Oldskool Theme Tunes

Scubadevils

It's funny to listen to theme tunes from TV shows and cartoons you watched as a kid. I wonder how much of an influence they have had in musical taste in later years? Some examples, not all from my childhood as such but certainly watched them as re-runs etc as a kid.

One example for me being 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' - class theme tune, funky as f*ck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH0YdU1L2yU

Doctor Who Theme Tune (Orbital's reworking of this was amazing too)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HHQbGI92MY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbLZvzMOZpc

Ennio Morricone - A Fistful Of Dollars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqjcoTzhaIk

Airwolf Theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWCIH7bK_lk

The Littlest Hobo (definitely where I got my influence, you'd wanna hear me DJ )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=banXT6azA-4

Thundercats!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x443KKm4Uk

Ulysses!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijzs6_CbvQM

Fraggle Rock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSDeoO-j3G0

Jaysus I could keep going at this all night

Scubadevils

And Button Moon of course had some excellent backing music. My 3 year old daughter watches this now sometimes and I can't believe how mad this program is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxy7YuwE2ow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_VVBCMXJ3U

Now... let the oldskool vs newskool TV shows argument begin :pac:

Scubadevils

I'm really getting addicted (finally) to youtube now. I had one of these Amstrad 4 track/hi-fi units as a kid!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyewGF9xkmE

Going way off topic here now but can't help it, should really rename the thread!

This is a seriously fcked up ad from the 80's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOFRIWx5F9c

francois

Nice thread, love all the ennio stuff-DJ yoda uses loads of it,
Jonny 68 was going on about hardcore uproar's together (massive tune) - the keyboard riff is taken from Assault on Precinct 13 by john carpenter (also used by awesome 3's hard up in 1090 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYDqTlUVI9E )
here's the original-great electronica fron 1972
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFFNn5UF3i4

seannash

serious bassline in this

the grange hill theme tune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SlvZF6k5bE

francois

seannash wrote: »

serious bassline in this

the grange hill theme tune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SlvZF6k5bE

or the sweeney theme tune, always thought that was ripe for a mashup mix

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francois wrote: »

Nice thread, love all the ennio stuff-DJ yoda uses loads of it,
Jonny 68 was going on about hardcore uproar's together (massive tune) - the keyboard riff is taken from Assault on Precinct 13 by john carpenter (also used by awesome 3's hard up in 1090 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYDqTlUVI9E )
here's the original-great electronica fron 1972
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFFNn5UF3i4

Excellent stuff, have the Carpenter one alright on some compilation, great track... as is the film. That Hard Up tune is excellent too, haven't got that actually yet on vinyl, must sort that!

And Ennio is brilliant, love most of his work but a Fistful of Dollars is a real stand-out track for me.

francois

Felixdhc wrote: »

Excellent stuff, have the Carpenter one alright on some compilation, great track... as is the film. That Hard Up tune is excellent too, haven't got that actually yet on vinyl, must sort that!

And Ennio is brilliant, love most of his work but a Fistful of Dollars is a real stand-out track for me.

What i like from ennio is all the incidental bits, though a fistful is a cracker (all those spaghetti's are mind you) The awesome 3/hardcore uproar trax were part of a load which sampled crowds blowing whistles and horns and shouting-they always got a big rise from a crowd, it was used to great effect by xpress 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs8MyAAsjSo&feature=related

monster tune!

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francois wrote: »

What i like from ennio is all the incidental bits, though a fistful is a cracker (all those spaghetti's are mind you) The awesome 3/hardcore uproar trax were part of a load which sampled crowds blowing whistles and horns and shouting-they always got a big rise from a crowd, it was used to great effect by xpress 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs8MyAAsjSo&feature=related

monster tune!

Ah yeah, absolute gem of a tune... loved a few of their early tracks, London X-Press is a great tune too and 'Say What', wasn't mad though on Hip Housin.