Live-Action TV/Awesome Music: Difference between revisions

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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C8EUrtEhfM The Rockford Files]

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yevI8xCAKuc Hill Street Blues]

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9Q3orQhEcA The Greatest American Hero] This one is so good, people probably [[All There Is to Know About The Crying Game|know the song better than the show itself]]. (Especially if they're fans of [[The Cinema Snob (Web Video)|The Cinema Snob]].)

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9Q3orQhEcA The Greatest American Hero] This one is so good, people probably [[All There Is to Know About "The Crying Game"|know the song better than the show itself]]. (Especially if they're fans of [[The Cinema Snob (Web Video)|The Cinema Snob]].)

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIfuaUTH9Y4 The A-Team] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyz_2DEah4o full version]) This theme never fails to pump you up. People who haven't seen the show but have heard the tune can admit it's awesome. Also an [[Ear Worm]]. The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvUbiLiFtw4 final season version] too.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CquMO3vJvo Magnum, P.I.]

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** ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]'', two words: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TxUL3fn1Ow Climax Jump]". Also available in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zladOg3q6g Imagin flavor]. And the many remixes of "Double Action".

** The best Rider song of them all? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GyhENot0kU Believe Yourself by Fuuga Naoto] from [[Kamen Rider Agito]]. You're welcome.

** ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'' had a ton of awesome tracks during its series' run, most if not all of which were [[Do It Yourself Theme Tune|sung by the actors themselves]]. Then, June this year, Toei released a reunion album featuring redone versions of some of the previous songs. The fact that this happened at all makes it ''even more'' awesome, as it's probably the first time it's happened to any Rider series [[Cash Cow Franchise|that]] [[~~Creators~~ Pet|isn't]] [[Kamen Rider Den-O|Den-O]].

** ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'' had a ton of awesome tracks during its series' run, most if not all of which were [[Do It Yourself Theme Tune|sung by the actors themselves]]. Then, June this year, Toei released a reunion album featuring redone versions of some of the previous songs. The fact that this happened at all makes it ''even more'' awesome, as it's probably the first time it's happened to any Rider series [[Cash Cow Franchise|that]] [[Creator's Pet|isn't]] [[Kamen Rider Den-O|Den-O]].

*** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW2ztcLcww4 Supernova]", Kiva's [[Super Mode]] theme song (with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFBhDVrhG6s Love Edit] performed on the aforementioned Re-Union album by Kiva's father's actor) and "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FedHkvWVSvo Shout in the Moonlight]", Kiva's Garulu Form theme song.

**** Speaking of Garulu/Jiro, there's also his personal [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzasiowgQQs Image Song]. Sung by the actor. ''Live''.

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* ''[[Star Trek the Original Series (TV)|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' is a treasure trove of wonderfully over-the-top music, starting with the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGnTfg-MUhs main theme].

** The tense music in the closing moments of the ''[[Star Trek the Original Series (TV)|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' episode ''The Doomsday Machine'' is kickass, as is the swirling arrangement of the main theme used at the beginning of the teaser.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl45bhzneJM Vina's Dance]. The original anthem for the [[Green Skinned Space Babe]].

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl45bhzneJM Vina's Dance]. The original anthem for the [[Green-Skinned Space Babe]].

** Gerald Fried's brooding cello theme first heard in "Amok Time" (also played on electric guitar) does as much as anything else in defining the character of Spock. The iconic "Kirk Fight Music" was composed for the same episode and is probably the second most famous music cue for the series, after the main theme itself, having poppoed up in numerous other media.

** Any episode scored by George Duning (e.g. "The Empath"). In fact, it can be argued that what salvages the generally weak third season is the lush, mystical music contributed both by Duning and primary composer Fred Steiner (whose eerie score for "Spock's Brain" is so much better than the episode itself it's almost tragic).

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** Agreed. However, the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk1NK8AXepk Mirror Universe opening theme] makes up for it and then some. If they had that as the theme for the whole series, it would have been awesome.

