Best TV Intro Sequence/Theme Tune

Elmo

In light of the worst thread. Why are people so negative?

I always liked the Practice opening credits but I think other just think it was strange.
McGuyver was excellent.
ER still stands out
Six Feet Under
Freeks And Geeks (Bad Reputation)
@lastTV (Irish Show from the Late 90's)
Millennium
Profiler
Water Rats
CSI (all franchises)
Law And Order (Old and New)

Mossy Monk

not too fond of the new Law & Order ones, not the same without the classic music

Daelus

My favourites are:

'Six Feet Under'
'Angel'
'Freaks and Geeks'

I really like the 'Firefly' theme tune and opening credits, too.

Mr E

Enterprise!!

(Joke!)

Stargate Atlantis (before they shrinkwrapped it).
Point Pleasant (nice Danny Elfman music, cool animated ravens). RIP!
The 4400 (Nice tune - "A Place In Time" by Amanda Abizad, great imagery)
Scrubs ("Superman" by Lazlo Bane - great song, clever intro).

Some great oldies (probably don't even need mentioning) are Magnum PI, Airwolf, MacGyver, Knightrider...

I'll probably think of more later!

tvnutz

buffy and angel are great.

Dinner

I always loved the Trigger Happy TV intro, especially the song. Which I have since downloaded.

mike65

THE EQUALIZER Okay not a great series really but I love the opening sequence as it climaxes with the man himself backlit in the dark.



http://www.80stvthemes.com/ra/121999/EQUALIZER.ra

Mike.

RuggieBear

mike65 wrote:

THE EQUALIZER Okay not a great series really but I love the opening sequence as it climaxes with the man himself backlit in the dark.



http://www.80stvthemes.com/ra/121999/EQUALIZER.ra

Mike.

i was just gonna post that......you gotta love the synth

Nightwish

Family Guy's take on Law&Order
All CSI's- The Who are brilliant
Desperate Housewives
Animaniacs

mike65

A few more - The Professionals, The Sweeney, (classic) Dr Who, Thunderbirds and the daddy of opening title sequences - The Prisoner

Mike.

monkeyfudge

oh... I have to go with The Prisoner... amazing stuff altogether.

More recently I like the Dead Like Me intro.

oh and I like the fact that Lost doesn't really have one at all.

Some of the Babylon 5 ones were great, I loved the way they updated the voice over and the music with each season.

"The Babylon project was our last best hope for peace.... It failed!"

fade2black

Don't watch the show but Boston Public has pretty good intro titles if I remember correctly

DMC

CHiPS..... That funk/classical/synth/disco theme is a standout classic... sooo late 70's.

The Prisoner.

And the BBC News 24 countdown at the top of the hour...

Daelus

I also like the opening sequence to 'Batman: The Animated Series'. Batman just looks so cool in it.

cosgrove80

Carnivale has a great title sequence imo

tvnutz

yes carnivale has a great one,going in and out of the tarot cards. deadwood is also very well done with the horse running through the woods etc.

Basq

- Carnivale (love the instrumental tune running through it... a bit long at approx. 1 and a half minutes long)
- Scrubs (smart and short little intro... also love the Lazlo Bane song. But Scrubs always has fantastic music!)
- Freaks And Geeks (mentioned already but Joan Jett's 'Bad Reputation' playing over the gang getting their school photos taken is a classic!)
- Lost (a short intro of the word 'LOST' with a 'WEEOOWWWWWEHHHHH' noise.. suits a show like 'Lost' as a clever little jingle or pop tune just wouldn't have suited it)
- Veronica Mars (clever upbeat intro and love the Dandy Warhol's song over it....)
- Spaced (i just loved the idea that they had no real intro... just the words 'Spaced' written / placed on screen every week in an unusual / not so unusual way)
- Phoenix Nights (bing..a...bing..bing..bing.. - classic Xylophone action!)

Will probably think of more later!

pickarooney

The Sopranos - Alabama 3's basstastic choon just makes you sink into the sofa in anticipation.

Moonlighting - like Roquefort, classic cheese and you're not quite sure if you should pick the mouldy bits out or scoff them down.

South Park - intensely irritating, yet in a curiously pleasant way.

Brass Eye - can you say "drama", "suspense", "twisted brain-wrong of a one-off man-mental"?

Trailer Park Boys - intoxicatingly lullaby-like, in stark contrast to the gritty quality of the show itself.

Lochaber

The opening credit for the first season of Murder One (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112086/) always stood out for me and The 10th Kingdom (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0207275/)...

Always enjoyed the Animanicas song too...

More recently, gotta agree with Carnivàle.

The new Law & Order one *shrug* I like the look enough but I don't like the new music at all, it's not real Law & Order without it!

tbh the fact that Lost doesn't have a real title sequence annoys me... but oh well...

Elmo

Forgot Newsnight best news opening sequence
then Channel 4 News (Don't like the new green and pink headlines and set)
Nuacht TG4 had a great open sequence up to resently I thought it would become a classic, it had a great kind of trad theme in the back ground (I know how Oirish of them, but still very cool)

tbh the fact that Lost doesn't have a real title sequence annoys me

Yeah I miss an opening sequence, but I like the short LOST sequence, the end credit music is cool.

Is it just me or does anyone else have to watch the opening credits to their fav programmes.

