hi guyz, I thought I would start another post as you all liked the Cartoon Classics one, so on the opposite, let's talk about the Musics from your favorite TV Show, TV's greatest hits as they say, For me , a strange one, but never have seen it since it died of TV, "Street Hawk" music by Tanerine Dreams, it was brillant, or the "A-team" (Koopa42, Will remember Dis One :) ) music, no one ever got killed but, hey the music was great, Then there's "Airwolf" some of the best Synth music for it's time and I play it today and it is as good as ever. So I'm sure there is loads of stuff to talk about and share your experiencies with the rest of us, as I like to find out how the other half lives :)

My Top ten TV Themes Are (for me that is)

1. Street Hawk
2. Airwolf
3. Scooby Doo
4. Miami Vice
5. Knightrider
6. A-Team(Sorry Koopa42)
7. Greatest American Hero
8. Dempsey and MakePiece (You all forgot that one I'm sure)
9. Taxi
10. Inspector Gadget (Cartoon)

that's your lot, let's see what you liked? :D

Your choices are good but I also like the MASH theme and Battlestar Galactica theme. oh and Twin Peaks was kinda mellow too.

yes I would agree with your set, They were brillant alright, they don't make'em like to use to :angry:

star fleet (by brian may) was well cool, as was the theme to knightmare

1. Bucky O Hare
2. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
3. Dukes O Hazzard
4. Knightrider
5. Quantum Leap
6. Teenage Muntant HERO Turtles
7. Cheers
8. Jonny Briggs
9. Jossys Giants
10. Mystery Science Theatre 3000

All classics.

1. Knightrider
2. The A team
3. Airwolf
4. Trap Door
5. Knightmare
6. Muskerhounds
7. He-man
8. Miami Vice
9. Magnum
10. Star fleet

My faves: (in no particular order...)

1) Top Gear Theme
2) The X-Factor Theme (don't ask why.....)
3) Looney Tunes Theme
4) Sonic X - US Theme (The British version is EXTREMLY repetitive)
5) Eastenders Theme (seriously....)

Spikey B)

the knightrider bass line has been used in a fair few modern songs (admittedly usually gansta crap) but its SOO cool

as for the miami vice tune, thats just listenable on its own :D

Okay, I'm going to show my age again.

1) The Sweeney
2) Roobarb
3) MASH
4) The Professionals
5) Morse
6) The A-Team
7) Miami Vice
8) Callan
9) Trapdoor
10) Spiderman

Now does anyone remember those godawful 'Geoff Love and his orchestra' TV themes albums that were popular in the 70s ?

No, 'cos I'd be like 3 years old :huh:

The Top Gear theme is 'Jessica' by The Allman Brothers Band. Check out the live version, it lasts about 15 minutes and has awesome slide guitar by Duane Allman.

The start bit of "Sapphire And Steel" is one of my favourites. I have an mp3 of it. :)

This person knows his stuff!!! :D

My top 5:

1.) The Sweeney
2.) The A-Team (original theme tune series 1-4)
3.) Minder (original 'Terry McCann years' theme tune)
4.) ThunderCats
5.) Knightmare (original series' theme tune)

Get the car Bill....

I LOVE IT WHEN A PLAN COMES TOGETHER!

Robbo.

The Hitchhiker's Guide theme (radio and tv) is Journey of the Sorcerer by the Eagles, from the One of These Nights album.

All very good choices I would include:
1 Danger Man
2 Edge of Darkness
3 The Prisoner
4 Swiss Family Robinson
5 The Water Margin
god Im really showing my age now,nice poll,cheers peter.

In no particular order:

1. Captain Scarlet
2. The Prisoner
3. Airwolf
4. The A-Team
5. Interceptor - that thing from the folk that did Treasure Hunt
6. Crystal Maze
7. Knightmare
8. Danger Mouse
9. Magnum P.I.
10. Red Dwarf

And that ends the votes from the Scottish jury.

my favs are (well the ones I can remember at the moment)

crystal maze
rockford files (great guitar solo)
cities of gold
dogtanian
hitchiker's journey of the sorcerer
thunderbirds
miami vice
star cops

i have loads of soundtrack albums on vinyl including some tv theme albums :)

whats vinyl? :D :D :lol: :lol:

so what was it like being there when they built the pyramids ;)

Oo

oi nutter ! .. no dissing vinyl here !!!

vinyl gives cozy comfy feelings when played ... instead of sterile hollow CD ..

