TV shows and movies musical themes

[Athenayama]

A post by @Jakusotsu just gave me the idea of this thread. I don't know if it has been created already here but I made a quick search and didn't find any.
This is the place where all of you could share your preferred TV shows or film musical themes with or without comments !
It's too late for me to post some now, I'll do it at some point later this week end.

[Jakusotsu]

Oops - sorry - wrong clip in the board - what I was really listening to was this.

[Athenayama]

9 minutes ago, Jakusotsu said:

Oops - sorry - wrong clip in the board - what I was really listening to was this.

You kept it for so long to throw it at my face at some point?? 

Edited December 2, 2022 by Athenayama

[Jakusotsu]

Trust me, you don't really want to know....cheers! 

[Jakusotsu]

But to stay on on the topic I accidentally created, here's one all-time favourite which everybody recognizes by the first piano chord.

[Athenayama]

A first part with TV shows, will probably be followed by others (more will come to my mind for sure), including also movies.
Some scores are also linked to the atmosphere of the episode they're part of so they might not "talk to you" as they do to me. Personal tastes of course.

Oldies :

The Persuaders : here
Centennial : here
Mannix : here
Shogun : here
Magnum : here
Columbo (just one theme I like) : here

Sci Fi :

Battestar Galactica (2004 version), to me the best Sci Fi show ever. So many good themes in the soundtrack. I chose this one inspired by "All Along The Watchtower".
here 1
here 2
Defiance : here

 

[Yamanashi]

I will think some more on this, but the following is a must:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zHTcxVjX0I

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(Theme from Harry's Game)

 

[They also sang one of the best themes from a movie, I Will Find You from Last of the Mohicans]

Edited December 3, 2022 by Yamanashi
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[Jakusotsu]

Undoubtedly their best song which isn't on their best album.

(...oops - we're straying from topic...)

[Akinomaki]

I'm mainly into classical music, and film music for me is the continuation of that, while contemporary classic is no music.

I think I'll post regularly in this thread, e.g. my favorite Bond themes and songs

1. John Barry - On Her Majesty's Secret Service - I guess the version as the film theme song is not allowed here as offensive, so just audio

2. Switching The Body - The John Barry Orchestra (from Thunderball)

3. If There Was A Man - The Pretenders (from The Living Daylights)

4. The Living Daylights - A-Ha

5. Live And Let Die - Paul McCartney & Wings

[Benihana]

Some O.S.T.s i like to listen. Star Wars (Williams AND the newer stuff), Guardians of the Galaxy Awesome Mix, Ghost in the Shell, Interstellar, Pulp Fiction, Heat.

[Sakura]

One of the things I enjoyed about Peter Jackson's take on Lord of The Rings was the soundtrack by Howard Shore.

[Sakura]

 

Not a TV show, but Sid Meier's Civilization series usually has great Music. Civ 4's theme is above (the original theme is in this playlist). I never realised that Christopher Tin actually composed Baba Yetu for Civ 4 and it won a Grammy.

EDIT: Though the Lyrics, I think, are The Lord's Prayer.

I don't have Civ V but I have Civ 6 and the main theme is once again composed by Christopher Tin, but with Lyrics by Leonardo da Vinci. 

 

Edited December 4, 2022 by Sakura

[sumojoann]

My all-time favorite science fiction movie is Blade Runner, the original one from 1982, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford.  The music was composed and performed by Vangelis.  I especially like the music in the end titles. 

 

[Benihana]

10 hours ago, Sakura said:

One of the things I enjoyed about Peter Jackson's take on Lord of The Rings was the soundtrack by Howard Shore.

 

4 hours ago, sumojoann said:

My all-time favorite science fiction movie is Blade Runner, the original one from 1982, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford.  The music was composed and performed by Vangelis.  I especially like the music in the end titles. 

Forgot those two, along with the fabulous TRON:Legacy O.S.T. by Daft Punk.

[Akinomaki]

10 hours ago, Sakura said:

One of the things I enjoyed about Peter Jackson's take on Lord of The Rings was the soundtrack by Howard Shore.

That's one of my favorites, too.

If the music is great, I can watch a film over and over again (if it's short enough, not the trilogy), otherwise once is enough.

