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the narrator 03-17-05 11:21 AM

I believe King of Queens changed theme after the first seaon

draven31 03-17-05 11:33 AM

Magnum PI...... it changed in the first season.



thank god, the original music sucked.

Jim 03-17-05 11:33 AM

Magnum P.I. changed theme songs midway through the first season.

Groucho 03-17-05 11:35 AM

Has anybody mentioned "Magnum PI"? They changed in the first season.

Jim 03-17-05 11:35 AM

Drat you draven31! You beat me by seconds. I bet you were thinking "I can't believe no one has mentioned Magnum yet."

Giles 03-17-05 11:37 AM

if you time it right, you can sing the actors names along with John Williams score for the theme of "The West Wing"

draven31 03-17-05 11:40 AM

Sorry it just came to me......not to mention I just bought the season set a few weeks back. I really hate the original opening music.

Daniel-A 03-17-05 11:43 AM

Degrassi TNG altered their opening to something thats gross sounding.

BassDude 03-17-05 11:45 AM

Starsky and Hutch

I had forgotten the old theme when I bought Season One, but sure enough, the most popular theme was there on Season Two!

rkndkn 03-17-05 11:50 AM

Hack changed theme songs between the first and second season.

Nesbit 03-17-05 12:02 PM


Originally Posted by RoyalTea
the cosby show

I could be wrong but wasn't the theme always the same song only performed in different styles and tempos?

Giles 03-17-05 12:10 PM


Originally Posted by Mrs.Nesbit
I could be wrong but wasn't the theme always the same song only performed in different styles and tempos?

yes it was, every season a different variation of the theme song.

MEJHarrison 03-17-05 12:34 PM

Didn't Star Trek: Voyager change it's theme after the first or second season?

djbrown 03-17-05 01:08 PM


Originally Posted by Giles
if you time it right, you can sing the actors names along with John Williams score for the theme of "The West Wing"

Minor point, but it's Snuffy Walden that does the music for TWW

Jim 03-17-05 01:09 PM

I don't know if this counts, but Monday Night Football changed themes. I think the Hank Williams Jr. song cheapens the opening and doesn't have the air of importance of the original theme.

Giles 03-17-05 01:44 PM


Originally Posted by djbrown
Minor point, but it's Snuffy Walden that does the music for TWW


oops, you're right... (how embarassing)

:blush:

clemente 03-17-05 06:18 PM


Originally Posted by MEJHarrison
Didn't Star Trek: Voyager change it's theme after the first or second season?

DS9 changed their theme for the later seasons as well.

Keeping on the sci-fi circuit, Farscape changed themes after the second season. Not a radical shift, but definately a more charged theme.

Match 03-17-05 06:41 PM

Unhappily Ever After - Their own theme song (Sample here) and later changed to "Hit the Road Jack"

Mondo Kane 03-17-05 07:01 PM

In Living Color

The Valeyard 03-17-05 08:12 PM

The UPN Twilight Zone changed themes mid-way through it's only season. I thought the first theme fit the opening titles much better. The second theme was "harder" and more "rockish".

Andrew

The Valeyard 03-17-05 08:13 PM


Originally Posted by Match
Unhappily Ever After - Their own theme song (Sample here) and later changed to "Hit the Road Jack"


Which will probably revert back to the original theme for it's DVD release (curse you, music rights!).


Andrew

Michael Corvin 03-17-05 08:48 PM

Didn't South Park change mid run as well?

Don Homer 03-17-05 08:53 PM

Get Smart changed its theme song when it entered its final season, though it was a different version of the original song.

mikehunt 03-17-05 10:29 PM


Originally Posted by Bandoman
Enterprise. The newest theme rocks. And by "rocks" I mean "sucks ass."

they modified it a bit but enterprise has always had that song

and I'm 99% sure the other treks only had minor changes but the overall theme was the same

resinrats 03-17-05 11:38 PM

Beverly Hills 90210 had a theme change. Only some of the first shows had the origonal, then they went to the one they used for the rest of the series.


By the rules stated: DSP, Alias have not changed their songs. It may have been played differently, but it is still the same thing.


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