I understand where you're coming from and I also lament the death of the opening credit music. I can't say I LOVE a lot of those older credit sequence songs, but I sure do REMEMBER them - which one would THINK should be the end goal. My all-time favorite credit sequence was for The Sopranos - it was long, but I loved watching it every time.
I think the simple, ominous credit for "Lost" was superb and I think the "Sex & the City" credits did a great job setting the tone for the show. Speaking of Mad Men - I really do love their credits. Mad Men seems to be getting into exactly this territory - the origins of the trend away from 'obvious' marketing into something more esoteric. Maybe some of it has to do with the changes in popular music (maybe today's songwriters just don't have the necessary chops that the long-gone tin pan alley types had) - but I imagine its more that marketers - always looking to appeal to the young - fearing that jingles seem ridiculous and dated.
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I have long wondered why modern-day marketers have turned up their noses at 'jingles' for both TV show intros and TV commercials.Ī lot of these jingles from my childhood are lodged in my head as firmly as Christmas Carols - what better way to sell a product or TV show? Considering how large some of these casts and staffs are it’s not inconceivable that someday on a comedy credits will roll all the way through the tag.
One final thought, if you have opening titles then maybe the credits won’t extend so far into the show. Okay, so in no particular order – my ten favorite TV themes. The same amount of time it takes to run a promo for WIPE OUT. When we’re 90 and can’t remember if we put our pants on we’ll still be able to sing the MASH theme and the JEFFERSONS.Īnd ultimately here’s what we’re talking about – twenty more seconds. These ditties are burned into our brains. Hell, more people can sing the lyrics to CHARLES IN CHARGE. I bet more Americans know the wo rds to GILLIGAN’S ISLAND than the Star Spangled Banner. These themes can become part of pop culture. Every city in America, Canada, Australia, and Yemen has a KIIS-FM).
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(WELCOME BACK KOTTER, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, HAWAII 5-0) Think of all the free three minute plugs your show will get when KIIS-FM is playing the shit out of your theme. If only the show was that good.Īn added benefit in this day of synergy and cross promotion is that they can become hit records on their own. That was me with the Drew Carey “Cleveland Rocks” opening. Some people tune in specifically because they LIKE the title sequence. Networks complain that sitcoms are all the same then take away their signature feature.Īnd here’s what they don’t understand - a good theme and opening title sequence ATTRACTS viewers. It would be a little hard to sell that the Monkees were this goofy playful rock band if the extent of their theme was “Hey hey, we’re the Monkees!” America would be saying “Hey hey, so what?” If it premiered today you’d see the logo, an animated glass of beer being filled, and ten seconds of “ Sweet Caroline”. CHEERS wasn’t just a bar, it was the place where everyone knows your name. A good opening title sequence can really set the tone for the show. And I think it does a disservice to the shows and the viewers. They go by so fast you can’t tell the difference between opening titles and vanity production cards. Networks today, so deathly afraid of tune out, have all but eliminated theme songs and opening credits. I wrote about this before but the condition still exists so I'm writing about it again. And that got me thinking – I MISS TV THEME SONGS. There was an meme going around asking us bloggermeisters to list our favorite TV theme songs.
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