* Ron Jones's score for the ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation (TV)|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' epic "The Best of Both Worlds" is some of the best Trek music [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRjiZZyD7n4 ever] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbbNn0yPJs0 composed].

** The ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation (TV)|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL8nnMpV2Eo main theme]. Which is originally the theme to ''[[Star Trek ~~the~~ Motion Picture (Film)|Star Trek the Motion Picture]]''.

** The ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation (TV)|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL8nnMpV2Eo main theme]. Which is originally the theme to ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Film)|Star Trek the Motion Picture]]''.

** The moment when Picard says "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q6jZC1sn1A#t=88s magnify]" cues '''''the''''' creepiest, most-spine-chilling music ever heard in a Star Trek production. Gene Roddenberry's dream, say hello to George Orwell's nightmare. And it will never be topped...ever: they even made [[~~Creators~~ Pet|Wesley]] just another character who you'd pity if he was Assimilated Into The Hive Mind.

** The moment when Picard says "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q6jZC1sn1A#t=88s magnify]" cues '''''the''''' creepiest, most-spine-chilling music ever heard in a Star Trek production. Gene Roddenberry's dream, say hello to George Orwell's nightmare. And it will never be topped...ever: they even made [[Creator's Pet|Wesley]] just another character who you'd pity if he was Assimilated Into The Hive Mind.

** [http://www.ronjonesproductions.com/listen/ Ron Jones] [[Needs More Love]].

** "Mister Worf. Fire." Add in the fan rumors that Patrick Stewart was looking to leave the show at the time, and you had one of the biggest "Oh, shit is ON!" moments of all time. (They completely torpedoed it at the start of the second half, but... there's a reason it's called the best cliffhanger of the series.)

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== Sports ==

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GqEVh0tYSk Sam Spence's ''The Equalizer''] or the even more [[Crazy Awesome]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxUxeaE5LW0 Da Riffs Remix]

* The opening theme of the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20v9Enadnq0 NFL on FOX.] Inverted when [[They Changed It Now It Sucks|when its being used on every other Fox Sports broadcast]].

* The opening theme of the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20v9Enadnq0 NFL on FOX.] Inverted when [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|when its being used on every other Fox Sports broadcast]].

** In that same vein, NBC's Sunday Night Football theme is pretty damn epic. Not surprising considering it was composed by [[John Williams]].

** Also related to the NFL: For some reason, ESPN uses two different themes for showing NFL highlights on [[Sports Center]]. The reason this is so inexplicable is because one of them is so awesome it sounds like it came straight out of [[Super Smash Bros]]. and the other one isn't.

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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQTDKbFocbo Main Theme]

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li2cuKb_Suo&fmt=18 Rock Version]

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8PoufWziyk&fmt=18 Lineup Theme] And the now-departed [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozgpisPyG6A All-Star Game/World Series theme], whose abrupt 2010 exit coincided with [[Viewers ~~Are~~ Morons|Fox's decision to use the NFL music for all its sports programming.]]

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8PoufWziyk&fmt=18 Lineup Theme] And the now-departed [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozgpisPyG6A All-Star Game/World Series theme], whose abrupt 2010 exit coincided with [[Viewers are Morons|Fox's decision to use the NFL music for all its sports programming.]]

* Possibly the most iconic sports intro ever, one that's been going for 20 years now (until its singer got into some controversy, and got dumped): "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXyzuVk7SoI "ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL???"]

** "'cause all my rowdy friends are here on Monday night!"

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* '''''DO IT, ROCKAPELLA!!''''' "Tell me, ''[[Where in The World Is Carmen San Diego]]''?".[http://www.imeem.com/people/9TNDYS/music/eGX-bfGw/rockapella-where-in-the-world-is-carmen-sandiego/ Here is the live version.] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vPywpcyUQg And the CD version]

** The theme song to the spin-off series, ''[[Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego]]''?, was [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9vCvFQQsOg pretty damn epic] in its own right.

