TV Guide 50 All-Time Favorite TV Themes

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#TitleArtistLength
1I Love LucyEliot Daniel1:00
2Dragnet
Walter Schumann1:18
3The Honeymooners
Jackie Gleason1:23
4Alfred Hitchcock Presents
recording of:
Theme from “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” (Funeral March of a Marionette)
additional composer:
Lyn Murray
composer:
Charles Gounod
is based on:
Marche funèbre d’une marionnette (Funeral March of a Marionette, original, for piano solo, 1872)
part of:
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (American TV series 1955–1965)
Charles‐François Gounod0:58
5Leave It to BeaverMelvyn Leonard, Mort Greene & Dave Kahn1:23
6Peter Gunn
recording of:
Peter Gunn
lyricist and composer:
Henry Mancini
part of:
Peter Gunn (American TV series 1958–1961)
Henry Mancini0:56
777 Sunset Strip
recording of:
77 Sunset Strip
lyricist:
Mack David
composer:
Jerry Livingston
Mack David & Jerry Livingston1:03
8Maverick
Paul Francis Webster and David Buttolph1:08
9The Flintstones
William Hanna, Joseph Barbera and Hoyt Curtin1:23
10The Andy Griffith Show
instrumental recording of:
The Fishin’ Hole (The Andy Griffith Show theme)
lyricist:
Everett Sloane
composer:
Earle Hagen and Herbert Spencer
Earle Hagen0:54
11The Dick Van Dyke Show
Earle Hagen0:40
12The Addams Family
recording of:
The Addams Family Theme (theme to the 1964 TV series)
lyricist and composer:
Vic Mizzy
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing
part of:
The Addams Family (1964 television soundtrack)
part of:
The Addams Family (1991)
Vic Mizzy1:25
13Gilligan's IslandGeorge Wyle and Sherwood Schwartz1:34
14Batman
recording of:
Batman Theme (Batman, 1966 TV series)
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Neal Hefti
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd.
part of:
Batman (1966 TV series)
Neal Hefti1:11
15The Monkees
Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart0:52
16Bewitched
recording of:
Bewitched (theme from the 60s TV sitcom)
lyricist:
Howard Greenfield
composer:
Jack Keller
Jack Keller & Howard Greenfield1:02
17Mission: Impossible
recording of:
Mission: Impossible
composer:
Lalo Schifrin
publisher:
Famous Music Corp.
part of:
Mission: Impossible III (2006 film soundtrack)
Lalo Schifrin0:54
18Hawaii Five-O
cover recording of:
Hawaii Five‐O
composer:
Morton Stevens
publisher:
EMI Songs and EMI Songs Ltd.
Morton Stevens1:01
19The Brady Bunch
Sherwood Schwartz and Frank DeVol1:01
20Sesame StreetJon Stone, Bruce Hart and Joe Raposo0:58
21The Tonight Show Starring Jonny Carson
Paul Anka1:14
22The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Sonny Curtis0:57
23All in the Family
recording of:
Those Were the Days (theme to All in the Family)
lyricist:
Lee Adams
composer:
Charles Strouse
Charles Strouse0:47
24M*A*S*H
instrumental recording of:
Suicide Is Painless
lyricist:
Mike Altman
composer:
Johnny Mandel
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Twentieth Century Music Corp., WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
Johnny Mandel0:55
25Happy Days
recording of:
Happy Days
lyricist:
Norman Gimbel
composer:
Charles Fox
publisher:
BMG Music and Famous Music Corporation
Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox1:16
26Welcome Back, Kotter
recording of:
Welcome Back (70’s Song by John Sebastian)
lyricist and composer:
John Sebastian
John Sebastian0:57
27The Jeffersons
Jeff Barry and Ja'net DuBois1:10
28Taxi
recording of:
Taxi
composer:
Bob James
Bob James1:06
29The Muppet Show
recording of:
Le muppet show
lyricist:
Jim Henson
composer:
Sam Pottle
recording of:
The Muppet Show Theme
lyricist:
Jim Henson
composer:
Sam Pottle
Sam Pottle1:12
30Laverne & ShirleyNorman Gimbel & Charles Fox1:19
31The Greatest American HeroMike Post & Stephen Geyer1:47
32DallasJerrold Immel1:14
33Hill Street Blues
guitar:
Larry Carlton
recording of:
Hill Street Blues: Theme
composer:
Mike Post
publisher:
MTM Music (in 1984)
Mike Post1:18
34Miami Vice
recording of:
Miami Vice Theme
composer:
Jan Hammer
Jan Hammer1:03
35The Cosby Show
vocals:
Bobby McFerrin
recording of:
The Cosby Show
composer:
Bill Cosby and Stu Gardner
Bill Cosby0:58
36Moonlighting
vocals:
Al Jarreau
recording of:
Moonlighting (theme for the TV show)
lyricist:
Al Jarreau
composer:
Lee Holdridge
Lee Holdridge1:03
37Cheers
vocals:
Gary Portnoy
recording of:
Where Everybody Knows Your Name (theme from Cheers)
writer:
Judy Hart-Angelo and Gary Portnoy
Judy Hart-Angelo & Gary Portnoy1:06
38L.A. Law
recording of:
L.A. Law: Theme
composer:
Mike Post
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd.
Mike Post1:37
39thirtysomething
recording of:
Thirtysomething
composer:
W.G. Snuffy Walden
W.G. "Snuffy" Walden1:11
40The Simpsons
bassoon [1st Bassoon]:
Michael O'Donovan
cello [1st Celli]:
Steve Erdody
clarinet [1st Clarinet]:
James Kanter
double bass [1st Bass]:
Nico Abondolo
flute [1st Flute]:
Jim Walker
harp [1st Harp]:
Katie Kirkpatrick
horn [1st Horn]:
Jim Thatcher
oboe [1st Oboe]:
Leslie Reed
saxophone [1st Sax]:
Dan Higgins
trombone [1st Trombone]:
Charles Loper
trumpet [1st Trumpet]:
Malcolm McNab
tuba [1st Tuba]:
Doug Tornquist
viola [1st Viola]:
Brian Dembow
violin [Principal 2nd]:
Julie Gigante
conductor:
Nick Glennie‐Smith and Blake Neely
concertmaster:
Endre Granat
recording of:
The Simpsons Theme
composer:
Danny Elfman
cover recording of:
The Simpsons Theme
composer:
Danny Elfman
Danny Elfman1:23
41NYPD Blue
recording of:
NYPD Blue: Theme
composer:
Mike Post
Mike Post1:07
42Mad About You
vocals:
Andrew Gold
recording of:
Mad About You
composer:
Paul Reiser and Don Was
Paul Reiser & Don Was1:41
43Friends
performer:
The Rembrandts
recording of:
Friends
lyricist:
Allee Willis
additional composer:
David Crane, Marta Kauffman, Phil Solem and Danny Wilde
composer:
Michael Skloff
Michael Skloff0:51
44Law & Order
recording of:
Law & Order
composer:
Mike Post
Mike Post1:23
45Ally McBeal
performer:
Vonda Shepard
recording of:
Ally McBeal
composer:
Vonda Shepard
Vonda Shepard1:02
46Sex and the CityDouglas J. Cuomo0:43
47The Practice
Jon Hassell and Pete Scaturro0:48
48Malcolm in the Middle
They Might Be Giants0:36
49Alias
J.J. Abrams0:30
50Six Feet Under
recording of:
Six Feet Under
composer:
Thomas Newman
Thomas Newman1:34