Guitar-based TV Theme Tunes

Alexlotl

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Roland

This is what started me wanting to play guitar. The realisation that I could play melody and accompaniment at the same time:
https://youtu.be/dXpO7FiYOeE

BigPaulie

guitars4you

Whitecat said:

Bennyboy-UK said:

guitars4you said:

Top Gear - Jessica
Pot Black  - Don’t know its proper name 

Drag Racer

…also off the top of my head…
Red Dwarf
Miami Vice
Ren and Stimpy
The Munsters

There is very little guitar in the Miami Vice theme tune. Jan Hammer loved making his synths sound like they were guitars and for the era he was pretty good at it - but it is probably 98% synthesizer. I think there might be some guitar power chords later on in the tune, but that’s about it. 

OP I’ll add “Beavis & Butthead” to the list. 

I’m led to believe that Jan actually put the output of the synth through an overdrive pedal to further accentuate that voice 

tone1

Da Snooker….

guitars4you

Not a guitar tune but great to learn 

Vision One Theme tune - left bank

working at the moment so can’t post a copy but hoping someone can do it for me 

Ddigger

Surely, it must be this one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yly-2H9IjQw

I never actually saw that programme myself.  Back in day, the regional ITV programming could be very different.

Pabcrane

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - which I think was by a band named Nerf Herder

Batman - the reverby, surfy guitar/bass under the horns

CHRISB50

Mentioned already, Ren and Stimpy was always my favourite

https://youtu.be/OHPmI8x72Rk?si=Ste9CuveUKeN5QMN

elstoof

Friends

guitars4you

Pabcrane said:

Batman - the reverby, surfy guitar/bass under the horns

Try Hawai 5 0 in a similar style as per Brian Setzer

Teflon

This one does it for me. Over 60 years old, and never bettered    http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuK2kcWg7Ok

skullfunkerry

I can't believe we're two pages in and no-one's mentioned The A-Team yet! Okaty, it's not a guitar-based tune strictly speaking, but it has THAT BIT in the middle which I absolutely lived for every weekend

The other one that came to mind was this:

Knight Rider too, although I suspect that might have been synths rather than guitars.

blobb

Bergerac also has some really great guitar incidental music.

This is my favourite guitar theme though, Auf Wiedershen Pet series 2. Back with boys again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVY8dA_6dwc

hollywoodrox

digitalkettle said:

I always loved this one:

This was my first thought awesome programme & music . A lot of 80s tv themes are my fave music . I feel so blessed to have lived through a time . Mike Post did lots of great stuff

hollywoodrox

Whitecat said:

Bennyboy-UK said:

guitars4you said:

Top Gear - Jessica
Pot Black  - Don’t know its proper name 

Drag Racer

…also off the top of my head…
Red Dwarf
Miami Vice
Ren and Stimpy
The Munsters

There is very little guitar in the Miami Vice theme tune. Jan Hammer loved making his synths sound like they were guitars and for the era he was pretty good at it - but it is probably 98% synthesizer. I think there might be some guitar power chords later on in the tune, but that’s about it. 

OP I’ll add “Beavis & Butthead” to the list. 

I’ve got a coup,e of Jan hammer Miami vice albums ,I love that stuff

hollywoodrox

RocknRollDave said:

https://youtu.be/dDDWFBtyA4M?si=utcbwo4v7Jfyo_YE

https://youtu.be/2d9QZFdW8uQ?si=_C6iQ_x8Fptmg5dG

I remember the special Paul McCartney & Wings version for more climactic episodes 

Whitecat

hollywoodrox said:

Whitecat said:

Bennyboy-UK said:

guitars4you said:

Top Gear - Jessica
Pot Black  - Don’t know its proper name 

Drag Racer

…also off the top of my head…
Red Dwarf
Miami Vice
Ren and Stimpy
The Munsters

There is very little guitar in the Miami Vice theme tune. Jan Hammer loved making his synths sound like they were guitars and for the era he was pretty good at it - but it is probably 98% synthesizer. I think there might be some guitar power chords later on in the tune, but that’s about it. 

OP I’ll add “Beavis & Butthead” to the list. 

I’ve got a coup,e of Jan hammer Miami vice albums ,I love that stuff

Oh yeah it’s freakin’ great!!! He was so good at using the tech of the day…

tony99