Best Soap Opera Opening

[Khan]

 

Wow.  I'm not sure, but I think even some of the clips included in this version differ from ones used in the credits for the US version.

[titan1978]

I love the theme too.  The music is so essential on this show.  The original has an almost perfect pilot episode, which is very rare on network tv.

[SteelCity]

2000 Malibu Road had a GREAT open, it makes me think about what the Knots Landing opening would have been if it was around later.

[Gray Bunny]

 

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I love that "winter wind," as I like to think of it, that sometimes started off Y&R's theme in the mid-80's. 

 

Re: Ryan's Hope. All their openings make me want to go out and buy orange juice. I would've hoped they updated the music somewhat by the mid-80's. 

[depboy]

Although I wasn’t a huge fan of Loving, I am a fan of murder mysteries and the Loving murders opening perfectly set the mood for the episodes when a character was murdered.

 

 

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[Soaplovers]

 

I think you're right.  I happened upon the third season credits in both the US and french versions.. and the Abby clips were different (in the US one.. Abby's in a swimsuit and being sexy... in the french one.. she's doing the mom thing in her clips)... plus, kenny and ginger each have separate clips, not merged together.

 

 

[beebs]

I always loved the final LOL opening, sorry if it's already been posted. Simple but very grand. I could see it having been used, in some variation, for many years had the show kept running.
 

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[DRW50]

Home & Away. Cheesy but still good and it draws you in - very much like Australian soaps in those years. 

 

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I also liked the early '00s update.

 

 

They no longer have credits, which tells you all you need to know about what the show has become.

 

Neighbours has had a number of very unfortunate updates to their theme tune in recent years, but I always really liked this one - both the image and the vocals.

 

 

[All My Shadows]

I can’t embed an appropriate video at this moment, but I have to bring up the classic Aussie soap NUMBER 96, which began each episode with no music but just a shot of the titular apartment building a quick zoom in on which part of the building in which the episode’s action would begin. Perfect, and then of course it had a very swinging 70s theme that ran over the closing credits.

[te.]

 

It was actually still on air at that time - 2000 Malibu Road aired in late summer of 1992, Knots didn't finish until spring 1993...

[SteelCity]

Nice just meant that it would have been a nice natural progression of the  mid 80s theme. I would have liked it more than the sand castle.

[LondonScribe]

I still remember when they first made the switch to this Neighbours theme (I think in 1992) there was such a backlash, but I always really liked it. Though I always liked the title style that originally went with it. It was like an envelope or postbox.

[mikelyons]

This theme is really one of the best, underrated soap openings. It's quiet, majestic, moody, and quite perfect. No huge histrionics, just a beautiful way to introduce a show. The full theme is on my iPhone and I listen to it whenever I need a breather. 

[Scrapple]

The Eighties spinning globe intro to ATWT was my favorite. It was a perfect hook from the intro scenes.The intros after that were a hodgepodge  that ranged from pretty-but-boring to meaningless fanfare. Eight pages of this thread and nobody posted Dark Shadows? (I would, but I don't know how!)

[SteelCity]

I genuinely love this opening! It's simple, but it's really the perfect soap opening! I would love to see how it would have evolved had it stayed on the air.