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100 Greatest TV Themes / Various

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100 GREATEST TV THEMES (Artist) Format: Audio CD
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Product details

  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.55 x 4.88 x 0.94 inches; 6.84 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Silva America
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ SV TVPM807 02
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ November 3, 2006
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Silva America
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00005Y49F
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
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rdaaamg
5.0 out of 5 stars the best TV shows of all time
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2017
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This is a 4-CD set, the first disc contains the following TV shows: The A-Team, The Addams Family, The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Airwolf, The Avengers, Barnaby Jones, Batman, Battlestar Galactica, Baywatch, Beverly Hills 90210, Bewitched, Between the Lines, The Bill, Bonanza, Brideshead Revisited, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Burke's Law, Cagney and Lacey, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Casualty, Cheers, Dallas, Dangerman, Doctor Who and Doctor Kildare. The second disc contains the following TV shows: Doogie Howser, M.D., Dynasty, The Equalizer, Falcon Crest, Fireball XL-5, The Fugitive, Hawaii 5-O, Hercules-The Legendary Journeys, The High Chaparral, Highway to Heaven, Hill Street Blues, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, The Incredible Hulk, Jason King, Jesus of Nazareth, Joe 90, Johnny Staccato, Knight Rider, Kojak, L.A. Law, Land of the Giants, Little House on the Prairie, Lonesome Dove, Lost in Space and Lou Grant. The third disc contains the following TV shows: Magnum, P.I., A Man Called Ironside, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., M*A*S*H, Miami Vice, Mike Hammer, Mission: Impossible, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Munsters, Murder She Wrote, Newhart, North and South, Northern Exposure, NYPD Blue, The Outer Limits, Perry Mason, The Persuaders, Peter Gunn, Police Squad, The Prisoner, Quantum Leap, Randall and Hopkirk, Red Dwarf, The Rockford Files and Roseanne. The fourth disc contains the following TV shows: The Saint, Seaquest DSV, Space 1999, Star Trek, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, St. Elsewhere, The Streets of San Francisco, Stingray, Taxi, Thunderbirds, Thirtysomething, The Time Tunnel, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, The Twilight Zone, Twin Peaks, U.F.O., The Virginian, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Wagon Train, The Waltons, The Wild Wild West, The Young Riders, Xena: The Warrior Princess, and The X-Files.
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S. Michaud
5.0 out of 5 stars ... musicals may not be the original but they a pretty darn close
Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2016
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These musicals may not be the original but they a pretty darn close. In fact most of the selections are better than the originals. They are a pleasure to listen to. Most of the selections have extended play or additional music that is very enjoyable. Being a 1960s Sci Fi geek, the Fireball XL5 and Lost in Space selections were especially good. There was an additional verse on XL5 I never heard before. The two versions of the Lost in Space selection were merged beautifully. The Outer Limits, Land of the Giants, Star Trek, Dr. Who (sounded like the original William Hartnell years tune) and Voyage to the Bottom the Sea selections were great. These tunes will bring back memories. The tunes are arranged in alphabetical order. The leaf prints out all of the tunes by title giving the name of the show each tune represents, who starred in the show, how many episodes, and the years the shows aired. I found this a nice touch to the CD.
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Anton Karidian
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable If You Don't Demand Total Accuracy
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2013
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100 GREATEST TV THEMES has its pros and cons, but overall I like it. It appears that ALL of these are re-recordings and so are NOT the original recordings made for the TV shows. Many of these themes are changed substantially from the originals, yet others are changed very little. I can't give a percentage of each since I don't know all the themes in exact detail. Of the ones that are substantially changed, I think the arranger was trying to make an extended "concert" version to make them more listenable and satisfying, since an original TV theme usually runs 1.5 minutes or less, whereas most on this set run from 2 to 4 minutes. Usually the altered ones start out with a quite accurate rendition, then there's a middle section of added music that is a variation on the theme or that sounds similar to the theme, then the ending returns to the original theme. Most of these rearranged versions work quite well, but overall are not quite as creative and classy as the jazzy renditions on  TV Town: Ultra Lounge 13  or Henry Mancini's  Cop Show Themes . The enclosed booklet gives helpful information on the TV shows represented, but doesn't explain at all how these arrangements were written. Like, I wonder if these extended versions were sometimes written by the original composers, or if some of the added material was taken from other music on the shows? It's hard to say.

Some of my favorites here are "Mission Impossible," "The Avengers," "Hawaii 5-0," "Stingray," "Bewitched," and "Doctor Who." But I did not appreciate the completely changed ending on "Batman" that seems to be a gag. The theme for M*A*S*H is the vocal version used in the movie. And "The Rockford Files" is not arranged or performed as well as most. But these are usually given very competent and quite spirited performances, most of the time performed either by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Philharmonia Orchestra, or the Daniel Caine Orchestra. Also, the sound quality here is MUCH better than many of the original recordings, especially for shows before 1970. I don't see any indication whether these are digital recordings or not, and recording dates are not given either, but at any rate they sound very good.

