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.
dayglow
Not exactly in same frame as most others but I love the current opener to "Meet the Press" the compositions triumphant close at opener is something I really like.
While the show isnt my style the song to "True Blood" is pretty cool.
The Dating Game ("Spanish Flea")
Bonanza
Rescue Me ("C'mon, C'mon")
HR Pufnstuf
The Monkees
Fat Albert
There are some really great themes on the list that I like but two from my childhood are : The Lone Ranger (William Tell Overture) and of course Roy Rogers "Happy Trails".
The Bob Newhart Show (the original series), but I was a trumpet player so I have a built in bias.

SportsNight: "Snuffy" Waldron does the theme song, but I've never found a way to buy it...

"Suicide is Painless" (MASH) is a classic.