One of the more unfortunate disappearances from pop culture is the tie-in soundtrack. Kids these days just don’t know the joy of watching Will Smith stroll straight from the set of his latest summer ...
The post Don’t Skip Intro: The Endangered Tradition of TV Theme Songs appeared first on Consequence. Time to light the lights, get yourself a gun, and go where everybody knows your name: Musically, ...
So, let's imagine that you are a participant in a call-in radio show contest and, in order to receive the prize, you must sing a classic TV show theme song. Confident that you can win, you begin ...
A couple of months ahead of the premiere of “Matlock” on CBS, I went back and revisited episodes of the original legal drama starring Andy Griffith. It ran from 1986 to 1995 and its case-of-the-week ...
One music expert has shared his professional knowledge regarding the iconic Jaws theme song, which continues to be one of the most recognizable music scores of all time. As Jaws celebrates it's 50th ...
There is a tendency to not think of theme music as a “real” song. Though they are some of the most intrinsic and enduring pieces of music, they aren’t songs we often listen to outside of the show they ...
Think about all the iconic TV theme songs you can sing by heart...The Jeffersons, Cheers, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air...the list is endless. But for all the earworms and memorable melodies, you’d be ...
If television shows are a gift, then a good theme song is like the color-coordinated bow on top. Be it jingles made for the show or pre-existing pop songs the producers obtained the rights for, a good ...
In addition to having written for The Post for 26 years, Dave Sheinin is a musician with a background in opera and a songwriter who has released two full-length albums of original music. He recorded ...
There are TV show theme songs that go down in history as some of the most recognizable: The Rembrandts’ I’ll Be There for You for Friends and Where Everybody Knows Your Name from Cheers by Gary ...