This set is 4 CDs, with each CD running from 68 to 72 minutes, so the whole thing runs over 4.5 hours!! I'm pretty happy with the TV shows chosen for this, although I do wish more were from the 1950s. There are just 3 or 4 shows here from the 1950s, although the '60s is well covered with about 30 themes. And it's a good balance of types of shows, including comedies, science fiction and fantasy, mysteries, and adventures. Very few children's shows, though. Several British shows here are quite obscure for an American like myself, while some famous American themes that were left out are "The Odd Couple," "The Andy Griffith Show," "All in the Family," "Gunsmoke," and "Mannix." However, most of those British shows that I've never seen have terrific themes, especially "The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe," "Stingray," "Joe 90," and "Dangerman." I'm VERY happy that "Red Dwarf" is on here, since I'm a big fan of that British sci-fi comedy, and this set is the ONLY place I've been able to find the theme from it on CD!! The recording of "Red Dwarf" on here has an additional verse that I don't believe was ever used on the show, so was it originally written that way? ( Red Dwarf: The Complete Collection ).

All in all, I'm generally happy with the 4-CD set 100 GREATEST TV THEMES, although this is not for those who want the original recordings or exact re-recordings of the themes. But for those who don't mind a mix of near-exact renditions as well as some tastefully altered versions, this is quite a good collection. Another good similar collection is  Six Million Dollar TV Themes , as well as the 2 CDs that I gave links for in the first paragraph.
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AdamBN
5.0 out of 5 stars Bound to trigger a smile or chuckle!
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2021
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Brings back great memories-- too bad most new shows have such short theme songs!
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Mike
5.0 out of 5 stars Great to hear so many familiar songs performed well
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2019
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We love hearing these again. Also many are from familiar shows we did not receive here in the U s.
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Mr Everything
3.0 out of 5 stars Some well known tv themes from the 50's to the 90's
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2009
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Being a 4 disc set each about 70 minutes this covers some tv from the 50's with Bonanza and Bewitched to the 90's with x files and star trek deep space 9. It does a Fair job covering the shows listed. But they are remade versions and some sound not quite as the tv version did. Mostly due to the instruments are not dead on exact but they close enough some might not notice. They also made some of them longer then as heard on tv like murder she wrote didn't ever have almost 3 minutes of title sequence. As far as tv theme cds go this set does include quite a bit of stuff.
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Janis Mcquarrie
5.0 out of 5 stars TV Themes
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2013
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If you want to recapture that old time feeling or just have old memories come back from hearing the sounds of that time, this is a must have. I love the music and listen to it at work or just out walking on my MP3 player.
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DAVID G.
5.0 out of 5 stars 100 tunes
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2013
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Great selection of Tv show tunes. Missing cartoon themes though. All tunes complete, but not always done by the original artists though. Still it is a nice collection of tunes, and at 100 tunes, your favorite show tune is probably in there.
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Tiran Sylvain
4.0 out of 5 stars Bonjour
Reviewed in France on January 9, 2019
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Gilles Qc.
5.0 out of 5 stars Je suis très satisfait du produit acheté: 100 Greatest TV Themes - The Ultimate television theme Collection
Reviewed in Canada on July 17, 2015
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Très bon produit à un très bon prix. Je vous recommande ce produit qui est assez bien complet, même s'il y manque quelques bons thèmes de séries tv des années 60 et 70. Mais cela ne m'empêche pas de recommander à tous les bons collectionneurs de musiques souvenirs et de bandes sonores de séries tv.
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だんぼ
4.0 out of 5 stars なんと100曲も。
Reviewed in Japan on June 18, 2004
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海外ドラマのテーマ曲が100曲も収録！！　
収録曲は、50年代の懐かしいもの～最近のものまで、盛り沢山です。
こんなに一杯入ってるので、海外ドラマファンにとっては、お買い得かも。
でも、残念なことに、オリジナル音源ではないような気がします。
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scott borgford
5.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in Canada on February 26, 2021
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I like it
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believeitornot
4.0 out of 5 stars Alles so schön bunt hier.....
Reviewed in Germany on May 1, 2017
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Natürlich sind das nicht die Originalversionen - bei hundert Titeln für diesen Preis. Wie bei den meisten einschlägigen Kompilationen von Titelmelodien sind die nachgespielt. Zur Enttäuschung besteht jedoch wenig Grund, finde ich, denn sie sind eben überwiegend gut bis sehr gut nachgespielt, auch wenn nicht alles gelingt - "X Files", "Twin Peaks", "The Persuaders" und das furchtbare "Cagney & Lacey" seien als Beispiele genannt. Trotzdem ein trip down memory lane und ein schönes Easy Listening - Album, das prächtig unterhält. Wenn ich die Originalversionen hören will, greife ich eben ein wenig tiefer die Tasche. Aber für 100 Titel gerade mal 20 Euronen zu berappen und sich dann zu beklagen wird dieser CD Box einfach nicht gerecht. Seid mal fair, Leute!
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