TV Theme Songs

Hemant · May 8, 2021

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 · May 8, 2021

I remember my times tables too

Cactus Bob · May 8, 2021

The drums on Hawaii Five-O were killer!

John DeChristopher · May 8, 2021

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 · May 8, 2021

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 · May 8, 2021

Hemant said:
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 · May 8, 2021

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

lamartee · May 8, 2021

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

lamartee · May 8, 2021

Quincy Jones:

Houndog · May 8, 2021

lamartee said:
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 · May 8, 2021

The "end credits" music is great, too.

richardh253 · May 8, 2021

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.