Favorite TV Theme Songs?

[David Howery]

gee, no votes for "All in the Family" or "Welcome Back Kotter"?

 

[Filby]

The Greatest American Hero -- "Believe it or Not"
Cheers -- "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" (again, especially the long version)
Frasier -- "Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs"
Family Ties -- "What Would We Do Without Us"
Growing Pains -- "As Long as We Got Each Other" (original version, not the a capella version from the last season)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Monk -- both the first-season instrumental and "It's a Jungle Out There"

When I was a kid, I also liked the themes from Doug, Duck Tales, Gummi Bears, and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego.

 

[Ahnehnois]

DS9. No doubt.

Of course the next gen theme and the original theme are classics, and all the trek themes have their merits, but DS9: best series+best song.

 

[Abraxas]

Incredible Hulk (the closing music from)
Cowboy Bebop (the TV edit)
Banana Splits
Johnny Quest
Brimstone
UFO
CSI

 

[Ranger REG]

DS9. No doubt.

Of course the next gen theme and the original theme are classics, and all the trek themes have their merits, but DS9: best series+best song.

The original early version, or the latter "Klingon War Drum" version? Both?

 

[Ahnehnois]

I'm slightly partial towards the original version.

 

[John Crichton]

I'm slightly partial towards the original version.

The original version is a classic, IMHO.

 

[Ahnehnois]

Being a trombone player, I like the brass background parts in the newer version, and that one opens and ends well, but I don't really like the "up-tempo" feel.

The original version is more majestic, more elegant, but it has a lot of empty space. Thus I slightly prefer it. They're both the same song, though.

 

[mojo1701]

Being a trombone player, I like the brass background parts in the newer version, and that one opens and ends well, but I don't really like the "up-tempo" feel.

The original version is more majestic, more elegant, but it has a lot of empty space. Thus I slightly prefer it. They're both the same song, though.

Very true. I found a (more) orchestral version of the ds9 theme. I'll see if I can find it (I doubt it's on my pc).

 

[Lord Pendragon]

A lot of good songs have already been mentioned. One that I've always liked that nobody's mentioned so far:

Earth: Final Conflict.

I love the opening music to that show. I've been searching for an mp3 of the first season version forever (have the second season version, but that one's not quite as good as the original, IMO.)