# Memorable incidental music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-incidental-music/719246 "2015-05-04T14:52:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-incidental-music/719246/21 "2015-05-06T16:39:24Z")
The only good things about the third and final season of _Batman_ were Yvonne Craig as Batgirl, and the improved, catchier [fight scene music](https://youtu.be/qpoxHvmWPfc?t=3m9s). ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-incidental-music/719246/22 "2015-05-06T16:44:10Z")
Bugs Bunny has a bunch for me: [Exploding piano thing](https://youtu.be/gUsJXwE73QU) [Square Dance](https://youtu.be/m9SrXRNPRCA) [Every Michigan J Frog song](https://youtu.be/bkjsN-J27aU) [Opera Singing guy](https://youtu.be/14ijVeeeTjs) (“Leopold!”) [Climbing the Schmatterhorn](https://youtu.be/orvqrd_ozLQ?t=2m45s) [We’re the boys from Chorus](https://youtu.be/ESEiJlseLWo) [sub]My boss just now: “Uh…are you watching Bugs Bunny cartoons?”[/sub] ---
**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:** [May 6, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-incidental-music/719246/23 "2015-05-06T19:04:48Z")
> [@Cartoonacy](#): > > The only good things about the third and final season of _Batman_ were Yvonne Craig as Batgirl, and the improved, catchier [fight scene music](https://youtu.be/qpoxHvmWPfc?t=3m9s). I thought of _ **Batman** _ too, especially the themes that each villain had. Right from the start, you knew who was going to be on that week (Riddler, Joker, Penguin…). My favorite was the spooky string-section _Meow, meow! Meow, meow!_ for Julie Newmar’s Catwoman :o . Holy dominatrix! :eek: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2qt1l5Z-6Ls/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHiA4AC6AKKAgwIABABGGUgUSg-MA8=&rs=AOn4CLD4a2Ogv6wmczG0s3Cca-GT2eq8dg "The Purrfect Crime Julie Newmar Catwoman") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qt1l5Z-6Ls) And each week, when Batman and Robin slid down the Batpoles\* and the Batmobile peeled out of the Batcave and went barrelling down the road into Gotham City… For an 11-year-old American male, this was what happened when you died and went to heaven! \*Naaaah, there was nothing creepy about their relationship… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-incidental-music/719246/24 "2015-05-06T23:24:31Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > Law & Order does have an actual theme song: [https://youtu.be/xz4-aEGvqQM](https://youtu.be/xz4-aEGvqQM) > > By your definition, the “doink-doink” sound that accompanies scene transitions in Law & Order is, in fact, memorable incidental music. So memorable that you’ve mistaken it for the theme. Written by the great Mike Post, who wrote the theme music for about a zillion television shows. Most memorably, to my mind, for _The Rockford Files_. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-incidental-music/719246/25 "2015-05-06T23:28:49Z")
I want to post about the movie **Primer**. It was made for $7,000 and won a big prize at Sundance. It is the best movie about what could happen if some folks discovered…well, you really need to see it. A favorite. Anyway, the writer/director/lead actor Shane Carruth also composed the music. It is so minimalist-perfect. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-incidental-music/719246/26 "2015-05-07T00:04:51Z")
Night Gallery had a version of _Silent Snow, Secret Snow_ which is very eerie (it’s on the episode known as _The Phantom Farmhouse_). One reason is it’s narrated by Orson Welles, but just as significant is the music by Paul Glass. It looks like he did many scores but this is one that I think is really good. Beware that the version on YouTube is a 1966 TV production by the same director; be sure to catch Night Gallery version on Hulu. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-incidental-music/719246/27 "2015-05-07T01:29:34Z")
The '60s “Spider-Man” cartoon had all kinds of cool background music (by Syd Dale and others)! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/f32z-KffnxA/maxresdefault.jpg "1967 Spider-Man Cartoon Music by Ray Ellis; Season 1") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f32z-KffnxA) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np153JYeuhs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np153JYeuhs) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-incidental-music/719246/28 "2015-05-07T19:48:00Z")
Thought of one today. In “Reading Rainbow” between each book review at the end. They play 3 notes, and they are recognizable. I can’t seem to find an example, though. Also, the music from “The Price Is Right”, [when you lose](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-incidental-music/719246.md?page=1)