One soundtrack that is especially great in this respect for me is that of ROBOCOP

And several by great composers:

- Henry Mancini - Arabesque - my favorite parts: Arabesque - Shower of Paradise - The Zoo Chase

- John Barry - The Black Hole - favorite part: Zero Gravity

 

Even one great piece in a film makes me love it:

- Nino Rota - Romeo and Juliet: What Is A Youth - By Glen Weston

- Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence

 

And a great film with a great opening is the ultimate experience

Fed Zinnemann's A Man for All Seasons, score by Georges Delerue: opening

[Oshirokita]

17 hours ago, Yamanashi said:

I will think some more on this, but the following is a must:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zHTcxVjX0I

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(Theme from Harry's Game)

 

[They also sang one of the best themes from a movie, I Will Find You from Last of the Mohicans]

Yes, love that one.

Another Clannad tv theme (which got me to go down the Clannad and Enya rabbit hole way back when) is 'Robin, the Hooded Man' from the fantasy series Robin of Sherwood.

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BgV6eqKDNKA

 

[sumojoann]

Another one of my faves where you only have to listen to the first 2 notes to instantly identify which movie it's from.  I still remember the day many years ago when the movie first opened in the theaters.  It was playing in the auditorium next door to our auditorium where we were watching a different movie.  Suddenly, we heard blood-curdling screams coming from the audience next door!!!!  Had NEVER heard anything like that, before or since. 

 

[Oshirokita]

As for movie music, one of my favourites is from the 1975 version of Rollerball (do NOT watch the remake!) which includes lots of Classical and other music. The theme of lost love shook me emotionally when I saw this on late, late night tv when I was young, played to Albinoni's Adagio.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dA-f9EntrdU

 

[sumojoann]

8 minutes ago, Oshirokita said:

As for movie music, one of my favourites is from the 1975 version of Rollerball (do NOT watch the remake!) which includes lots of Classical and other music. The theme of lost love shook me emotionally when I saw this on late, late night tv when I was young, played to Albinoni's Adagio.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dA-f9EntrdU

 

Very touching music.  Not a word was spoken by anyone.  The music said it all...

[Oshirokita]

18 hours ago, Yamanashi said:

I will think some more on this, but the following is a must:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zHTcxVjX0I

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(Theme from Harry's Game)

Before Ray Lonnen was in Harry's Game he was a spy in the Sandbaggers tv series. Although the opening theme is iconic, the closing credits theme is even better with its mournful saxophone overlying the motif.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=48wa4eePvVM

 

[Oshirokita]

I won't post them here but two movie soundtracks that I purchased to listen to again and again are:

Basil Pouledoris - Conan the Barbarian (epic)

Alan Silvestri - Predator 2 (underrated)

 

[Jakusotsu]

...and in the same vibe as many of the above: https://youtu.be/CnQm2_cAZvo

[Athenayama]

I will never have enough likes so I just wanted to write that every single post here above deserves one !

[Akinomaki]

Joe Hisaishi's music for the Ghibli anime blockbusters is also among my favorites, especially the soundtracks of these 2, for which the films are also among those I like best

Nausicaä

Mononoke-hime 

About anime I had posted already in another thread, one from Ghibli included

On 29/01/2021 at 08:30, Akinomaki said:

Some of my favorite Anime songs from favorite Anime

Opening 1 from Dragonball, Makafushigi Adventure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJqGirLjQn4

Ending 1 of DBZ, Zenkai Power https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-UCyrqaA3g

Ending of Heisei Tensai Bakabon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYnYXMTp0IA&t=92s

Ending of Majo no takkyuubin (Kiki's delivery service), Yumin: Yasashisa ni tsutsumarete: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8N2qhzfc5E

From Anpanman one always gets the Anpanman march, but I like the other, the Yuuki Rinrin song, of which the original proper short version is hard to find: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei_eBrs6WSk&t=2m18s

And from a minor favorite, I recently found that it is excellent to give you some genki energy, Isao Sasaki: Uchuu Senkan Yamato - speedy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruMKYiLlQxw, powerful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR2Jfo9m7g0, now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIV9bMIF_70

Adding to that the song of the same name  from Tonari no Tottoro (Mika Arisaka)

[Yamanashi]

4 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

Joe Hisaishi's music for the Ghibli anime blockbusters is also among my favorites, especially the soundtracks of these 2, for which the films are also among those I like best

Thanks for the reminder: "Always With Me" from Spirited Away:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBSthP5LTZU