# 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:** 3
**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, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/41 "2018-07-26T20:31:57Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > 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. Ghost Busters was unrelated to the movie - it was based on a Filmation TV series from the 70s (they kept the adaptation of the movie from using the title). The Real Ghostbusters (so named because of the Filmation version) did, in fact, use the movie’s theme. ---
**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, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/42 "2018-07-26T20:34:31Z")
_ **Batman** _ \*\*\*Perry Mason\*\*\* (aka "Park Avenue Beat") \*\*\*Mike Hammer\*\*\* (aka "Harlem Serenade") [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QDWtESy4fOs/hqdefault.jpg "Mike Hammer Theme 1984 - 1987") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDWtESy4fOs) ---
**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, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/43 "2018-07-26T20:43:06Z")
_ **Bugs Bunny** _ (aka “Overture”) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Xw1hQ-YnylA/maxresdefault.jpg "Bugs Bunny Overture (This Is It)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw1hQ-YnylA) _ **Spiderman** _ \*\*\*Whirlybirds\*\*\* [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-KgPC5RkYFo/hqdefault.jpg "Whirlybirds Theme") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KgPC5RkYFo) _Highway Patrol_ \*\*\*Sea Hunt\*\*\* [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPhlAv0i7Is) ---
**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, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/44 "2018-07-26T21:00:07Z")
_ **Bat Masterson** _ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IRNImRxRNjc/hqdefault.jpg "Bat Masterson Theme Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRNImRxRNjc) _ **Maverick** _ \*\*\*Bonanza\*\*\* \*\*\*Branded\*\*\* [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_-Mnp6VAmEc/hqdefault.jpg "Branded TV Series Theme Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-Mnp6VAmEc) _ **Cimarron Strip** _ (by Maurice Jarre, who also composed the score for\*\*\* Doctor Zhivago\*\*\*) \*\*\*F Troop\*\*\* [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ihcd1XInF24/hqdefault.jpg "F Troop 1965 - 1967 Opening and Closing Theme") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihcd1XInF24) ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/45 "2018-07-26T21:06:04Z")
[Get Smart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ6gdRfBW6c). Great theme song, and a great opening credits sequence. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/46 "2018-07-26T21:11:47Z")
Underdog Scrubs version (The Blanks) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RNiGeKzc-98/hqdefault.jpg "Underdog") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNiGeKzc-98) Live Action Sailor Moon Twilight Zone Dragnet Batman Superman (1966) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OjS6B4KuPY0/hqdefault.jpg "The original Superman cartoon opening") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjS6B4KuPY0) ---
**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, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/47 "2018-07-26T21:14:19Z")
I know that it isn’t cool to tell people how to post but, **terentii** and **furryman** , if you could please post at least a little commentary with your lists of links? I like it when a thread feels like a conversation. Or don’t. I’m not the thread police. ---
**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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/48 "2018-07-26T21:19:44Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I know that it isn’t cool to tell people how to post but, **terentii** and **furryman** , if you could please post at least a little commentary with your lists of links? I like it when a thread feels like a conversation. > > Or don’t. I’m not the thread police. Sor-reee! ☹ General comment for now: Each one of the themes I’ve posted brings back very specific memories. I also consider each one to be a fine piece of music in its own right. I would get goosebumps listening to _ **The Honeymooners** _ even if I had never seen the TV series. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/49 "2018-07-26T21:24:18Z")
[Venture Bros.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B8Nrw19qEM) [Diff’rent Strokes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jJIVK-daGk) (written by Alan Thicke) ---
**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, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/50 "2018-07-26T21:40:26Z")
My commentary… When I was 12 I had a portable reel to reel tape recorder. I recorded every single TV theme song (1966-68) I could on a series of 3" reels. I still have one of the tapes in a box in storage someplace. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/51 "2018-07-26T21:40:41Z")
_Superjail_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Yl1mH0DROQM/hqdefault.jpg "Cheeseburger - Commin' Home (Superjail! Theme) [FULL]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl1mH0DROQM) ---
**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, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/52 "2018-07-26T21:42:27Z")
I return with more anime OPs! Soul Eater’s first op, [Resonance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfsqpTVxB3Y) ([obligatory full version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii7jSGxDwPM)), and second, [PAPERMOON](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eYK3YP524A) ([full version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAyma5EuICQ)) are both brilliant. I actually only watched Soul Eater because I’m a fan of Tommy heavenly[sup]6[/sup], who performed PAPERMOON…but ended up liking Resonance better. The ‘Mickey Mousing’ in the actual OP sequence for Resonance with Death, Medusa, and Excalibur dancing really helps the appreciation. (Especially Medusa’s bit.) The 2003 Fullmetal Alchemist anime’s second OP, [Ready Steady Go](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brFeaTh73fI) ([full](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcJ409fwyFQ)), and its fourth, [Rewrite](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORe7gt-mY14) ([full](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nn3AO8L_mI))…I admit it took a few episodes for Rewrite to grow on me, but since it’s the only one other than RSG that I’m reccing… That said, Rewrite, like Utsukushikereba Sore De Ii, I prefer the TV size, as there’s a differently styled break near the end that doesn’t work as well. (Contrary to USDI, it’s moving away from rock.) The 2009 version, Brotherhood, started with the rocking [Again](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uq34TeWEdQ) ([full](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DYYVp4QXew)), and honestly, none of the four that came after really came up to that standard, but the third, [Golden Time Lover](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et7oxRRkPEo) ([full](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmOOdop6SeI)) was a worthy followup…more electronic, and verging more toward funk than rock, but still good. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/53 "2018-07-26T21:42:39Z")
**Low Rider** from the George Lopez show. [Intro to show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KubkTJJbH1Y) [Full version (War)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ_LCy89Nt8) Damned catchy. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/54 "2018-07-26T22:32:52Z")
My favorite theme song of all time: [Bojack Horseman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPKNkTzUIMA) ---
**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, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/55 "2018-07-26T22:38:59Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > My favorite theme song of all time: [Bojack Horseman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPKNkTzUIMA) I’ve never heard this before. It’s fantastic! ---
**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, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/56 "2018-07-26T22:41:02Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Sor-reee! ☹ > > General comment for now: Each one of the themes I’ve posted brings back very specific memories. I also consider each one to be a fine piece of music in its own right. I would get goosebumps listening to _ **The Honeymooners** _ even if I had never seen the TV series. See, now that there is some great commentary. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/57 "2018-07-26T22:50:24Z")
Well, if we’re going to include reusing songs, then you have to consider [The Texas Wheelers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhUKVq7LyNw). Not even _Weeds_ dared to have a theme song about smoking pot. And check out the credits – some surprising names. Speaking of _Weeds_, they did nicely with [Little Boxes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3_ug-IGBJY) ---
**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, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/58 "2018-07-26T23:13:26Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > See, now that there is some great commentary. Thank you! I could write a paragraph (or more) on each theme I’ve posted, but (a) I’m short of time right now and (b) most of them have some basic information (e.g., year(s), genre, cast) to help you appreciate them. I wouldn’t want to bore you in any case, but any questions you may have I will be happy to answer when time allows. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/59 "2018-07-27T01:25:05Z")
I didn’t see [The Twilight Zone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVSRm80WzZk) mentioned. ---
**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 27, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/60 "2018-07-27T01:42:06Z")
I concur with the Bojack theme mention. It encapsulates the glory and sadness of the series and is just a groovy tune. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621.md?page=4)