TJ HOOKER, now theres a theme to be proud of, and it sits so well with sliding through ice action shots,

I agree with the others Magnum is a cracker, Miami Vice and the Profesionals are way up there too

but my all time fav is the bionic man, "gentleman we have the technology we can rebuild him"

PS I love those ropey soundilikie albums from the 70's one I have has a version of Galactica that sounds like it was recorded on a casiotone keyboard.

and its true you do learn something everyday, did'nt know Brian May did the starfleet track, do remember it getting into the Top 40 though, or was I just dreaming...

You sure about brian may and starfleet?

I've got the cd single by Brian may/eddie van halen/cosy powell - and the inlay says


Brians kids asked him to do a cover of the starfleet music cus they liked it. - so he got some of his chums together in re-made it.


as for who did the origional theme........ maybe it was brian???? :huh:

I'm looking about here and there's no mention of Grange Hill! Some mistake, surely.

As for other favourites, in alphabetical order (since I'm reading them off my "TV" playlist in iTunes :D ): The Addams Family, The A-Team, 60's Batman, Beadle's About, Captain Pugwash, Captain Scarlet, Cheers, Doogie Howser MD, The Ewoks, The Family Ness, Follyfoot, Fraggle Rock, Geordie Racer, Hammerman, Henry's Cat, Hong Kong Phooey, Inspector Gadget, Jim'll Fix It, Johnny Briggs, Knightmare, Knight Rider, The Krypton Factor, The Littlest Hobo, MASK, Magic Roundabout, Man In A Suitcase, Mission Impossible, Pidgeon Street, Pugwall, Quantum Leap, Quincy, Rainbow, Rolf Harris's Cartoon Time, Roobarb and Custard, Stoppit and Tidyup, Supergran, The Sweeney, Telebugs, Thundercats, The Tick, Topcat, Transformers, Zig Zag and the Gallery off Hartbeat.

Oh, and that tune off ITV Schools where you had precisely one minute to shuttle one class out the TV room and another one in.

Some of them really are shite tunes, but I'm making no apologies as I still listen to them like a big grinning idiot (or laughing out loud in the case of at least two of them).

I'm fond of the Monkey theme myself. :D

anyone else remember Harold Lloyd?
I watched it when it was shown in the early 80's, the theme song was pretty good too.

I agree about Airwolf, Knightrider and Miami Vice, all classics.

The Doctor Who tune was funky, in a muddied-me-pants kinda way. :blink: (at the time, obviously it doesn't affect me now) :o

Harold Lloyd was absolutely brilliant :lol:

Paul McCartney wrote the theme to Crossroads.

[QUOTE=koopa42,Oct 5 2005, 11:10 AM] [/QUOTE]
Harold Lloyd was absolutely brilliant :lol:[/QUOTE]

Sure was.
Black and white, silent (apart from the odd bit of voice-over), text caption popping up every few minutes.
I can't imagine an 8 year old watching something like that nowadays.
(Kids these days, don't know they're born grumble grumble.. :D )

Also, I've got a vague memory of a program called 'Everybody Here' I think.
I only remember the opening credits cos of a guy quickly saying:

everybody
verybody
erybody
rybody (rye-body)
ybody (y-body)
body
ody
dy (die)
y (why)

Anyone remember this show? What was it about?

"I LIKE IT!"

You truly do scare me...

:lol:

;)

Robbo.

Not really for the theme thread, just that I sprung to mind. Does anyone remeber the rat eating repltile invaders that was 'V'? brilliant series (bet its dated as hell now tho')

Michael Ironside as Ham (tyler I think) was cool

it also had great music as well, din-na din-na , ahh shit he's dead :(