jellodog
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I have so much love for old TV themes.
Most of them were composed by extremely talented and experienced composers and musicians. Many of them were able to experiment and weave together various musical elements that may not have traditionally been used together. But if it weren't for TV, we may never have been able to hear compositions like this.
I'm not sure how much of this is pure nostalgia from growing up in the UK in the late 70s and 80s, and how much is down to the sheer musical inventiveness and joy to be found in them; so perhaps you won't dig them as much as I do. I am convinced that some of them are total earworms. Regardless, I will start off with my absolute favourite.
Space: 1999 (Season 1)
Could this be the best one ever?
How the hell did they do come up with this? It's got everything - full orchestral strings, brass, funky 70's bass and drums + 70s rock guitar - all perfectly blended together and super exciting.
And then...
Space: 1999 (Season 2)
A completely new theme! They broke out the synthesizer and even more orchestration and brass. The must have been thinking that synths are clearly from the future and totally all about space stuff, so they had to have more of that. But kept the full orchestra because Gerry Anderson, obviously. Amazing. Just amazing.
I don't think the Space: 1999 themes are really earworms. They are just pure entertainment from beginning to end.
By the way, not all my favourite TV themes are British. I've got lots of love for North American TV themes too, and we watched many NA TV shows in the UK. I will post some of those.
Most of them were composed by extremely talented and experienced composers and musicians. Many of them were able to experiment and weave together various musical elements that may not have traditionally been used together. But if it weren't for TV, we may never have been able to hear compositions like this.
I'm not sure how much of this is pure nostalgia from growing up in the UK in the late 70s and 80s, and how much is down to the sheer musical inventiveness and joy to be found in them; so perhaps you won't dig them as much as I do. I am convinced that some of them are total earworms. Regardless, I will start off with my absolute favourite.
Space: 1999 (Season 1)
Could this be the best one ever?
How the hell did they do come up with this? It's got everything - full orchestral strings, brass, funky 70's bass and drums + 70s rock guitar - all perfectly blended together and super exciting.
And then...
Space: 1999 (Season 2)
A completely new theme! They broke out the synthesizer and even more orchestration and brass. The must have been thinking that synths are clearly from the future and totally all about space stuff, so they had to have more of that. But kept the full orchestra because Gerry Anderson, obviously. Amazing. Just amazing.
I don't think the Space: 1999 themes are really earworms. They are just pure entertainment from beginning to end.
By the way, not all my favourite TV themes are British. I've got lots of love for North American TV themes too, and we watched many NA TV shows in the UK. I will post some of those.
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