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    Soap Opera Theme Definitions

    in Discuss The Soaps: Archive (2018 - 2020)

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    I found this from an old website about OLTL that is very interesting....

     

    https://www.oocities.org/historypg/marg.html?20205#c

     

    OLTL has used five different opening themes since its inception in 1968:

    1. July 1968 - April 1975: Theme composed by Charles Paul. I'm told that, thanks to ABC taping over the first 11 years of OLTL, no copies of the original opening exist. The earliest opening has been described simply as the OLTL logo imposed over a scene of a crackling fireplace. The second accompanying visual, the "classic" OLTL sunrise (the sun coming up over a field) was the opening shown during the first of the "Daytime to Remember" series.
     


    2. April 1975 - December 1984: Theme composed by Jack Urbont. The accompanying visual, I'm told, featured typical "romantic" scenes, such as shots of the sun in a partly cloudy sky, birds fluttering, clouds passing over mountaintops, etc.

    3. December 1984 - December 1991: Theme composed by Dave Grusin, with lyrics sung by Peabo Bryson. This was the theme that ran during the years of executive producer Paul Rauch. I'm told it was the visual opening most similar to today's - still frames of the cast imposed over scenes of Llanview. The music was upbeat, with lyrics as follows:
     

    4. January 1992 - November 1995: Theme composed by Lee Holdridge. This opening is known by OLTL fans as the the "Gottlieb" opening (in reference to former executive producer Linda Gottlieb), or the "champagne commercial". The music was a very pretty haunting, nostalgic tune. The accompanying visuals pictured the many facets of life such as birth, love, marriage, and death.

    5. November 1995 - present: Theme composed by Lee Holdridge. The current opening debuted for the 7000th episode of OLTL on November 20, 1995, during the regime of former executive producer Susan Bedsow Horgan. The music has a rather busy, bustling, "big-city" sound. The accompanying visuals (two variants shown on alternate days) depict still shots of the cast over views of Llanview. Sandy tells me that the music improves when it's heard with "Surround Sound"; there are a lot of instruments (violins, etc.) that you can't discern on a normal TV set.

     

     

     

    What do you think the other soaps theme song mean?

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