The Sound of Movies

In order: the title of the TV series, broadcast dates and (underlined) the composer(s); lyricists follow after the ampersand (&), and finally the duration of the track.

1. Cool McCool (1966-1969) Bernard Green & Albert P. Brodax 1:15

2. Go-Go Gophers (1968-1969) W. Watts Biggers/Treadwell Covington/Joseph Harris/Chester Stover 1:06

3. Super Chicken (1967-1970) Sheldon Allman/Stan Worth 0:33

4. Tom Slick (1976) Sheldon Allman (1967) 0:32

5. Let’s Make a Deal (1963-1976/1980/1984-1988/1990-1991) Sheldon Allman 1:16

6. The Dating Game (1965-1974/1977-1980/1986-1989) David Mook & Chuck Barris 1:27

7. H.R. Pufnstuf (1969) Leslie Szarvas [also credits to Paul Simon, because this theme looks like Simon’s hit song ‘59th Street Bridge Song (‘Feelin’ Groovy’). This was how lawsuits for plagiarism were prevented] 1:52

8. Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (‘Friends’)(1973-1975) Danny Janssen/Bobby Hart/Wes Farrell 1:18

9. The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (‘The Tra La La Song’, or ‘One Banana, Two Banana’) (1968-1970) Mark Barkan/Ritchie Adams 1:25

10. General Hospital (‘Autumn Breeze’) (1963-present) Jack Urbont 1:39

11. Cannon (1971-1976) John C. Parker 1:06

12. Where the Action Is (‘Action’) (1965-1967) Tommy Boyce/Steve Venet 1:15

13. [Rowan and Martin’s] Laugh-In (‘Inquisitive Tango’) (1968-1973) Ian Bernard 1:33

14. The Dean Martin Show (‘Everybody Loves Somebody’ [1947]) (1965-1974) Irving Taylor/Ken Lane/Sam Coslow 1:15

15. The Carol Burnett Show (‘I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together’) (1967-1978) Joe Hamilton 0:47

16. The Muppet Show (1976-1981) Sam Pottle & Jim Henson 1:12

17. The Alvin Show (1961-1963/1081-1986) Ross Bagdasarian 1:06

18. Mahha GoGoGo (‘Speedracer’) (1967-1968) Nobuyoshi Koshibe 1:11

19. The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (1964-1965/1977-1979) Carl Brandt 0:47

20. Inspector Gadget (1983-1986) Shuki Levy & Haim Saban 1:15

21. Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids (19872-1985) Ed Fournier/Ricky Fournier 1:05

22. The Dudley Do-Right Show (1961-1964/1969-1970) Jay Ward 0:24 23. Fractured Fairy Tales (1959-1961/1969-1970) Jay Ward 0:24

24. The Archie Show (‘Everything’s Archie’) (1968-1978) Jeff Barry 1:01

25. One Day at a Time (1975-1984) Jeff Barry & Nicole Barry) 0:53 26. The Jeffersons (‘Movin’ On Up’) (1975-1985) Jeff Barry/Ja’net Dubois) 1:10

27. Cheers (‘Where Everybody Knows Your Name’) (1982-1993) Gary Portnoy/Judy Hart-Angelo 1:04

28. WKRP in Cincinnati (1978-1982) Tom Wells/Hugh Wilson 0:45

29. Taxi (‘Angela’) (1978-1983) Bob Wells 1:06

30. The Facts of Life (1979-1988) Al Burton/Gloria Loring/Alan Thicke 0:54

31. Gimme a Break (1983-1987) Richard Page/Jay Graydon 0:54

32. Dallas (1978-1991) Jerrold Immel 1:15

33. Knots Landing (1979-1993) Jerold Immel 1:36

34. Johnny Mandel: M*A*S*H (‘Suicide is Painless’)(1972-1983) 0:55

35. Bandstand (‘Bandstand Boogie [The Theme of “American Bandstand”]’)(1952-1989) Charles Albertine/Les Elgart/Bob Horn

36. Solid Gold (1980-1988) Dean Pitchford/Michael K. Miller 1:24

37. Entertainment Tonight (1981-present) Michael Mark 1:30

38. The Deputy (1959-1961) Jack Marshall. Performance conducted by Buddy Morrow 1:09

39. Markham (1959-1960) Stanley Wilson. Performance conducted by Buddy Morrow 2:13

40. International Detective (1959-1961) Sidney Shaw/Leroy Holmes. Performance conducted by Buddy Morrow 2:36

41. Softly, Softly (1966-1969) Fritz Spiegl & Bridget Fry. Performed by John Gregory & His Orchestra 3:17

42. The Sweeney (1974-1978) Harry South. Performed by John Gregory & His Orchestra 2:14

43. Griff (1973-1974) Elliot Kaplan. Performed by John Gregory & His Orchestra 2:32

source 1 – 15: ‘Television’s Greatest Hits Volume 5, In Living Color, TV Themes from the 60’s and 70’s’,

CD: TVT Records/edel 0022742CIN, Duitsland 1996

source 16 – 37: ‘Television’s Greatest Hits 70’s & 80’s [Volume 3]’,

CD: TeeVee Toons TVT1300 CD, USA 1986

source 38 – 40: ‘Double Impact’. Orchestra under the Direction of Buddy Morrow [1960], arranged by Ray Martin,

CD: RCA/BMG Music Spain 74321609932, Spain 1998

source 41 – 43: ‘Mission: Impossible And Other TV Themes… John Gregory & His Orchestra’ [1972/1976],

CD: Mercury Records 532 986-2, Engeland 1996