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What is your favorite tv theme song/composition?

Since many on Audiogon are baby boomers television must have been a big part of your childhood. In grade school my mother allowed me to stay up until 10pm to watch Barnaby Jones. She knew I wouldn't make it past the great Jerry Goldsmith theme. My current favorite is the dark and haunting John Rubinstein composition for the ABC drama Family.
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magfan
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I just LOVE that little ditty played on Jeopardy when the contestants are writing (or not) the 'final answer'.

Just kidding.
madhf
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One for Johnny Cash; "The Rebel"
dayglow OP
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Many great posts!!! Chico and the Man-Room 222-Streets of San Francisco-The Waltons-Maude have received none or a few votes? I agree that Hawaii Five-0 and Mission Impossible should be on everyone's top ten list.
martykl
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Drew Carey used "5 O'Clock World" for a while. Obviously not an original, but a tune for the ages. Those opening choreographed scenes were IMHO the best part of a very good sitcom.

Marty
baka1969
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Twilight Zone
orpheus10
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Peter Gunn.
donjr
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'Chico and the Man' was probably the best in the history of television. It was real music.
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mapman
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That music they used to play on Lost In Space during suspense sequences like just before Dr. Smith bumped into some "horrid creature" unexpectedly.
dhl93449
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Theme from "Hill Street Blues", S Boccho predecessor to NYPD blues.

How about two real oldies, Theme from "the Prisoner" and "Secret Agent Man"

Theme from Damages
offskooring
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best ever imo
metro04
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Here's a couple of high-energy 70's tunes from youtube. There's several versions/quality of SOSF, but the first 60 seconds of this one sounds decent and still conveys all of the tight horns.

Crank the volume!

Streets of San Francisco

UFO

~
blindjim
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"Son's of Guns".... Shelter Me ....by Tab Benoit
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drubin
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"Those Were the Days" from All in the Family . Great lyric.

I loved the theme from Ben Casey.
unsound
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I think this one planted the seed of the love of Jazz for me when I was a wee toddler:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-44zvFjJ8E
metro04
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Youngster or oldster, it's hard not to enjoy this tune:

Route 66

...Or another high energy TV cop show theme Kojak with a great horn section.

...Or maybe a nice extended version of Voyage to the bottom of the sea

...Or even something spooky like Dark Shadows

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mapman
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Rawhide

The virginian

Bonanza
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