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Most of the diehards on the forum know the official title names to some of the game show themes we know & love, such as:
Jackpot (Edwards NBC) -- "Jet Set"
$10K Pyramid -- "Tuning Up"
Hollywood Squares -- "Bob & Merril's Theme"
Wheel of Fortune ('75) -- "Big Wheels"
The Joker's Wild ('73) -- "The Savers"
The Match Game ('60s) -- "A Swingin Safari"
Any other well known titles, or rarely known ones? I purposely left out some gimmies (especially if you own any of the Game Show CDs) for others
Themes that are simply called "The <INSERT GAME SHOW NAME HERE> Theme" songs Do Not Count.
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Eye Guess-Sugar Lips. Personality-Struttin with Maria, Love Experts-Spring Rain. Truth or Consequences end theme-Stop Gap. Seven Keys-Everything's Coming Up Roses.
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"Wheel of Fortune" - "Changing Keys"
"Wipeout" - "Peter's Theme"
TJW last CBS theme/early syndie - "Joker's Jive"
"Password All-Stars" - "Bicentennial Funk"
"Break the Bank" '70s - "Hustle the Bank"
"Celebrity Sweepstakes" - "The Stars Come Out"
"Blank Check" - "Hip Check"
-Jason
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Make Me Laugh '79-"Laugh!"
Knockout-"The Big Beat"
Sports Challenge-"Get Back" [yes, it was a remake of the Beatles tune]
Also, as per BMI.com, several of the Dream House cues have names, mostly "In My [insert room name here]".
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[quote name=\'Chief-O\' date=\'Oct 2 2004, 10:05 AM\']Sports Challenge-"Get Back" [yes, it was a remake of the Beatles tune]
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THANK YOU!!!
I had heard that theme on Matt O's game show theme audio tapes that he distributed during GSC4 back in '96; thought it sounded like "Get Back", but wasn't sure.
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[quote name=\'TimK2003\' date=\'Oct 2 2004, 09:34 AM\']Any other well known titles, or rarely known ones? I purposely left out some gimmies (especially if you own any of the Game Show CDs) for others
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This accounts for why nobody mentioned "Chump Change" yet.
Hollywood Squares -- "Bob & Merril's Theme"
The original theme was called "The Silly Song".
Wasn't the title of the Jeopardy! theme something like "A Time for Tony" or a "A Tune for Tony" or something or other?
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early Pantomime Quiz - "Huckleberry Duck" - Raymond Scott
Funny You Should Ask - "Shades" - Pat Williams Orch.
Masquerade Party - 50s - "Galloping Comedians"
Art Linkletter's House Party - "You"
It Could Be You - "Who?" (put them together, you get "you-who")
Big Payoff - "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody"
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Oct 2 2004, 10:24 AM\'][quote name=\'Chief-O\' date=\'Oct 2 2004, 10:05 AM\']Sports Challenge-"Get Back" [yes, it was a remake of the Beatles tune]
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THANK YOU!!!
I had heard that theme on Matt O's game show theme audio tapes that he distributed during GSC4 back in '96; thought it sounded like "Get Back", but wasn't sure.
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I had picked up "Sports Challenge" off one of the Yahoo groups, which is how it got to the Ultraplex, and got the "Get Back" connection pretty quickly. Rather odd comparing the original with a few guitars and drums versus a full orchestra.
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I've been told that "Jeopardy!" '78 was titled "Frisco Disco, so we might be able to add that to the list.
Also, the first theme from Bill Cullen's TPIR was called "The Sixth Finger Tune."
"You Bet Your Life"'s many themes included one called "Hooray for Captain Spaulding."
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[quote name=\'JasonA1\' date=\'Oct 2 2004, 09:54 AM\']TJW last CBS theme/early syndie - "Joker's Jive"
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Really? I always thought The Savers was used on the early syndie shows. ('Course, I've never seen one, so maybe I just can't read.)
