32 Theme Tunes 1
A collection of tracks that have been used as theme tunes for radio or TV series. Some started life as album tracks that were subsequently hijacked, usually resulting in a sales boost for the track.
Some were written specifically as themes, but I choose fully developed pieces as far as possible.
There is some electronic music, some rock, jazz, classical (well, sort of) and folk-derived stuff – yes, not only did we going all over the map, I had to buy a bigger map to get it all on…
The tracks are arranged in roughly chronological order, but in some cases the date chosen is that of the show and not the album. And I have been a bit naughty in a couple of cases, choosing cover versions. But very good covers…
I have added links to each of the titles that will take you to information about the shows, and several more, at least one or more are sort of easter eggs…. 🙂
Preshow
| Title | Artists | Album | Year | |
| 101 | Pick Up The Pieces | Average White Band | Volume 8 | 1980 |
| 102 | Get Your Rocks Off | Aviator | Turbulence | 1980 |
| 103 | Stingray – Main Theme (With FX) | Barry Gray | Stingray (Disc 1) | 1963 |
| 104 | Lady | Beck, Bogert & Appice | Beck Bogert & Appice | 1973 |
| 105 | Brain Tap Shuffle | Becker & Fagen | The Collection | 1988 |
| 106 | Blu-Bop | Béla Fleck & The Flecktones | Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo | 1991 |
| 107 | Keyboard Sonata In C Major K. 159 (Scarlatti) | Bela Fleck | Perpetual Motion | 2001 |
| 108 | Mrs. Robinson | Simon & Garfunkel | Bookends | 1968 |
The Show
| 201 | Dick Barton (Devil’s Galop) | BBC Concert Orchestra | BBC Themes | 1946 |
| 202 | Harry Lime Theme (The Third Man) | Anton Karas | Soundtrack | 1949 |
| 203 | The Strange World of Gurney Slade | Max Harris | Soundtrack | 1960 |
| 204 | The Pink Panther Theme | Henry Mancini | The Pink Panther | 1964 |
| 205 | Doctor Who (Original Theme) | Delia Derbyshire | single | 1964 |
| 206 | Tomorrows World | John Dankworth Orchestra | Let’s Slip Away (2009) | 1965 |
| 207 | Paperback Writer | The Beatles | 1962 – 1966 (Red) | 1966 |
| 208 | Blue Veils and Golden Sands | Delia Derbyshire | BBC Radiophonic Music (1971) | 1967 |
| 209 | Light Flight (Theme from ‘Take Three Girls‘) | The Pentangle | Basket of Light | 1967 |
| 210 | Stone Fox Chase | Area Code 615 | Area Code 615 | 1969 |
| 211 | Whole Lotta Love | CCS | Whole Lotta Love ( CCS I ) | 1970 |
| 212 | Won’t Get Fooled Again | The Who | Who’s Next | 1971 |
| 213 | Brother | CCS | CCS II | 1972 |
| 214 | Suicide Is Painless | The Mash / Johnny Mandel | single | 1972 |
| 215 | Journey of the Sorcerer | The Eagles | One Of These Nights | 1975 |
| 216 | The Chain | Fleetwood Mac | Rumours | 1977 |
| 217 | Angela (Theme from ‘Taxi’) | Bob James | Touchdown | 1978 |
| 218 | Theme (Paganini Caprice #24), Variations 1-4 | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Variations | 1978 |
| 219 | Twilight Zone – Twilight Tone | The Manhattan Transfer | Extensions | 1979 |
| 220 | Peter Gunn Theme | Blues Brothers | The Blues Brothers | 1980 |
| 221 | Hill Street Blues | Daniel Caine Orchestra | single | 1981 |
| 222 | Star | Kiki Dee | Perfect Timing | 1981 |
| 223 | Robin (The Hooded Man) | Clannad | Legend | 1984 |
| 224 | Moonlighting | Al Jarreau | Moonlighting: The Television Soundtrack Album | 1987 |
| 225 | Crockett’s Theme | Jan Hammer | Escape from Television | 1987 |
Postshow
| 301 | Echoes | Dave Gilmour, Rick Wright | Remember That Night | 2007 |