Route 66, Perry Mason - name other great TV theme..

.. music from the late fifties and sixties. Make me remember!

The Avengers
Doctor Who
The Prisoner


(I know, they're all British... but The Avengers, season 5, was American and had the extended titles sequence the UK didn't have.)

:D

Rockford Files is another great opener...

Rockford on the other hand... 1974

Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na

Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na

Batman!

Who is the tall, dark stranger there?
Maverick is the name.
Ridin' the trail to who knows where,
Luck is his companion,
Gamblin' is his game.
Smooth as the handle on a gun.
Maverick is the name.
Wild as the wind in Oregon,
Blowin' up a canyon,
Easier to tame.

Riverboat, ring your bell,
Fare thee well, Annabel.
Luck is the lady that he loves the best.
Natchez to New Orleans
Livin on jacks and queens
Maverick is a legend of the west.

Riverboat, ring your bell,
Fare thee well, Annabel.
Luck is the lady that he loves the best.
Natchez to New Orleans
Livin on jacks and queens
Maverick is a legend of the west.
Maverick is a legend of the west.

'Maverick' scripts were often re-written for use on '77 Sunset Strip' - and vice-versa. Amazing what one can learn on one of those crazy internets!

77 Sunset Strip goes Hawaiian! LOL I'm reliving my childhood! :rofl:

Written by Henry Mancini.

... yes, good one!

to write "Baby Elephant Walk"?

Though have a tin ear!

--when I was a kid...

How many other themes can make that claim? The ZPMO was one of those things that make SF the best...

http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=zasu_pitts_memorial_orchestra

The earlier Cooler Than Death features almost exclusively original material and only three musicians other than Ashman in common, but the Orchestra still gets cover billing. (Drummer Gina Schock, then still in the Go-Go's, appears on three of the seven tracks.) In this far more ambitious undertaking, Ashman plays slithery, rhythmic instrumentals with inventive horn work, sardonic dance rock, low-key/dramatic soundtrack music, even a noisy piano improvisation. But the piŠce de resistance is a brilliant juxtaposition: Katie Guthorn singing George Gershwin's "Summertime" over the "Peter Gunn Theme."

The other cut I liked to play from that, back in my college radio days, was "Driving in Chinatown". Heavy drums, bass, obviously -- and horns honking over it, perfectly!

in something they called the Crime Medley — Peter Gunn, Dragnet, Untouchables, one other one.

ZaSu Pitts Memorial Orchestra... dog, they had a singer who had fantastic legs. Joyce something.

Whatta flashback. :D

Just came to me: Joyce Imbesi.

Rollin rollin rollin
Rollin rollin rollin
Rollin rollin rollin
Rollin rollin rollin
Rollin rollin rollin
Though the streams are swollen
Keep them doggies rolling
Rawhide
Rain and wind and weather
Hell bent for leather
Wishing my girl was by my side
All the things Im missin
Good victuals, love and kissin
Are waiting at the end of my ride
Move em on (head em up)
Head em up (move em up)
Move em on (head em up)
Rawhide
Cut em out (ride em in)
Ride em in (cut em out)
Cut em out (ride em in)
Rawhide
Keep movin movin movin
Though their disapprovin
Keep them doggies moving
Rawhide
Dont try to understand them
Just rope, throw and brand them
Soon well be living high and wide
My hearts calculating
My true love will be waiting
Be waiting at the end of my ride
Move em up (head em up)
Head em up (move em on)
Move em on (head em up)
Rawhide
Cut em out (ride em in)
Ride em in (cut em out)
Cut em out (ride em in)
Rawhide
Yah!
Move em on (head em up)
Head em up (move em on)
Move em on (head em up)
Rawhide
Cut em out (ride em in)
Ride em in (cut em out)
Cut em out (ride em in)
Rawhide
Yah!
Rollin rollin rollin
Rollin rollin rollin
Yah!
Rollin rollin rollin
Rollin rollin rollin
Yah!
Rawhide
Yah! rawhide!

Yeah, we watched a lot of westerns. Oh, and Maverick. Rawhide's been taken. Some beautiful themes that can make me cry now.

I don't think a day goes by where that song doesn't get stuck in my head

http://www.melaman2.com/tvshows/index.html

I think I have a better one somewhere, though. I'll be back......

Especially the first season's music...and especially the end music for that first season...haunting chords, with a mournful ending...but all the themes on that show were cool, inclusing the one everyone remembers...

The Avengers.... had two theme tunes: the earlier one very different to the one you probably remember when The Avengers went into colour - the Avengers started out in black and white on the old UK TV system - some were shot live and never recorded.

Doctor Who.... This is a theme classic, it's been rearranged and changed over the years but if you hear the 1950's original and you hear the 2005 theme today you can tell it's definitely the same TV show.

Steptoe and Son.... a comedy that has spawned others...

Heck, even the theme for the BBC newscasts of that era are spooky.

Mark.