What is your favorite tv theme song/composition?


Since many on Audiogon are baby boomers television must have been a big part of your childhood. In grade school my mother allowed me to stay up until 10pm to watch Barnaby Jones. She knew I wouldn't make it past the great Jerry Goldsmith theme. My current favorite is the dark and haunting John Rubinstein composition for the ABC drama Family.
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Great version of Johnny Quest theme by Reverend Horton Heat on the "Saturday Morning Cartoons" CD. Nice transition into "Stop the Pigeon" from "Dastardly and Mutley in their Flying Machines". Classic baby boomer stuff!

That's a very good CD chock full of nice, energetic versions of old cartoon themes overall actually!

LEt's not forget the "Groovy Goulies". They're gonna do their thing for you!

Don't ask what that is!
Hmm. So many good ones, not easy to choose but my overall favorite theme is the Hawaii Five-0 theme.

Other favorites:

The Sopranos
Miami Vice
The Munsters
Magnum P.I.
Happy Days
I Dream of Jeanie
Gilligan's Island
Airwolf
Mission Impossible
Thought about it and my old school favorite of all, is "I Spy." Very "cool," "jazzy," and "hip," for the times. Surprised it didn't get mentioned.
Not exactly in same frame as most others but I love the current opener to "Meet the Press" the compositions triumphant close at opener is something I really like.
While the show isnt my style the song to "True Blood" is pretty cool.