this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2024
477 points (96.3% liked)

memes

10184 readers
2229 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to !politicalmemes@lemmy.world

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/AdsNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live.

Sister communities

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] bstix@feddit.dk 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I have a soft spot for music from tv show intros from the 70s and early 80s. The compositions and memorable melodies were something else.

I think maybe it was a legacy from the 70s movie soundtracks, where Ennio Morricone really showed how important soundtracks were to movies, but then TV shows had to do it in 30 seconds. I love the craftsmanship of it.

Some of my favorites:

Benson

Taxi

Soap

Airwolf

Dallas

[–] Presently42@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Airwolf's opening I've seen before; and the Dallas one is pretty great. Here are a couple I'll throw in to the mix:

Rupert note the interesting time signatures

Gormenghast the first and second books are excellent. The third is... different....

The Prisoner possibly the greatest (and surely the longest!) opening

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 2 points 3 months ago

"The prisoner" is quite wild from a music perspective and way ahead of it's time. Looks more like a 60s/70s series. Never saw it myself.

I guess it's not so decade dependent, but more about someone caring enough to make a good intro song.

Here are more TV themes that you didn't know you already knew:

Hill Street Blues

Round the Twist (this is the Epitome of early 1990s)