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[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' date=\'Oct 2 2004, 01:39 PM\'][quote name=\'JasonA1\' date=\'Oct 2 2004, 09:54 AM\']TJW last CBS theme/early syndie - "Joker's Jive"
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Really? I always thought The Savers was used on the early syndie shows. ('Course, I've never seen one, so maybe I just can't read.)
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You're right -- the first syndie season used "The Savers" as an opening theme and "Joker's Jive" as a closing theme.
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THE GONG SHOW -- "Lovee's Come Back"
And Steve Allen's IGAS used his "This Could Be The Start of Something Big" to open the show (not sure if you want to call that the theme as another music bed played under the closing credits and into the commercial breaks).
Doug -- and the countdown to 700 continues
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The early Truth or Consequences eps. had "Merrily We Roll Along" as the opening theme and "Goodnight Ladies" as the closing theme
Others not mentioned...
1.98 Beauty Pageant- "Ain't She Sweet"
10,000 Pyramid- "Tuning Up"
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[quote name=\'whewfan\' date=\'Oct 2 2004, 04:07 PM\']Others not mentioned...
10,000 Pyramid- "Tuning Up"
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Sorry--the OP mentioned "Tuning Up" in the initial post.
Doug -- and the countdown to 700 continues
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Bergeron HS(1998-2002)-"I Love Hollywood", 2002-04 "Square Biz" AKA "Square This"
Newlywed Game(1988-89)-"Book of Love"
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[quote name=\'Adam Nedeff\' date=\'Oct 2 2004, 11:25 AM\']"You Bet Your Life"'s many themes included one called "Hooray for Captain Spaulding."
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"Spaulding" led into a Jack Meakin composition called "Groucho and the Wolf," and Meakin later took parts of both songs and segued them together for a piece he called "You Betcha Life."
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Jeopardy(Fleming version)--Take Ten(main theme) by Julann Griffin
I've Got a Secret(50s)--Plink, Plank, Plunk by Leroy Anderson
What's My Line(Daly version)--Rollercoaster(closing theme) by Milton DeLugg and Lou Busch
Beat the Clock(50s)--Subway Polka by Harry Geller
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[quote name=\'TimK2003\' date=\'Oct 2 2004, 08:34 AM\']Any other well known titles, or rarely known ones? I purposely left out some gimmies (especially if you own any of the Game Show CDs) for others
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While not a theme, "Struttin' on Sunset" was used frequently on Wheel of Fortune.
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[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Oct 2 2004, 11:53 PM\'][quote name=\'TimK2003\' date=\'Oct 2 2004, 08:34 AM\']Any other well known titles, or rarely known ones? I purposely left out some gimmies (especially if you own any of the Game Show CDs) for others
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While not a theme, "Struttin' on Sunset" was used frequently on Wheel of Fortune.
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For some reason I've always known it as Struttin' on Main Street... but you're probably right.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Oct 2 2004, 06:34 PM\']Bergeron HS(1998-2002)-"I Love Hollywood", 2002-04 "Square Biz" AKA "Square This"
Newlywed Game(1988-89)-"Book of Love"
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Funny that one would mention "Square This." I was listening to station V103 (102.7 in Chicagoland) in the car one evening, and this song played on the radio. It did not take me long to put 2 and 2 together and realize this was the H2 theme. They even mentioned the artist's name, though it now escapes me...
The Inquisitive One
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[quote name=\'TheInquisitiveOne\' date=\'Oct 2 2004, 11:12 PM\'][quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Oct 2 2004, 06:34 PM\']Bergeron HS(1998-2002)-"I Love Hollywood", 2002-04 "Square Biz" AKA "Square This"
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[/quote]Funny that one would mention "Square This." I was listening to station V103 (102.7 in Chicagoland) in the car one evening, and this song played on the radio. It did not take me long to put 2 and 2 together and realize this was the H2 theme. They even mentioned the artist's name, though it now escapes me...[snapback]59396[/snapback]
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Unless I'm completely out of my mind, the title of the theme is "Hollywood Square Biz", based on "Square Biz", both by Teena Marie.
