Soundtracks and Scores : Iconic TV themes
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"Lonely Man" from THE INCREDIBLE HULK
Joe Harnell wrote "Lonely Man" for THE INCREDIBLE HULK. Several different versions were used in the show and–bizarrely–the most common version doesn't seem to be on Youtube anywhere. Most of what one finds are derived from the very padded and different single release (this is the case with several name-brand tv themes). This one is pretty close. My link lops off the extraneous opening:
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"Lonely Man" from THE INCREDIBLE HULK
This is The Incredible Hulk theme.
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"Please vote to preserve the unique character of Warren…" - Robert Duvall
What you shared is what they played during the closing credits.
"Please vote to preserve the unique character of Warren…" - Robert Duvall
PETER GUNN theme
Henry Mancini's great theme graced Blake Edwards' PETER GUNN for all three seasons of its run in the late '50s/early '60s. The show, which was the first show to feature a detective protagonist created specifically for television, is seldom seen these days, but its theme has been recorded by everyone and used by everyone for just about everything:
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PETER GUNN theme
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PETER GUNN theme
The best!"Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider, is chaos for the fly." - Morticia Addams
HILL STREET BLUES
Mike Post has written a lot of tv themes over the years (many of them will probably turn up here if this thread catches on). One of his most iconic has to be his theme from HILL STREET BLUES:
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I've been searching for the daughter of the Devil himself, I've been searching for an angel in white.
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Definitely! Jan Hammer did a lot of great work on this show. Very time-and-place.
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The Equalizer TV show (original).
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I don't know that one! That's Roger Moore and Tony Curtis?
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This has been done over and over, but in my humble opinion, this is THE TV THEME!
Talk about Iconic!
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Talk about Iconic!
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This has been done over and over, but in my humble opinion, this is THE TV THEME!
Talk about Iconic!
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Talk about Iconic!
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Fasten Your Seatbelts….
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Ron Moore titled an episode of his BATTLESTAR GALACTICA after a line in this song ("Taking A Break From All Your Worries").
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Another of the Great Ones….
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A classic! Morton Stevens created this one in 1968, and CBS used it–various versions of it–for 12 years.
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Here is another great one by Nelson Riddle, the great composer of countless theme songs and soundtracks…
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Ha! I was going to put this one up myself a little later!
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Great minds…. 
How about this one???
I never missed it on Friday nights!
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How about this one???
I never missed it on Friday nights!
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One of the best! Great music, great intro, and those tight blue pants that Jim wore! Hubba-hubba, amiright?
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"Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider, is chaos for the fly." - Morticia Addams
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Not as good as the one who whistled the theme song!
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I use to wake up to that each morning. It was my alarm on my phone!
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No love for The X-Files or Welcome Back Kotter? Am I the only one who likes them? 
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I'm one of those strange people who has never seen The X Files, and while I agree that the Welcome Back Kotter theme is iconic, I was never a big fan of the show. 
That little Horshack guy was kinda cute!
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That little Horshack guy was kinda cute!
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Good choice!
"Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider, is chaos for the fly." - Morticia Addams
"Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider, is chaos for the fly." - Morticia Addams
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John Sebastian's theme for WELCOME BACK, KOTTER actually became a #1 single:
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Yeah! lol. The live-action version of THE TICK from probably 20 years ago had a scene with Dave Foley running around a desk with a cap playing that song. I great up watching THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO but for whatever reason, that goofy-ass moment stuck in my head.
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Iconic TV themes
Gotta start with Lalo Schifrin's MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE theme, which was written to be used during a chase sequence in the M:I series pilot but Bruce Geller loved it so much, it became the show's main theme (and has remained, in various versions, through every iteration of M:I over the decades):
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