Author Topic: Your Favorite/Least Favorite Theme Songs (Read 54287 times)

WhammyPower · « **Reply #15 on:** September 21, 2004, 09:42:42 PM »

Here's my list:

FAVORITES
1) Press Your Luck (catchy!)
2) "Big Wheels" (again, catchy)
3) WinTuition
4) Bullseye*
5) On the Cover (don't ask!)
HONORABLE MENTION: Match Game ('7x)

LEAST FAVORITES
1) Blockbusters '88
2) All Star Blitz
3) Match Game '98
4) Beat the Clock (PAX)
5) Cram
DISHONORABLE MENTION: Balderdash

*For whatever reason, I like the pilot theme better than the series theme.

GS Warehouse · « **Reply #16 on:** September 21, 2004, 09:59:41 PM »

[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' date=\'Sep 21 2004, 09:42 PM\'] 4) American Gladiators [first version] (Surprised nobody's mentioned this one yet!) [/quote]
I like that Bill Conti theme, but for some reason, Dan Milner's 1993 rerecording is just below it. That said, here's my list, in alphabetical order: Double Dare (1986 arrangement), Fun House, Press Your Luck, Super Password, and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?. Honorable mention: "Changing Keys" (1989 arrangement).

JayC · « **Reply #17 on:** September 21, 2004, 10:01:47 PM »

Favorites- Wheel 89 and The Price is Right
Least favorites- Osmond Pyramid and H2

Don Howard · « **Reply #18 on:** September 21, 2004, 10:18:19 PM »

[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' date=\'Sep 21 2004, 08:42 PM\'] 4) American Gladiators [first version] (Surprised nobody's mentioned this one yet!)
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Probably because it isn't a game show. I like Conti's theme for The Colbys, too, but that's not a game show either. Meanwhile, Face The Nation is a game show. You see it each week on CBS--the network for Columbias.

Now to our original question:

TOP FIVE FAVES

* Break The Bank 1976 edition
* Match Game 1973-82 incarnation
* Whew!
* Card Sharks/Double Dare I recall someone once referred to this theme as "boss"--perfect description
* High Rollers 1987-88 run

IN THE BASEMENT

* Tic Tac Dough 1990 miniseries (about the only Henry Mancini tune I cannot stand)
* Pyramid 2002-2004 Osmond edition (THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!--how long did that take to compose?)
* Whammy! Described by one of our members as looped Casio music--I agree with him/her
* Card Sharks late 80s version. I got reamed for having this opinion a month or so ago. Sorry. I just don't like it.
* Let's Make A Deal 1990 comeback attempt. Yuck.

MAKES ME BURST INTO HYSTERICS

* Beat The Clock Fresh era ("daisy, daisy,....") what the _____?
* Love Me, Love Me Not

urbanpreppie05 · « **Reply #19 on:** September 21, 2004, 10:42:31 PM »

Top Themes

The Price is Right, both the 72 and 94 versions
Press Your Luck
To Tell The Truth 1990
$25,000/ $100,000 Pyramid
$1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime
Double Dare
Dream House
H2- Square Biz
Super Password

Bottom of the barrel
Pyramid- the "blips" part. The theme starts off fine, but then it just goes into some random sounds and just goes all wrong.
Scrabble 93'-Cheezy
Whammy-liked the show, hated the theme/
WOF- Big Band version #1
Monopoly
All Star Blitz
and...one im sure Ill get flamed for....Card Sharks...perry. Sorry folks, but I never cared for this theme!

SRIV94 · « **Reply #20 on:** September 21, 2004, 11:11:51 PM »

[quote name=\'urbanpreppie05\' date=\'Sep 21 2004, 09:42 PM\'] Top Themes
Double Dare

Bottom of the barrel
and...one im sure Ill get flamed for....Card Sharks...perry. Sorry folks, but I never cared for this theme!
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I won't flame you but I do want to clarify. You did mean Nick/FOX's DOUBLE DARE, yes? Otherwise, the same theme song would show up in your likes and dislikes.

Just making sure.

Doug

urbanpreppie05 · « **Reply #21 on:** September 21, 2004, 11:14:28 PM »

That is correct- I actually like the remix from the Fox Family Nighttime version tho...

