25 Best TV Theme Songs
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1.
The X-Files
A classic theme that everyone knows!!!!
3428 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
2.
The Outer Limits
2314 points - added 14 years ago by tboneya -
3.
Miami Vice
1203 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog - 3 comments
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#1 on the US Billboard Charts in 1985, it won 2 Grammys in 1986.
Added 13 years ago by pandora, 0 points
The theme plus all the instrumental music from the first few seasons was composed by and played by Jan Hammer, completely by himself. It was all mechanically produced and a scientific breakthrough in its day. The drums were completely synthetic, except for Mr. Hammer's input.
Added 14 years ago by pandora, 0 points
Great drums. The two babes walking away from the camera on the opening credits aren't bad either....:)
Added 14 years ago by tboneya, 0 points
4.
MillenniuM
atmospheric and haunting
744 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
5.
Battlestar Galactica
691 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
6.
Twin Peaks
Haunting, melodic, complex - probably the best orchestrated theme ever made
509 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
7.
Monk
A great instrumental that really gets the toes tapping.
302 points - added 14 years ago by pandora -
8.
Hawaii Five-O
233 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
9.
Shaft
175 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog -
10.
Cheers
“Making your way in the world today takes everything you got/ Takin’ a break from all your worries sure would help a lot; Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name/ and they’re always glad you came” and it was sung by a man with the sweetest and earnest of voices. I loved the show, but I actually loved the theme song more, and it has endured as one of those refrains that you hear from time to time and it always makes you feel a little better, this idea of going somewhere for even the briefest of escapes, where you're known and welcomed.
136 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog -
11.
Sesame Street
132 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog -
12.
Mission Impossible
92 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog - 1 comment
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When I was a kid, I used to get fired up whenever this music came on.
Added 14 years ago by tboneya, 0 points
13.
Andy Griffith Show
A whistled tune, immortalized and recognized by most anyone, including those who didn’t grow up with it. We’ve all heard it; we all know it; we’ve probably found ourselves whistling it, then even gotten irritated that we couldn’t stop, but more than all this, it makes all feel good.
86 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog -
14.
Laverne & Shirley
“Shlamille, Shlamozle, Hatz and Bher Incorporated… We’re gonna make it…. We’ll do it our way, yes our way… make all our dreams come true… for me and you” the show was a battle cry for single women before they found their collective voice, and the opening theme song remains timeless, perhaps more so than the show itself.
80 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog -
15.
Twilight Zone
71 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog -
16.
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
C'mon, who doesn't know the words to this song?
70 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
17.
Baretta [1975-1978]
70 points - added 13 years ago by pandora -
18.
Dragnet [original version 1951-1959]
69 points - added 13 years ago by pandora -
19.
Friends
“So no one told you life was gonna be this way/
Your job’s a joke, you’re broke, your love life’s DOA/
It’s like you’re always stuck in second gear/
When it hasn’t been your day, your week, your month, or even your year, but…/
I’ll be there for you… Cause you're there for me too…” An upbeat tune sung by the Rembrandts, it embodied the show and an ideal that we all need to know is there for us: that we’re not alone in this sometimes ferocious world.
65 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog -
20.
Gilligan’s Island
54 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog -
21.
M*A*S*H*
32 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog -
22.
Scooby Doo
13 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
23.
Fraggle Rock
13 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
24.
Knight Rider
2 points - added 14 years ago by MICHAEL -
25.
Ducktales
-2 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
26.
That 70's Show
-3 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
27.
Bonanza
-3 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog -
28.
Jetsons
-5 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog -
29.
Happy Days
-6 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog -
30.
Batman
-10 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog -
31.
The Monkees
"Hey Hey We're The Monkees"
-11 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
32.
All in the Family
Edith and Archie belting this out seated at their piano, it always put a smile on your face – a warm up of the 30 minutes yet to come. “…Those were the days”
-13 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog -
33.
Brady Bunch
-15 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog -
34.
The Muppet Show
Its a happy song
-16 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
35.
Sanford & Son
-16 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog -
36.
Get Smart
-16 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog -
37.
Charles in Charge
Charles in charge of our days and our nights. Charles in charge of our wrongs and our rights. And I sing, I want, I want Charles in Charge of me.
-17 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
38.
Looney Tunes
-19 points - added 14 years ago by tboneya -
39.
Adams Family
-20 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog -
40.
Hawaii 5-0
-20 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog -
41.
Three’s Company
-21 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog -
42.
The Prisoner
Bold, iconic
-24 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
43.
Hill St Blues
-24 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog -
44.
Mannix
Best private detective show of its time - Hard hitting Joe Mannix was the man!
-25 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
45.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
-25 points - added 14 years ago by tboneya -
46.
I Dream of Jeanie
-25 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog -
47.
The Odd Couple
-25 points - added 15 years ago by bigdog -
48.
Quantum Leap
Beautiful instrumental with fantastic visuals.
-26 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
49.
Little House on The Praire
-27 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
50.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
-38 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
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