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TTTT (original 50's theme) - "Peter Pan"
-Kevin
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Hot Seat -- "Bumpity Bump" (oh, that Stan Worth)
That one's from that "museum", you know, the one nobody can get into...
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Early WML?: Melody in Moccasins/Rollercoaster
Early IGAS: Plink, Plank, Plunk
The Dating Game: various Herb Alpert tunes, the titles escape me
Didn't New York Concentration use a tune called "Puppet On a String"?
Play Your Hunch: Flagwavers
Original Jeopardy!: Take Ten?
YBYL: Groucho and the Wolf
New York TPIR: Window Shopping?
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[quote name=\'gameshowsteve\' date=\'Oct 3 2004, 02:04 AM\']Unless I'm completely out of my mind, the title of the theme is "Hollywood Square Biz", based on "Square Biz", both by Teena Marie.
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Mental state notwithstanding :) , the label on the CD I have is "Square Biz - final mixes".
I never heard it referred to as "Square This", as someone earlier mentioned.
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[quote name=\'bricon\' date=\'Oct 3 2004, 10:01 AM\']Mental state notwithstanding :) , the label on the CD I have is "Square Biz - final mixes".[/quote]Odd, I'm fairly sure the .mp3 I downloaded from the show's site was titled "Hollywood Square Biz". I'll assume that that title was artificially expanded, instead of yours being abbreviated.
I never heard it referred to as "Square This", as someone earlier mentioned.
"Square This" sounds like "Kiss This Guy" (http://\"http://www.kissthisguy.com/\") for "Square Biz".
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[quote name=\'gameshowsteve\' date=\'Oct 3 2004, 02:04 AM\']Unless I'm completely out of my mind, the title of the theme is "Hollywood Square Biz", based on "Square Biz", both by Teena Marie.
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You'rrrrrrre Riiiiiiiiiiiiight!
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Puppet on a String? No relation to the Sandie Shaw song, I assume?
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As far as the Dating Game goes, the main theme is "The Spanish Flea". There are others but that's what I think it is.
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As far as the Dating Game goes, the main theme is "The Spanish Flea". There are others but that's what I think it is.
"Spanish Flea", and various other Herb Alpert tunes, were all used as cues during the ABC run of the show. The actual theme was just called "The Dating Game". I actually have it on a 45 rpm record, by the Mariachi Brass.
The title for the late '70s closing theme was "Little Rosie".
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Oct 4 2004, 08:51 AM\']
As far as the Dating Game goes, the main theme is "The Spanish Flea". There are others but that's what I think it is.
"Spanish Flea", and various other Herb Alpert tunes, were all used as cues during the ABC run of the show. The actual theme was just called "The Dating Game". I actually have it on a 45 rpm record, by the Mariachi Brass.
The title for the late '70s closing theme was "Little Rosie".
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Just for the record, the three main Herb Alpert tunes used as cues on the Dating Game were:
Whipped Cream (when introducing the girl to ask questions of the bachelors)
Spanish Flea (when introuducing the guy to ask questions of the bachelorettes)
Lollipops and Roses (when introuducing the girl/guy chosen for the date)
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[quote name=\'Bob Zager\' date=\'Oct 4 2004, 10:19 AM\']Whipped Cream (when introducing the girl to ask questions of the bachelors)
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[Chuck Woolery]I wouldn't touch that one with a fork lift.[/CW]
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[quote name=\'JMFabiano\' date=\'Oct 3 2004, 10:27 PM\']Puppet on a String? No relation to the Sandie Shaw song, I assume?
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Relation, I believe--although Milt Kaye's inspiration to use it as the mid-break audience shot cue was probably from Paul Mauriat's instrumental version on the "Blooming Hits" album that yielded that left-field hit 1968 smash "Love is Blue."
