Your favourite TV theme tunes?

Tony Montana · Post by **Tony Montana** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 12:44 pm

Post your favourites here

Twin Peaks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oDuGN6K3VQ

Knight Rider
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo8Qls0HnWo

Family Ties:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iliLnQmaEOA

And for some cheesiness, The Loveboat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmUlKPthrag

wmarsh · Post by **wmarsh** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 2:19 pm

Pft.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY5zQXYYMaw "rub it out and start again" is my mantra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxjqMZd- ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXsjzcC4 ... re=related piano (at the three-second mark) at the beginning always reminds me of roygbiv.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nqN_7eGItM
http://80scartoonscontent.co.uk/sounds/moomins.mp3 (and hell, specifically this version with the children's voices over the top, which are an artefact of the recording and not in the original) - snufkin should appreciate this one!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0XDyiw4szU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zedq1VhaS90
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu0o6u1VmGE

None of these should be experience without the constraints of a RF television signal and VHS distortion. Fuck every post-1994 year in the face.

Tony Montana · Post by **Tony Montana** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:38 pm

Great suggestions!

I really like the Roobarb and custard theme.

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:46 pm

wmarsh wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXsjzcC4 ... re=related

this this this this this this

Basepair · Post by **Basepair** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:06 pm

Tony Montana wrote:Great suggestions!

I really like the Roobarb and custard theme.

tunnnnnnnnnnnnnne!!!

Numerator · Post by **Numerator** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:20 pm

turquoise70 wrote:
wmarsh wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXsjzcC4 ... re=related

this this this this this this

beat me to it!

jakestott · Post by **jakestott** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:33 pm

Numerator wrote:
turquoise70 wrote:
wmarsh wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXsjzcC4 ... re=related

this this this this this this

beat me to it!

oh man, sending shivers up my spine watching this! thanks for posting!

Xurbatronic · Post by **Xurbatronic** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:52 pm

Without any doubt it is this for me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3ztIDFU2P8

triststephens · Post by **triststephens** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:49 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xez4o1ujOPI
tomorrow people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLpcr7KTi9I
children of the stones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNCtLKs_23Y
Noah's castle

that explains alot!

Sac · Post by **Sac** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:59 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuYrRebvFHc

Hands down!

harpoon dodger · Post by **harpoon dodger** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:10 am

Twin Peaks for sure!! Angelo Badalamenti is an amazing composer.

However, my all-time favorite TV theme has got to be...Tales from the Darkside.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtidefXK478&feature=related

Best horror show that was ever on TV. When I watch it, I'm amazed it was ever on primetime television considering how dark some of the episodes are. I was overjoyed when they finally released it on DVD in 2008.

rick7487 · Post by **rick7487** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:29 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5c9e6uAUF8

I know this may not fit with the theme, but Rescue 911 was the best show when I was a kid. No other show has traumatized me as much as this one did, and sadly it was my favorite show back when I was 5 or 6.

s7409651 · Post by **s7409651** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:41 am

I had totally forgotten about this and had such a trip watching it.
It's insane. Totally psychadelic. I think this cartoon explains why I am like I am today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDet-uf7fFk

QUAQ QUAO!

powershoes · Post by **powershoes** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:52 am

jack horkheimer's star gazer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igHOaMOzzUo

keep looking up!

Xurbatronic · Post by **Xurbatronic** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 11:14 am

triststephens wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xez4o1ujOPI
tomorrow people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLpcr7KTi9I
children of the stones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNCtLKs_23Y
Noah's castle

that explains alot!

Thanks for this post - I knew about the Tomorrow People, but not the excellent Children of the Stones. I'm just watching episode two now, wonderful stuff, from that great British televisual tradition of scaring the living daylights out of kids!
I remember finding a lot of the BBC / ITV kids' TV productions quite spooky as a child, and they were. Fantastic soundtrack too. Also, the concept of the Children of the Stones is reminiscent of The Stone Tape series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stone_Tape

Tony Montana · Post by **Tony Montana** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:36 pm

triststephens wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xez4o1ujOPI
tomorrow people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLpcr7KTi9I
children of the stones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNCtLKs_23Y
Noah's castle

that explains alot!

Brilliant! Children of the Stones is so creepy. They don't make TV shows like that any more.

Tony Montana · Post by **Tony Montana** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:40 pm

Speaking of being terrified as a kid, this show used to scare the hell out of me when I was younger:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js7T-VTL91k

Tony Montana · Post by **Tony Montana** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:55 pm

Picturebox:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IF-0XNKlhk

dono · Post by **dono** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:56 pm

Reading Rainbow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6j8EiWIVZs

Eureeka's Castle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpnZPM99 ... re=related

mechanismj · Post by **mechanismj** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:58 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WqazleR3FE

Yeah.