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Umm the duck tales theme song reigns supreme
Have you seen the beat-matched version of the DuckTales theme song where Beyonce is dancing to it from the video Single Ladies?
It's amazingly on point.
Holy crap that's awesome!
How do people notice that kinda thing?
Really good, but it doesn't have high adventure that's beyond compare.
The extended version is a fucking banger. Guy makes duck sounds with his guitar. Hendrix might have been able to make a guitar sing, but I never heard him make it quack.
The YMND translation of the Finnish Ducktales theme is forever ingrained into my mind.
“It cannot avail you taco Nazi
look alive and count on Lassie
knit and dance and bake a cake, oh
UNCA OOOOOOooooo”
I've always loved the X-Files intro, it fits so well and has stuck with me ever since I first watched it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4-GcS1UQyg
Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield.
Definitely the perfect song for the show, but any person that listens to this song on its own in public is someone that you should stay away from
It was composed by Mark Snow. Tubular Bells is the theme from The Exorcist.
Fuck, you're right.
I guess tubular bells is good on its own as the theme for the Exorcist, but I also stand behind anybody that listens to tubular bells in public without a good justification of someone you should avoid.
But that also holds true for people that listen to the X-Files theme song.
Surprised nobody's mentioned Firefly yet. It's really good.
Also Pokemon , duh!
Dexter's is also really good. The video too, not just the song. Fitting and eerie and also makes me hungry every time.
True blood also fun and catchy
Also really enjoy Halt and catch fire for that 80s synth vibe.
Also, peaky blinders! Nick cave's voice is just...yeah xD
Stranger things? Cheers? Friends? Community? Lots of pretty good ones out there. Hard to choose, really.
The True Blood theme is an absolute banger
Dexter's intro is one of those that I never skipped. Oddly mesmerizing. I can perfectly visualize it in my mind even now.
pokemon
I actually prefer the japanese theme more.
And apart from the original intro, the Johto intro, the intro for Crystal, and the Battle Frontier opening are also really great.
One of my personal favourites is the Italien intro
Well... Usually with these things, at least in my experience is all about which version you've heard first. Also being able to understand the lyrics helps. So.. yeah, English for me. Not that I mind the Japanese version or anything, still cool.
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Damn, okay, so when it comes to classic legendary anime, Neon Genesis Evangelion is definitely high up there, but I feel like there's a really strong contender in serial experiments Lains "Duvet" by Boa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM8RufZr5lw
If they were to duke it out to the death, I don't know which one would win.
Which one would win is the intro to Gurren Lagann, coming in from stage right swinging a folding chair. (Also from Gainax, for whatever it's worth.)
I never really watched it, but the theme from Airwolf is just amazing.
I kind of want to see this rebooted with like one of those stealth blackhawks.
I'll keep it a buck with you. I'm having a tough time visualizing any scenario in my life that would justify playing this music.
Maybe it's something just for helicopter pilots? I don't know.
Best of all time?
The Peacemaker season 1 Theme slaps and really sets the tone for rest of the show.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_mrr3UNALww&pp=0gcJCU8Co7VqN5tD&ra=m
Best of the 80’s?
The Greatest American Hero.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=72MxOo5koto&ra=m
Peacemaker opening is definitely a good theme.
That's the kind of music you want to wake up for because you're so excited about your life you're gonna go and do something amazing.
Peacemaker Season One. Season Two just doesn’t have the same pep.
Just finished both and thought that at first but season 2 grew on me and fit the season theme better. Choreography for season 1 though was definitely more fun. Just songs though, both slap.
Best of the 80’s? The Greatest American Hero.
Had to scroll way too far to find the right answer.
Not a single vote for Cheers?
Madness.
This is the theme song that plays for an ADHD person the first time the Adderall kicks in.
banger
That was composed by Ron Wasserman! He also created the theme for Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers.
My god, it's a crying shame I had to come down this far to find this one.
It's really really good.
