Yeah the visuals of seeing those turn of the 19th century bar-goers was what got me most. I was just old enough to want to be interested in what the grown ups were into. I think I thought Ted Danson was a "cool guy" and I had a crush on Kirstie Alley. Other than being given studio audience ques, I'm not sure I followed any of the plot. In the same vein, I watched Moonlighting because I thought it would make me clever. Looking back I was probably the kind of kid that I would have found annoying.
Believe it or not, I'm walking on air -- I never thought I could feel so free
Flying away on a wing and a prayer -- Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it's just me
On the most sensational inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational
This is what we call the Muppet Show!
If we're going with Star Trek, I have to say TNG season 3 is the one that gets me the most. That little flute soothes my soul. Although I do also have soft spot for the incredibly chill DS9 opening.
Only surpassed as the worst theme song by the season 2 theme song which was then surpassed by the season 3 theme song. I couldn't believe I'd actually miss that original version.
I don't know about best, but I will always watch the intro for the first season of Peacemaker. It is so absolutely ridiculous. The second season opening is good, too, but not quite as classic.
Twin Peaks must be the best one for me. I never got to see it when it was new (too young), but happened to hear the intro music and opening shots before my parents switched the channel. That minute stayed with me till I was in my late teens and bought the show on DVD.
The worst? Maybe Sex and the City, but that's also because I find the main characters self-centred and morally repulsive, which the intro communicates quite efficiently.
This is an absolute banger, but the most shocking thing to me is that not only is it an actual song by an actual band - it is from 2010 and not the ‘80s!
It just hits that era’s vibe so well that I initially thought that James Gunn pulled out some obscure track he listened to while growing up..
If you watch the 1970 M*A*S*H movie that the TV show is based on, they play the full song with vocals. It's actually a really dark song called "Suicide is Painless" and the lyrics are depressing and sad.
That song is both the best and the worst. Best because of the style goes well with the theme. The worst when you know the lyrics of the song that weren't played.
Best: Avatar the Last Airbender (anime). They got across all the world building you’d need to come in at any point without overstaying their welcome or being cheesy.
Is that the "been a long road" one with the blonde Vulcan? It took a Long Time to grow on me; thinking back, though, it really works. You have to really watch the show and be into the lore it presents, etc.
Oh, I’ve watched the hell of that show. Didn’t like it at first (not because of the song; because of Trip), but it grew on me, and now it’s amongst my favourite series (Strange New Worlds #1, Enterprise tied with TNG at #2, Prodigy #3).
That song is fine by itself, but it’s awful as a Star Trek theme. It’s cheesier than ENT’s painfully forced soft-core porn after every away mission.
As long as it’s the original Teardrop track by Massive Attack, and not whatever bastardisation it frequently gets replaced by (Angry Australian noises).
Since the obvious choice has already been mentioned (Firefly), I’ll add Top Gear to the list of best. I haven’t watched it since the Clarkson, Hammond, May days, so I’m not sure if it’s changed. But that intro was great.
I enjoyed all of the variations of the main theme (especially the SUPER extended version in Viagra Falls), and the other thematic ones such as the fantastic rendition by Boys 2 Men and the Bollywood variant.
Babylon 5. I challenge anyone to listen to that intro and not get curious. Also, I think it was the first series to change the intro from season to season.
Taskmaster's is one of the few intros I watch every time. Gets me pumped for every episode.
Curb Your Enthusiasm also may be the perfect fit for the show. Every time I see the HBO static come up before any other HBO show, I hear the CYE theme in my head.
Song of the Bandits The song on the YT video isn't great here imo, but they actually mix it up in the show proper and use different songs. And some really fit the theme.
Dandadan S1 is great, but Creepy Nuts pièce de résistance of intro songs has to be Bling‐Bang‐Bang‐Born from Mashle: Magic and Muscles. That song slaps so hard.
I LOVE Dandadan S1 intro song. I came here to post it. S2 is such a letdown in comparison. I skip most Anime intros because they're usually way too long and usually boring. DDD S1 gets me hype every damn time.
I don't know about the worse but the best for me Star Trek Voyager. The intro song really makes you feel that you're lost far from home, will live various adventures and will eventually return home.
Somehow Voyager does have the best "feeling" intro of the Trek series.
