12 hours ago, titan1978 said:

I love that slow jazz version, and the opening notes of Hold on to Love mirroring the classic theme it replaced in 1991.  Just like when GH went from the ambulance to the Riche era open, the hints of the prior theme music at the beginning of the new theme was a smart way to go for longtime fans.

The only theme I think JFP got right was Guiding Light.  All the rest sucked.

 

DAYS is timeless, but I remember liking the opening notes of the more gothic version that aired during Reilly’s return to the show.  It only aired for a few months, if even that long.  I didn’t want it to replace the other one, I just kind of dig the opening notes.

 

 

 

Orchestral and majestic! In a way its value is that they used it sparingly, for a rather special moment in time, because Reilly's return was so hyped and mediatised.

 

I loved Wendy Riche's Faces of the Heart, but one thing I missed about the Roaring Ambulance days of GH was its epic CLOSING credits music. It always gave me a lump in the throat.

 

 

Edited July 8, 20187 yr by Cat

33 minutes ago, FrenchFan said:

Not sure the opening was part of Santa Barbara success. In France the music was changed with some French lyrics. This music is well known here.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vj2Azxfq-aQ

 

So they just did their own version of "If Ever I'm In Your Arms Again" (wasn't that the Eden/Cruz theme - or one of them...?). Thanks.

31 minutes ago, Cat said:

 

I loved Wendy Riche's Faces of the Heart, but one thing I missed about the Roaring Ambulance days of GH was its epic CLOSING credits music. It always gave me a lump in the throat.

 

I love that too. To be honest outdated or not I will always prefer that GH opening to Faces of the Heart, especially since I thought that opening really lost its freshness by the late '90s anyway, and no longer matched an increasingly perverted, coarse show.

32 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

 

So they just did their own version of "If Ever I'm In Your Arms Again" (wasn't that the Eden/Cruz theme - or one of them...?). Thanks.

 

I had no idea. I was very young at the time but the song is famous here. Thought they had created it for the French opening the same way they did for Bold and Beautiful.

The Loving theme song helped me learn how to spell loving.

 

What are some of your favorite transitions from opening scenes to opening themes?

 

This one from OLTL is pretty epic

 

You can hear the theme music kick in around 1:03

 

Watchig these clips is making me realize how devoid of music current soaps are. Every scene now sounds like it was filmed ina cave.

Edited July 8, 20187 yr by Darn

It was always cool when Another World would play their entire theme song, usually during Monday or Friday episodes- some days these credits would air for 2 and a half to 3 minutes long.

 

70s-1981 Complete theme- minus the sponsor tag at the beginning of the credits

 

 

 

1981-1987 Complete closing minus the sponsor tag at the beginning of the credits

 

 

1988-1995 Complete closing- when there was extra time the show would use the Crystal Gayle/Gary Morris vocal of You Take Me Away to Another World during the credits.

 

 

1996-1999 theme- these are not the actual credits, but the complete theme is in the video.   This variation is so much better than the opening theme.

 

 

Everyone mentioning Rex placing the necklace on Katherine is speaking to my soul! That is precisely what I remember more than anything about watching soaps as a child 25 years ago. Simply iconic.

My favorite moments (since the Rex/Katherine necklace bit, Jill shaking out her hair, and Harley dancing were already mentioned).

 

Felicia tossing the boa around her neck and Paulina licking her finger in the AW intro

 

Lisa with her hands on her hips in the ATWT toilet flush intro

 

Livia rolling her eyes in the Frons-era AMC intro

 

Antonio’s “smoldering” head turn and Blair’s surprised, tousled-hair look in the late ‘90s OLTL opening

 

The karate kick and Nola’s pained look in the portrait in the GL disco intro

 

 

 

 

@watson71 it's usually a nice calm moment to get to sit and listen to the late '70s/early '80s AW theme. It is more like a game show theme than a soap theme, to me, I have to admit, but I still like it.

13 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

@watson71 it's usually a nice calm moment to get to sit and listen to the late '70s/early '80s AW theme. It is more like a game show theme than a soap theme, to me, I have to admit, but I still like it.

Do you mean the 80s theme? Its composer, Jonathan Segal, did several game show themes. The most notable is probably "All Star Blitz," with its odd scat singing ("Ha ha ha he ha ha ha! Huh ha ba he ba ha ha!").

I've really come to like the gracefulness of Nola and Vanessa in matching dresses, Nola having trouble opening her fan, and then the two of them curtsying (or descending steps?) at the very beginning of the My Guiding Light opening.

Here's an underrated gem, IMO. Perfect for the time of day this soap usually aired.

 

I did, yes. I didn't know that. Thanks. It makes sense.

 

I agree the LOL theme was nice. Very suited to the times.

 

I also like this, even though I don't think it quite suited the show.

 

 

If I'd watched this show as a child this opening would have freaked me out. In many ways it was Game of Thrones before Game of Thrones.

 

 

Look at these GL openings. I have a few issues, but otherwise, so many winners. Even the very first one gives me a chill. It to me epitomizes soaps of that era.

 

 

Edited July 8, 20187 yr by DRW50

So many things to say about GL's forty-two thousand opening sequences. Nothing beats the majesty of the Fire Island lighthouse of the early 70s, either on blue or orange. There used to be a crew credit roll from '74 or '75 on YouTube where you could tell that they'd simply positioned the camera in front of a framed photograph of the lighthouse against the orange sky. I'd pay an embarrassing amount of money to own that.

I wish we had any kind of footage at all from the late 60s so that the collection could be complete. We now know that there was a different theme used during the era.

You can tell with the original ballad version of My Guiding Light that they were less inspired as they updated. It went from being a very deliberate showcase of what the show had to offer to just a parade of headshots with random sh!t like a tarantula thrown in there.

"G U I D I N G L I G H T" will never ever ever make sense to me, and I really need the person who devised it and the one who okayed it to explain themselves because it's just so bad. I hate the "dad rock" theme from 2005. A pretty melody but just the entirely wrong sound for a daytime soap.

Edited July 8, 20187 yr by All My Shadows

hFontour ago, DRW50 said:1

I did, yes. I didn't know that. Thanks. It makes sense.

 

I agree the LOL theme was nice. Very suited to the times.

 

I also like this, even though I don't think it quite suited the show.

 

I always though this opening sequence was a rip off of 1970's/80's Y&R sketch openings. One Day At A Time also did a sketch opening at one point. 

Speaking of The Doctors, does it get any more depressing than this? I think it's a nice piece of music, but it's basically the funeral march for this once mighty soap.

 

7 hours ago, DRW50 said:

 

So they just did their own version of "If Ever I'm In Your Arms Again" (wasn't that the Eden/Cruz theme - or one of them...?). Thanks.

 

"If Ever I'm In Your Arms Again" was Kelly and Joe's love theme.

Thanks, Wendy. SB isn't the same without you...

 

That soft jazz type music is nice but doesn't really seem right for the show. It would have worked well for Another Life. This opening is a mess (their original was nicer) but I have a soft spot for it. I'll post both.