Best TV theme tune?

[Fozzer]

..."The Simpsons" opening theme!... ... ...!

Paul..."Eat my Shorts!"... ....!

[Webb]

Remember this one?

ABC's Wide World of Sports

Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport... the thrill of victory... and the agony of defeat... the human drama of athletic competition... This is ABC's Wide World of Sports!

And that poor guy on the ski jump is Vinko Bogataj.

Bogataj was competing as a Yugoslavian entrant at the Ski-flying World Championships in Oberstdorf, West Germany (now Germany) on March 21, 1970. A light snow had begun falling at the start of the event, and by the time Bogataj was ready for his third jump, the snow had become quite heavy. Midway down the ramp for that jump, Bogataj realized that the conditions had made the ramp too fast. He attempted to lower his center of gravity and stop his jump, but instead lost his balance completely and rocketed out of control off the end of the ramp, tumbling and flipping wildly, and crashing through a light retaining fence near a crowd of stunned spectators before coming to a halt. Despite the ferocity of the crash, Bogataj suffered only a mild concussion ...

It is likely that Vinko Bogataj's crash would have remained obscure had a film crew from Wide World of Sports not been on hand to record the event ...

Throughout the show's long history, various images were used for the other parts of the narration, including for "The thrill of victory...", which directly preceded the above phrase and was often accompanied by images of the celebrating team at the most recent Super Bowl or World Cup. But for those many years after that point, the "agony of defeat" was always illustrated by Bogataj's failed jump. (Later on, other clips were added to the "agony of defeat", but Bogataj's crash was always featured and always the first played.) ...

[Icy]

I will have to throw in the obligatory original Pokemon theme FTW!!!

I wanna be, the very best... Like no one ever was...

It is the nineties in one song

[ozzy72]

The proper version there Zaphod

[Zaphod]

Absolutely Ozzy.
I have the whole original series on DVD and although I also have the feature film it is a poor substitute.
Have a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster on me!

Zaphod, Cool Frood.

[expat]

Hill Street Blues
Minder
Hawaii Five O
Fall Guy
Shelly (if anyone can remember that)


Matt

[waspiflab]

TURN UP YOUR SPEAKERS BOYS AND GIRLS AS I BELIEVE THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE T.V. THEME TUNE OF ALL TIME!!!! even though a cartoon (and this is coming from a Brit)

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

[beaky]

Some good ones here, but here's two more masterpieces... Both 60s cartoon themes (during Hanna-Barbera's golden age)and both composed by the brilliant Hoyt Curtin.

Johnny Quest ... love the dissonant guitar chord in the middle!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIhEpjnaNlo

The Jetsons... love the jazz trumpet solo for the "daughter Judy" part! And man, the strings certainly earned their pay on that session! Crazy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB-GcJfKBs8

Both part of my manic, cane-sugar-fueled childhood!

[SG-19]

Great tune's all of them, but what about the classics, SPACE 1999 and UFO. .

[SG-19]

Hey i'm a klutz I forgot Joe 90, Captain Scarlet, Battlestar Galactica the original series. Not to forget the Awsome STARGATE SG-1.

[Mtnbiker29er]

For me it would be opening theme of cold case

[Ang2dogs]

I trust you mean the ORIGINAL Hawaii Five O Theme


Book him, Danno.

That's the one Webb.

[Bud Greene]

Holy crap! Too many memorable ones...Cheers, Suicide is Painless (from M*A*S*H*), Dallas, Knight Rider, The Dukes of Hazzard (I think this is my fav), Night Court, Bosom Buddies. Am I showing my age here?

[Apex]

Whoa there, how could we forget the TV series Lone Ranger theme? The William Tell overture, composed around 1829 by Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868). Obviously not composed for the TV show, but a good pick nonetheless, just perfect for the Masked Man swooping down there yelling "Hi Yo Silver."