I'll counter that as much as I have learned to accept the reasonings for the theme for 'Enterprise', I still think it might be the worst theme of just about any show ever. And then they added the country twang around season 3...
The S1 intro of White Lotus is so good that I did not like the S3 intro because it was so different. But it really grew on me and now it's my favorite. I'm incredibly bummed that Cristobal won't be back for next season. Apparently Mike White is not a fan of the music and they fought a lot.
I consider the music (not just the intro) to be such an integral part of setting the tone for the show. To the point I am very skeptical next season will be good. I'll probably watch it when I can, but I'm not holding my breath.
Firefly. It's not a great song, but its theme suits the show very well.
Also, although it eludes me now, the opening theme to the Sweden/Denmark Bridge TV series with Sofia Helin. Loved the show, loved the intro, but forget it now.
i also like how fun the peacemaker intros are. protagonists, antagonists, and 1 line characters all dancing together. some you dont even meet until halfway through the season
I feel like this question is invalid with anime not being explicitly included or excluded.
Included, it's simply not fair to anything not anime. I could take the ten, hell, the 25 best anime openings, exclude them, and still be able to post examples that utterly destroy any TV series you could name. It's not hard.
Excluded, it's a lot more fair.
Say what you want about anime animation, but the animators put their best work into the opening. And the music? Anime is to Japanese pop and rock what MTV was to American pop and rock in the 1980s, the hit maker. These songs are reaching international audiences and getting people to check out the rest of their music. Some Japanese bands refuse to use anime for exposure, but a lot of them live and die from it. I think ONE OK ROCK finally relented just to shut people up (and they went with a children's programme, Beyblade X), but a lot of other bands are known because of the anime series people first heard them in.
I'm not saying it because it's good - it's okay - but just to implant the song in your head.
You're already singing it now.
I got implanted one Friday as I was leaving work: I walked past a peer's desk and he sang the words, "There's a voice...", and I was earwormed for 3 months.
So many comments for best, I feel like we need some more tip-ins for worst (mainly because you all stole my best choices, dang it).
One of the absolute worst has to be the weird John Tesh style piano-only intro to ALF. I have no idea how this show stayed on the air as long as it did, though I was absolutely part of the problem by watching it all the time.
Honorary mention to pretty much every ABC family sitcom sitcom from the late 80’s/early 90’s having the same awful formulaic intro with a saxophone and every character facing the camera with their hands on their hips.
When they made Star Trek Enterprise, they kept the tradition of using award winning epic sci-fi orchestral music, then they played it over the closing credits. The intro music was that croaking, bland, boring pop song about faith of the heart or something. What a forgettable show.
For the song alone, the nostalgic side of me cannot not say The Golden Girls doesn't have the absolute best theme song. It's definitely a tie between that and Swat Kats, which would be my pick for best intro sequence, period.
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omgboom@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 67 pts · 355d
Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care cause I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me
njm1314@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 355d
I don't think I've ever skipped it in my life.
whelk@retrolemmy.com · 7 pts · 355d
Our local Browncoats chapter rents out a theater once a year to watch Serenity, and everyone singing along with the song is so glorious
steal_your_face@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 354d
For those curious it's from firefly
https://youtu.be/osPsUFrvrSQ
RohanWillAnswer@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 355d
This was going to be my answer. I’m so glad it’s the top comment.
modern_drift@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 355d
I think it's time we blow this scene
GraniteM@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 355d
Absolutely top-tier opening theme, certainly in contention for best. Definitely all-time best soundtrack, taken as a whole, no contest.
GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 355d
I was afraid I was gonna have to say Tank!, but ya beat me to it, ya beautiful bastard.
Worst is MASH, imho. The intro music is on par with a dose of phenobarbital.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 355d
Suicide is Painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it,
If I please!
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 354d
I got the album with that single. It's good.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 354d
God dammit.
ganksy@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 355d
The Cheers theme song encapsulates a whole region of my childhood brain. I still get chills of nostalgia whenever I hear it.
Also, the theme to Trailer Park Boys builds a particular ball of sadness and nostalgia in my stomach.
leftthegroup@lemmings.world · 4 pts · 355d
ganksy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 354d
Yeah the visuals of seeing those turn of the 19th century bar-goers was what got me most. I was just old enough to want to be interested in what the grown ups were into. I think I thought Ted Danson was a "cool guy" and I had a crush on Kirstie Alley. Other than being given studio audience ques, I'm not sure I followed any of the plot. In the same vein, I watched Moonlighting because I thought it would make me clever. Looking back I was probably the kind of kid that I would have found annoying.
BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 355d
Doctor Who - lots of variants over the years but it's other worldly and really fits the show.
christopher@lemmy.ca · 24 pts · 355d
Knight Rider was a theme I always loved
hansolo@lemmy.today · 22 pts · 355d
Seconding Firefly
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' theme was groundbreaking comedy on TV for the time because it took an internet trend and did the thing
Gilligan's Island is cultural bedrock
So was Friends
Greatest American Hero, a song about a guy forced to have super powers that just wants to be boring. Best part of the show was the song.
The Muppet Show
Fresh Prince
memfree@piefed.social · 11 pts · 355d
Believe it or not, I'm walking on air -- I never thought I could feel so free
Flying away on a wing and a prayer -- Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it's just me
On the most sensational inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational This is what we call the Muppet Show!
baldingpudenda@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 355d
take my love, take my land -- Firefly
shalafi@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 355d
Game of Thrones, hands down. Different every time and focused on where most of the episode would take place.
If we can't agree on that one, then it's Airwolf.
Ilandar@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 355d
It took me an embarrassingly long amount of time to work this out. I really appreciated it once I realised.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 354d
I had to read that fact online.
Pappabosley@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 355d
Had the Airwolf game on commodore 64, that tune was an absolute banger
Makeitstop@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 355d
X-Men, Batman and Gargoyles all have fantastic openings.
I always loved the fact the Game of Thrones opening showed the specific places we would visit in each episode.
Babylon 5 has a different intro each season, and the season three opening in particular hits really hard the first time you get to it.
Brisco County Jr had a theme that was so inspiring, NBC bought the rights to use it for the Olympics.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 355d
🎶 It's been a long road.... 🎵
Makeitstop@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 355d
If we're going with Star Trek, I have to say TNG season 3 is the one that gets me the most. That little flute soothes my soul. Although I do also have soft spot for the incredibly chill DS9 opening.
teft@piefed.social · 4 pts · 355d
Every trek theme is great. My favorite is Voyager's.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 355d
Not Enterprise
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 355d
I though so too but then it grew on me.
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 355d
Like a fungus.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 355d
Stockholm Syndrome
BossDj@piefed.social · 5 pts · 355d
You have to say whether it's for worst or best
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 355d
It's too controversial to state either way.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 355d
🎵 Gettin' from here to there 🎶
reddig33@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 355d
Definitely the worst intro song.
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 355d
Only surpassed as the worst theme song by the season 2 theme song which was then surpassed by the season 3 theme song. I couldn't believe I'd actually miss that original version.
sniggleboots@europe.pub · 21 pts · 355d
The X-Files is iconic
CuriousRefugee@discuss.tchncs.de · 18 pts · 355d
I don't know about best, but I will always watch the intro for the first season of Peacemaker. It is so absolutely ridiculous. The second season opening is good, too, but not quite as classic.
BossDj@piefed.social · 5 pts · 355d
The second season doesn't have the same "new experience" feel, but I love it.
Peacemaker season 1 is my favorite intro of all time. Everyone should watch the first ten minutes of the first episode leading into the intro.
Oka@sopuli.xyz · 18 pts · 355d
Are ya ready kids?!
Chrysanthemum@piefed.social · 7 pts · 355d
aye-aye, Captain!
mastertigurius@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 355d
Twin Peaks must be the best one for me. I never got to see it when it was new (too young), but happened to hear the intro music and opening shots before my parents switched the channel. That minute stayed with me till I was in my late teens and bought the show on DVD.
The worst? Maybe Sex and the City, but that's also because I find the main characters self-centred and morally repulsive, which the intro communicates quite efficiently.
QueenMidna@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 355d
Do you really wanna do you really wanna taste it?
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 355d
This is an absolute banger, but the most shocking thing to me is that not only is it an actual song by an actual band - it is from 2010 and not the ‘80s!
It just hits that era’s vibe so well that I initially thought that James Gunn pulled out some obscure track he listened to while growing up..
