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No rhyme nor reason, just your Top Three greatest TV theme tunes!
Go!
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Doctor Who (all variations)
M*A*S*H
Good Omens (very recent addition!)
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Dr Who as above.. Full Volume :}
Original " The Prisoner "
The Man in the High Castle
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Hawaii Five-O
Sweeny
The Professionals
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1. Mission Impossible (The original tv series)
2. The Flintstones / Top Cat / Popeye / Bill & Ben the Flower Pot Men
3. Dads Army
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Fireball XL5
Stingray
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
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Fireball XL5
Stingray
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Was the Good, the Bad and the Ugly a TV series?
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No mention of it having to be a series, But when you think about it, it was part of a the Dollars Trilogy
A Fistful of Dollars
For a few Dollars More
& The Good , The Bad & The Ugly.
So a Mini Series.. :}
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MIAMI VICE , cant beat it . . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEjXPY9jOx8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEjXPY9jOx8)
Stingray
Fireball XL5
Bill
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In no particular order
Peter Gunn (never saw any of the series, might have felt let down if I did, but a great theme)
Who Pays the Ferryman?
The Onedin Line theme.
Then there's the Avengers, Dr Who, the Prisoner, Bonanza...........
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Then there's the Avengers, Dr Who, the Prisoner, Bonanza...........
Ohhh! How could I forget The Avengers- I watched the entire collection whilst in the Falklands back in 2012!
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Inspector Morse.
Miami Vice, and quite a lot more of those already mentioned.
And does anyone remember an ITV science magazine programme from the early 80s with a Vangelis theme? My memory won't recover the title but I can remember loving the theme music.
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Ohhh! How could I forget The Avengers- I watched the entire collection whilst in the Falklands back in 2012!
So sad to hear about Honor Blackman (leather clad Cathy Gale, original Avenger lady) a few days ago.
Perhaps it shouldn't be a memorable TV theme, but ... Batman. Zap! Pow!! Splatt!!!
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Inspector Morse.
Miami Vice, and quite a lot more of those already mentioned.
And does anyone remember an ITV science magazine programme from the early 80s with a Vangelis theme? My memory won't recover the title but I can remember loving the theme music.
Can you remember the general plot ?.
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It was a sort of Tomorrow's World/Horizon type programme and it might have only been on Central TV. Curse this failing memory!!
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It was a sort of Tomorrow's World/Horizon type programme and it might have only been on Central TV. Curse this failing memory!!
I have just googled sci fi for the 80,s, blimey there were a lot, Not Blake's seven was it.
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No, it was a factual programme. No worries, don't want to hijack the thread.
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The Likely Lads :-))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVXk-iK5GgU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVXk-iK5GgU)
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Can,t believe it nobody has mentioned match of the day.
Also everything stated above, all brilliant.
John
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Just been listening to a few TV themes- Red Dwarf, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and The Man from UNCLE have to be added into my list some how! %)
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What about the old Formula 1 theme tune The Chain, does that count?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z-dJ35fOiM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z-dJ35fOiM)
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William Tell, Bonanza and Rawhide get my vote plus I was a heck of a lot younger then. :o
Joe
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UFO
Joe 90
Happy Days Or Sailor (I’m sailing )
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theme to the Pacific series
the banana splits
magic round about
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:-)) for the banana splits
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BBC F1 grand Prix racing
Star Trek TOS
Only Fools & Horses
It'll probably be a different 3 next week! O0
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I remember a TV war-history series in the early 60s which was called Victory at Sea. Never mind the bellicose Americana of it, the theme by Richard Rodgers (yep, that one of Rodgers and Hammerstein fame) has stuck in my mind for all that time. There's probably more of it on You-Tube, but this is the part which opened the TV series. As they teach folk to say on the first day of all college Catering Courses - "ENJOY!!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sto3p3eozg8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sto3p3eozg8)
Dave M
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The Flashing blade ,
Fireball XL5 ,
Moonlighting. ( Al Jarreau )
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Fireball XL5
UFO
Avengers
Bob
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Captain pugwash for me,
Regards Howard.
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Z Cars
Hawaii Five-O
Match of the Day
Peter.
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The Protectors – closing theme. (tony Christie, Avenues and Alleyways) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuFWrx9mdTQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuFWrx9mdTQ)
The Saint 1997 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2EaEsZntcU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2EaEsZntcU)
The Sweeney - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D99O6oTJVHo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D99O6oTJVHo)
Close runner up is Dangerman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLgNPYw9QMw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLgNPYw9QMw) Funky middle 8.
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The Persuaders - Roger Moore Aston Martin v's Tony Curtis Ferrari. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t99QQIXez4M
Department S - 'Jason King' the talking moustache, always carried a box of Sobranie ciggies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejhxalmO9bM
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Being more of a classical or driving music type,
Films - Any star wars, star trek, Battlestar Galactica etc music
Music - Barber's Adagio For Strings.
Surprisingly anything by the Script, cold play, chasing cars, Adele's Set fire to the rain.
Don Henlys Boys of summer (the first set of lines are quite poetic for these strange times and apt).
Surprisingly Barber's Adagio For Strings.
TV - Morse and the associated music found in some adverts i.e. flower duet etc.
