List of television theme music
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The following list contains scores or songs which are the primary theme music of a television series or miniseries.
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Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.They are sorted alphabetically by the television series' title. Any themes, scores, or songs which are billed under a different name than their respective television series' title are shown in parentheses, except in cases where they are officially billed as "Theme from [Series' Name]", "[Series' Name] Theme", etc., which are omitted. This list does not include television series' whose broadcast run was less than ten episodes (i.e. a "failed" series) unless officially designated as a television miniseries. In cases where more than one piece of music was used for the main theme during the broadcast run of a television series (Baywatch, Happy Days, Starsky and Hutch, etc.), only the most widely recognized score is referenced.
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[edit] 0 - 9
- 24 - Sean Callery
- The 4400 ("A Place In Time") - Amanda Abizaid
- 7th Heaven - Steve Plunkett
[edit] A - B
- The A-Team - Mike Post and Pete Carpenter
- The Addams Family - Vic Mizzy
- The Adventures of Pete & Pete ("Hey Sandy") - Polaris
- Adventure Time (Island Song) - Ashley Harrison (Singer)
- Airwolf - Sylvester Levay
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Funeral March of a Marionette") - Charles Gounod
- Alice ("There's a New Girl in Town") - Linda Lavin
- All in the Family ("Those Were the Days") - Lee Adams and Charles Strouse
- All That - TLC
- Ally McBeal ("Searchin' My Soul") - Vonda Shepard
- Amazing Stories - John Williams
- American Bandstand ("Bandstand Boogie") - Charles Albertine (alt. version with lyrics by Barry Manilow and Bruce Howard Sussman)
- American Dreams ("Generation") - Emerson Hart
- Angel ("Catharsis of Sufferance" or "Angel Main Theme") - Darling Violetta
- Animaniacs
- Arthur ("Arthur Theme Song") - Ziggy Marley
- Ask The Family ("Acka Raga") - Joe Harriott and John Mayer
- Auf Wiedersehen, Pet ("That's Livin' Alright") - Joe Fagin
- The Avengers - Laurie Johnson
- The Bad Girls Club ("Love Me Or Hate Me") - Lady Sovereign
- Baretta ("Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow") - Dave Grusin and M. Ames Performed By Sammy Davis, Jr.
- Barnaby Jones - Jerry Goldsmith
- Barney Miller - Jack Elliott
- Barney & Friends ("Barney Theme Song"/"Barney is a Dinosaur") - Philip A. Parker; performed by a child chorus (the exact performers are unknown). ("I Love You" (closing song)) - Lee Bernstein; performed by the cast.
- Batman Theme - Neal Hefti
- Battlestar Galactica - Stu Phillips
- Battlestar Galactica (2004) - Bear McCreary
- Baywatch ("I'm Always Here") - Jimi Jamison
- The Benny Hill Show ("Yakety Sax") - Boots Randolph
- The Beverly Hillbillies ("The Ballad of Jed Clampett") - Flatt & Scruggs
- Black Sheep Squadron - Mike Post
- Beverly Hills, 90210 - John E. Davis
- Bewitched - Howard Greenfield and Jack Keller
- The Big Bang Theory ("The History of Everything") - Barenaked Ladies
- Big Love ("God Only Knows") - The Beach Boys
- B. J. and the Bear ("B.J. McKay") - Glen A. Larson; performed by Greg Evigan
- Bleach (*~Asterisk~) - Orange Range
- Bobby's World - John Tesh
- The Bold and the Beautiful ("High Upon This Love") - Jack Alloco and David Kurtz; performed by Dionne Warwick
- Bonanza - Jay Livingston
- Boon ("Hi Ho Silver") - Jim Diamond
- Booker ("Hot in the City") - Billy Idol
- Bosom Buddies ("My Life") - Billy Joel
- The Brady Bunch - Frank De Vol
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - Stu Phillips
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Nerf Herder
[edit] C - D
- Cagney & Lacey - Bill Conti (later arrangement of Conti's theme done by Mark Snow)
- The Carol Burnett Show ("I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together") - Joe Hamilton
- Charles in Charge - David Kurtz, Michael Jacobs, & Al Burton; performed by Shandi Sinnamon
- Charlie's Angels - Jack Elliott
- Charmed ("How Soon Is Now?") - Love Spit Love
- Cheers ("Where Everybody Knows Your Name") - Gary Portnoy
- Chico and the Man - José Feliciano
- CHiPs - John Parker [disambiguation needed
] (season one; season two & onward theme arranged by Alan Silvestri; rejected, un-used theme by Mike Post) - Chuck - ("Short Skirt, Long Jacket") - Cake
- Clueless - ("Ordinary Girl") - China Forbes
- Code Lyoko - ("A World Without Danger") Franck Keller and Ygal Amar
- Code Monkeys ("Code Monkey") - Jonathan Coulton
- Corner Gas ("Not A Lot Goin On") - Northey Valenzuela
- Cops ("Bad Boys") - Inner Circle
- The Cosby Show - Grover Washington, Jr.
