Author Topic: Theme Songs... (Read 13268 times)

Dbacksfan12 · « **on:** June 16, 2005, 11:14:10 PM »

Some songs don't seem to fit the song they're associated with--such as the 70s "Break the Bank".

Any others?

Don Howard · « **Reply #1 on:** June 16, 2005, 11:17:56 PM »

Tic Tac Dough--the 1990 aberration with the Henry Mancini theme. That should've been saved for The All New Romper Room.
By the way, I disagree about the BtB theme, but we'll be men and live with the disagreement.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #2 on:** June 16, 2005, 11:29:51 PM »

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Jun 16 2005, 10:17 PM\']Tic Tac Dough--the 1990 aberration with the Henry Mancini theme. That should've been saved for The All New Romper Room.
By the way, I disagree about the BtB theme, but we'll be men and live with the disagreement.

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When Karn Feud tried to use the Combs theme, it sounded horribly out of place. And horribly edited.

Neumms · « **Reply #3 on:** June 17, 2005, 12:15:20 AM »

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Jun 16 2005, 10:29 PM\']When Karn Feud tried to use the Combs theme, it sounded horribly out of place. And horribly edited.

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Their usual theme sounds horribly out of place, too.

I agree on BtB being not quite right with a comedy show. Joker's Wild's whistling theme I didn't like either--too chipper for a game based on a slot machine.

DrBear · « **Reply #4 on:** June 17, 2005, 07:07:46 AM »

I always thought the "Split Second" theme (Kennedy version) was an odd one - Vegas showy for the first part (the showing off of the five cars) switching to a rather silly second-half to introduce the show itself. It would have fit better for this fast-paced, hard-question show to have something a bit more dramatic.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #5 on:** June 17, 2005, 07:21:03 AM »

[quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Jun 17 2005, 06:07 AM\']I always thought the "Split Second" theme (Kennedy version) was an odd one - Vegas showy for the first part (the showing off of the five cars) switching to a rather silly second-half to introduce the show itself. It would have fit better for this fast-paced, hard-question show to have something a bit more dramatic.

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I thought most Stan Worth theme songs were pretty strange, esp. "Gambit," and except for "High Rollers," and even that one went into a weird segue.

zachhoran · « **Reply #6 on:** June 17, 2005, 07:53:46 AM »

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I thought most Stan Worth theme songs were pretty strange, esp. "Gambit," and except for "High Rollers," and even that one went into a weird segue.

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Mort Garson composed the 70s Gambit theme. Stan Worth did the Las Vegas Gambit theme(that last show to premiere featuring his music, as he died the next year in a plane crash)

WhammyPower · « **Reply #7 on:** June 17, 2005, 07:57:59 AM »

Monopoly. Sounded like the lady was having sex with someone.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #8 on:** June 17, 2005, 08:04:53 AM »

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jun 17 2005, 06:53 AM\'][quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Jun 17 2005, 06:21 AM\']
I thought most Stan Worth theme songs were pretty strange, esp. "Gambit," and except for "High Rollers," and even that one went into a weird segue.

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Mort Garson composed the 70s Gambit theme.
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Well I stand corrected. It doesn't change the fact that the theme was weird. :-P

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Stan Worth did the Las Vegas Gambit theme

Which must be where my confusion came from.

Ian Wallis · « **Reply #9 on:** June 17, 2005, 08:56:52 AM »

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By the way, I disagree about the BtB theme, but we'll be men and live with the disagreement.

I always liked the '76 "BTB" theme and didn't think it seemed out of place. I especially like the intro to the show, and how they used the various passages of the music to set everything up.

What about "Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour"? I've heard people say it's too "bombastic".

I agree that the Combs theme sounds out of place on the Karn set, but what about other shows which have had more than one theme? "Tattletales" comes to mind - I guess I preferred the '74-78 theme. I don't know why they didn't re-use the theme in '82 since everything else about the show was the same.

Chief-O · « **Reply #10 on:** June 17, 2005, 09:49:08 AM »

I kinda thought the Second Chance theme sounded out of place [at least after the intro part].

WhammyPower · « **Reply #11 on:** June 17, 2005, 10:40:09 AM »

[quote name=\'Chief-O\' date=\'Jun 17 2005, 08:49 AM\']I kinda thought the Second Chance theme sounded out of place [at least after the intro part].

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Kinda like how it doesn't seem to fit with Feud, either.

wschmrdr · « **Reply #12 on:** June 17, 2005, 01:51:43 PM »

I think the current Wheel of Fortune theme song is out of place. There's no catchy tune; what they use now seems more fitting for a big money show, not a "solve the puzzle and win about $20,000" show.

Osmond's Pyramid theme I don't fused too well with the show. The theme they used seemed a bit better for a "run around and win a trip" show, not what has always been a semi-big-money show.

The Price is Right, on the other hand, I would like to compliment. They found the best mix for their primetime rendition of the show.

MCArroyo1 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 17, 2005, 06:43:20 PM »

There's a difference between "out of place" and "crap." I really don't think the Osmond Pyramid theme would've fit well on ANY show...

ilb4ever2000 · « **Reply #14 on:** June 17, 2005, 07:02:09 PM »

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jun 17 2005, 06:53 AM\']Stan Worth did the Las Vegas Gambit theme(that last show to premiere featuring his music, as he died the next year in a plane crash)

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Of course, the Las Vegas Gambit theme is weird because it uses kazoos.

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