TV Guide 50 All-Time Favorite TV Themes

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Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
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 (French composer)
is based on:
Marche funèbre d’une marionnette (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 (US composer, conductor & arranger)
part of:
Peter Gunn (American TV series 1958–1961)
Henry Mancini0:56
777 Sunset Strip
recording of:
77 Sunset Strip
lyricist:
Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter)
composer:
Jerry Livingston (songwriter)
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 (TV & film composer) and Herbert Spencer (composer and orchestrator)
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
part of:
The Addams Family (1991)
part of:
The Addams Family (1964 television soundtrack)
Vic Mizzy1:25
13Gilligan's IslandGeorge Wyle and Sherwood Schwartz1:34
14Batman
recording of:
Batman Theme (Batman, 1966 TV series)
lyricist and composer:
Neal Hefti
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd.
music quoted on:
Main Title From “The Pink Panther Strikes Again”
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 (pianist & composer)
publisher:
Famous Music Corp. (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
Lalo Schifrin30:54
18Hawaii Five-O
cover recording of:
Hawaii Five‐O
composer:
Morton Stevens
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd.
Morton Stevens31:01
19The Brady Bunch
Sherwood Schwartz and Frank DeVol1:01
20Sesame Street
recording of:
Sesame Street Theme
lyricist:
Bruce Hart (US songwriter), Joe Raposo (piano, composer) and Jon Stone (US writer for Sesame Street)
composer:
Joe Raposo (piano, composer)
publisher:
Stage Harbor Publishing Inc. and Sesame Street Inc. (in 1970)
Jon Stone, Bruce Hart and Joe Raposo30:58
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 (US musical theatre lyricist & librettist)
composer:
Charles Strouse
Charles Strouse0:47
24M*A*S*H
instrumental recording of:
Suicide Is Painless
lyricist:
Mike Altman
composer:
Johnny Mandel (American composer and arranger)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Twentieth Century Music Corp. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Johnny Mandel30:55
25Happy Days
recording of:
Happy Days
lyricist:
Norman Gimbel
composer:
Charles Fox (film/TV composer, also Latin pianist)
Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox31:16
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 (US jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer)
Bob James1:06
29The Muppet Show
recording of:
Le muppet show
lyricist:
Jim Henson (US artist, cartoonist, puppeteer, inventor & filmmaker)
composer:
Sam Pottle
recording of:
The Muppet Show Theme
lyricist:
Jim Henson (US artist, cartoonist, puppeteer, inventor & filmmaker)
composer:
Sam Pottle
Sam Pottle31:12
30Laverne & Shirley
recording of:
Laverne and Shirley
lyricist:
Norman Gimbel
composer:
Charles Fox (film/TV composer, also Latin pianist)
Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox1:19
31The Greatest American HeroMike Post & Stephen Geyer1:47
32DallasJerrold Immel31:14
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 Cosby30:58
36Moonlighting
vocals:
Al Jarreau
recording of:
Moonlighting
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 (American songwriter) 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
recording of:
Simpsons Theme
composer:
Danny Elfman (American singer and score composer)
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 (American comedian, actor, writer, author, and musician) and Don Was
Paul Reiser & Don Was1:41
43Friends
performer:
The Rembrandts
recording of:
Friends
lyricist:
Allee Willis
additional composer:
David Crane (creator of the television sitcom Friends), Marta Kauffman, Phil Solem and Danny Wilde (The Rembrandts, Great Buildings & The Quick)
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 (American score composer)
Thomas Newman1:34