Someone once posted that Bob Cobert's 60s "Password" theme was called "Frank's Theme," after Frank Wayne. And *still* Bob Stewart used Cobert for years...
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From ATGS 11/19/98:
>I don't recall what specific music they played, but I do recall the
>sequence, at least during the Clayton era. After a commercial, Wayne Howell
>would plug American Tourister Luggage as its consolation prize over some
>celeste [tinkling organ] and a title card, then Bob Clayton would give a
>kind of 'stay tuned' tag, followed by an audience shot and a supered title
>sequence of the compressed "Concentration" logo, wiped via hand-pulled tab
>to the full-lettered logo, all over some fast organ music before the
>fade-out.
The song used on the mid-point over the audience shot was called, I believe,
"Puppet on a String." A French song, I believe, it's on several instrumental
albums from French artists, including Paul Mauriat's "Blooming Hits," which had
his only American hit "Love is Blue."
Since it's years since I saw the album cover, I hope that Geno or someone else
can confirm and clarify.
Mark Jeffries--I swear on the soul of Dan Enright that these posts are correct.
And from 7/25/99:
Raymond Lefevre--"Soul Coaxing" (includes his rendition of "Puppet
On A String" which was temporarily used midway through the original
"Concentration" over a shot of the studio audience; it was later
replaced by a cheesy studio organist version of the same piece!)
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"Spanish Flea", and various other Herb Alpert tunes, were all used as cues during the ABC run of the show. The actual theme was just called "The Dating Game". I actually have it on a 45 rpm record, by the Mariachi Brass.
The title for the late '70s closing theme was "Little Rosie".
Other cues from the original DG included:
"Fantail" - the piano cue that underscored Jim's pre-game remarks and signature "heeeeeeere they arrrrrrrrrre!" line
"Love Sick" - the time's up cue used for most of the run
"Boston Bust-Out" - played as the bachelor and bachelorette met face-to-face for the 1st time
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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"Fantail" - the piano cue that underscored Jim's pre-game remarks and signature "heeeeeeere they arrrrrrrrrre!" line
That is actually a 1957 recording from Count Basie and his orchestra (appears on his album "The Complete Atomic Basie"). After two twelve-bar piano riffs played in typical style by The Kid from Red Bank, the band takes over. The song was written by Neal Hefti.
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[quote name=\'davemackey\' date=\'Oct 4 2004, 10:15 PM\']
"Fantail" - the piano cue that underscored Jim's pre-game remarks and signature "heeeeeeere they arrrrrrrrrre!" line
That is actually a 1957 recording from Count Basie and his orchestra (appears on his album "The Complete Atomic Basie"). After two twelve-bar piano riffs played in typical style by The Kid from Red Bank, the band takes over. The song was written by Neal Hefti.
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Interesting. If I'm not mistaken, Chuck Barris also had Milton DeLugg meld riffs from two Count Basie compositions ("Jumpin' At [The] Woodside" and "One O'Clock Jump") for Gene Gene to use as his "dance" music. I'm guessing he was a huge fan.
GONG's April 1977 prime-time special featured a priceless moment with Harry James & His Orchestra performing "One O'Clock Jump" as part of a swinging big-band piece.
Doug -- and the countdown to 700 continues
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Oct 2 2004, 08:42 AM\']Personality-Struttin with Maria
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Hey Jimmy,
Are you sure that "Struttin With Maria" was the theme to Personality/Three On A Match? If so, whose version is it?
The reason why I had asked is that I got my hands on a copy of "Struttin With Maria" by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, and when I got it on the turntable, it sounded like nothing of the sort.
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Hey Jimmy,
Are you sure that "Struttin With Maria" was the theme to Personality/Three On A Match? If so, whose version is it?
