Archive for July, 2009
The Airwolf theme song was composed by Hungarian composer, Sylvester Levay. The theme song was orchestral-based on the first season and early parts of the second season, and was synthesizer-based thereafter (Airwolf lasted for four seasons). Another composer, Udi Harpaz, is also credited as a main composer for the show’s music. A two-CD soundtrack entitled [...]
July 31st, 2009 | Posted in Television | No Comments
Jesus Christ; just because I’m Filipino (which doesn’t make sense because Boys Over Flowers is Korean) The idea came to me when, upon checking this blog’s statistics, I got a referral from someone searching the above keywords. For some reason, a post in this blog combined “boys,” “over” and “flowers,” and was good enough to [...]
July 30th, 2009 | Posted in Television | 5 Comments
Below are two Magnum P.I. intro theme songs. The first one is probably the one most associated as its theme song—the one with the catchy guitar riff. The second one (I think) was the one used for the first few episodes of the first season. As for now I have no further information about the [...]
July 30th, 2009 | Posted in Television | 2 Comments
I can’t seem to find any information regarding this theme song, so, just watch and listen for now, as we hope to come across some useful information in future. About T.J. Hooker T.J. Hooker was an American television series in the 1980s about the day to day adventures of Thomas “T.J.” Hooker, played by William [...]
July 29th, 2009 | Posted in Television | 1 Comment
The Bonanza theme song was written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. Lorne Greene and the cast recorded versions of the song with lyrics. Different variations of the song were used in the show’s fourteen-season run, with the exception of the 12th and the 13th seasons, where a theme song entitled “The Big Bonanza” was [...]
July 28th, 2009 | Posted in Television | No Comments
There is a lot of information circulating the web about the Jeopardy! theme song, in fact, there is a Wikipedia entry about it. However, I’ll try to keep this as short and as succinct as possible, since we are all probably looking for that one very distinct theme song associated worldwide as the Jeopardy! song. [...]
July 27th, 2009 | Posted in Television | No Comments
There are two theme songs associated with Hardcastle and McCormick—“Drive” by David Morgan, and “Back to Back” by Joey Scarbury. “Drive” was used in season one; “Back to Back” was used on the first part of the second season, but was reverted back to “Drive” on the latter parts (second season) because of viewer criticism. [...]
July 25th, 2009 | Posted in Television | 1 Comment
“CHiPs” The theme song from Chips is this sort of disco-themed, synthesizer-led instrumental that plays on the opening highway sequence. The internet does not have any interesting information on how this song came to be, trust me. For now, let’s just thank those who uploaded it into YouTube. Additional “CHiPs,” which stands for California Highway [...]
July 22nd, 2009 | Posted in Television | No Comments
HIMYM theme, wait for it…song! The How I Met Your Mother theme song, the one that goes “pa, pa, pa, pa…” is an excerpt (particularly the last part) from the song “Hey Beautiful” by the band The Solids. Carter Bays and Craig Thomas—creators of How I Met Your Mother, formed the The Solids in the [...]
July 21st, 2009 | Posted in Television | No Comments
Here’s a classic The Love Boat—that 80s ABC series set on a cruise ship—had a theme song of the same name. “The Love Boat” was sang by Jack Jones, an American jazz singer popular in the 1960s. Lyrics were written by Paul Williams and music by Charles Fox. Additional In its last season, a cover [...]
July 18th, 2009 | Posted in Television | No Comments