* Susan Boyle on ''[[~~Britains~~ Got Talent (TV)|Britains Got Talent]]''. Also a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] and a [[Tear Jerker]], as well as a glorious inversion of [[Cute but Cacophonic]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALQCkizx4UI Listen.] She impressed the hell out of Simon Cowell, who was first stunned to silence, and then he smiled. Repeat. She impressed ''[[American Idol|Simon Cowell]]''. Some of us thought you had to [[Deal With the Devil|sell your immortal soul]] to do that.

* Susan Boyle on ''[[Britain's Got Talent (TV)|Britains Got Talent]]''. Also a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] and a [[Tear Jerker]], as well as a glorious inversion of [[Cute but Cacophonic]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALQCkizx4UI Listen.] She impressed the hell out of Simon Cowell, who was first stunned to silence, and then he smiled. Repeat. She impressed ''[[American Idol|Simon Cowell]]''. Some of us thought you had to [[Deal With the Devil|sell your immortal soul]] to do that.

** ''[[Americas Got Talent]]'' has its own great musical acts, from singing ventriloquist [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzok8OFA9m8 Terry Fator] to insurance salesman turned opera singer [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-7zYPT-jpA Neal Boyd] to chicken farmer turned country singer [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYtDEFDtIc4 Kevin Skinner].

* The Music used for the Eliminator in the UK version (which was reused in the Australian version) of ''[[Gladiators]]''. Listen to the soundtrack version which has additional lyrics that make it even more awesome http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1a4jqkEw1Q

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** [http://youtu.be/2MRf7DrWsBk "Tongue-tied"] manages to be Music of Awesome and Crowning music of Funny! And, wow, can John-Jules strut!

** The episode "Gunmen of the Apocalypse" gives the theme tune a western spin, resulting in one of the best and most spine-tinglingly awesome pieces in the history of ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]''.

* ''[[Veronica Mars]]'' - the use of The Pixies "Where Is My Mind?" at the end of episode 2, season 2, combining the [[Last Note Nightmare]] with the finding of the dead guy with Veronica's name on his hand.

* ''[[Veronica Mars]]'' - the use of The Pixies "Where Is My Mind?" at the end of episode 2, season 2, combining the [[Last-Note Nightmare]] with the finding of the dead guy with Veronica's name on his hand.

** Veronica singing "One Way or Another" and Aaron Echols beating the snot out of his daughter's abusive boyfriend to "That's Amore!" are also very much awesome.

** The jaw-droppingly intense use of "Right Here, Right Now" in conclusion to season 3's serial rapist arc.

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* The 90's live-action ''[[The Flash (TV)|Flash]]'' TV series came and went.. really quickly.. but Danny Elfman's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa9b7ZQ3Zkw theme tune] is still some of the best superhero music ever composed for any medium.

** As are the episode scores (and that of the pilot) by the late great Shirley Walker.

* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9i0bfyJTFI theme] from ''Van Der Valk'' is almost [[What Do You Mean ~~Its~~ Not Awesome|absurdly OTT]] for a [[Police Procedural]].

* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9i0bfyJTFI theme] from ''Van Der Valk'' is almost [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|absurdly OTT]] for a [[Police Procedural]].

* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXuUPnVtsMU theme] from 1960s and 70s Australian [[Cop Show]] ''Division 4'' is awesome, so much so that T.I.S.M. sampled it for the song ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYwQ9wOOLxA Thunderbirds are Coming Out]''.

* 1970s [[Sci Fi]] series ''UFO'', created by Gerry Anderson, had a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8RfzkhqBLY theme] of great awesomeness - [[John Barry]] would have been proud. It was writen by Barry Gray, whose themes for ''[[Fireball XL 5 (TV)|Fireball XL 5]]'', ''[[Stingray]]'' and ''[[Thunderbirds]]'' were equally awesome if not more so. His theme for ''Space1999'' is arguably the best theme tune ever to a bad series.