Favorite instrumental television theme song.

[terrya]

My very favorite instrumental theme music was "L.A. Law", by the great Mike Post. I liked "L.A. Law" anyway...but I had to catch it at the very beginning...to hear that great music with the opening credits.

Yours?

Terry

[Jim Sagle]

1. Twilight Zone (first year only).

[ConcernedCanuk]

2. M*A*S*H comes to mind -

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[lucidmadman]

3. Twin Peaks...

...if you allow for some wordless choral singing.
The original Twilight Zone, also.

Mike Post's work really is good. Didn't he have a 'hit' with the Hill Street Blues theme?

[TrueAmerican]

4. Hawaii 5-0?

No?

[NightTrain]

5. Hawaii 5-0

Especially the hit single by the Ventures. :thumbsup:

[Sapphocrat]

11. H50 (esp. by the Ventures) gets my vote! n/t

[Lindacooks]

6. Rockford Files!

and Thirtysomething.

[Edge]

7. The theme from "Angel"

That violin/cello (unsure which it is) is trippy and creepy. It's a kick-ass theme, nonetheless.

[BlueEyedSon]

8. The Avengers (British version)

[patriotvoice]

9. The A-Team...

...with its squelching strings, tight military snares, gunshot samples, 80's crunch guitar, tank samples, light use of cymbals, and of course, more gunshot samples.

[southerngirlwriter]

18. Agreed. It was great -- set just the right tone for the show.

My favorite was Roseanne, but in the last season (or possibly, the last two, I don't remember) they added lyrics. :wtf:

[Fovea]

10. MONK

The first season guitar theme.

[Bertha Venation]

13. Love it, love the new one too.

By Randy Newman, "It's A Jungle Out There"

I could be wrong, now...
but I don't think so!

[disgruntled_goat]

12. The Six Million Dollar Man

better
Stronger
FASTER

woot!

[NightTrain]

14. Don't forget "Sanford and Son."

Funky, funky, funky!

[tishaLA]

24. Yup. S&S

and it was written by Quincy Jones, IIRC.

[lpbk2713]

15. Hawaii 5-0 and Hill Street Blues................ n/t

[gmoney]

16. Kids In the Hall

"Having an Average Weekend" by the amazing Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet... they did all the great incidental music and put out four great albums. They're sorely missed... one of them passed away a couple years ago.

Interesting, the band DID manage to cash in last year with their song "Zombie Compromise" being used in Taco Bell commercials for about a year.

[Kat45]

17. "Barney Miller," "Peter Gunn," "Hawaii Five-0"

I'm sure I'm forgetting a couple or more good ones too.

[PragMantisT]

19. Simpsons

especially if Lisa gets a new solo. Or The Munsters.

[DS1]

20. Miami Vice

[Nomad559]

21. I have many favorites

Some already listed here
a few more ... Taxi - Cheers - Lost In Space ( Not the first version ) - Mash - Wings.

[stromboli]

22. Miami Vice

and most of the Mike Post / Pete Carpenter stuff

[Endangered Specie]

23. hmm... Star Trek (TNG preferably), or Law and Order

[UnAmericanJoe]

25. Gotta go with the X-Files

Honorable mentions going to

1st Season Monk and Kids in The Hall (Both previously mentioned)

And I almost forgot the Buffy the Vampire Slayer theme (by Nerfherder I think.)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

26. How can you all have forgotten...

the theme from the 1950s series Perry Mason?

[Capn Sunshine]

28. Route 66

Swingin', baby

[TheMightyFavog]

27. My List;

The Prisoner
Hawaii 5-0 Da-da-da-da da dahhhhh dah-da-da-da-da-dahhhh.
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Q5 (well, there's technicly no lyrics to that one)
Charlie's Angels
Peter Gunn
The People's Court bah-dump-BAH!
The A-Team
Knight Rider
Rockford Files
ST:TNG

[mitchum]

29. Peter Gunn

[mykpart]

30. Peter Gunn and St. Elsewhere.

and maybe Hawaii 5-0. One I absolutely can't stand is "Murder She Wrote."

[murielm99]

31. M*A*S*H*

Best of them all!

[UnAmericanJoe]

33. M*A*S*H

Is very good.

Much like the X-Files theme it succeeds in setting the mood perfectly for the show to follow.

[camero]

32. The Weather Channel

It puts me to sleep. :)

[Gore1FL]

34. The West Wing

but I like everything about that show.

[Bertha Venation]

39. Yep. With a name like W.G. Snuffy Walden . . . .

Gotta love music by a guy named W.G. Snuffy Walden, anyway.

[gator_in_Ontario]

35. NYPD Blue

that'll wake you up if you are starting to doze.

[MrScorpio]

36. Mission Impossible

If your mission should fail, the secretary is disavow any knowledge of your instructions to get down and boogie.

[Maccagirl]

37. Mission Impossible

and "Taxi"-I don't know whyu-it just fit.

[Crowdance]

38. Taxi

n/t

[Mrs. Venation]

40. Theme From "Peter Gunn"

No doubt about it.

[ironflange]

41. Newhart

A exquisitely crafted Mancini gem. No need for words, it perfectly portrays the show and its setting.

[Kickin_Donkey]

42. My all-time favorite TV theme song ...

Rockford Files.

Magnum PI gets an honorable mention.

[Parrcrow]

43. Star Trek Voyager

Only good thing about the show....aside from the blonde borgette.

DS9 had good theme music too.

[everythingsxen]

44. The Prisoner was really good too..