British edition:
The Prisoner
Doctor Who
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Benny Hill
Dr. Who has to be best of the 60s at least, surely
I would say the Doctor Who theme song is the Knight Rider theme song's dad.
There's a lot of similarity, but it's different enough you can see the mom's influence on the kid.
All great, especially how Doctor Who was made--who knew splicing together wave generator tapes could go down in history.
I'd add The Bill as well.
Mission impossible https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pPTCOLbLWxM
and Peter Gunn. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Emg_6ANjWzo
Okay, I feel like Mission Impossible is cheating because everyone's heard it and it's obviously a banger.
And apparently Peter Gunn is one of those things that, at the very least, I've heard it, just never in its original context.
Both very solid contenders.
Highlander https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UyPWpP6w8AA although that's also cheating
Yeah, Queen is definitely cheating.
Whatever the film company paid Freddie Mercury and Co. to do the music to the original Highlander movie was not enough.
But I don't think I can say the same about SWAT Kats.
If you take out the zwoops and the fwooms and other sound effects that they used to match it to the animation, it's just a really middling 80s guitar track.
Sticking with the 80s theme: The Fall Guy
There’s loads of great 80s themes. Another one I remember the tune but not the show, went along the lines of ‘until tomorrow, I’ll just keep moving on’.
Fresh Prince
I feel like if you had said this before the Oscar Slap, I would have said hell yes. It's like quintessential 90s TV show theme song.
And it definitely stands on its own, but I feel like it's lost some of its luster. I can't listen to this and differentiate the Fresh Prince from Will Smith the Person.
Still a damn good song, though.
Game of Thrones has got to be up there. Very catchy and fairly unique, but it really captures the essence of (the best parts of) the show.
The themes to Foundation and Severance are also both really in tune with their respective shows.
But for me, the theme to The Expanse is my favorite. Again, it captures the essence of the show, and also like the show it's pretty underrated.
The Expanse is the only show I've never once skipped the opening credits on, even on rewatch. The song's a pitch-perfect mood throughout the whole series, and a great length, too. Doesn't overstay its welcome.
Did you guys sing along?
Thrones yeah, game of thrones yeah, game of fucking thrones!
You should check out Scavenger's Reign! The intro music only becomes more haunting and fitting as you learn more about the story. I never skipped it and i typically don't like title sequences
Edit: Intro link
Okay, that music was cool as fuck. Like, there's so many places where that is appropriate music.
If it were played at the denouement of any dramatic thriller where like the hero is outside of the room where the person they were trying to save is being actively killed by the bad guy before they rush in to kill the bad guy in revenge, it would fit flawlessly.
There's something very much about death in that song. Death and helplessness.
Oh yeah, 100%! It also lands a little differently through the show, sometimes despairing, sometimes regretful, and even with a flicker of hope. Absolutely recommend if you'd like a sci-fi survival story that feels like a dark graphic novel. The writing is top notch
My college professor gave me the first book of the Game of Thrones series, and I hated it so much.
And because of that, I just, I've never watched the series. Some friends of mine had it on midway through the first episode, and the only time that it caught my attention was when there were titties on the screen. Like, I do not give the first fuck about Game of Thrones.
I have yet to see either the Expanse or Foundation.
I have them both in my to watch list, but I can't really comment on their themes yet.
But Severance? I've watched every episode of Severance, I could not tell you what the theme song is from that show. Even if it's really good, it's also very, very forgettable, which, admittedly, probably fits with the theme of the show very well.
Huh. I have also seen every episode and I can't recall the theme music at all. I know it had an intro because I remember thinking the visuals were cool but I can't bring back a single snippet of the music. Weird.
edit: I had to look it up because it was bothering me. As soon as it started playing I remembered it, I actually think it's a fantastic theme song. It's spare and unsettling, which is perfect for the show but I can kinda feel why it's hard to recall. I'm glad you pointed it out.
I feel like GoT wins, both for the theme and the intro itself. It's instantly recognizable.
I like the Expanse theme, but I don't think I would know it if I heard it out of context.

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