While cruising around youtube the other night I stumbled on the "Chips" theme song. That lead me on a pursuit (haha) to find other TV show theme songs from shows I watched when I was a kid like "Fall Guy," "Little House on the Prairie," "Simon and Simon," "Perry Mason," "The Rockford Files," "Matlock," "In the Heat of the Night," "Quantum Leap," "Growing Pains," "Knight Rider," "Northern Exposure," "Baywatch," "Murder She Wrote," and so on. I watched most of these during the day at my grandma's house... she wasn't a cartoon fan as you can see.
All are pretty memorable theme songs I think. I think I could safely hum the "Little House on the Prairie" theme song and someone would know what I'm humming. In "Northern Exposure" I can still see the moose walking down the street and hear the theme song in the background. It is memorable. It screams "Northern Exposure" because it is easily placed with the show. The theme song for "Perry Mason" begins with that eerie music and the courtroom scene with that dunt dunt sound and when I hear that, the first thing I think is a courtroom and Perry Mason.
Even kids shows when I was young had a theme song like Sesame Street. Power Rangers was memorable with the "Go go go go Power Rangers, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers." Remember Bananas in Pajamas? That was a short, but memorable theme song... "bananas in pajamas are coming down the stairs, bananas in pajamas are coming down in pairs, bananas in pajamas are chasing teddy bears." There were a ton of other kids shows with theme songs like "Shining Time Station" with Thomas the train. One cannot forget "Reading Rainbow." Winnie The Pooh had his own theme also! ALF had about a minute theme song and is memorable in my mind because it always reminded me of a morning news program wiht the soft music playing and it seemed so welcoming as ALF was walking around the house videotaping everything taking place. I don't hear kids of today singing theme songs or even talking about them.
More current kid shows include Teletubbies, which has some random music playing, then some guy says "over the hills and far away Teletubbies come to play," there is a countdown for all the Teletubbies and then a voice says TELETUBBIES" Then there are speakers saying "time for Teletubbies." While this might not be memorable, this is the only kids show I can think of with a theme song nowadays and it is not in production. "Bear in the Big Blue House" also had a theme song welcoming you to the big blue house. Again, it was not catchy, but it was a theme song nonetheless.
I can't think of many shows that use theme songs today. "Law and Order" has the pin drop then that doot doot sound and a song that is about a minute long. "Friends" used the song from the Rembrandts "I'll Be There For You"- it is catchy and memorable like a TV show theme song should be. Maybe I haven't been watching a lot of TV lately and it showing, but I honestly can't think of any show with a memorable theme song that is out nowadays.
Shows of today like "Ugly Betty" don't have a theme song- it is just a short musical sequence and then a montage of faces from the show. It is probably 20-30 seconds. I can't think whether or not there is a theme song for Grey's Anatomy, but what I'm saying is theme songs are memorable and so it probably doesn't, or I'd remember. NAVY NCIS has a short, but unmemorable theme song where all of the characters are introduced. It is not as memorable as say the show they spun off from (JAG). "Desperate Housewives" has a short 40 second or so theme song, but it is not really that memorable in my mind.
I guess in my opinion it seems TV show theme songs are disappearing. A lot of it probably relates to the fact that it is all about money and advertising. TV show creators and writers can't afford to spare a minute or two of a show to create a memorable theme song when a show only lasts about 23 minutes. I guess I'm kind of bummed about that. The theme song is supposed to pump you up, create suspense, create action, bring you into the show. It is sad that a minute can't be spared for that. TV show theme songs are memorable and talked about. I might not remember a lot of the shows I have watched when I was young like "Rockford Files," but I do remember the theme song.
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I still remember the theme songs for DuckTales and TakeSpin. It's true, there is not much originality in theme songs these days. Even CSI just uses The Who.
They have been disappearing for many years and for a few reasons:
1.) Catchy tunes might incur higher royalties during reruns
2.) Shorter sequences allow for a.) more story or b.) more advertiser time
It all sucks, of course, because in addition to the stand-out characters of a great show, people always recall that catchy song!
i.e. Would DuckTales have been as fun w/out the "DuckTales Woo-Ooh" in the opening sequence? ;)
Love tv theme songs. My very favorite is Dallas. I know it shows my age, but I would watch it ever Friday night.
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