Great tv theme tunes

[jayne lee wilson]

Very taken with the music for this New Series (remind you of a certain...Op.50...?),

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiGd8k55mWk

I thought how much these things can mean to us, for so long......... (70s & 80s series often seemed defined by their themes....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hPj4jthKxQ)

Coupla other recent favourites....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tboa8DeNJs4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3VGKHXpUyc

Feel free to share, popular or rare....

[johncorrigan]

I thought the theme tune for the 'Really Wild Show' was great, jayne.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7fVuf5YBNo

[teamsaint]

It'll be a good 'un that beats this.................

[LMcD]

Very taken with the music for this New Series (remind you of a certain...Op.50...?),

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiGd8k55mWk

I thought how much these things can mean to us, for so long......... (70s & 80s series often seemed defined by their themes....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hPj4jthKxQ)

Coupla other recent favourites....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tboa8DeNJs4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3VGKHXpUyc

Feel free to share, popular or rare....

George Fenton: The Jewel in The Crown
Geoffrey Burgon: Brideshead Revisited and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Pentangle: Light Flight (Take Three Girls)
Carl Davis: The World At War
Lawrie Johnson: The Avengers
Robert Farnon: Secret Army and Colditz
Eric Clapton and Michael Kamen: Edge of Darkness
Vaughan Williams: A Family At War

[Serial_Apologist]

Geoffrey Burgon: Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy (1979)

The closing setting of the Nunc Dimittis must have been one of the first ever pieces of contemporary music to make it into the charts.

[zola]

How about a bit of Jan Hammer ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQDU-2qMre0

[teamsaint]

Here is an entry from the catholics......

[Andrew]

Geoffrey Burgon: Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy (1979)

The closing setting of the Nunc Dimittis must have been one of the first ever pieces of contemporary music to make it into the charts.

Totally agree! I'm a HUGE Le Carré fan and this piece of music is just perfect given the story-line!

[teamsaint]

impossible to choose just one......

[Andrew]

While on the subject, one of my favourite school day TV themes, from the TV series "Freewheelers":

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

Just G-R-E-A-T!

[Petrushka]

Wilfred Joseph's music for the 1964 BBC series The Great War is another memorable theme, once heard, never forgotten. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXvM66TzLFg

Agree with others that the Burgon Nunc Dimittis written for Tinker, Tailor... has to be one of the best TV theme tunes ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqLqJEIq6A8

[teamsaint]

Can't say I ever watched the show, but this is a good old tune.....

[teamsaint]

Horses seem to be inspirational...

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I suppose if you count Vaughan Williams 6 being used for A Family at War, you must be able to include Respighi’s The Birds, Mozart’s Musical Joke, Khachaturian’s Spartacus, Sibelius’s Pelleas & Melisande and many others.

[Andrew]

Given that the programme's been revived and is on later this evening, I've been doing some research into the Van Der Valk theme, better known as "Eye Level" by the Simon Park Orchestra; apparently it was the first T.V. theme to make it to No.1 in the charts. I also realise, having just typed it, that "Eye Level" is probably also the only double palindromic titled record to make No.1!

Clearly this lock-down is driving me more insane than I had realised.....