Recently started watching old 90s and 80s shows just for the fun of it, because I’m bored with all of the new stuff that’s coming out, and I fell into Knight Rider.
My review of the show so far aside, it’s got straight up the most banger theme music I have heard in a TV show in a very long time.
It got me wondering what other TV shows have really great theme songs?
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Tank! Cowboy Bebop
I fuck with this hard.
This is the kind of music I would play to psych myself up for some hardcore diamond star level shenanigans.
I feel like now I need to watch Cowboy Bebop because I’ve never seen it.
It’s in my top 10 favorite shows of all time.
And I have REALLY good taste.
Well gee, then go on with the rest of the list. How can you just tantalize us like that and not feel bad?
One of my all time favorites! Well worth the watch. Saw a few episodes of the live action and dug that too.
WATCH IT YESTERDAY FR
You might really like this one then. The show is one of the best ever too.
see you around space cowboy.
There’s an extended version posted on YouTube last month that absolutely slaps.
Thanks for this! Best video I’ve seen in a good while. Yoko Kanno and SEATBELTS fucking rock!
Hell yeah.
Umm the duck tales theme song reigns supreme
Have you seen the beat-matched version of the DuckTales theme song where Beyonce is dancing to it from the video Single Ladies?
It’s amazingly on point.
Holy crap that’s awesome!
How do people notice that kinda thing?
The vast majority of music is in 4/4 time in consistent groups measures and close enough that it either matches up or can be slightly sped up or slowed down without being noticeable.
I need more!
The extended version is a fucking banger. Guy makes duck sounds with his guitar. Hendrix might have been able to make a guitar sing, but I never heard him make it quack.
Lolz make that guitar quack 🤣
Gummi Bears must be up there too.
Really good, but it doesn’t have high adventure that’s beyond compare.
Cheers
Game of Thrones has got to be up there. Very catchy and fairly unique, but it really captures the essence of (the best parts of) the show.
The themes to Foundation and Severance are also both really in tune with their respective shows.
But for me, the theme to The Expanse is my favorite. Again, it captures the essence of the show, and also like the show it’s pretty underrated.
The Expanse is the only show I’ve never once skipped the opening credits on, even on rewatch. The song’s a pitch-perfect mood throughout the whole series, and a great length, too. Doesn’t overstay its welcome.
Peacemaker season one had that effect on me. Season 2 grew on me but first season was one I would never skip, even on rewatch.
Did you guys sing along?
Thrones yeah, game of thrones yeah, game of fucking thrones!
Floppy weiners! Floppy weiners! Floppy weiners! Floppy weiners!
Found Ramsey Bolton’s account
damn that’s a deep pull
Also;
🎶 DINKLAGE, PETER DINKLAGE (peter dinklage peter dinklage peter dinklage peter dinklage) 🎶
… and so on
You should check out Scavenger’s Reign! The intro music only becomes more haunting and fitting as you learn more about the story. I never skipped it and i typically don’t like title sequences
Edit: Intro link
Okay, that music was cool as fuck. Like, there’s so many places where that is appropriate music.
If it were played at the denouement of any dramatic thriller where like the hero is outside of the room where the person they were trying to save is being actively killed by the bad guy before they rush in to kill the bad guy in revenge, it would fit flawlessly.
There’s something very much about death in that song. Death and helplessness.
Oh yeah, 100%! It also lands a little differently through the show, sometimes despairing, sometimes regretful, and even with a flicker of hope. Absolutely recommend if you’d like a sci-fi survival story that feels like a dark graphic novel. The writing is top notch
My college professor gave me the first book of the Game of Thrones series, and I hated it so much.
And because of that, I just, I’ve never watched the series. Some friends of mine had it on midway through the first episode, and the only time that it caught my attention was when there were titties on the screen. Like, I do not give the first fuck about Game of Thrones.
I have yet to see either the Expanse or Foundation.
I have them both in my to watch list, but I can’t really comment on their themes yet.
But Severance? I’ve watched every episode of Severance, I could not tell you what the theme song is from that show. Even if it’s really good, it’s also very, very forgettable, which, admittedly, probably fits with the theme of the show very well.
Huh. I have also seen every episode and I can’t recall the theme music at all. I know it had an intro because I remember thinking the visuals were cool but I can’t bring back a single snippet of the music. Weird.
edit: I had to look it up because it was bothering me. As soon as it started playing I remembered it, I actually think it’s a fantastic theme song. It’s spare and unsettling, which is perfect for the show but I can kinda feel why it’s hard to recall. I’m glad you pointed it out.
I feel like GoT wins, both for the theme and the intro itself. It’s instantly recognizable.
I like the Expanse theme, but I don’t think I would know it if I heard it out of context.
Got was very intense and visceral.
Pink Panther!
Easy. Firefly
I’ve always loved the X-Files intro, it fits so well and has stuck with me ever since I first watched it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4-GcS1UQyg
Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield.
Definitely the perfect song for the show, but any person that listens to this song on its own in public is someone that you should stay away from
Has to be X-Men Animated Series
This is the theme song that plays for an ADHD person the first time the Adderall kicks in.
banger
That was composed by Ron Wasserman! He also created the theme for Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers.
My god, it’s a crying shame I had to come down this far to find this one.
It’s really really good.
It’s objectively The X-Men Animated Series theme. All other answers are invalid.
Didn’t see Golden Girls mentioned yet so I will nominate that one.
Air wolf. Never saw the show, player the NES game, but it slaaaaaps.
Cowboy Bebop. TANK! by The Seatbelts is peak.
Surprised nobody’s mentioned Firefly yet. It’s really good.
Also Pokemon , duh!
Dexter’s is also really good. The video too, not just the song. Fitting and eerie and also makes me hungry every time.
True blood also fun and catchy
Also really enjoy Halt and catch fire for that 80s synth vibe.
Also, peaky blinders! Nick cave’s voice is just…yeah xD
Stranger things? Cheers? Friends? Community? Lots of pretty good ones out there. Hard to choose, really.
The True Blood theme is an absolute banger
It is! Also really good for sexy time playlists, imo xD
Dexter’s intro is one of those that I never skipped. Oddly mesmerizing. I can perfectly visualize it in my mind even now.
Same same! So good!
pokemon
I actually prefer the japanese theme more.
And apart from the original intro, the Johto intro, the intro for Crystal, and the Battle Frontier opening are also really great.
One of my personal favourites is the Italien intro
Well… Usually with these things, at least in my experience is all about which version you’ve heard first. Also being able to understand the lyrics helps. So… yeah, English for me. Not that I mind the Japanese version or anything, still cool.
Yay for Halt & Catch Fire.
