List of television theme music

The following list contains scores or songs which are the primary theme music of a television series or miniseries.

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.

0 - 9

• 24 - Sean Callery
• The 4400 ("A Place In Time") - Amanda Abizaid
• 7th Heaven - Steve Plunkett

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

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  (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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

See also

• List of television theme music composers

External links

• ClassicThemes.com