# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/81 "2018-07-27T23:22:48Z")
[The LA Law theme song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DouX9Ubw-Xw) - which sounds like the 1980s in LA. It perfectly fits the show. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/82 "2018-07-27T23:25:12Z")
Nobody…_nobody…_ was cooler than Cool McCool. Just dig that moustache. And the iodine 1960s sound on that organ. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ait8WKjryGI/hqdefault.jpg "Cool McCool - opening titles") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ait8WKjryGI) (Ohmigod, 1966? I was FIVE in 1966.) McCool was created by Bob Kane. Kane’s only other notable contribution to pop culture was some loser called “Batman.” ---
**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 28, 2018, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/83 "2018-07-28T00:51:10Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Nobody…_nobody…_ was cooler than Cool McCool. Just dig that moustache. And the iodine 1960s sound on that organ. He looks like Robert Goulet with a 'stache. ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/84 "2018-07-29T12:40:36Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I’ve never heard thisv(Bojack Horseman) before. It’s fantastic! +1. I’ve never seen this show before. But reading a little about it, the theme music seems to capture the tone very well. ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/85 "2018-07-29T12:43:58Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > "The Name of the Game" Theme > > Dave Grusins 45 RPM single of the theme. Never even heard of this TV show. (-: Yeah, I like this theme. It’s abstract in a good way. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/86 "2018-07-29T13:11:58Z")
I like this [Theme For An American TV Show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWXUJcF9iZE) that never aired. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/87 "2018-07-29T13:43:58Z")
There was a very short lived medical drama called Doctors Hospital in the 70s with George Peppard, that had a very cool theme. I remember holding my cassette recorded up to the TV to capture it on one of my music tapes. Only a brief snippet of it exists now: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fHrS6Fk0dNg/hqdefault.jpg "Doctors Hospital (NBC 1975) - Mid-Show Bumper") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHrS6Fk0dNg) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/88 "2018-07-29T14:18:03Z")
[This cover version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMPn324J81o) of the B-side of a single by _The Smiths_ was wasted on _Charmed._ ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/89 "2018-07-29T14:33:18Z")
Best Opening Theme Ever: [_Dark Shadows_](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kfEF-u16umg) ---
**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 29, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/90 "2018-07-29T15:10:42Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > There was a very short lived medical drama called Doctors Hospital in the 70s with > George Peppard, that had a very cool theme. I remember holding my cassette recorded up to the TV to capture it on one of my music tapes. Watching this clip, I realized the only reason I remember this series is probably because Elaine Giftos was in it. I loved her as a high-priced hooker on _ **Three’s Company** _. :o Not the best show (or theme) ever, but dig that keyboard in the middle! And look at that cast! \*Two \*actors from \*\*\*ST: TOS\*\*\*! Unfortunately, if what I’ve heard is true, Broderick Crawford was by this time a hopeless alcoholic. ☹ IIRC, this was on CBS Friday nights. Monday nights you could see the luscious Kate Jackson in this series on ABC: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pde-l3Z0A4E/hqdefault.jpg "The Rookies Theme (Intro & Outro)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pde-l3Z0A4E) The late '60s and early '70s was a great time for “now” and “relevant” TV series! Interesting that Mike Farrell is mentioned in both clips. In the second one, his wife Judy is too. She played Nurse Able in _MAS_H\*\*\* ---
**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 29, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/91 "2018-07-29T15:15:37Z")
One more great cop show from a somewhat earlier period: They just don't write 'em like that anymore! :o ---
**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 29, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/92 "2018-07-29T15:20:46Z")
A couple of Fess Parker classics– [The Ballad of Davy Crockett](https://youtu.be/TT569L-yPsU?t=1m27s) [Daniel Boone](https://youtu.be/VLMCO-JZqWs) (Considering later events on the Carson show, maybe Ed Ames should’ve thrown the axe in the opening sequence :D) ---
**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 29, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/93 "2018-07-29T15:24:55Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > (Considering later events on the Carson show, maybe Ed Ames should’ve thrown the axe in the opening sequence :D) It’s a tomahawk, dude! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/94 "2018-07-29T16:00:04Z")
While it never gets mentioned in any list of the “greatest” theme songs/music, I would argue that the [Bewitched](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9jbX8GX83E) theme music is pretty iconic for a reason. Just try not whistling along to that 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 29, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/95 "2018-07-29T16:32:40Z")
> [@Don\_Draper](#): > > While it never gets mentioned in any list of the “greatest” theme songs/music, I would argue that the [Bewitched](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9jbX8GX83E) theme music is pretty iconic for a reason. Just try not whistling along to that theme! It was released as a single back in the '60s, \*\*long \*\*before the movie came out: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zL1vcM3VSJs/hqdefault.jpg "Bewitched Steve Lawrence") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL1vcM3VSJs) ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/96 "2018-07-29T16:55:08Z")
The **Scooby Doo** theme song is cool. Here are a couple versions of it: [Link 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTq6nwO4oJU), [Link 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_C2HJvtRDY). ---
**Author:** ![bmasters1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bmasters1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmasters1)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/97 "2018-07-29T19:32:11Z")
https://www.youtube.com/embed/mijBMpnS3a4?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=LLmGTOzuak557nxHiHvoprvA&start=0 _The Streets of San Francisco_ (first and second seasons, opening and closing tracks) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/98 "2018-07-29T19:43:15Z")
[quote=“terentii, post:95, topic:818621”] It was released as a single back in the '60s, \*\*long \*\*before the movie came out: [/QUOTE] Huh?? 😕 Uh, I think there’s some confusion. I’m talking about the theme music to the **television** show, from the 1960s, not the movie. The theme music was original to the series, not the Sinatra song. I just double-checked to be sure, and my link does go to the TV theme. Did you click on it before you posted? ---
**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 29, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/99 "2018-07-29T19:55:17Z")
[The theme song to _Wings_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c1KJCsRmlM) is not too shabby. - It’s Franz Schubert’s _Sonata in A_. ---
**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 29, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621/100 "2018-07-29T21:01:56Z")
> [@Don\_Draper](#): > > Huh?? 😕 Uh, I think there’s some confusion. I’m talking about the theme music to the **television** show, from the 1960s, not the movie. The theme music was original to the series, not the Sinatra song. > > I just double-checked to be sure, and my link does go to the TV theme. Did you click on it before you posted? The song was released with lyrics back in the 1960s, long before the movie came out. They may have \*used \*it in the movie (which I have never seen and don’t want to), but I remember hearing it when I was still in grade school. I don’t know if Sinatra ever recorded it, but the version I posted is Steve Lawrence’s. Whether it’s the recording from the '60s or if he reprised it for the movie, I don’t know. Sounds the same to me as the one I heard growing up, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-theme-song-music-post-a-link-please/818621.md?page=6)