- Cowboy Bebop ("Tank!" / "The Real Folk Blues") - Yoko Kanno, performed by The Seatbelts
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ("Who Are You") - The Who
- CSI: Miami ("Won't Get Fooled Again") - The Who
- CSI: NY ("Baba O'Riley") - The Who
- Dad's Army ("Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr. Hitler?") - Bud Flanagan
- Dallas - Jerrold Immel
- Damages ("When I Am Through With You") - The VLA
- Dark Shadows - Robert Cobert
- Dave's World ("You May Be Right") - Billy Joel, performed by Southside Johnny
- Dawson's Creek ("I Don't Want To Wait") - Paula Cole
- Desperate Housewives - Danny Elfman
- A Different World - Aretha Franklin
- Dennis the Menace'
- The Dick Van Dyke Show' - Earle Hagen
- Diff'rent Strokes - Alan Thicke, Al Burton, and Gloria Loring
- Dirty Little Secret ("Dirty Little Secret") - The All-American Rejects
- Doctor Who - Ron Grainer, originally arranged by Delia Derbyshire
- Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest ("Our House") - composed by Madness Performed by cast
- Dog the Bounty Hunter - Ozzy Osbourne
- Doogie Howser, M.D. - Mike Post
- Dragnet - Miklós Rózsa
- Drake & Josh ("I Found a Way") - Drake Bell
- The Drew Carey Show ("Cleveland Rocks") - The Presidents of the United States of America
- The Dukes of Hazzard ("Good Ol' Boys") - Waylon Jennings
- Dynasty - Bill Conti
[edit] E - F
- Early Edition - W. G. Walden
- ECW Hardcore TV ("This is Extreme!") - Harry Slash & The Slashtones
- Ed ("Next Year") - Foo Fighters
- Ed, Edd n Eddy - Patric Caird
- Enterprise ("Faith Of The Heart") - Russell Watson / End Credits piece by Dennis McCarthy
- Empty Nest ("Life Goes On") - John Bettis and George Tipton, performed by Billy Vera
- Entourage ("Superhero") - Jane's Addiction
- The Equalizer - Stewart Copeland
- ER - James Newton Howard
- Everybody Hates Chris - Marcus Miller
- Everybody Loves Raymond - Rick Marotta and Terry Trotter
- The Facts of Life - Gloria Loring
- Falcon Crest - Bill Conti
- The Fall Guy ("The Unknown Stuntman") - Lee Majors
- Fame - Dean Pitchford and Michael Gore
- Family Guy (opening with a parody of the All In The Family theme) - Walter Murphy
- Family Matters ("As Days Go By") - Jesse Frederick
- Family Ties ("Without Us") - Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams
- Farscape - Guy Gross
- Father Ted ("Songs Of Love") - Divine Comedy
- The Film programme ("I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free") - Billy Taylor Trio
- Firefly ("Ballad of Serenity") - Sonny Rhodes
- Flamingo Road - Gerald Fried
- The Flintstones ("Meet The Flintstones") - Hoyt Curtin
- Flipper - Henryk Wars
- Forever Knight - Fred Mollin
- Formula One (BBC) - ("The Chain") - Fleetwood Mac
- Friday the 13th: The Series - Fred Mollin
- Friends ("I'll Be There For You") - The Rembrandts
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
- F Troop - William Lava
- Full House ("Everywhere You Look") - Jesse Frederick
- Futurama - Christopher Tyng
- The F Word - Babybird
[edit] G - H
- Get A Life' ("Stand") - R.E.M.