QueenMidna@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 355d
Oh shit I had no idea! It's like Steel Panther in that it nails the vibe
bless@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 355d
Season 2 is dope as well. It's the deadpan faces that does it for me
Kory@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 355d
Best: The Expanse Worst: Star Trek Enterprise
DoGeeseSeeGod@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 14 pts · 355d
Ducktales is the best. I scrolled for a while and some how didn't see it posted
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 355d
WHOO-HOO!
ieGod@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 355d
100%
Ilandar@lemmy.today · 13 pts · 355d
FRIENDLY FACES EVERYWHERE
HUMBLE FOLKS WITHOUT TEMPTATION
YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 355d
I love the theme song used for MAS*H.
cobysev@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 355d
If you watch the 1970 M*A*S*H movie that the TV show is based on, they play the full song with vocals. It's actually a really dark song called "Suicide is Painless" and the lyrics are depressing and sad.
Xatolos@reddthat.com · 8 pts · 355d
That song is both the best and the worst. Best because of the style goes well with the theme. The worst when you know the lyrics of the song that weren't played.
PriorityMotif@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 355d
I knew it was bed time when that song started playing.
sudo_shinespark@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 355d
Haven’t seen anyone mention True Detective: S1 yet. Far From Any Road by The Handsome Family
Dexter also had a pretty cool opening sequence. Makes me hungry every time lol
d00phy@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 355d
Buck Roger’s & the original Battlestar Galactica had great orchestral theme songs. I have both as ringtones!
HubertManne@piefed.social · 4 pts · 355d
I still enjoy watching them.
LillyPip@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 355d
Best: Avatar the Last Airbender (anime). They got across all the world building you’d need to come in at any point without overstaying their welcome or being cheesy.
Worst: Star Trek Enterprise. Obviously.
dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 355d
Perfect and succinct work by Mae Whitman. And the music is AMAZING.
LillyPip@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 353d
It is a great song. It’s an awful choice for this context, though.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 354d
Is that the "been a long road" one with the blonde Vulcan? It took a Long Time to grow on me; thinking back, though, it really works. You have to really watch the show and be into the lore it presents, etc.
LillyPip@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 353d
Oh, I’ve watched the hell of that show. Didn’t like it at first (not because of the song; because of Trip), but it grew on me, and now it’s amongst my favourite series (Strange New Worlds #1, Enterprise tied with TNG at #2, Prodigy #3).
That song is fine by itself, but it’s awful as a Star Trek theme. It’s cheesier than ENT’s painfully forced soft-core porn after every away mission.
JustAnotherPodunk@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 355d
House
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 355d
As long as it’s the original Teardrop track by Massive Attack, and not whatever bastardisation it frequently gets replaced by (Angry Australian noises).
yabai@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 355d
Agreed that Teardrop was god tier. Unfortunately though, I read that Massive Attack was never asked permission nor received any royalties for its use.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 354d
The Wikipedia articles for the band, the TV show and the song all do not mention this.
JustAnotherPodunk@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 355d
I didn't know that anyone was replacing the original massive attack intro. What a very silly thing to do.
Davel23@fedia.io · 2 pts · 355d
It's not uncommon for licensed music to be replaced with generic royalty-free music when a show is played outside its original format.
BCsven@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 354d
Luther had a great one too
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 355d
Lol I'm rewatching House right now. The intro is alright I guess.
call_me_xale@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 354d
If you're watching it on a modern streaming platform, you're getting the wrong soundtrack. The original is the incredible Teardrop by Massive Attack
UnderFreyja@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 355d
There's a LOT of great ones, Firefly, Fresh Prince, Scrubs, GOT, Simpsons etc.
One that I cannot stand for some reason is Dexter. I don't know if it's that I saw it too much but god, I hate it with a passion.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 355d
The only good part is him walking away at the end.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 354d
Dexter's good, though. It's sooo sociopathic. You cringe just a little, admit it.
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev · 10 pts · 355d
Darkwing Duck and Wonderfalls always get stuck in my head.
HubertManne@piefed.social · 3 pts · 355d
daring duck of mystery.
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 354d
darkwing duck was good but everyone sleeps on bonkers
RohanWillAnswer@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 355d
Since the obvious choice has already been mentioned (Firefly), I’ll add Top Gear to the list of best. I haven’t watched it since the Clarkson, Hammond, May days, so I’m not sure if it’s changed. But that intro was great.
TownhouseGloryHole@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 355d
Oh, it's cancelled. I don't think they ever recovered from the awful stint with Chris Evans as host.
