Topic Playlist! (Part 1)

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Actual names of TV theme songs

  1. Suicide is Painless - MAS*H
  2. Best Friend - The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
  3. Far From Any Road - True Detective S1
  4. Rossini’s William Tell Overture - The Lone Ranger
  5. Trevor Duncan’s march from A Little Suite.- Dr. Finlay’s Casebook
  6. Charles Gonoud’s Marche funèbre d’une marionnette - Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  7. The Toy Parade - Leave It To Beaver
  8. Keep Your Fingers Crossed - The Dick Van Dyke Show
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Actual names of TV theme songs

  1. Suicide is Painless - MAS*H
  2. Best Friend - The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
  3. Far From Any Road - True Detective S1
  4. Rossini’s William Tell Overture - The Lone Ranger
  5. Trevor Duncan’s march from A Little Suite.- Dr. Finlay’s Casebook
  6. Charles Gonoud’s Marche funèbre d’une marionnette - Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  7. The Toy Parade - Leave It To Beaver
  8. Keep Your Fingers Crossed - The Dick Van Dyke Show
  9. Those Were the Days - All in the Family
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“Those were the Days” was not a pre-existing song – it was composed to be the show’s theme

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Well, there is a point to be made that with “actual names” Elendil’s Hair did imply that the songs should be pre existing or at least not made specifically with the show in mind, but I don’t think that technically speaking Dolores Reborn broke the premise.

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But by definition, every theme qualifies, because a song has to be “titled” in order to be copyrighted, which they all are.

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True. I guess that the idea is that a lot of them are called something like “Knight Rider Theme”, while others have actual names that a lot of people doesn’t know.

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Nowhere is it stated that the songs have to be pre-existing.

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Actual names of TV theme songs

  1. Suicide is Painless - MAS*H

  2. Best Friend - The Courtship of Eddie’s Father

  3. Far From Any Road - True Detective S1

  4. Rossini’s William Tell Overture - The Lone Ranger

  5. Trevor Duncan’s march from A Little Suite.- Dr. Finlay’s Casebook

  6. Charles Gonoud’s Marche funèbre d’une marionnette - Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  7. The Toy Parade - Leave It To Beaver

  8. Keep Your Fingers Crossed - The Dick Van Dyke Show

  9. Those Were the Days - All in the Family

  10. Thank You For Being A Friend - Golden Girls
    Movie Themes that Charted on Billboard

  11. Unchained Melody - Les Baxter & His Orchestra/Righteous Brothers
    Yes, “Theme from …” counts.

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Movie Themes that Charted on Billboard

  1. Unchained Melody - Les Baxter & His Orchestra/Righteous Brothers
  2. Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini and His Orchestra
    The single charted in the Billboard Top 10.
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Movie Themes that Charted on Billboard

  1. Unchained Melody - Les Baxter & His Orchestra/Righteous Brothers
  2. Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini and His Orchestra
  3. (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story - Andy Williams

Reached #1 on the Easy Listening chart in 1971.

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Movie Themes that Charted on Billboard

  1. Unchained Melody - Les Baxter & His Orchestra/Righteous Brothers
  2. Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini and His Orchestra
  3. (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story - Andy Williams
  4. Live And Let Die - Wings - Live And Let Die
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Movie Themes that Charted on Billboard

  1. Unchained Melody - Les Baxter & His Orchestra/Righteous Brothers
  2. Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini and His Orchestra
  3. (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story - Andy Williams
  4. Live And Let Die - Wings - Live And Let Die
  5. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey
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Movie Themes that Charted on Billboard

  1. Unchained Melody - Les Baxter & His Orchestra/Righteous Brothers
  2. Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini and His Orchestra
  3. (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story - Andy Williams
  4. Live And Let Die - Wings - Live And Let Die
  5. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey
  6. Theme from A Summer Place - Percy Faith and his Orchestra

#1 for nine weeks

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Movie Themes that Charted on Billboard

  1. Unchained Melody - Les Baxter & His Orchestra/Righteous Brothers
  2. Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini and His Orchestra
  3. (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story - Andy Williams
  4. Live And Let Die - Wings - Live And Let Die
  5. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey
  6. Theme from A Summer Place - Percy Faith and his Orchestra
  7. For All We Know - The Carpenters - Lovers and Other Srangers
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Movie Themes that Charted on Billboard

  1. Unchained Melody - Les Baxter & His Orchestra/Righteous Brothers
  2. Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini and His Orchestra
  3. (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story - Andy Williams
  4. Live And Let Die - Wings - Live And Let Die
  5. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey
  6. Theme from A Summer Place - Percy Faith and his Orchestra
  7. For All We Know - The Carpenters - Lovers and Other Srangers
  8. The Summer Knows - from Summer of '42 - Peter Nero
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Movie Themes that Charted on Billboard

  1. Unchained Melody - Les Baxter & His Orchestra/Righteous Brothers
  2. Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini and His Orchestra
  3. (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story - Andy Williams
  4. Live And Let Die - Wings - Live And Let Die
  5. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey
  6. Theme from A Summer Place - Percy Faith and his Orchestra
  7. For All We Know - The Carpenters - Lovers and Other Srangers
  8. Third Man Theme - five versions charted, #1 for 9 weeks, 1950
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Movie Themes that Charted on Billboard

  1. Unchained Melody - Les Baxter & His Orchestra/Righteous Brothers
  2. Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini and His Orchestra
  3. (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story - Andy Williams
  4. Live And Let Die - Wings - Live And Let Die
  5. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey
  6. Theme from A Summer Place - Percy Faith and his Orchestra
  7. For All We Know - The Carpenters - Lovers and Other Strangers
  8. Third Man Theme - five versions charted, #1 for 9 weeks, 1950
  9. Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon - The Spy Who Loved Me
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Movie Themes that Charted on Billboard

  1. Unchained Melody - Les Baxter & His Orchestra/Righteous Brothers
  2. Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini and His Orchestra
  3. (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story - Andy Williams
  4. Live And Let Die - Wings - Live And Let Die
  5. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey
  6. Theme from A Summer Place - Percy Faith and his Orchestra
  7. For All We Know - The Carpenters - Lovers and Other Strangers
  8. The Summer Knows - from Summer of '42 - Peter Nero
  9. Third Man Theme - five versions charted, #1 for 9 weeks, 1950
  10. Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon - The Spy Who Loved Me

Clean up.

Instrumentals that run longer than 10:00

  1. City Country City - War
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Instrumentals that run longer than 10:00

  1. City Country City - War
  2. Tangerine - The Dave Brubeck Quartet
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Instrumentals that run longer than 10:00

  1. City Country City - War
  2. Tangerine - The Dave Brubeck Quartet
  3. The Divided Sky - Phish
    Yes. Contrary to popular opinion, Phish can be enjoyed without drugs.