- Get Smart - Irving Szathmary
- Gilligan's Island ("Ballad of Gilligan's Isle") - Sherwood Schwartz
- Gilmore Girls ("Where You Lead") - performed by Carole King and Louise Goffin
- Gimme a Break! - Nell Carter
- Girlfriends - Angie Stone
- The Golden Girls ("Thank You for Being a Friend") - composed by Andrew Gold, performed by Cindy Fee
- Grandstand ("News Scoop") - Len Stevens
- Grandstand - Keith Mansfield
- The Greatest American Hero ("Believe It or Not") - Joey Scarbury
- Green Acres - composed by Vic Mizzy; performed by Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor
- The Green Hornet ("Flight of the Bumblebee") - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Grey's Anatomy ("Cosy in the Rocket") - Psapp
- Grounded for Life - Ween
- Growing Pains ("As Long As We Got Each Other") - performed by B.J. Thomas and Jennifer Warnes
- Gun ("Happiness is A Warm Gun") - John Lennon and Paul McCartney; performed by U2
- Gunsmoke ("Old Trail") - Rex Koury
- Hannah Montana ("Best of Both Worlds") - Miley Cyrus
- Happy Days - Jerry McClain
- Hardcastle and McCormick ("Drive") - Mike Post and Pete Carpenter
- Have Gun–Will Travel ("Ballad of Paladin") - Johnny Western, Richard Boone, and Sam Rolfe
- Hawaii Five-O - The Ventures
- Higglytown Heroes - ("Here in Higglytown") - They Might Be Giants
- Highlander: The Series ("Princes of the Universe") - Queen
- Hill Street Blues - Mike Post
- The Hills ("Unwritten") - Natasha Bedingfield
- Hogan's Heroes - Jerry Fielding
- How I Met Your Mother ("Hey Beautiful") - The Solids
- House ("Teardrop") - Massive Attack
[edit] I - J
- I Dream of Jeannie - Hugo Montenegro
- I Love Lucy - Eliot Daniel
- I'll Fly Away - W. G. Walden
- iCarly ("Leave It All to Me") - Miranda Cosgrove and Drake Bell
- The Inbetweeners ("Gone Up in Flames") - Morning Runner
- The Incredible Hulk ("The Lonely Man") - Joe Harnell
- Ironside - Quincy Jones0
- The Jeffersons ("Movin' On Up") - Ja'net Dubois
- JAG (TV series) - Bruce Broughton
- Jeopardy! - Merv Griffin
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! - Robert Goulet
- Joan of Arcadia ("One of Us") - Joan Osborne
- John from Cincinnati ("Johnny Appleseed") - Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
- Johnny Staccato ("Staccato's Theme") - Elmer Bernstein
- Just the Ten of Us ("Doin' it the Best I Can") - Bill Medley
[edit] K - L
- KaBlam! ("Skaternity") - The Toasters (affiliated as The Moon Ska Stompers)
- King of the Hill - The Refreshments
- King's Crossing - Jerrold Immel
- Kingdom Hospital ("Worry About You") - Ivy
- Knight Rider - Glen A. Larson and Stu Phillips (later arrangement of theme was done by Don Peake)
- Knots Landing - Jerrold Immel
- Kung Fu - Jim Helms
- The L Word ("The Way That We Live") - Betty
- L.A. Law - Mike Post
- Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County ("Come Clean") - Hilary Duff
- Las Vegas ("A Little Less Conversation") - Elvis Presley (remix by Junkie XL)
- Laverne & Shirley ("Making Our Dreams Come True") - Cyndi Grecco
- Law & Order - Mike Post
- Life As We Know It ("Sooner or Later") - Michael Tolcher
- Life Goes On (A cover of The Beatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da") - Patti LuPone and the rest of the cast
- Lipstick Jungle ("The Bomb") - Bitter:Sweet
- The Lone Ranger ("William Tell Overture") - Gioachino Rossini
- Lost in Space - John Williams
- The Love Boat - Jack Jones
- Love of Life ("The Life That You Love") - Carey Gold
[edit] M - N
- M*A*S*H ("Suicide Is Painless") - Johnny Mandel and Mike Altman
- MacGyver - Randy Edelman
- Mad About You ("Final Frontier") - Ernest Gold
- Magnum, P.I. - Ian Freebairn-Smith (Season 1); Mike Post and Pete Carpenter (remaining seasons)
- Makin' It - David Naughton
- Malcolm in the Middle ("Boss of Me") - They Might Be Giants
- Maniac Mansion - Jane Siberry and Mary Margaret O'Hara
- Married... with Children ("Love and Marriage") - Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen; performed by Frank Sinatra
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show ("Love is All Around") - Sonny Curtis
- Match Game ("A Swingin' Safari") - Billy Vaughn
- Maude ("And Then There's Maude") - Donny Hathaway
- Maverick - David Buttolph
- Melrose Place - Tim Truman
- Miami Vice - Jan Hammer
- The Midnight Special - ("Midnight Special") - Johnny Rivers
- Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers - Ron Wasserman
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - Ron Wasserman
- Mike & Molly ("I See Love") - Keb' Mo'
- MillenniuM - Mark Snow
- Minder ("I Could Be So Good For You") - Dennis Waterman
- Mission: Impossible - Lalo Schifrin
- Mister Ed - Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
- Monday Night Football - Hank Williams, Jr.