Remington Steel had cool opening credits. (Not on the first season)

landser

best theme tune and intro has to be The Persuaders... starred roger moore and tony curtis. fanatastic sig tune

Basq

Also worth mentioning (which hasn't been mentioned so far, as far as i know!) is the fantastic intro sequence and music to 'The X-Files'

Got the complete series on DVD recently and watching it again made me realise how much that theme tune gives me shivers!

loyatemu

Porridge - no theme tune just the same ominous judgement every week and the clanging of cell doors.

djmarkus

I know im gonna get strong opposition to this but:

The simpons(esp. the sofa scenes)

Edit: I’m also going to take this opportunity to say that the family guy theme tune irritates me, though the show is class

Basq

No opposition here.. fantastic opening sequence!

Different messages on the blackboard / sofa scenes make the intro even better!

Earthhorse

monkeyfudge wrote:

oh and I like the fact that Lost doesn't really have one at all.

Agreed. They just cut to the chase.

Other good intros:
Quantum Leap (the narrator feels real sympathy for Sam and the music is class)
Star Trek Next Generation (Patrick Stewart nails the intro)
Magnum PI (Tom Selleck and his eyebrows. It's eightiestastic.)

Dr. Dre

L.A. Law
E.R.
St. Elsewhere
TJ Hooker
Equalizer
Get Smart
West Wing

tvnutz

Ye basquille...veronica mars is also very good,I love the song as well!

Pigman II

Dead Like Me! Purely because it doesn't feature any footage of the show, don't give any images of the stars* and bears almost no connection to the show itself. ie it isn't trying 'explan' or 'sell' the show. It's just there!

It's as tho the guy who was commisioned to do it was asleep when the concept was discussed in the production meeting and had nothing other than the words 'Grim Reaper' and 'Dead Like Me' to go on. Plus the theme by Stewart Copeland that accompany's it is just perfect.

I hate those cheessy 'Dallas' style portait parades where you get and endless cascade of mugshots of Hollywoods latest emetic of grinning idiots set to some stupid piece of upbeat optimistic music. As such DLM is the perfect contract.

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*=except for about 1/2 a second of George in the last shot.

Skitbra

Get Smart! Remember that. Classic

is_that_so

landser wrote:

best theme tune and intro has to be The Persuaders... starred roger moore and tony curtis. fanatastic sig tune

Sung by Tony Christie of "Is this the way to Amarillo?" fame

airetam_storm

Ugh the X-Files used to scare me when i was wee, but have to give a mention to The OC -California by Phanton Planet me thinks?

pickarooney

I forgot Twin Peaks!

OfflerCrocGod

Daelus wrote:

I also like the opening sequence to 'Batman: The Animated Series'. Batman just looks so cool in it.

Loved that!

p~b

sopranos - its just cool and a whopper theme tune

that 70's show - its fun and great tune

bread - great tune

fresh prince of bel-air - brilliant song

Elmo

Cagney And Lacey

Hill Street Blues

OFDM

Skitbra wrote:

Get Smart! Remember that. Classic

Very good but the best ever has to be:

The A-Team (Seasons 1-3, they messed it up in season 4)

"In 1972 a crack commando unit..."
Great intro music and it had Face Man looking at a Cylon as if he recognised it from being Starbuck in Battlestar Galactica.

Harry2001

mike65 wrote:

THE EQUALIZER Okay not a great series really but I love the opening sequence as it climaxes with the man himself backlit in the dark.



http://www.80stvthemes.com/ra/121999/EQUALIZER.ra

Mike.

Classic alright!, wasn't it Stewart Copeland from the Police that did that one?

JBoyle4eva

I think that the show I love hearing every time it starts is Will & Grace. I love the music to it.

I think Futurama is THE BEST intro sequence ever. It's just so fast that you still don't remember everything that's happening even after watching it so many times.

cashback

Cheers - Gives me a warm nostalgic feeling whenever I hear it.
"Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got.
Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot."

Cagney and Lacey too. Heard on the current Kelloggs ad with William Shatner.

Xcom2

The opening for the pilot episode of Buck rogers in the 25th century is sheer class!

Then again the regular opening is pretty good too!


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Zaph

A few more classics:

M*A*S*H - helicopters coming in over the mountains and classic music

The Dukes of Hazzard - you just know the film isn't going to be as good

Hawaii-Five-O - showing my age a bit now, but one of the all time great theme tunes

R0ot

Red Dwarf
A-Team
Babylon 5

the_syco

JAG
NCIS
A-Team
Megas XLR

weemcd

im shocked how few people have mentioned the a-team
Samurai Jack
Angel
Dark Angel if i remember it correctly

My favourite has to go to "borat's television program" tho.

mike65

Harry2001 wrote:

Classic alright!, wasn't it Stewart Copeland from the Police that did that one?

Twas indeed, he's carved out a decent career in TV and film music plus a bit of opera.

Mike.

Telefís

Don't forget the pre-1999 Late Late sig tune - even if it wasn't original it's still a classic. Still get the odd shiver when I hear the deep booms

Mossy Monk

another one which is memorable is Baywatch.

did Hasselhoff actually sing on it?

also
McGuyver
Knight Rider
The A-Team
Law & Order (not the new crappy one)
24 (i like the lack of music and the fact it is really short and pretty much goes straight into it)
The Sunday Game (not the newest one)
MOTD
Wonder Woman
The Shield (i like the way it just bursts into the music about 7 minutes into the show)
would the theme music from Scarface count pure class all the way

YeatsCounty

Mossy Monk wrote:

McGuyver
Knight Rider
The A-Team
24
The Sunday Game (not the newest one)

Got to include Red Dwarf (the closing theme and the intro for the first two series - great!

And you can't forget the theme tune from the 1960's Batman!

tvnutz

I forgot about Without a trace,was watching it last night and the opening sequence is very well done,the music is very good as well.

Dun

Was always partial to the Alias intro theme, but the one that always used to get me the most (when I was a wee lad) were the intro to Ulysees and especially the Mysterious Cities of Gold.