# lamest movie/tv theme songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 1, 2018, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804 "2018-03-01T06:45:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804/41 "2018-03-01T21:23:23Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > **Monk** originally had a peppy little jazz guitar piece that was replaced by a Randy “Mumbles” Newman dirge. Well, I don’t dislike the earlier theme, but I dearly love Randy Newman’s _It’s a Jungle Out There_. The song was written after Tony Shaloub’s Monk character was firmly established, and the lyrics absolutely capture Monk’s paranoia. I’m a Randy Newman fan, and I think _Jungle_ might just be his best work. Burpo, I’ll grant that Newman is not a fine singer. I give you that. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804/42 "2018-03-01T21:32:54Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > The theme song to “The Fosters” is just about the lamest, most treacly excuse for music extant. The show itself isn’t bad, but even the first few notes of the theme is enough to make me sprain a finger trying to stop it so I can skip ahead. I don’t suppose you’re referring to this series? ☹ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GpQlKyCNxmA/hqdefault.jpg "Lenny Henry gets his big break in sitcom The Fosters - Series 1") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpQlKyCNxmA) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804/43 "2018-03-01T22:26:32Z")
[This is the theme to Garry’s show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqO1HO9VpLo) The theme to Garry’s show Garry called me up and asked If I would write his theme song or. . . [I married Joan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAX7e8e4e2k) What a girl, what a whirl, what a life! ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804/44 "2018-03-01T23:57:48Z")
[quote=“terentii, post:42, topic:809804”] I don’t suppose you’re referring to this series? ☹ [/QUOTE] Nope, current US show–here’s the theme, try not to claw your ears off! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ztu0tvg-HSU/hqdefault.jpg "Where you belong - Kari Kimmel (Lyrics) (The Fosters Theme Song)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztu0tvg-HSU) ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804/45 "2018-03-02T02:01:46Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > There is a Netflix show called “Republic of Doyle” that has the lamest lead-in music I have ever heard. The lyrics, in total, repeated many times: “Oh yeah.” At least it’s short. > > Also, just in general, note to Netflix, people are going to binge-watch these things, you release the whole season and once and you have to know this, and they don’t need the intro repeated, it’s annoying even if the song is not bad. There should be an option to skip this for binge-watchers. But even as a non-binger I don’t need to hear it. Republic of Doyle is a CBC show. It was intended to be watched once a week on tv in Canada. (Not to say the intro isn’t lame, but it isn’t Netflix’s fault) ---
**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:** [March 2, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804/46 "2018-03-02T02:34:48Z")
Theme to _Newhart_ is pretty bad. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804/47 "2018-03-02T02:53:04Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > [Too Many Cooks.](https://youtu.be/QrGrOK8oZG8) The interesting thing about “Too Many Cooks” is that it features Katelyn Nacon in a pre-“Walking Dead” role, before she was cast as Enid. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804/48 "2018-03-02T03:59:17Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Theme to _Newhart_ is pretty bad. What?!? Oh, that OTHER show where he’s an innkeeper in Vermont. yeah, schmaltzy uninspired strings. For a second, I thought you meant his first show. I liked that theme, and thought it matched the show. And the time frame. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804/49 "2018-03-02T04:18:17Z")
What about some horrible entrance music from pro wrestling? The American Males theme [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHAQiYz7NU0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHAQiYz7NU0) Evad Sullivan theme [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l\_VAmSsZRcs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_VAmSsZRcs) Steven Regal’s first WWF theme [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci1wkgqt6g8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci1wkgqt6g8) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804/50 "2018-03-02T04:25:52Z")
[A song about theme songs](https://youtu.be/yCqtBCoxN3k). > [@](#): > > The Partridges got happy that was really a disgrace > That bitter little redhead thought it all so commonplace > He had a stupid theme song though he couldn’t play the bass > He had a theme song > I need a theme song > [@digs](#): > > Oh, that OTHER show where he’s an innkeeper in Vermont. yeah, schmaltzy uninspired strings. Hey! No dissing Henry Mancini around here. ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804/51 "2018-03-02T04:55:27Z")
Meet the sulky over-bulky kinda’ hulky superhero Optimistic and electrically transistored superhero An exotically neurotic and aquatic superhero The Marvel Super Heroes have arrived! Super powered from the forehead to the toes Watch them change their very shape before your nose See a cane-striking superhero change to Viking superhero A humdingin’ real swinging shield flinging superhero They’re the latest they’re the greatest ultimatest superheroes The Marvel Super Heroes have arrived! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/y8XL99rL6Gc/hqdefault.jpg "THE MARVEL SUPER HEROES") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8XL99rL6Gc) Doc Bruce Banner, Belted by gamma rays, Turned into the Hulk. Ain’t he unglamor-ous! Wreckin’ the town With the power of a bull, Ain’t no monster clown Who is as lovable. As ever-lovin’ Hulk! HULK!! HULK!! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Dj26N10Ymlg/hqdefault.jpg "The Hulk - Cartoon Theme Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj26N10Ymlg) When Captain America throws his mighty shield, All those who chose to oppose his shield must yield. If he’s lead to a fight and a duel is due, Then the red and the white and the blue’ll come through. When Captain America throws his mighty shield. ’Cross the Rainbow Bridge of Asgard, Where the booming heavens roar, You’ll behold in breathless wonder, The God of Thunder, Mighty Thor! Tony Stark makes you feel He’s a cool exec with a heart of steel. As Iron Man, all jets ablaze, He’s fighting and smiting with repulsor rays! Amazing armor! That’s Iron Man! A blazing power! That’s Iron Man! Stronger than a whale He can swim anywhere He can breathe under water And go flying through the air The noble Sub Mariner Prince of the deep So, beware you deadly demons Lord Namor of Atlantis, Is the Prince of the Deep. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804/52 "2018-03-02T05:25:50Z")