The reason why I had asked is that I got my hands on a copy of "Struttin With Maria" by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, and when I got it on the turntable, it sounded like nothing of the sort.
It was the original Personality theme, before being replaced by the flute-y Bob Cobert theme used on both shows that you're prolly thinking of.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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Obscure but surprisingly relevant fact of the day: Bob Stewart's "Says Who?" pilot used something called "Horn Duey" by King Richard's Fluegel Knights as its theme.
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[quote name=\'mystery7\' date=\'Nov 29 2004, 07:36 PM\']Obscure but surprisingly relevant fact of the day: Bob Stewart's "Says Who?" pilot used something called "Horn Duey" by King Richard's Fluegel Knights as its theme.
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I just went back through this thread and I don't know if anyone mentioned that "The Parent Game" used as its theme song the instrumental break from Richard Harris' recording of "Macarthur Park".
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I just went back through this thread and I don't know if anyone mentioned that "The Parent Game" used as its theme song the instrumental break from Richard Harris' recording of "Macarthur Park".
I believe that was only on the pilot. The regular episodes featured tracks on the Chuck Barris CD that's floating around - the same pieces of music used on just about every other Barris show throughout the '70s. IIRC, they changed the closing theme part way through the run.
GSN aired just about the whole series during what some people refer to as "The Dark Period".
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EYE GUESS: "Sugar Lips" (Al Hirt)
THE FACE IS FAMILIAR: "Brasilia" (Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass)
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[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Nov 29 2004, 06:02 PM\']
It was the original Personality theme, before being replaced by the flute-y Bob Cobert theme used on both shows that you're prolly thinking of.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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Thanx, Chuck. I had always thought that there was only one theme used, given that the Cobert ditty could pass for a TJB tune (although using the flute part would be a big stretch for Herb's Band).
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Jeopardy: "I'm A Little Teapot"
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Hope nobody's mentioned this..
If I'm not mistaken, the title of the theme currently used on Wheel of Fortune is "Happy Wheel".
There's some creativity for you.
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[quote name=\'T.Q.\' date=\'Feb 11 2005, 10:08 PM\']Hi, i'd like to know who created these pieces of music for the following game shows (courtesy of Museum of Television Production Music)
"Love Sickness" - Dating Game "Times up" Que
"Boston Bust Out" Dating Game, Prize Intro Que
"Be My Host" - Newlywed Game, Prize Intro Que
"American Sundae" - The New Treasure Hunt Que
"Funny Shuffle" - The New Treasure Hunt Que
"Boss Walk" - The New Treasure Hunt Que
"Put It Where You Want It" - The New Treasure Hunt Que
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Most of those were written by Chuck Barris himself--"Put It Where You Want It" was a commercially-released hit single for the Crusaders in 1972, written by Joe Sample and one other member of that band, IIRC--it reached the lower part of the Billboard Top 40 that year and was funky, funky, funky.
It's on their "Best of" album, available from Amazon as an import that also includes their other Top 40 hit, "Street Life" (with a vocal by Randy Crawford, who like Randy Thomas is no boy)--Here's the link (http://\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004SRJO/qid=1108352190/sr=1-19/ref=sr_1_19/104-9147430-8482367?v=glance&s=music\") to get your groove on.
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Feb 13 2005, 11:39 PM\']Most of those were written by Chuck Barris himself--"Put It Where You Want It" was a commercially-released hit single for the Crusaders in 1972, written by Joe Sample and one other member of that band, IIRC--it reached the lower part of the Billboard Top 40 that year and was funky, funky, funky.
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"Put It Where You Want It" is also a longtime favorite of Don Imus, who still pulls it out every so often for commercial bed music. He's been using that music since the old WNBC days, going on some 30 years.
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[quote name=\'davemackey\' date=\'Feb 14 2005, 05:37 AM\']He's been using that music since the old WNBC days, going on some 30 years.
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What part of his act HASN'T he been using since the old WNBC days? :)