Soap Opera Digest rating the openings from 1998

[MichaelGL]

I did like the closing theme for the Satin sheets opening of OLTL. That's about all I liked about it.

[Saving ATWT]

ATWT always had bad openings aside from the final two. The music was finally good and I liked the simple retro still shot.

[Eric83]

Is that on Youtube?

[EricMontreal22]

Ha i LOVE the dramatic/cheezy 80s synth theme.

[DRW50]

This is my favorite soap opening ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8_KfMKarjU&feature=related

[Adam]

My favourite music from the white theme era was the first, used only during the 25th anniversary week in which it debuted. How it started out slow for the first few notes, and then morphed into a rather stripped down more mid tempo version of the one that would be used after. I just always thought the white opening visually looked cheap.

[Days22]

Other than the Days opening for its longevity, this is my fave also.

[EricMontreal22]

I agree with all of that.

[MichaelGL]

I'm not sure if you found it yet, but here it is.

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I always found the beginning of that opening sequence jarring with the sound effects of the beacon.

Again, another so-so opening theme, that has a good closing theme IMO.

[EricMontreal22]

I actually don't mind that opening, but mainly because I love any version of that melody (that one's not my fave by any means...) In fact both it and the 80s theme, in any of its variations, are neck and neck as fave soap theme songs for me, music wise.

[SFK]

Yeah, that's the slow, smooth jazz version of Hold on to Love I was talking about. I guess some people call it the Island version? Because of the time I got home from school, I actually thought they'd only changed the closing theme and it was about a week or two before I caught the opening. SOD dissed it and said they were glad the show brought back an uptempo version, but the new uptempo version sounded like pure cheese with that rock guitar and those weird video game frenzied trickling water sounds.

[EricMontreal22]

Yes I hated the new guitar addition. I guess they call it Island theme cuz it kinda has a bosa nova bongo drum thing going? lol

[Khan]

It's like THE EDGE OF NIGHT: something that would work as well today as it did back then.

[Khan]

Not I. The "island version" I'm talking about - which played maybe 5 times and is probably unavailable on YouTube - used Rastafarian (sp?) drums in the background.

[SFK]

LOL, you mean this one I was also talking about?:

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(Lookit Susie and Helmie dancin to it.)