Favorite TV series Soundtrack / Score?

[Ulfgeir]

Miami Vice (it had a lot of good music, as well as good actors)

 

[MarkB]

Just going from main themes, there are definitely some 80s favourites. In particular some of those old vehicle-centric shows.

 

[Ryujin]

I should mention the combination of the original Star Trek theme, and the theme from Strange New Worlds. The SNW theme is basically counterpoint to the TOS theme, and it really works for me.

 

[Dioltach]

 

[GuyBoy]

Stranger Things has some awesome 80s music, and this includes “Atmosphere” by Joy Division; one of the greatest songs of all time by THE greatest band of all time (IMO!)
I’m not a massive C&W fan but Yellowstone has some great music across all the series.
The anarchic 80s UK series, The Young Ones featured several great bands playing in the dilapidated student house, including Motörhead.
Finally, going way back to the late 70s, the Life and Times of David Lloyd George had a wonderful instrumental theme tune.

 

[Autumnal]

Babylon 5. Just astonishingly good music from Tangerine Dream veteran Christopher Frankie, evolving as the series did. Here ware the openings for each of the five seasons.


The second sentence of the season 3 voiceover (and that relentless crescendo) still gives me chills. And the dramatic change in style for season 4 - I remember how much fun JMS had responding to guesses about who’d be the doing the next season voiceover as season 3 wrapped up.

 

[Ulfgeir]

Babylon 5 and Firefly are 2 of the best SF-series I have ever seen.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Just remembered an absolute classic: the soundtrack to the original Cosmos series.

Tangentially Related: Tomita’s “Arabesque” was used as the theme to Jack Horkheimer’s Star Hustler.

 

[Ryujin]

Just remembered an absolute classic: the soundtrack to the original Cosmos series.

Tangentially Related: Tomita’s “Arabesque” was used as the theme to Jack Horkheimer’s Star Hustler.

My introduction to Tomita was his rendition of Holst's "The Planets." Should be recognizable to every SciFi fan, at least starting around 3 minutes in.

 

[Staffan]

Babylon 5. Just astonishingly good music from Tangerine Dream veteran Christopher Frankie, evolving as the series did. Here ware the openings for each of the five seasons.

Irrespective of the (amazing) music, one thing I really love about the B5 intros is that they don't just have cast names: they say which actor is playing what role, and (from season 2 onward) also showing their faces. I find that immensely helpful in establishing the characters early, and I don't understand why more shows don't do that.