2005-2007 This is for the Showtime original series. I got a little curious when I saw (and was not familiar with) the Emmy Award-winning theme from the year Prison Break was nominated. So anyway, here goes. The theme song for Masters of Horror was composed by Edward Shearmur, a sought-after British composer who scored for [...]
1997–2007 What an epic show. Yesterday I discussed the theme from Stargate Atlantis, and I mentioned something about Joel Goldsmith not being the one who composed the main title theme. Although that remains a fact, information regarding the title theme song is somewhat confusing and all over the place. But, I did my best, and [...]
2011 I just hope Matt LeBlanc’s and Matthew Perry’s new shows work out—I’m a fan of all things Friends. Anyway, as made semi-obvious above, Episodes is Matt LeBlanc’s new show. It is about a British husband-and-wife writing team who end up in Hollywood. It also airs almost concurrently in Britain (BBC Two) and in the [...]
2010-present Kind of reminds me of the opening to Royal Pains. The opening theme song for The Big C, the Showtime original series starring Laura Linney, is by the band the Leftover Cuties. Nice name. The song is entitled “Game Called Life” and is part of their 2006-release of the same name (an EP). The [...]
2011 This is primarily for the new U.S. television series on Showtime, and partially for the British series—for which the American series is based upon. Anyway, William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum, nice. The opening theme song for Shameless is entitled “The Luck You Got”. It is by the Detroit, Michigan-based band The High Strung. [...]
2009-present From Mrs. Soprano to Nurse Jackie. Theme theme song to Nurse Jackie is an award-winning one. In fact, it is the latest winner (2010) of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music. And it beat some excellent songs at that—the themes from Human Target, Justified, Legend of the Seeker, and Warehouse [...]
The theme song for The Tudors was composed by Trevor Morris, a Canadian composer whose road to success started by working as an assistant to Hans Zimmer. In 2007, he (and his work for this song) won the most coveted award for television themes—the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music. His other [...]
The theme song from United States of Tara was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music last year (2009). It was composed by Tim DeLaughter—former frontman of Tripping Daisy and currently for The Polyphonic Scene. I believe the theme song is untitled, or rather, simply referred to as “United States [...]
The theme song from Weeds (gotta love that show!) is entitled, as the first line suggests, “Little Boxes.” It was written and performed by the late American blues/folk singer, Malvina Reynolds. In the first season, Malvina’s original recording was used. In the second and third seasons, a number of artists including (among others) Linkin Park, [...]