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Billy (1992) ("I've Told Every Little Star") – Sonny Rollins. The Bing Crosby Show "There's More to Life Than Just a Living" (opening theme) and "It All Adds Up to Love" (closing theme) by Bing Crosby. The Bionic Woman – Jerry Fielding. Bizaardvark ("Let's Go Make Some Videos") – Olivia Rodrigo and Madison Hu.
The Help. Jackson. Written by Jerry Leiber and Billy Edd Wheeler. Performed by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. Courtesy of Columbia Nashville. By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing. Sherry. Written by Bob Gaudio. Performed by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons.
Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash. 4m. First song as Eugenia (Emma Stone) drives into town for her job interview. Victory Is Mine. Dorothy Norwood. 40m. All the black people sing this in church. Hallelujah I Love Her So. Ray Charles.
Some hum-along openers spawn chart-topping monsters, such as the Eye Level theme from 70s ITV crime-solver Van der Valk (a UK number one for the Simon Park Orchestra) or reality pioneer Big ...
- Inspector Morse (1987): Barrington Pheloung. Australian-born composer Barry Pheloung’s theme for the wily Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse actually features morse code to honour the character’s name – morse code spelling out M.O.R.S.E.
- The Onedin Line (1971): Aram Khachaturian. The Onedin Line, a 1970-80 drama about a fictional shipping line, uses Soviet and Armenian composer Khachaturian’s ‘Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia’ from the 1954 ballet Spartacus.
- Downton Abbey (2010): John Lunn. Downton Abbey’s theme features a compelling piano melody and response from the strings, and is entirely evocative of the historical drama.
- Game of Thrones (2011): Ramin Djawadi. German composer Ramin Djawadi’s theme for Game of Thrones packs a punch. Its stirring main melody, championed by solo cello and strings, is punctuated by strong percussion and a more reflective woodwind theme that adds a bit of introspection and reflection.
19 hours ago · Coronation Street sent fans a powerful message on Sunday’s episode as its classic theme tune was changed to the sound of a flatlining heartbeat following Gail Platt’s cardiac arrest.
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Jun 29, 2016 · Surprising facts about BBC theme tunes you've heard hundreds of times. Great TV and radio theme tunes become recognisable to us in a way that hardly any other music does, apart from perhaps the ...