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 355d
Do musicals count?
Damn, beaten by 6 hours
https://lemmy.ca/comment/18693780
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 355d
When HBO wasn’t run by absolute imbeciles, I honestly believe they greenlit shows based on their intro sequence.
The Sopranos, The Wire, True Blood, True Detective, Game of Thrones, Westworld, Succession, White Lotus. All top tier
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 354d
True blood was a really well-matched song. Rural, twangy, sexy, dark. Excellent choice.
Davel23@fedia.io · 9 pts · 355d
I can't decide between Psych (especially the extended version), Knight Rider, and Airwolf.
Edit: Street Hawk is a banger too.
Edit 2: How could I forget Miami Vice?
dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 355d
I enjoyed all of the variations of the main theme (especially the SUPER extended version in Viagra Falls), and the other thematic ones such as the fantastic rendition by Boys 2 Men and the Bollywood variant.
bonsai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 355d
I don't think I've ever skipped the Expanse intro. The singing always draws me in!
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 355d
Babylon 5. I challenge anyone to listen to that intro and not get curious. Also, I think it was the first series to change the intro from season to season.
King of the Hill is a close second.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 355d
Taskmaster's is one of the few intros I watch every time. Gets me pumped for every episode.
Curb Your Enthusiasm also may be the perfect fit for the show. Every time I see the HBO static come up before any other HBO show, I hear the CYE theme in my head.
Skavau@piefed.social · 7 pts · 355d
For me:
Babylon Berlin intro captures the art, the deco, the decadence and the fear of what the viewer knows is going to come of that time period.
Black Sails just perfect
Raised by Wolves I was hit and miss on this in many ways, but this intro is great - albeit I think slightly misleading as to its overall tone.
Pennyworth I thought S1 was a bit silly, but what an intro.
Warrior
Happiness This is just fun, and fits the show brilliantly
See also isn't bad
Romulus Very vikings-esque
Song of the Bandits The song on the YT video isn't great here imo, but they actually mix it up in the show proper and use different songs. And some really fit the theme.
sittinonatoilet@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 355d
Black Sails is so good
scytale@piefed.zip · 7 pts · 355d
The Leftovers
Dandadan (both S1 and S2 are bangers)
FalcoLombardi1@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 355d
Dandadan S1 is great, but Creepy Nuts pièce de résistance of intro songs has to be Bling‐Bang‐Bang‐Born from Mashle: Magic and Muscles. That song slaps so hard.
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 355d
It's feels llegal that they're not a one hit wonder. It's so good that it's unfair the rest of their stuff is just as good.
jaaake@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 355d
I LOVE Dandadan S1 intro song. I came here to post it. S2 is such a letdown in comparison. I skip most Anime intros because they're usually way too long and usually boring. DDD S1 gets me hype every damn time.
shutz@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 355d
Kinda surprised no one here has mentioned the Barney Miller theme, even though it's pretty old. It's a banging jazz fusion tune.
HubertManne@piefed.social · 4 pts · 355d
that makes me think of the krp outro.
shutz@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 346d
That's another good choice!
grue@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 355d
I get the impression that it's super-obscure these days, but the Perfect Strangers theme is great!
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 355d
If like me, you’re old enough to remember Cousin Balki - then it’s probably time to book in a prostate exam. 🥴
turdburglar@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 355d
thank you for being a friend.
turdburglar@piefed.social · 2 pts · 354d
travelled down the road and back again
CodingCarpenter@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 355d
Someone mentioned peacemaker and I totally agree. But also gangster grass intro to Justified
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 355d
I loves the intro of "dead like me" also that show so perfectly captures the early 2000s soft/smooth aesthetic without even trying.
mereo@piefed.ca · 6 pts · 355d
I don't know about the worse but the best for me Star Trek Voyager. The intro song really makes you feel that you're lost far from home, will live various adventures and will eventually return home.
danglybits27@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 355d
Somehow Voyager does have the best "feeling" intro of the Trek series.
I'll counter that as much as I have learned to accept the reasonings for the theme for 'Enterprise', I still think it might be the worst theme of just about any show ever. And then they added the country twang around season 3...
HubertManne@piefed.social · 3 pts · 355d
nothing beats the voiceover in my head to ds9!
