TV Theme Songs

[Hemant]

I heard the WKRP theme the other day and never really took the time to appreciate what a fantastic drum groove it had. It got me thinking about some of my other favorites from the 80's - Night Court and Barney Miller (which we played in high school stage band).

 

[BennyK]

I remember my times tables too

 

[Cactus Bob]

The drums on Hawaii Five-O were killer!

 

[John DeChristopher]

Ah yes... Back in the days when TV shows had actual theme songs written by actual music composers. And fantastic music throughout shows like Mannix, Mission Impossible, Hawaii Five-0, The Rockford Files, etc with drummers like John Guerin, Steve Schaeffer, Joe Porcaro...

 

[paul]

You guys aren't going far enough. Some of us are old enough to remember the great big band themes of shows in the 50s and 60s, especially all the detective shows. "Peter Gunn" was a special example, featuring big band and combo jazz in the soundtrack and the show's plots.

 

[Matched Gripper]

I heard the WKRP theme the other day and never really took the time to appreciate what a fantastic drum groove it had. It got me thinking about some of my other favorites from the 80's - Night Court and Barney Miller (which we played in high school stage band).

FYI, there are a couple of very long TV and movie theme threads if you search.

 

[Ludwigboy]

How about....I dream of Jeannie>?

 

[lamartee]

On the occasions when we would gig with a sax player we would would open with this and segue into "Come On" (Hendrix)

 

[lamartee]

Quincy Jones:

 

[Houndog]

On the occasions when we would gig with a sax player we would would open with this and segue into "Come On" (Hendrix)

Man , I love that show !!!

Lily is so hot !!!!!

 

[snappy]

The "end credits" music is great, too.

 

[richardh253]

cool thread.

the 70s hits like Bob Newhart Show & Mary Tyler Moore Show had that 70s drum sound, single-headed toms, dead snare, cross-stick, a fair amount of "dum-dum-dum-da-dum" descending tom fills. Great shows.

 

[Drums]

I love this extended version of the Mannix theme song...

 

[Mcjnic]

Some of my favorite drumming is on TV theme songs.
I am creating an animated sitcom and I’m currently working with the composer on it.
So these are very much at the front of my mind.
There’s some brilliant percussion work on these.
Solid tunes and a lot of fun.

 

[stuart s]

The Funk version of this show was best

Why am I thinking Bernard Purdie is playing the drums there?

 

[CC Cirillo]

The Godfather of all themes, Mr. Lenny Pickett:

 

[Frank Godiva]

 

[JDA]

everybody loves..

Idris

Touchdown (Bob James album) - Wikipedia

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[avedisschwinn]

The Odd Couple Theme, pretty swinging

 

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