- Monk - Jeff Beal
- The Monkees - The Monkees
- Monty Python's Flying Circus ("Liberty Bell March") - John Philip Sousa
- Moonlighting - Al Jarreau
- Mr. Belvedere ("According to Our New Arrival") - Leon Redbone
- The Munsters - Jack Marshall
- Murder, She Wrote - (JB Fletcher's theme) - John Addison
- My Favorite Martian - George Greeley
- My So-Called Life - W. G. Walden
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 - seasons 0-5 Joel Hodgson, seasons 5-10 Michael J. Nelson
- The Nanny ("The Nanny Named Fran") - Ann Hampton Callaway
- NBA on NBC ("Roundball Rock") - John Tesh
- NBC Nightly News ("The Mission") - John Williams
- NCIS (TV series) - Numeriklab
- Newhart - Henry Mancini
- Night Court - Jack Elliott
- La Femme Nikita - Mark Snow
- NYPD Blue - Mike Post
- Nip/Tuck ("A Perfect Lie") - The Engine Room
[edit] O - P
- The O.C. ("California") - Phantom Planet
- The Odd Couple - Neal Hefti
- Oliver Beene ("The Future Is Now") - The Solids
- One Tree Hill ("I Don't Want to Be") - Gavin DeGraw
- The Outer Limits - Mark Mancina
- Party of Five ("Closer To Free") - BoDeans
- The Partridge Family ("C'mon, Get Happy") - The Partridge Family
- Peep Show ("Flagpole Sitta") - Harvey Danger (Season 2-present)
- Perfect Strangers ("Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now")- David Pomeranz
- Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini
- Phineas and Ferb ("Today is Gonna be a Great Day") - Bowling for Soup
- The Pink Panther Show - Henry Mancini
- Planet of the Apes - Lalo Schifrin
- Power Rangers Dino Thunder - Bruce Lynch, Douglas Sloan
- Power Rangers In Space - Ron Wasserman
- Power Rangers Jungle Fury - Rhett Nelson
- Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue - Jeremy Sweet
- Power Rangers Lost Galaxy - Jeremy Sweet
- Power Rangers Mystic Force - Bruce Lynch, Marco Marinangeu, Chaka Blackmon
- Power Rangers Ninja Storm - Jeremy Sweet
- Power Rangers Operation Overdrive - Transcenders, J7 D'Star
- Power Rangers RPM - Stephen Hampton, John Adair
- Power Rangers S.P.D. - Ron Wasserman
- Power Rangers Time Force - Lior Rosner, Jeremy Sweet, Shuki Levi
- Power Rangers Turbo - Jeremy Sweet, Jim Cushinery
- Power Rangers Wild Force - D. DeAscentis, P. C. Gordon, Lior Rosner
- Power Rangers Zeo - Ron Wasserman
- The Price Is Right - Sheila Cole
- Psych ("I Know, You Know") - Friendly Indians
- Punky Brewster ("Every Time I Turn Around") - Gary Portnoy
- Pretty Little Liars ("Secret") - The Pierces
- The Prisoner - Ron Grainer
- Prisoner ("On the Inside") - Lynne Hamilton
- The Professionals - Laurie Johnson
[edit] Q - R
- Quantum Leap - Mike Post
- Queer Duck - RuPaul
- Quincy M.E. - Stu Phillips
- Rawhide - Ned Washington and Dimitri Tiomkin; performed by Frankie Laine
- Reba ("I'm a Survivor") - Reba McEntire
- The Rebel ("Ballad of Johnny Yuma") - Richard Markowitz and Andrew J. Fenady; performed by Johnny Cash
- Remington Steele - Mike Post
- Rescue Me ("C'mon C'mon") - The Von Bondies
- The Riches - Toby Chu
- The Rockford Files - Mike Post and Pete Carpenter
- Roseanne - W. G. Walden
- Roswell ("Here with Me") - Dido
- Route 66 - Nelson Riddle
- The Royle Family ("Half The World Away") - Oasis
- Ryan's Hope ("Here's to Us") - Carey Gold
[edit] S - T
- St. Elsewhere - Dave Grusin
- Sanford and Son ("The Streetbeater") - Quincy Jones
- Scrubs ("Superman") - Lazlo Bane (seasons 1-8), WAZ (season 9)
- Sesame Street ("Can You Tell Me How to Get To...") - Joe Raposo, Jon Stone, and Bruce Hart
