robert piepenbrink  | 05 Jun 2017 10:19 a.m. PST |
And to follow up the "favorite TV show" poll, I'd like to suggest THREE polls related to TV theme music:
1. Original Song
2. Original Instrumental (even if someone made up lyrics.)
3. Best Instrumental Music Stolen from Elsewhere.
My nominees?
Original Song: Maverick, Bronco and (sigh) Giligan's Island
Original Instrumental: Wiseguy, Tales of the Gold Monkey, Combat!, Rat Patrol, Remington Steele (first season only) and the NBC Mystery Movie.
Stolen Instrumental: Custer for Garryowen, The Magnificent Seven for guess what, the NBC White Paper for Applachian Spring, and Masterpiece Theater for Mouret "Rondeau."
I suppose there should be a category for Best Stolen Song, but I can't think of one I'd nominate. |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 05 Jun 2017 10:41 a.m. PST |
I'm assuming you didn't see my comment in 1F,so I'll post the link again: TMP link No reason not to have another,though. But I demand that mine run first--I could use the free month! |
| Norman D Landings | 05 Jun 2017 11:20 a.m. PST |
Original Songs: Tony Christie's 'Avenues & Alleyways' from 'The Protectors': YouTube link
Original instrumentals: The Water Margin: YouTube link
Danger Man (UK theme) YouTube link
'Robinson Crusoe': YouTube link
& 'The Virginian': YouTube link
Elmer Bernstein's 'Arthur of the Britons' : YouTube link
Stolen instrumentals: Yakkity Sax, (Benny Hill) What? No, there's no link. You already know it.
The Journey of the Sorceror,(Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) YouTube link Stolen songs: 'Over the Hills & Far Away' (Sharpe) YouTube link |
| robert piepenbrink | 05 Jun 2017 11:42 a.m. PST |
Hafen, you are entirely right. I don't know how I missed it, and clearly you should run first. But do let me point out that I specified songs with lyrics sung on the show specifically to keep out the ghastly invented Star Trek song.
I don't see "Secret Agent Man" (the US version: Johnny Rivers) mentioned anywhere, and it should probably on the list for theme songs. |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 05 Jun 2017 11:57 a.m. PST |
It's in there-- top of page 2. And I tried to keep "non-apearing" lyrics out (believe me,how I tried! This is a major job of cat-herding. As I'm sure you'll see!). I did enjoy some of those crazy post facto songs,though*. *Sammy Davis,Jr singing "Hawaii Five-0" has to be a high (or should that be "low"?) point. And this performance I'd never heard of,of a song I'd never heard of,from a show I'd never heard of: youtu.be/GiPY4KdZ2eQ Anyway,we know what comes of demandimg things of Bill. |
| robert piepenbrink | 05 Jun 2017 12:50 p.m. PST |
We demand nothing of Bill. His site; his rules. But surely as a US-based site, we can peacefully petition for redress of grievances? He won't really send in the cossacks? |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 05 Jun 2017 1:03 p.m. PST |
That's a movie,not TV. And I don't know whether original or stolen: youtu.be/qhvKOMJmTy8 The secret,I guess,is: don't be that Turkish guy |
| Cyrus the Great | 05 Jun 2017 3:56 p.m. PST |
Original Instrumentals: Hawaii Five-0, The Avengers, The X-Files. |
| 14Bore | 05 Jun 2017 4:39 p.m. PST |
Mission Impossible
Rockford Files |
| Cyrus the Great | 05 Jun 2017 4:57 p.m. PST |
Original Instrumental: Twin Peaks. |
 etotheipi  | 25 Jan 2018 5:30 a.m. PST |
I didn't catch this before it ran, but the best TV theme song ever is Invader Zim. It's a tango. |
| Old Contemptibles | 26 Jan 2018 4:50 p.m. PST |
TMP is turning into the Emmys. |