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #22 on:** September 21, 2004, 11:17:14 PM »

[quote name=\'urbanpreppie05\' date=\'Sep 21 2004, 09:42 PM\'] and...one im sure Ill get flamed for....Card Sharks...perry. Sorry folks, but I never cared for this theme! [/quote]
I don't think anyone will have a good cause to flame you, because it's your opinion. If someone does flame you, they are a close-minded individual. That said, I'm sure a certain individual will soon inquire as to why you don't like that theme. In addition, I refuse to clairfy why I dislike Price's theme.

mystery7 · « **Reply #23 on:** September 21, 2004, 11:18:49 PM »

Faves:
- Chain Reaction. Surprised I'm the first to mention this one. Love how the escalating strings build tension.
- Jackpot/Shoot For The Stars: Listen carefully and you might hear a little bit of "Oh What A Beautiful Mornin'."
- Password. The post '63 "swing" version I envision Allen and Betty dancing to during the credits.
- Chump Change. Must find a copy of "You've Got It Bad, Girl," the Quincy Jones album it came from.
- Just about any Hal Hidey theme.

Unfaves:
- Tic Tac Dough '90. Yeah, Henry Mancini composed it, but it's just not game show enough.
- What's My Line, post '68 version.
- Go. One of the very few Bob Cobert themes I just didn't like.
- The original LMAD theme. Maybe I'm just too much a product of my generation to appreciate it.
- Trivial Pursuit. Too far out on the EZ-Listening end of the spectrum.

Additions and substitutions may occur, but that's what it looks like at the moment.

Adam Nedeff · « **Reply #24 on:** September 21, 2004, 11:32:34 PM »

Adam's Favorite Themes
1. Super Password

2. Jeopardy! 1978

3. Play the Percentages

4. Whew!

5. Hot Potato

6. Hit Man

7. Split Second (Tom Kennedy version)

Adam's Least Favorite Theme
1. All-Star Blitz

2. Family Feud (current)

3. Wheel of Fortune (current)

4. To Say the Least

5. Three on a Match (the one on the existing episode)

6. The Dating Game (Spanish Flea, unless sung by Homer Simpson)

7. Hollywood Squares (Winkler-produced episodes)

HairMetalLives · « **Reply #25 on:** September 22, 2004, 12:52:51 AM »

FAVORITES (in no particular order):
-"Wheel of Fortune" 1989 & 1992 ('89 moreso than '92)
-"Hollywood Squares" 1986
-"Finders Keerpers"
-"Fun House"
-"Jeopardy!" 1984 & 1991
-"Hot Potato"
-"Price is Right" 1994
-"$100,000 Name that Tune" 1984

LEAST FAVORITES (in no particular order)
-"Wheel of Fortune" ANY of the newer ones
-"Joker's Wild" "The Savers"
-"Family Fued" 1999
-"Whammy!"
-"Lingo" 2002

joshg · « **Reply #26 on:** September 22, 2004, 01:08:25 AM »

***Shameless Plug***

Remember, you can hear some of the themes listed in this thread and more at:

http://www.live365.com/stations/310484

You may resume your surfing now...

Josh

Craig Karlberg · « **Reply #27 on:** September 22, 2004, 05:03:11 AM »

Well. here goes:

From the Top Rung(in no particular order):

Jeopardy!-84 version
Wheel of Fortune("Big Wheels")
Double Dare/Card Sharks '78
The Price Is Right 1972
Hollywood Squares(2nd theme-didn't care for the Silly Song theme there)

At the Bottom:(again in no particular order):

All Star Blitz
Monopoly
The Better Sex

bossjock967 · « **Reply #28 on:** September 22, 2004, 06:52:36 AM »

Since just about everyone else has responded to this... here's mine as well...

Favorites

Blockbusters (Original)
Chain Reaction
Bullseye
Match Game 7x/PM/Syn.
Now You See It (Original)

Non-Favorites

Hot Potato
Whammy!
Russian Roulette
TJW '90
Match Game '98

aaron sica · « **Reply #29 on:** September 22, 2004, 07:01:28 AM »

Favorites:

Match Game '90
Match Game '7X
Family Feud (Dawson/Combs)
Chain Reaction
Face the Music
Tic Tac Dough ('78-'86)

Non-Favorites:

Now You See It
Joker's Wild (Savers)
TPiR '94
Match Game '98

Author Topic: Your Favorite/Least Favorite Theme Songs (Read 54287 times)

GS Warehouse

JayC

HairMetalLives