- Shaft - Isaac Hayes
- Shake It Up - Selena Gomez
- The Simpsons - Danny Elfman
- Smallville ("Save Me") - Remy Zero
- The Sopranos ("Woke Up This Morning") - Alabama 3
- Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM) ("Fastest Thing Alive") by the Noisy Neighbors
- Soul Train ("TSOP [The Sound of Philadelphia]) - MFSB and The Three Degrees
- South Park - Primus
- SpongeBob SquarePants - Pat Pinney
- Star Trek - Alexander Courage
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Dennis McCarthy
- Star Trek: The Next Generation - Jerry Goldsmith, arrangement by Dennis McCarthy
- Star Trek: Voyager - Jerry Goldsmith
- Stargate SG-1 - Joel Goldsmith
- Stargate Atlantis - Joel Goldsmith
- Stargate Universe - Joel Goldsmith
- Starsky and Hutch ("Gotcha") - Tom Scott, seasons two and four] (season one theme: Lalo Schifrin; Season three theme: Mark Snow)
- Step by Step - Jesse Frederick and Theresa James
- Steptoe and Son ("Old Ned") - Ron Grainer
- Still Standing ("You Make Me Happy") - Will Hoge
- The Streets of San Francisco - Tom Scott
- Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye ("Who I Am") - Jessica Andrews
- The Suite Life of Zack & Cody ("Here I Am") - Loren Ellis and the Drew Davis Band
- The Suite Life on Deck ("Livin' the Suite Life") - Steve Rushton
- Superjail! ("Comin' Home") - Cheeseburger, ("Rubber Bullets") - 10cc (pilot episode)
- Tales From The Crypt - Danny Elfman
- Taxi ("Angela") - Bob James
- That '70s Show ("That 70's Song") - Cheap Trick
- That's My Bush! - DVDA
- That's So Raven - Raven-Symoné, Orlando Brown and Anneliese van der Pol
- Three Wishes ("Believe") - Amy Grant
- Three's Company ("Come and Knock On Our Door") - written by Joe Raposo and Don Nicholl; performed by Ray Charles and Julia Rinker
- The Thrills ("Extraordinary") - Mandy Moore
- Time of Your Life ("I've Just Seen a Face") - BoDeans
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ("Johnny's Theme") - Paul Anka
- Top Gear ("Jessica") - The Allman Brothers Band
- Torchwood Murray Gold
- Tour of Duty ("Paint it Black") - The Rolling Stones
- The Twilight Zone - Bernard Herrmann (Season 1); Marius Constant (Seasons 2-5)
[edit] U - Z
- V: The Final Battle/V: The Series - Dennis McCarthy
- Veronica Mars ("We Used To Be Friends") - The Dandy Warhols
- Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color - Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
- Watership Down ("Bright Eyes") - Art Garfunkel
- Welcome Back, Kotter ("Welcome Back") - John Sebastian
- The West Wing - W. G. Walden
- What's Happening!! - Henry Mancini
- Wheel Of Fortune - ("Changing Keys") - Merv Griffin
- Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? - Rockapella
- The Wild Wild West - Richard Markowitz
- Wizards of Waverly Place ("Everything is Not What It Seems") - Selena Gomez
- WKRP in Cincinnati - Steve Carlisle
- Wonder Woman - Charles Fox
- The Wonder Years ("A Little Help From My Friends") - John Lennon and Paul McCartney; performed by Joe Cocker
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown! ("Know Your Enemy") - Green Day
- WWE Monday Night RAW ("Burn It To The Ground") - Nickelback
- WWE NXT ("Wild and Young") - American Bang
- WWE Tough Enough ("Champion") - Chipmunk
- The X-Files - ("Materia Primoris") Mark Snow
- Xena: Warrior Princess - Joseph LoDuca
- The Young and The Restless ("Nadia's Theme") - Perry Botkin, Jr.
- Zoey 101 ("Follow Me") - Jamie Lynn Spears