# Great theme song music. Post a link, please! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 26, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621 "2018-07-26T15:22:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/21 "2018-07-26T17:55:37Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [Dilbert](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJFXa-xLO8Y) > [Jonny Quest](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIhEpjnaNlo) > [Mission: Impossible](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGSUjuSBt1A) > [The Munsters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFCnvH2E-6A) > [Peter Gunn](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oysMt8iL9UE) > [@MrAtoz](#): > > Old instrumental jazzy theme songs? > > This sounds like a job for [Jonny Quest](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TNWSGCiBzg)! Whenever a theme song from one of my top 5 albums comes up (seriously, i’ve replaced the CD twice, I wore it out so much. The first time was hard because I had to travel from store to store until one dude in a vinyl/CD store was like, “Oh yeah! I love that thing!” and pulled it out for me. The second time was in the age of Amazon, so super easy) Saturday Morning Cartoons Greatest Hits. [So here’s Rev Horton Heat’s Jonny Quest/Stop that Pigeon from that album.](https://youtu.be/40FsKwX-K8U) Also Peter Gunn? Top 10. I think I have more than 10 there already, don’t I? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/22 "2018-07-26T18:39:46Z")
[Metalocalypse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IzEncyqfgw) ftw! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/23 "2018-07-26T18:46:32Z")
Here’s a fun one: [Fireball XL5](https://youtu.be/6ifS2nP53Zs?t=1m25s) ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/24 "2018-07-26T18:59:07Z")
[MASH - Suicide is Painless](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlnB34ZDo9g) ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/25 "2018-07-26T19:02:43Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > And now I have it stuck in _my \* head. Nertz to you, \*\* mbh_\*:o > > _“in her satin tights, fighting for our rights and the old red, white and bluuuuuuuue”_ I honestly thought the last part of that was “and do they look good on youuuuu!”. Which would have been true but kinda sexist I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/26 "2018-07-26T19:03:06Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > [MASH - Suicide is Painless](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlnB34ZDo9g) Did the show ever play the version with words? ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/27 "2018-07-26T19:05:17Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Did the show ever play the version with words? I am pretty positive that they didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/28 "2018-07-26T19:14:45Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > And now I have it stuck in _my \* head. Nertz to you, \*\* mbh_\*:o > > _“in her satin tights, fighting for our rights and the old red, white and bluuuuuuuue”_ That’s pretty good but I think the superhero lyric award _has_ to go to the terribly animated and pretty terrible 60’s Captain America cartoon. [When Captain America throws his might sheild/All those who chose to oppose his shield must yieeeeeeld!](https://youtu.be/1dWIPUuTPB4) ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/29 "2018-07-26T19:24:48Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > That’s pretty good but I think the superhero lyric award _has_ to go to the terribly animated and pretty terrible 60’s Captain America cartoon. [When Captain America throws his might sheild/All those who chose to oppose his shield must yieeeeeeld!](https://youtu.be/1dWIPUuTPB4) I can’t pin a name on it yet but that is a total rip off of someother patriotic/military song. Regardless, as you are a lover of easy jazz themes I’m calling you a liar. Spiderman would win the superhero lyrics award in your self identified music universe. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUtziaZlDeE) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/30 "2018-07-26T19:36:09Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > I can’t pin a name on it yet but that is a total rip off of someother patriotic/military song. Regardless, as you are a lover of easy jazz themes I’m calling you a liar. Spiderman would win the superhero lyrics award in your self identified music universe. > > [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SUtziaZlDeE#](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SUtziaZlDeE#) Ya got me. Although that one line in Captain America beats any one line in Spider-man. And now, since you mentioned another song from my favorite album-- [The Ramone’s Spider-Man.](https://youtu.be/i5P8lrgBtcU) ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/31 "2018-07-26T19:43:46Z")
_The Prisoner_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zE-EMinj69o/hqdefault.jpg "The Prisoner Opening Theme") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE-EMinj69o) _Ghost in the Shell_ \*Crime Story\* I recall \*Minoriteam\* having an awesome rockabilly closing credits theme, but can't seem to find it online. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/32 "2018-07-26T19:46:13Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Ya got me. Although that one line in Captain America beats any one line in Spider-man. And now, since you mentioned another song from my favorite album-- [The Ramone’s Spider-Man.](https://youtu.be/i5P8lrgBtcU) The Ramones version is great. But “Is he strong? Listen, bud - he’s got radioactive blood.” beats everything for its wrongness + confidence. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/33 "2018-07-26T19:55:31Z")
