Members Soapsuds Posted February 22, 2010 Members Share Posted February 22, 2010 My favorite OLTL opening. I know everyone hated it..lol...but I loved it!http://www.youtube.c...h?v=s0tI3O1IZfw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sapounopera Posted February 22, 2010 Members Share Posted February 22, 2010 * The original Y&R opening: the classiest opening ever. * ATWT and AW from the seventies: so melodramatic, I loved them * OLTL 1992-96: the first episodes I started watching were from 1993, so I didn't realize that this was not the most appropriate opening for that show. Still love it though. * The original AMC opening: So traditional! * UK soap Emmerdale: The best! * B&B was ruined with that new opening and the show lost it's identity. * I hate the current Y&R opening, the trend of soaps imitating old prime time shows with actor images and names is so outdated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted February 22, 2010 Members Share Posted February 22, 2010 Here are the first credits for Emmerdale: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJfkQyfiNYQ&feature=related Credits they used from the late 90s to mid 00s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-QqyLeWKws&feature=related The piano music they used when longstanding character Seth passed away: Christmas credits from 2008: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adam Posted February 22, 2010 Members Share Posted February 22, 2010 The music I always found to be very soothing, but the visuals belong in a porno film haha. I was so glad when they reverted back to an updated take on the faces of Llanview theme (at least visually). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted February 22, 2010 Members Share Posted February 22, 2010 The Emmerdale theme music is way too melodramatic and masterpiece theatre for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted February 22, 2010 Members Share Posted February 22, 2010 I couldn't wait for them to replace that late Friday night HBO soft-core opening when it aired, but now I look back on it very fondly. I think it was very appropriate for where the show was at the time, dark and moody... well, I'll say this, perhaps the MUSIC was more appropriate than the opening visuals. But I thought the closing with the dark billowing satin was simple and gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sapounopera Posted February 22, 2010 Members Share Posted February 22, 2010 For some reason I always thought that it was Melissa Reeves and Rick Hearst in that opening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted February 22, 2010 Members Share Posted February 22, 2010 The original opening is much plainer, it's tinny, but there's no real melodrama. You'd enjoy that more. I like the sweeping openings they use in the British soaps. Otherwise we get something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1XkURMz4Fw As for the OLTL champagne opening, I thought it made the show look generic and implied that they were ashamed of their history, as well as ashamed of soaps period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted February 22, 2010 Members Share Posted February 22, 2010 I loved the EastEnders jazzy theme! The standard theme, though iconic, is way too dated at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted February 22, 2010 Members Share Posted February 22, 2010 The theme seems very out of place for what Eastenders is. If I listen to that theme I would expect to see people on the beach, not Pauline Fowler slapping her children and raging about Sanjay and Gita not picking up their laundry. I think the old themes work best for Corrie and Eastenders. New attempts often end up being something like that weird Hollyoaks opening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted February 22, 2010 Members Share Posted February 22, 2010 It didn't mesh well with the tone of the show, but as a piece of music, I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted February 22, 2010 Members Share Posted February 22, 2010 Have you all heard the vocal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted February 22, 2010 Members Share Posted February 22, 2010 I think there's a certain timeless quality to Corrie's theme, but the EastEnders theme has always sounded like something out of an 80's B movie to me. Which one? The "Anyone Can Fall In Love" version? I believe that version peaked at #4 on the UK singles chart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted February 22, 2010 Members Share Posted February 22, 2010 That's true, but then, Eastenders has always been like an 80's B movie. I like the closing theme for Corrie, especially the horn solo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted February 22, 2010 Members Share Posted February 22, 2010 Wow, I forget how popular the show is! Here's a version, but I remember a much popier one. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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