

And I guess everyone this side of China knows the lyrics to Secret Agent Man.

Here's one more I remember off the top of my head. (Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster, as I recall.) Obviously I need a little help here, but no fair looking it up!

Who is the tall dark stranger there?

Maverick is the name.

3rd line

4th line

Smooth as a handle on a gun.

Maverick is the name.

Wild as a wind in Oregon

Blowin' up a canyon. Easier to tame.

Riverboat ring your bell.

Fare thee well Annabelle.

Luck is the lady that he loves the best.

Natchez to New Orleans,

Living on jacks and queens,

Maverick is a legend of the West.

Maverick is a legend of the West.

[catesta]

The closing theme from All In The Family,"Remembering You", played by Roger Kellaway.

The Bob Newhart Show

Barney Miller

The Honeymooners

[Teasing the Korean]

I Love Lucy

I Dream of Jeannie

Bewitched

[Quincy]

Buffy The Vampire Slayer & Batman.

[sidewinder]

Laurie Johnson's theme for "The Avengers".

Here

Watch it for the music... and more importantly, watch it for Diana Rigg.

Not forgetting Johnson's theme for the follow-on 'New Avengers' series. With the Kukri-yielding Joanna Lumley taking over from Rigg.

Laurie Johnson of course has delved into jazz from time to time. He recorded the third-streamish 'Synthesis' with a stellar band inc. Tubby Hayes, Kenny Wheeler and Joe Harriott !

Edited July 18, 2009 by sidewinder

[Jazzmoose]

I still remember this without looking it up.

I'm not sure I would have admitted that about My Mother, the Car...

Unfortunately, I remember the school yard parodies more than the actual thing from back then, like the "it's about time, it's about space, it's about time to slap your face" variety...