TV themes which groove

[super al]

I'm being lazy not posting the actual music but two theme tunes from the mid 80s I loved

Airwolf and Miami Vice

Miami Vice I still have on 7" single with Crockett's theme on the flip, first introduction to Jan Hammer.

[Cato]

4 minutes ago, JBP said:

Here is another classic, with a great bass part, skip forward to about 54 seconds to get past the gubbins.

More pure cheese... but kinda funky.

 

Pure class.

Reminds me of getting home from school in about 1980 and turning on the telly.

Edited November 27, 2017 by Cato

[JBP]

Just found a live version... make of this what you will !

 

[Cato]

28 minutes ago, JBP said:

Just found a live version... make of this what you will !

 

Awesome, in it's own special way.

Edited November 27, 2017 by Cato

[Paul S]

Go on then.  30 secs in is the reason the adolescent me watched this religiously every week

 

 

[Happy Jack]

Dunno about grooves, but the OTT wah-wah guitar on Yes Prime Minister always seemed about as deliberately inappropriate as you could get.

[Cosmo Valdemar]

14 hours ago, steantval said:

I know, please drop me a line at -

Number 1

Portmerion

Wales

You won't get it!

[Japhet]

How about the original Mission Impossible theme in 5/4 I believe.

 

 

Edited November 27, 2017 by Japhet

[lowdown]

This is the closing credits theme. Just a longer version of the opening titles.

 

 

[lowdown]

Full version (Second series version).

I think this is Carole Kaye on Bass.

 

 

Edited November 27, 2017 by lowdown

[Rumple]

18 hours ago, TheGreek said:

Now that's just not cricket..

 

I have that 45 somewhere, must dig it out.

[barneyg42]

This has to be one of my favourites, the program itself too!!

 

 

Edited November 27, 2017 by barneyg42

[Rumple]

Brooklyn nine-nine it's only short though

 

[JBP]

How come no one has mentioned this yet

?

[lowdown]

1 hour ago, JBP said:

How come no one has mentioned this yet

?

Funny enough I was reading about this the other day. How they sampled the notes (Along with the FX), and how everything was then played on a keyboard.

 

EDIT: Here you go.Interesting little read.

https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/689n7a/how-seinfelds-theme-song-was-created

Edited November 27, 2017 by lowdown

[TheGreek]

2 hours ago, barneyg42 said:

This has to be one of my favourites, the program itself too!!

 

 

As a kid, skateboarding outside the Royal Festival Hall, we had the chance to be in the background while they were filming the opening scene for an episode. Lazy bastards were filming all day to produce a scene which lasted about 15 seconds...so that's where my License fee goes!

[obi 2 kenobi]

the daddy.......

 

 

 

 

[franzbassist]

7 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

...so that's where my License fee goes!

It was on ITV

[JBP]

Wow I had no idea, still kinda groovy though

1 hour ago, lowdown said:

Funny enough I was reading about this the other day. How they sampled the notes (Along with the FX), and how everything was then played on a keyboard.

 

EDIT: Here you go.Interesting little read.

https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/689n7a/how-seinfelds-theme-song-was-created

 

[SH73]

21 hours ago, louisthebass said:

Another one from the 70's:

Oh yeah . Love the wah pedal work.

 

[lowdown]

27 minutes ago, JBP said:

Wow I had no idea, still kinda groovy though

 

Yeah, it’s a pretty cool theme.

Always makes an appearance when these type of threads pop up.

[Bilbo]

My love of Jazz started with TV and radio theme tunes. The links and themes on The Friday Rock Show included the Dixieland Dregs, Al DiMeola,  the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Weather Report's Birdland, Cagney and Lacey, TSOS, Hill Street Blues... The list is endless. 

[fleabag]

I'll 'ave you Butler

 

 

 

[lowdown]

58 minutes ago, Bilbo said:

My love of Jazz started with TV and radio theme tunes. The links and themes on The Friday Rock Show included the Dixieland Dregs, Al DiMeola,  the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Weather Report's Birdland, Cagney and Lacey, TSOS, Hill Street Blues... The list is endless. 

Dave Grusin wrote some great big band/Jazz themed tunes for TV in the late 60's and early 70's.

YouTube 'Dave Grusin TV Themes', plenty of lovely arrangements and tunes from him.

 

 

[JBP]

I don't suppose this really qualifies... but its a laugh