TV intro-theme songs.....please also name composer......

[Bazza]

"Movin' On Up" sung by Ja'net Dubois - composer Jeff Barry

 

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"The Waltons" composed by Jerry Goldsmith.....

 

[Bazza]

Jerry Goldsmith, composer

 

[Bazza]

"The Avengers"
The 1961 series featured a jazz-influenced theme by John Dankworth.

 

[seebell]

Diana Rigg as Emma Peel in that black leather outfit!! Oh My Goodness!

 

[Elefantman]

Johnny's Theme" is an instrumental jazz song played as the opening theme of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from the show's inception in 1962 through its finale in 1992. The piece was composed by Paul Anka and Johnny Carson, based on a previous composition by Anka.

 

[Elefantman]

written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart

 

[Elefantman]

composer Bruce Miller

 

[Elefantman]

David Porter

 

[Elefantman]

Featuring music composed by Angelo Badalamenti and lyrics written by David Lynch

 

[CharminTide]

The Detectorists theme, by Johnny Flynn

 

[MattinBama]

Wonder Years - Joe Cocker

 

[Bazza]

[h=1]The truth about the iconic theme song from Seinfeld[/h]

IT’S one of the most recognisable theme songs of all time — but the music from Seinfeld that we all know and love was almost dumped at the last minute.

In an interview with Great Big Story, the man behind the show’s unique sound, composer Jonathan Wolff, admitted network bosses originally hated what he’d come up with.
“Everybody loved the music — Jerry [Seinfeld] loved it, [writer and producer] Larry David loved it, everyone — except the network,” he recalled.

“They said ‘can we not afford real music? It’s distracting, it’s annoying’.”
But, thanks to David’s persistence, “the music stayed in the picture.”
Wolff also pointed out something that even the most dedicated fans probably didn’t know: the song was improvised for every single episode in the series, which ran from 1989-1998.
“The theme song was different for every episode,” he revealed.
“I have no idea how many themes we did for Seinfeld. I knew each monologue was going to be different because [Jerry] tells different jokes, so it had to be adjustable.”
It sounds like an arduous task, but as Wolff explains, it was actually very simple once he worked out Seinfeld’s comedy style.
“I noticed that Jerry has a lyrical delivery to his jokes, and I put a clock on it ... and that became the tempo for the theme,” he said.

“The bassline is so simple it can start and stop for his jokes, hold for laughs, and that way I could architect each piece of music for each monologue, Lego-style.”
Despite Seinfeld’s phenomenal success, Wolff admitted none of them had high hopes going in.

“When Seinfeld first started, none of us expected it to last.”

Luckily — they were all proven very, very wrong.

Composer Jonathan Wolff with George and Jerry:

 

[Bazza]

"COPS" by Inner Circle, written by Ian Lewis

 

[Bazza]

"The Equalizer" by Stewart Copeland

 

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"CHiPS" by John Parker

 

[Bazza]

"The Dukes of Hazzard" (song is named "Good Old Boys") written and performed by Waylon Jennings

 

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"The Three Stooges"

Various...see Music

 

[Bazza]

"The Adams Family"

The theme for the TV series The Addams Family was written and arranged by longtime Hollywood film and television composer Vic Mizzy. The song's arrangement was dominated by a harpsichord and featured finger-snaps as percussive accompaniment. Actor Ted Cassidy, reprising his "Lurch" voice, punctuated the lyrics with words like "neat," "sweet," and "petite." Mizzy's theme was popular enough to enjoy a single release, though it failed to make the national charts.

The closing theme was similar, but was instrumental only and featured such instruments as a triangle, a wooden block, a siren whistle and a duck call.

 

[Bazza]

"The Munsters"

The instrumental theme song, titled "The Munsters's Theme", was composed by composer/arranger Jack Marshall.[SUP][12][/SUP] The theme song's lyrics, which the sitcom's co-producer Bob Mosher wrote, were never aired on CBS. Described by writer Jon Burlingame as a "Bernard-Herrmann-meets-Duane-Eddy sound",[SUP][13][/SUP] the theme was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1965.