1hitsong@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 354d
Best: Psych, The Adventures of Pete and Pete
LordCrom@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 354d
Nanananananana Nananananananana BatMAN!!!!!!!!
Okokimup@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 354d
141 comments and no one's said Futurama? That song slaps.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 354d
Oh! I have another:
Battlestar Galactica the 2k4 remake.
Not the requiem for a dream one from the miniseries, but the vocal and drums episode intro; although both are good.
I had the drum riff as a ringtone for a while.
DeadPixel@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 355d
Many great classics already mentioned in this thread.
Some newer ones for me…
White Lotus Season 1 (2 & 3 are also good, but I just love the first theme tune): https://youtu.be/l2wj6lJtg_8
Severance: https://youtu.be/NmS3m0OG-Ug
adhocfungus@midwest.social · 4 pts · 355d
The S1 intro of White Lotus is so good that I did not like the S3 intro because it was so different. But it really grew on me and now it's my favorite. I'm incredibly bummed that Cristobal won't be back for next season. Apparently Mike White is not a fan of the music and they fought a lot.
barooboodoo@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 355d
DeadPixel@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 355d
Damn, didn’t know about the falling out. That’s a massive shame for S4!
Know what you mean about the S3 theme tune, it really does grow on you.
Also caught this ad (I think it was actually another version but for the same car) on tv recently & it threw me a bit: https://youtu.be/-N5Kn4-ml8Y
adhocfungus@midwest.social · 2 pts · 355d
I consider the music (not just the intro) to be such an integral part of setting the tone for the show. To the point I am very skeptical next season will be good. I'll probably watch it when I can, but I'm not holding my breath.
DeadPixel@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 354d
That’s a good point, hadn’t considered the music throughout the episodes being so integral. I hope you’re wrong about S4, but fear you maybe right…
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 354d
Firefly. It's not a great song, but its theme suits the show very well.
Also, although it eludes me now, the opening theme to the Sweden/Denmark Bridge TV series with Sofia Helin. Loved the show, loved the intro, but forget it now.
Edit: https://youtu.be/0A1r9Jk9UC8 'hollow talk'
memfree@piefed.social · 4 pts · 355d
The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
He's a one boy cuddly toy, my up, my down, my pride and joy
Welcome Back, Kotter
Yeah. we tease him a lot 'cause we got him on the spot, Welcome back
londos@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 355d
https://youtube.com/watch?v=bebgBmf14TE
https://youtube.com/watch?v=DouX9Ubw-Xw
https://youtube.com/watch?v=UKTNWI0eYJ4
https://youtube.com/watch?v=mrERtikdPus
https://youtube.com/watch?v=gHSFV5IkM5c
https://youtube.com/watch?v=eWQBruXPSBs (fuck kevin sorbo)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=giTNQ1Q9j74 (fuck dean cain)
BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 355d
king of the hill is the best
i also like how fun the peacemaker intros are. protagonists, antagonists, and 1 line characters all dancing together. some you dont even meet until halfway through the season
lemmyknow@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 354d
Best intro? Too Many Cooks. No questions.
Not sure about worst, though. Some are just… uninteresting, I guess
Related: The Lost Art of TV Theme Songs
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 354d
I can't not support Too Many Cooks
lemmyknow@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 353d
🎵 It takes a lot to make a stew 🎵
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 354d
hands down and without a doubt; m.a.s.k.
runner up? ds9 specifically season 1 - especially the premiere pre wormhole reveal.
third runner up? adventures of little koala - especially the japanese version
fourth runner up is david the gnome
worst? TURBO TEEN
whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 354d
I saw darkwing duck and duck tales, count duckula completes the duck trilogy intro songs of greatness
https://youtu.be/g9ZVWMPuZ2c
count_duckula@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 354d
I have to agree.
PolydoreSmith@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 354d
Best: The Sopranos
Worst: The Sopranos
TownhouseGloryHole@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 355d
Best intro song is The Littlest Hobo.
Worst is the Young Sheldon intro.
DeadPixel@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 354d
Wow that’s a blast from the past that briefly made me feel like a little kid again, thanks!
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 355d
I feel like this question is invalid with anime not being explicitly included or excluded.
Included, it's simply not fair to anything not anime. I could take the ten, hell, the 25 best anime openings, exclude them, and still be able to post examples that utterly destroy any TV series you could name. It's not hard.
Excluded, it's a lot more fair.
