15 hours ago, Soaplovers said:

Knots Landing (Cote Ouest) version... it's catchy and seems a mismatch for the credits... but it works better during the scrolling credits era as opposed to the first two seasons..imho.

 

 

 

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.

14 hours ago, MichaelGL said:

Watching Twin Peaks last year, both the first two seasons and then season 3, I really came to love its opening/theme. 
 

 

 

 

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.

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.

On 7/8/2018 at 5:34 AM, DRW50 said:

@Cat I agree with you about the Y&R themes. As much as I can enjoy the color versions of the late '80s and most of the '90s, I do think they date badly (especially the "Danny rocks out" shot...) whereas the charcoal drawings, complete with the gust of wind that starts the theme off, are more timeless. I also like the drawings from the '70s and early '80s. To me that is more unique.

 

I love the old photos for the B&B credits, especially Stephanie's shot (Macy's too) but that sax, which sounds like a scared dolphin, always got on my nerves. 

 

 

 

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. 

Edited July 9, 20187 yr by Gray Bunny

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.

 

 

 

11 hours ago, Khan said:

 

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.

 

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.

 

 

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.
 

 

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

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

17 hours ago, SteelCity said:

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.

 

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...

1 hour ago, te. said:

 

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...

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.

13 hours ago, DRW50 said:

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

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

Edited July 10, 20187 yr by UK LAW

On 7/9/2018 at 10:10 PM, beebs said:

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.
 

 

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. 

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!)

5 hours ago, mikelyons said:

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. 

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.