Author Topic: Out Of Place Theme Songs... (Read 8334 times)

TimK2003 · « **Reply #15 on:** October 04, 2006, 09:48:45 PM »

After hearing the complete $128,000 Question Theme and Music Cue composition, at http://gsthemes.tekcities.com, I would have to say that that was overkill....

...As was the use of a live freakin' on-camera orchestra for Maury's "Twenty-One".

Chief-O · « **Reply #16 on:** October 04, 2006, 10:30:23 PM »

I'm on the same wavelength with Alfonzo........"Go" definitely was not meant to be a GS theme period. TTTT's vocal theme did go well with the original psychedelic set, but by '74 [or whatever year they switched to the "blue" set], it was totally out of place.

My picks: Both versions of "Pay Cards".

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #17 on:** October 04, 2006, 11:13:09 PM »

[quote name=\'alfonzos\' post=\'133504\' date=\'Oct 4 2006, 09:27 PM\']
Go's theme sounded as if it belong with a show about the military.[/quote]
As I've mentioned in the past, Go's theme is the theme to my high school students' morning newscasts.
Usually, about halfway through the year, I'll show the new kids an episode to totally freak them out.

davemackey · « **Reply #18 on:** October 04, 2006, 11:33:58 PM »

[quote name=\'Chief-O\' post=\'133508\' date=\'Oct 4 2006, 10:30 PM\']
My picks: Both versions of "Pay Cards".
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The "Pay Cards" theme sounded a little too rinky tink.

And "Super Pay Cards" theme music was not much more than the "Spin-Off" theme with ridiculous horn overdubs.

Ian Wallis · « **Reply #19 on:** October 05, 2006, 08:54:29 AM »

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After hearing the complete $128,000 Question Theme and Music Cue composition, at http://gsthemes.tekcities.com, I would have to say that that was overkill....

I believe the theme on there is from the first season in 1976-77. They redid the theme for '77-78 with more of a disco sound, and it was much better.

Ian Wallis · « **Reply #20 on:** October 05, 2006, 09:04:11 AM »

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I'm on the same wavelength with Alfonzo........"Go" definitely was not meant to be a GS theme period. TTTT's vocal theme did go well with the original psychedelic set, but by '74 [or whatever year they switched to the "blue" set], it was totally out of place.

I've mentioned here in the past that Go and the vocal To Tell the Truth version are two of my least favorite themes. With music being a big part of a game show, if the theme sucks, it can take away from the overall enjoyment of the show.

Having said that, I love the '90s instrumental To Tell the Truth theme!

PYLdude · « **Reply #21 on:** October 05, 2006, 09:19:32 AM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'133515\' date=\'Oct 4 2006, 11:13 PM\']
As I've mentioned in the past, Go's theme is the theme to my high school students' morning newscasts.
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On a sort of similar, yet not really, plane, I used the over-the-top theme to Battlestars in my Acting I class last fall at school. The theme's purpose? I was playing a guy who somehow wound up on his college football team, and I thought, "hey, why not go with the Battlestars theme to come onto the stage with? It kinda sounds like a college fight song." (A lot of people thought it was a good idea, namely the professor, so I guess it all worked out in the end, right?)

DoorNumberFour · « **Reply #22 on:** October 05, 2006, 11:05:58 AM »

Actually, you know what was good?

The theme from "Lohman and Barkley's NameDroppers".

I'm a fan of that old-school horn sound.

The Ol' Guy · « **Reply #23 on:** October 05, 2006, 11:08:38 AM »

I also picked Battlestars - I don't know if the version changed somewhat between the first and second time it was on, but I have the version with the annoying WHOOSH every three seconds or so. Cutting that by 50% or so would have been more tolerable. All Star Blitz's speaking in tongues nonsense and sax riff is a bit over the top for me. It's one of those themes where it exudes an excitement the show itself did not have. And I'm with you on GO.

JasonA1 · « **Reply #24 on:** October 05, 2006, 11:16:16 AM »

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I have the version with the annoying WHOOSH every three seconds or so

That's just for the open - it accompanies each change of celebrity on the screen.

-Jason

uncamark · « **Reply #25 on:** October 05, 2006, 12:29:53 PM »

[quote name=\'JasonA1\' post=\'133549\' date=\'Oct 5 2006, 10:16 AM\']

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I have the version with the annoying WHOOSH every three seconds or so

That's just for the open - it accompanies each change of celebrity on the screen.[/quote]

And thanks to the various enterprises of Rupert Murdoch, has now become one of television's biggest cliches (and movie trailers--in this case even a bigger cliche than Don LaFontaine intoning "in a world...").

JasonA1 · « **Reply #26 on:** October 05, 2006, 01:50:34 PM »

Although to be fair, the "Battlestars" sound was more imitative of a laser zap than the whoosh we hear ad nauseum all over TV now.

-Jason

tvwxman · « **Reply #27 on:** October 05, 2006, 03:20:40 PM »

[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'133545\' date=\'Oct 5 2006, 11:05 AM\']
Actually, you know what was good?

The theme from "Lohman and Barkley's NameDroppers".

I'm a fan of that old-school horn sound.
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Absolutely agreed.....wish I had that theme....

And I'll merge 2 topics together.....I was the one person who voted for them in the best hosts category.

I really enjoyed that show. Mad props to Jamie for discovering it.

alfonzos · « **Reply #28 on:** October 05, 2006, 03:50:48 PM »

The Magnificent Marble Machine's carnival music theme. Yecch!

DrBear · « **Reply #29 on:** October 05, 2006, 04:07:39 PM »

When I got the Game Show Themes CDs, my wife immediately turned thumbs down on the M-Oh!-N-Oh! theme from Monopoly. "You know what they're suggesting!" she said.

Me, I like game show themes with lyrics.

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