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Best TV Theme Song

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—Friends1994. The Rembrandts wrote it as a jingle and got a number one out of it— win— match wins
—The Simpsons1989. Danny Elfman says he wrote it in the car on the way home— win— match wins
—Game of Thrones2011. A cello and a map that rebuilt itself every week— win— match wins
—Stranger Things2016. Two synth players from Texas out-Carpentered Carpenter— win— match wins
—The Office2005. A piano riff over shots of a parking lot in Scranton— win— match wins
—Cheers1982. Gary Portnoy sings the case for the bar down the street— win— match wins
—The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air1990. The only theme song a generation can still recite in full— win— match wins
—Seinfeld1989. A slap bass improvised fresh for every single episode— win— match wins
—Star Trek: The Next Generation1987. Jerry Goldsmith's fanfare over the final frontier— win— match wins
—The X-Files1993. A whistle through delay pedals became the sound of paranoia— win— match wins
—Twin Peaks1990. Badalamenti wrote it while Lynch talked about dark woods— win— match wins
—Breaking Bad2008. Seventy-six seconds of desert guitar and no vocals— win— match wins
—The Sopranos1999. A3 wrote a gospel blues about waking up with a gun— win— match wins
—The Golden Girls1985. Andrew Gold's thank-you note, sung over cheesecake— win— match wins
—M*A*S*H1972. The lyric was written by a fourteen-year-old, then cut from TV— win— match wins
—Doctor Who1963. Delia Derbyshire built it by splicing tape, before synthesizers— win— match wins
—Peaky Blinders2013. Nick Cave's 1994 murder ballad, borrowed for a Birmingham gang— win— match wins
—True Detective2014. The Handsome Family's dusty duet over Louisiana refineries— win— match wins
—Scrubs1999. Lazlo Bane admitting nobody has this figured out— win— match wins
—Married... with Children1987. Sinatra's 1955 love song, weaponized as sitcom irony— win— match wins
—Buffy the Vampire Slayer1997. Nerf Herder's surf punk organ, then the guitars— win— match wins
—Curb Your Enthusiasm2000. Library music Larry David heard in a bank ad and never replaced— win— match wins
—Law & Order1990. Two notes people call the dun-dun, plus a gavel— win— match wins
—SpongeBob SquarePants1999. A pirate leads the roll call. Everyone answers— win— match wins
—Futurama1999. Christopher Tyng flipped a 1967 electronic track into the future— win— match wins
—Bob's Burgers2011. Guitar, ukulele, and a family opening a restaurant again— win— match wins
—Rick and Morty2013. Thirty-six seconds of synth over interdimensional property damage— win— match wins
—DuckTales1987. Woo-oo. The most quotable line in cartoon history— win— match wins
—Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles1987. Heroes in a half shell, explained via roll call— win— match wins
—Batman: The Animated Series1992. Elfman's Batman score, wordless, on a network for kids— win— match wins
—Miami Vice1984. Jan Hammer's synth got to number one on the pop chart— win— match wins
—Mission: Impossible1966. Lalo Schifrin wrote it in 5/4 because nobody asked him not to— win— match wins
—Hawaii Five-O1968. Surf rock with a full brass section chasing it— win— match wins
—The A-Team1983. Mike Post's brass over a plan coming together— win— match wins
—Knight Rider1982. Sequenced synth for a car that talks back— win— match wins
—The Muppet Show1976. A theatre full of felt introducing itself, badly on purpose— win— match wins
—Animaniacs1993. A patter song that rhymes pantz with Finland— win— match wins
—The Mandalorian2019. Ludwig Göransson scores a bounty hunter with a bass recorder— win— match wins
—Succession2018. Nicholas Britell's broken piano over a rich family's home videos— win— match wins
—Sherlock2010. Strings that move like someone thinking too fast— win— match wins
—Narcos2015. Rodrigo Amarante sings a bolero from the cartel's point of view— win— match wins
—The Wire2002. A different cover of Tom Waits every season, by design— win— match wins
—Gilmore Girls2000. Carole King re-recorded her own 1971 promise for the show— win— match wins
—The Big Bang Theory2007. Barenaked Ladies compress cosmology into a hundred seconds— win— match wins
—Family Guy1999. A vaudeville number complaining about vaudeville numbers— win— match wins
—South Park1997. Primus playing under four kids who mumble the last line— win— match wins
—Dexter2006. Breakfast, shaving, and orange juice scored like a crime scene— win— match wins
—Westworld2016. Ramin Djawadi's player piano, which is also the plot— win— match wins
—Downton Abbey2010. John Lunn's piano climbing the stairs of a house with staff— win— match wins

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