If anyone disparages [this](https://youtu.be/V-PLEhiOeVA?t=5) (or [this,](https://youtu.be/Af1h4ibpKJA?t=2)for that matter), I’m writing a letter to city hall. /sacred cows The grotesquely monotonous piano in the [Hill Street Blues theme](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je2fGzKiqRM) makes me want to anthropomorphize it into some kind of physical being, allowing me to crush it, personally, and physically. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804/53 "2018-03-02T05:47:42Z")
Nope, gotta disagree with you on Hill Street there. It was such an atypical musical choice for a cop show that it set up the audience from the first second with the realization that the show to come was going to break new ground. I still get all tippy tap when I hear it because that was religious show watching for me back in the day. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2018, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804/54 "2018-03-02T05:55:14Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > The grotesquely monotonous piano in the [Hill Street Blues theme](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je2fGzKiqRM) makes me want to anthropomorphize it into some kind of physical being, allowing me to crush it, personally, and physically. I found this interview with Mike Post pretty interesting: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/54f0kVk3nKY/hqdefault.jpg "Mike Post and Steven Bochco on creating the "Hill Street Blues" theme - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54f0kVk3nKY) ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804/55 "2018-03-02T06:43:44Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > To actually participate, I couldn’t stand the westworld theme. Tho I guess it kinda fits the show in being too full of itself and pretending to be deeper than it was. However I did watch it all and will probably watch season 2 as well. I thought you meant the film at first. We were gonna fight. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804/56 "2018-03-02T06:51:43Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > I thought you meant the film at first. We were gonna fight. I remember the film as great! But I haven’t seen it in like 20 yrs. I don’t remember the music at all. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804/57 "2018-03-02T06:56:11Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > I remember the film as great! But I haven’t seen it in like 20 yrs. I don’t remember the music at all. A weird mix of [70’s sci-fi stuff and western motifs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcUhRo_dFEo) ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804/58 "2018-03-02T07:10:20Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > Republic of Doyle is a CBC show. It was intended to be watched once a week on tv in Canada. (Not to say the intro isn’t lame, but it isn’t Netflix’s fault) Wow, when I see it, it says it’s a “Netflix original” But then it says that about Trailer Park Boys, too, I think that’s another CBC show. (Which in no way belongs in a thread about bad theme songs.) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804/59 "2018-03-02T07:29:55Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > Nope, gotta disagree with you on Hill Street there. It was such an atypical musical choice for a cop show that it set up the audience from the first second with the realization that the show to come was going to break new ground. I still get all tippy tap when I hear it because that was religious show watching for me back in the day. [quote=“terentii, post:54, topic:809804”] I found this interview with Mike Post pretty interesting: [/QUOTE] I like the concept of an atypical theme, too, however, a couple extra (different?) notes wouldn’t have hurt. Same reason why I’m not hot on Hornsby’s “The Way It Is”. If only [Dick Dastardly](https://www.google.ca/search?q=dick+dastardly&client=firefox-b&dcr=0&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi48L39hM3ZAhVJ7lQKHUouAooQ_AUICigB&biw=1029&bih=802) could have done something to the theme to Peter Jackson’s [Bad Taste.](https://youtu.be/ia7JrhKnh-Y?t=27) The band to blame - the Remnants - could have been commissioned to write some pedestrian, piss-weak, phoned-in crap-turd, or it could have been one of their own sad-ass numbers. The world will never know now. Not even them. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804/60 "2018-03-02T07:34:31Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > I like the concept of an atypical theme, too, however, a couple extra (different?) notes wouldn’t have hurt. Same reason why I’m not hot on Hornsby’s “The Way It Is”. > If only [Dick Dastardly](https://www.google.ca/search?q=dick+dastardly&client=firefox-b&dcr=0&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi48L39hM3ZAhVJ7lQKHUouAooQ_AUICigB&biw=1029&bih=802) could have done something to the theme to Peter Jackson’s [Bad Taste.](https://youtu.be/ia7JrhKnh-Y?t=27) > The band to blame - the Remnants - could have been commissioned to write some pedestrian, piss-weak, phoned-in crap-turd, or it could have been one of their own sad-ass numbers. > The world will never know now. > Not even them. Again Imma hafta say bad taste was supposed to be cheesy. And fantastically so… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804.md?page=4)