Say what you want about anime animation, but the animators put their best work into the opening. And the music? Anime is to Japanese pop and rock what MTV was to American pop and rock in the 1980s, the hit maker. These songs are reaching international audiences and getting people to check out the rest of their music. Some Japanese bands refuse to use anime for exposure, but a lot of them live and die from it. I think ONE OK ROCK finally relented just to shut people up (and they went with a children's programme, Beyblade X), but a lot of other bands are known because of the anime series people first heard them in.
It's been 16 years, but one of anime's top-rated series still has an outstanding first opening. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood OP 1 "Again" by YUI
Retreaux@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 355d
I've always been a massive Hologram fan. I NEVER skipped it when watching it even for the 4th time.
insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 354d
Best... The Peacemaker! It comes with a dance.
Widdershins@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 355d
I really like the theme song to ALF
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 355d
All of Crazy Ex Girlfriend's were great
Pappabosley@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 355d
Invincible intro sequence, it's short, but they do so much with it and really use it in meta ways
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 354d
Littlest hobo.
I'm not saying it because it's good - it's okay - but just to implant the song in your head.
You're already singing it now.
I got implanted one Friday as I was leaving work: I walked past a peer's desk and he sang the words, "There's a voice...", and I was earwormed for 3 months.
TheOgreChef@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 354d
So many comments for best, I feel like we need some more tip-ins for worst (mainly because you all stole my best choices, dang it).
One of the absolute worst has to be the weird John Tesh style piano-only intro to ALF. I have no idea how this show stayed on the air as long as it did, though I was absolutely part of the problem by watching it all the time.
Honorary mention to pretty much every ABC family sitcom sitcom from the late 80’s/early 90’s having the same awful formulaic intro with a saxophone and every character facing the camera with their hands on their hips.
UpperBroccoli@feddit.org · 2 pts · 354d
Hey baby, I hear the blues a-callin', tossed salads and scrambled eggs
The sound of hoof beats cross the glade! Good folk, lock up your son and daughter! Beware the deadly flashing blade, unless you want to end up shorter!
WooooWeeeeeeHooooooo HeeeeeeHoooooooWooooooooo
The Unskippable
Acklavidian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 355d
For the best I submit 1990 Bezerker intro: https://youtu.be/evQd6TVa8H4 And outro: https://youtu.be/8MlYBcRr-dU The worst: Most other anime
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 355d
I hate openers. The shorter the better.
inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 355d
Breaking Bad and it's ~5 second intro is easily the best.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 355d
Exactly. Just a still frame title card and some interesting sound is all that necessary.
Will Trent is the best. They just insert an interesting CGI title into the moving shot, and keep going. No interruption at all.
That 3 minute opener for Game of Thrones was abusive.
marius@feddit.org · 2 pts · 355d
Guuummibäääärn
FridaySteve@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 354d
When they made Star Trek Enterprise, they kept the tradition of using award winning epic sci-fi orchestral music, then they played it over the closing credits. The intro music was that croaking, bland, boring pop song about faith of the heart or something. What a forgettable show.
quinkin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 354d
The Goodies
SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 355d
WUN PUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN...
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 354d
Ba-dah ba-dah ba-dah baaaahhh-daaaah!
t_berium@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 355d
Nobody mentioned the absolute banger of Sabre Rider and the Star Sheriffs. You're welcome.
w3ird_sloth@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 355d
Gachiakuta's intro is sick AF.
chiruyuki@ani.social · 1 pts · 354d
For best I'd say daily dose of sunshine. It's so simple, yet so effective for me..
For worst...? Ehhh, not sure rlly
CMDR_Horn@piefed.world · 1 pts · 355d
Interspecies reviewers: best intro
magiccupcake@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 355d
His dark materials has a great visual and song that I think is very underrated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbrGQ1HXIu0
AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 353d
For the song alone, the nostalgic side of me cannot not say The Golden Girls doesn't have the absolute best theme song. It's definitely a tie between that and Swat Kats, which would be my pick for best intro sequence, period.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 354d
Best: Logan's Run
Worst: Anything else
bowreality@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 355d
Best? Pachinko season 1 Worst? Twilight Zone
HubertManne@piefed.social · 4 pts · 355d
oh man so disagree on OG twilight zone.
bowreality@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 355d
Oh it’s so bad 🤣