• bstix@feddit.dk
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            6 months ago

            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

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              6 months ago

              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

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                “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)