Lately quite a lot of the time Rob Dougans Furious Angels (mostly found in TV crime series Law and Order and another in Criminal Intent and the Matrix)
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1. Das Boot....Just amazing, play it loud!
2. The Prisoner.
3. Z Cars.
Dave.
Ps Crocketts Theme from Miami Vice...
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Victory at Sea Aye Dave the melody also made a great song No other Love hit for Ronnie Hilton
Back to Themes
Black Beauty
Chi Mai from "The Life And Times Of David Lloyd George
Man in a suitcase
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Then of course there's Ron Goodwin's theme from The Trap, used by the BBC for the London marathon - always lifts my spirits. (Ron Goodwin - the best film composer never to have won an Oscar.)
And Booker T and the MGs' Soul Limbo - BBC cricket coverage, instantly brings hot summer days, green grass and languid cricket commentary to mind. Aaaaahhh....... :-)
Greg
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Westworld
Fireball XL5
Doctor Who
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From Oz.
'Neighbours'
A couple you might not have seen in U.K.
'Rush' About the Australian gold rush
'6 Ribbons' sung by Jon English in 'Against the Wind'
and on a nautical theme 'Patrol Boat'
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Cheating a bit slipping in extras, but my home random back ground music system just played the Pink Panther theme. And it counts as TV due to the cartoon series that it was the theme for.
And just having heard the sad news about Tim Brooke-Taylor, The Goodies theme.
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Hmmm, toughie because you forget so many and dont forget, some progs had different opening and closing theme music.
In not particular order
Dangerman, Hawaii 5-0, Fireball XL5 closing theme.
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Sticking with TV sci-fi (it was a toss-up between sci-fi and the world of Gerry Anderson):
Blake's 7
Star Trek:Voyager
The Orville
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Couldn't remember the Blakes 7 theme (it was sort of famous for having neither Blake nor 7 in the later series') but I do remember Servalan.
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Who could forget the stunning Servalan :-))
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The actress was apparently suffering from all sorts of mental health issues according to a recent article I saw.
Colin
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The actress was apparently suffering from all sorts of mental health issues according to a recent article I saw.
Colin
Sadly Jacqueline Pearce died a couple of years ago.
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Inspector Morse.
Miami Vice, and quite a lot more of those already mentioned.
And does anyone remember an ITV science magazine programme from the early 80s with a Vangelis theme? My memory won't recover the title but I can remember loving the theme music.
Think the series you mean was Cosmos, starring Carl Sagan.
The Vangelis theme music was called "Heaven and Hell".
First episode intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUFlLBX9Bq0
Full theme with no talking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDvKsQAafGU
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My three, just off the top of my head, would be:
Harry's Game by Clannad
Beautiful, haunting, sad, it was so perfect for a series set at the height of The Troubles in Northern Ireland
Battlestar Galactica (Re-inagined 2004 version) by Bear McCreary
Gorgeous and original, this music did everything a TV theme needs to do while sounding utterly unlike anything else.
They did a fabulous live concert of music from the series, full video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3yovHB-drE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3yovHB-drE) (the actual title theme starts at about 13:40)
Space 1999, BUT.... (and here's a way to start a geek-fight on the internet... <*< )
Series 1 (Barry Gray) or Series 2 (Derek Wadsworth?)?
I say Series 1 hands down, but other opinions are available.... ok2
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The opening theme for the first series of Space 1999 is certainly my preferred version as it sounds so dramatic. Big Finish audiobooks did a remake of Space 1999 last year and used a slightly altered version of the original theme. Sounds so good on audio!
See what you think.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=98vKPYIslwQ (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=98vKPYIslwQ)
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This week, my favourite theme tunes are:
The Sweeney:: https://youtu.be/ix6wTN_CH4g
Minder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylKK-iB_mZI
Thunderbirds: https://youtu.be/M6LeDxlaig0
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The opening theme for the first series of Space 1999 is certainly my preferred version as it sounds so dramatic. Big Finish audiobooks did a remake of Space 1999 last year and used a slightly altered version of the original theme. Sounds so good on audio!
See what you think.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=98vKPYIslwQ (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=98vKPYIslwQ)
Oh nice one - I like that! :-))
The most recent plastic model I finished (I'm in a bit of a slump at the moment) was a moon rover from a What-If early-2000s reboot of Space 1999 (I only do What-Ifs). The idea was that they used a Stalwart as the basis and stuck half a fibreglass Saracen body left over from the Judge Dredd movie on top of it:
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Edge of Darkness (original, not remake): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bfPS7p6Z1k (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bfPS7p6Z1k)
Airwolf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x28UaPKsnwQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x28UaPKsnwQ)
Harry's Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KpNzalFKPo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KpNzalFKPo)
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OH HELL YES to Edge Of Darkness! :-))
Do you know Clapton improvised most of that as they were doing the recording session? :o
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Whats not to like about Miami Vice and Crockets Theme!
https://youtu.be/Lfgf9HatIHI (https://youtu.be/Lfgf9HatIHI)
https://youtu.be/Lfgf9HatIHI
Don Johnson you lucky begger...- Ferari Daytona
- Ferari Testarosa
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