Favorite TV Themes/Openings

[amybrickwallace]

^ That's a theme I've always liked, along with Roberta Flack. 😎

[DaytimeFan]

 

For the geniuses of that genre of television (Aaron Spelling, Sidney Sheldon, Judith and Steve Krantz and, of course, Jackie Collins) I hope they knew what their shows meant to you and others who share your story - I think it's incredibly touching. I think Aaron Spelling did, which is why he revered his audience so greatly, and Jackie Collins did which is why she kept writing. 

 

Agreed about It's Hard to be Tender - it really is a sad, beautiful song. I think it captured that mini-series really well. It also captured a certain essence of Joan. Joan demonstrated that she could produce a highly successful piece of commercial television with that mini-series - it looked first class with all the location shooting and the Valentino wardrobe. I've wondered how Carly came to write the theme for the mini-series, the only connection she and Joan have is they both dated Warren Beatty. 

[I Am A Swede]

Beautiful music from a BBC adaptation of C.S. Lewis' "The Chronicles of Narnia" from the 1980s.

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[amybrickwallace]

Does anyone else remember the 1993 sitcom Phenom? All these years later, I still vividly remember the theme song "The Promise and the Prize", written and performed by Carly Simon:

 

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[SFK]

I loved that show, watched every week.  Judith and William had great chemistry and I seem to remember the young female lead being quite good (as was her neurotic balding brother).

[amybrickwallace]

So did I. I was so disappointed when it was cancelled after only one season. Same with Steve Harvey's Me & The Boys.

[I Am A Swede]

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So much nostalgia....

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[amybrickwallace]

^ Yes...I always loved Bruno/Lee Curreri.

[I Am A Swede]

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[Wendy]

Loved this show as a 10-year-old. Still do. And loved the theme! (Done by the late, great Henry Mancini.) Young Pierce Brosnan...rowr!

 

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This theme, called Laura's Theme, was also by Henry Mancini and was the song used in the S1 intro for "Remington Steele":

 

 

[I Am A Swede]

Memories..... 

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[juppiter]

The 90s X-Men cartoon was my favorite X-Men adaptation, not just for its catchy and dramatic theme song.

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sAkL2-vh2Sk

 

And the Japanese version of the same:

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2rSw4Xl5qfs

[Faulkner]

I don’t know if anyone watches the Japanese show Terrace House on Netflix, but they have my favorite reality-show opening credits outside of the Real Housewives.

 

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Edited February 28, 2018 by Faulkner

[I Am A Swede]

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This show is a textbook example of a show that ran waaay too long (372 episodes, 1992-2010). The first years were fantastic, but then, after the death of leading lady Kate (Niamh Cusack) the show began a slow but relentless decline. The last few years it had deteriorated into almost a caricature of itself. All the grittiness and realism of the first years were gone.

But I will always treasure those first years as some of the best on television.

[DRW50]

 

It probably could have run longer but ITV was on a mission to kill off their long-running shows at this time (The Bill, Heartbeat, Wild at Heart, The Royal). I know some stopped watching after Nick Berry left. It was also another of those shows that never left one decade, wasn't it?