Some of my favorites

1. The Young and the Restless (Nadia's Theme)

2. One Life To Live (Dave Grusin's composition)

3. Search for Tomorrow (1986 theme)

4. How To Survive A Marriage

5. As The World Turns (1981 theme)

6. Another World (1996 theme)

7. Sunset Beach (first theme)

8. Another Life

9. Ryan's Hope

10. Knots Landing (1987 arrangement)

Edited July 26, 200817 yr by ReddFoxx

DAYS and Y&R aren't exactly my all-time favorite shows, but they're certainly my all-time favorite themes. Why? Because, they're still used today. Yes, there was that unfortunate "porn variation" that Y&R employed for awhile back in the '90's, but (thank God) it's dead and buried.

Other faves:

"As the World Turns On and On" (ATWT)

"My Guiding Light" (GL) - the original variation, not the synthesized "remakes" that came after

The original (1970-90) theme for AMC

Jack Urbont's theme for OLTL

The Cortner/Barranco theme for EDGE OF NIGHT

1. All My Children (1990-1995) Opening

2. One Life to Live (Blue+White) Opening

3. Generahl Hospital "Faces of Heart"

1. Passions

2. One Life to Live(Peabo Bryson/Tour of Llanview)

3. General Hospital(Faces of the Heart)

All My Children Falling Pics Opening

All My Children White Opening

One Life To Live Tour of Llanview Opening

One Life To Live Tour of Llanview 2 Opening

General Hospital Faces of the Heart Opening

The Young & the Restless Opening 1989-1999

The Young & the Restless Opening Red(porno) Opening

These are my favorites, in no particular order.

- OLTL: The Dave Grusin/Peabo Bryson theme!!!

- AMC: The last version of David Benoit's theme (in the AMC white opening video detroitpiston posted)

- ATWT: 80's theme (World Turns On and On), especially the first version

- GL: My Guiding Light (all versions)

- GL: Hold On To Love (1st version)

- OLTL: Jack Urbont's theme

My favorite will always be GL's "Hold On to Love." In particular, I LOVE the solo piano version they used at times to score important scenes.

Case in point:

PASSIONS - "Breathe"

Edge of Night theme was great

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c12xhXdMPSU

or this way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jwmPIJoWs

I've never watched Y&R, but I'd vote for their theme song. I liked Faces of the Heart & Jack Urbont's themes on GH and some of OLTL's themes over the years, but Y&R's theme is so simple and so elegant... every TV show should have that powerful an opening

The current B&B theme is my favorite.

I'm a nerd when it comes to soap opera theme music, so I won't go in depth with my favorites. Y&R's theme, to me, is soap opera. All you need to hear is those opening notes and you know it's Y&R. I also have a soft spot for B&B's original, trashy version of its theme song.

I was thinking about it and I love that B&B theme with the saxophone it sounds so sexy.

My favorite will always be GL's "Hold On to Love." In particular, I LOVE the solo piano version they used at times to score important scenes.

Case in point:

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DAN!!!!

That music... those scenes... oh my God, do I miss the real GL right now...

An extended version, though the scene is repeated twice in this clip for whatever reason.

I think they stopped using the Hold On To Love background theme after JFP left, correct me if I'm wrong, Dan.

AMC's 2002 opening. One of the few great things Jean Dadario Burke did, creating a new modern version of the early-mid 90s opening theme.

Note: There were two musical scores for this opening. I loved the first one (shown here first), especially the music around the time Phoebe/Myrtle and Adam are shown. However, after a couple of months the music changed (damn you Burke!) and this version was never used again. This one just has alot more punch to it.

The second (weaker IMO) version:

Edited July 27, 200817 yr by LeClerc