• bstix@feddit.dk
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    4 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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      4 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)