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Longest Surviving Main Theme Songs...
Jeremy Nelson:
--- Quote from: DYosua on September 26, 2024, 11:12:01 AM ---If we include foreign shows, UK Countdown has been using the same melody for almost 42 consecutive years, with only a couple reorchestrations during that time.
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I'd go a step further and include University Challenge in that list. Same melody and all since 1963, save for seven years from 87 to 94 when it was off the air. I miss the jaunty 1960s/70s version.
Ian Wallis:
--- Quote from: TimK2003 on September 26, 2024, 05:02:01 PM ---Seems like there was an unwritten rule that nearly all 1980's reboots had to use different music.
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For some of them it's too bad - Now You See It resurrects the exact same theme 15 years later, but Tattletales changes their music after just a four-year hiatus. I always thought the '70s music package for Tattletales was stronger.
aaron sica:
--- Quote from: Ian Wallis on September 27, 2024, 12:32:23 AM ---I always thought the '70s music package for Tattletales was stronger.
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I'm just the opposite. The '70s theme sounds like it could have been used on TPiR, but I love the 80s theme for how peppy it is.
Clay Zambo:
--- Quote from: Ian Wallis on September 27, 2024, 12:32:23 AM ---Now You See It resurrects the exact same theme 15 years later, but Tattletales changes their music after just a four-year hiatus. I always thought the '70s music package for Tattletales was stronger.
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I thought that was odd, too, since Tattletales had an almost identical set in both runs. I'm a huge fan of both themes, though. Immense fondness for the 70s tune, particularly the B section. I'd love to hear an orchestral version of the 70s theme, but the 80s is (as the kids say), a bop. (Do the kids, in fact, still say "bop"?)
SuperMatch93:
Usually the say "banger" these days. At least, in my experience.
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