Author Topic: Theme song question (Read 4586 times)

Twentington · « **on:** November 05, 2009, 02:05:42 PM »

I was just watching a 1996 college ep of Wheel of Fortune on YouTube, and I noticed that they opened with a marching-band version of "Changing Keys" (which used the original melody, not the more "stretched out" melody that was already in place by that point), and used some marching band music for the closing. I think they've a fight song-type closing theme for more recent college weeks as well. (Who composed these anyway?)

That got me thinking: are there any other times when a show used a totally different theme and/or music package specifically for a certain "outside the norm" week? The only other example I can think of offhand is The Joker's Wild swiping the Break the Bank '76 theme for the $1,000,000 tournament.

(I suppose you could argue that the "hobba heeba" version of the All Star Blitz theme was the beginning of "Our Music Director Is on Crack Week.")

Chief-O · « **Reply #1 on:** November 05, 2009, 02:43:34 PM »

Not necessarily "totally different" for either case, but TPIR used a redone version of the theme for the Halloween special this past week. Wheel had its theme played by the Radio City Music Hall organists when they did their show there in '88[?].

gameboy2000 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 05, 2009, 02:45:21 PM »

"Debt" also had a marching band playing its theme for College Week.

JasonA1 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 05, 2009, 03:13:34 PM »

Jeopardy uses the Rock & Roll theme as bumpers on certain weeks. Win, Lose or Draw had a separate theme for weeks in Hawaii (which is available on TVPMM).

-Jason

Twentington · « **Reply #4 on:** November 05, 2009, 03:34:53 PM »

[quote name=\'Chief-O\' post=\'229908\' date=\'Nov 5 2009, 02:43 PM\']Wheel had its theme played by the Radio City Music Hall organists when they did their show there in '88[?].[/quote]

Yep, November '88 in fact.

Also, regarding the J! theme, I forgot about that one! They use R&RJ!'s theme during teen weeks usually (such as, um, this week). They've also had the think music played on an organ, sung by the Whiffenpoofs and possibly other variations — and apparently one time, they had a choir sing "Silent Night" instead of the think music!

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #5 on:** November 05, 2009, 04:09:10 PM »

I'm trying to think if "Hollywood Squares" had a different theme for the "Storybook Squares" weeks. I know the intro was different.

Chief-O · « **Reply #6 on:** November 05, 2009, 05:00:11 PM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'229917\' date=\'Nov 5 2009, 03:09 PM\']I'm trying to think if "Hollywood Squares" had a different theme for the "Storybook Squares" weeks. I know the intro was different.[/quote]

For the earlier series, I recall reading that a variation of the "Silly Song" was used. The later series still used "Merrill and Bob's Theme".

DJDustman · « **Reply #7 on:** November 06, 2009, 07:47:27 AM »

For Pep Rally Week on $ale in 1988, they used a marching band version of its main theme for the opening sequence.

WhammyPower · « **Reply #8 on:** November 06, 2009, 12:54:48 PM »

Sounds like we have a marching band version of the GUTS theme in the All-Star Special (after the main intro).

ChuckNet · « **Reply #9 on:** November 06, 2009, 11:19:55 PM »

For its Nov. 88 week of shows from NYC's Central Park, syndie WLoD had a HS marching band playing New York, New York during the closing credits for a coupla shows.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

chad1m · « **Reply #10 on:** November 06, 2009, 11:28:25 PM »

[quote name=\'JasonA1\' post=\'229911\' date=\'Nov 5 2009, 03:13 PM\']Jeopardy uses the Rock & Roll theme as bumpers on certain weeks.[/quote]It's actually the main theme, too, for those weeks, like the ongoing Teen Tournament.

Jumpondees · « **Reply #11 on:** November 06, 2009, 11:33:09 PM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'229917\' date=\'Nov 5 2009, 05:09 PM\']I'm trying to think if "Hollywood Squares" had a different theme for the "Storybook Squares" weeks. I know the intro was different.[/quote]

I think on one of the trips to Radio City Music Hall, the Davidson "Squares" they played their theme using the in-house pipe organ

ChuckNet · « **Reply #12 on:** November 07, 2009, 01:37:17 AM »

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I think on one of the trips to Radio City Music Hall, the Davidson "Squares" they played their theme using the in-house pipe organ

...which reminds me that this was also the case for the 2 wks of shows WoF did there in Nov. 88 (during the opening, anyway).

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

Loogaroo · « **Reply #13 on:** November 07, 2009, 10:44:57 PM »

Lingo altered its theme song for the Hula and Fiesta weeks it did back in '06.

Johnissoevil · « **Reply #14 on:** November 08, 2009, 05:33:04 AM »

On the Karn Feud, they put aside whichever theme they were using regularly for music fitting with the special. I've only noticed this done on O'Hurley's version during Halloween episodes.