The only good things about the third and final season of Batman were Yvonne Craig as Batgirl, and the improved, catchier fight scene music.
Bugs Bunny has a bunch for me:
Opera Singing guy (“Leopold!”)
[sub]My boss just now: “Uh…are you watching Bugs Bunny cartoons?”[/sub]
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:
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:
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.
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.
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.
The '60s “Spider-Man” cartoon had all kinds of cool background music (by Syd Dale and others)!
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.