A number of my favorites (especially The Rockford Files) have already been shared, but I’ll add: [WKRP in Cincinnati](https://youtu.be/YQvCNLIVydM?t=11) (“…but the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity.”) [The Monkees](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96A0uyFWQHs) [Hogan’s Heroes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UnB-9tIZAo) ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/34 "2018-07-26T19:56:32Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > That’s pretty good but I think the superhero lyric award _has_ to go to the terribly animated and pretty terrible 60’s Captain America cartoon. [When Captain America throws his might sheild/All those who chose to oppose his shield must yieeeeeeld!](https://youtu.be/1dWIPUuTPB4) That’s not the best lyric. The best lyric is the next one: When he’s led to a fight, and a duel is due Then the red, and the white, and blue’ll come through. Look at those internal rhymes! Led-red. Fight-white. And best of all, duel-blue’ll? Come on. That’s genius! ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/35 "2018-07-26T19:59:08Z")
I can’t believe that nobody’s posted this yet. Who ya gonna call? [Ghostbusters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU4qbnNmxWA)! _I ain’t afraid of no ghost!_  :eek: ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/36 "2018-07-26T19:59:40Z")
The original _ **Untouchables** _ (1959) The original \*\*\*The Avengers\*\*\* (1965) \*\*\*Danger Man\*\*\* (the UK title for \*\*\*Secret Agent\*\*\*) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4u6jYfJgj-o/hqdefault.jpg "Danger Man Theme - Edwin Astley Orchestra - 1965 45rpm") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u6jYfJgj-o) _ **The Man from UNCLE** _ \*\*\*The Saint\*\*\* \*\*\*The Prisoner\*\*\* [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zE-EMinj69o/hqdefault.jpg "The Prisoner Opening Theme") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE-EMinj69o) _ **The Persuaders** _ [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIQwzWg7-1E) _ **Combat!** _ \*\*\*12 O'Clock High\*\*\* [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uubEuPhti-I/hqdefault.jpg "Twelve O'Clock High") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uubEuPhti-I) _ **The Rat Patrol** _ \*\*\*The Rifleman\*\*\* \*\*\*That Girl\*\*\* https://www.youtube.com/embed/0Vx4xntslGA?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RD0Vx4xntslGA&start=59 _ **Gidget** _ https://www.youtube.com/embed/zZqBIQCIu5g?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RD0Vx4xntslGA _ **No, Honestly** _ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kz06eCFF-oI/hqdefault.jpg "Lynsey De Paul - No Honestly") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz06eCFF-oI) _ **The Honeymooners** _ \*\*\*Amos 'n' Andy\*\*\* \*\*\*Jack Benny\*\*\* \*\*\*Top Cat\*\*\* \*\*\*Thunderbirds\*\*\* [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4BN8cxA2gME/hqdefault.jpg "'Thunderbirds' Theme - BARRY GRAY ORCHESTRA - 1965 45rpm") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BN8cxA2gME) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/37 "2018-07-26T20:13:38Z")
_ **Stingray** _ (intro and outro) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD96RQ1-wnY&t=3s ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/38 "2018-07-26T20:21:09Z")
Anime’s good for great OPs. A couple good ones - Cowboy Bebop, GitS - have already been mentioned… [ROD the TV’s OP, R.O.D.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxsoJ6gcDT4) ([The full version’s better](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7dO6dMzgTc) as a song, IMO, but wouldn’t function near as well as a THEME song.) [Durarara!!'s first OP, Uragiri no Yuuyake](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij3F3DwuXs4), is brilliant. (The second OP isn’t bad, but it doesn’t come close to UnY.) Once again, the [full version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk3ZJslK2ks) is better…though in this case, it’d work as well, aside from being way too long. For a completely different style (both the series and the OP)…[Simoun’s OP, Utsukushikereba Sore De Ii](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi-vcF0_eOw)…which, predictably, has [a full length version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbXGvku8dug), though I actually prefer the TV size here…the rockier instrumental bit near the end ruins the effect, IMO. And how about a classic - [Cruel Angel’s Thesis from Neon Genesis Evangelion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-QSmNReDyI)…and, of course, [the full version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKsax2gQdVg). (There’s others I’d rec, but I’ve spent so much time going through YouTube for these, so…later.) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/39 "2018-07-26T20:28:44Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > I can’t believe that nobody’s posted this yet. > > Who ya gonna call? [Ghostbusters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU4qbnNmxWA)! > > _I ain’t afraid of no ghost!_  :eek: I’m thinking probably because, although it’s a great theme song, it isn’t a TV theme song. Unless one of the cartoons used it. As I remember it, there were two cartoons, Ghostbusters and The Real Ghostbusters. One was regular dumb kids mindless junk and the other one was pretty good. But I don’t remember which was which. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/40 "2018-07-26T20:31:53Z")
Seconding Miami Vice. And I’ll throw in a little Top Cat: [TopCat Theme Song - YouTube](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gTyTkD1Pz_E) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621.md?page=3)