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John II Addison, Edwin Astley, Angelo Badalamenti, John Barry, Elmer Bernstein, Geoffrey Burgon, Marius Constant, Bill Conti, Stewart Copeland, Alexander Courage - One Hundred Greatest TV Themes

John II Addison, Edwin Astley, Angelo Badalamenti, John Barry, Elmer Bernstein, Geoffrey Burgon, Marius Constant, Bill Conti, Stewart Copeland, Alexander Courage - One Hundred Greatest TV Themes

Band: John II Addison, Edwin Astley, Angelo Badalamenti, John Barry, Elmer Bernstein, Geoffrey Burgon, Marius Constant, Bill Conti, Stewart Copeland, Alexander Courage Title: One Hundred Greatest TV Themes Rating: Release Date: 27 August, 2002 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: The A-Team - Nic Raine 2: The Addams Family - Nic Raine 3: The Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe - Nic Raine 4: Airwolf - Derek Wadsworth 5: The Avengers - Mike Townend 6: Barnaby Jones - Jerry Goldsmith 7: Batman - Nic Raine 8: Battlestar Galactica - Nic Raine 9: Baywatch - Derek Wadsworth 10: Beverly Hills 90210 - Derek Wadsworth 11: Bewitched - Nic Raine 12: Between The Lines - Mark Ayres 13: The Bill - Nic Raine 14: Bonanza - The Philharmonia Orchestra 15: Brideshead Revisited - Derek Wadsworth 16: Buck Rogers In The 25th Century - Nic Raine 17: Burke's Law - Derek Wadsworth 18: Cagney And Lacey - Derek Wadsworth 19: Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons - Mark Ayres 20: Casualty - Mark Ayres 21: Cheers - Mark Ayres 22: Dallas - Nic Raine 23: Dangerman (Secret Agent) - Mike Townend 24: Doctor Who - Mark Ayres 25: Doctor Kildare - Jerry Goldsmith 26: Doogie Howser, M.D. - Derek Wadsworth 27: Dynasty - Nic Raine 28: The Equalizer - Derek Wadsworth 29: Falcon Crest - Derek Wadsworth 30: Fireball XL-5 - Derek Wadsworth 31: The Fugitive - Nic Raine 32: Hawaii 5-0 - Mike Townend 33: Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Nic Raine 34: The High Chaparral - Nic Raine 35: Highway To Heaven - Derek Wadsworth 36: Hill Street Blues - Derek Wadsworth 37: The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy - Mark Ayres 38: The Incredible Hulk - Derek Wadsworth 39: Jason King - Mike Townend 40: Jesus Of Nazareth - Paul Bateman 41: Joe 90 - Derek Wadsworth 42: Johnny Staccato - Derek Wadsworth 43: Knight Rider - Derek Wadsworth 44: Kojak - Mike Townend 45: L.A. Law - Derek Wadsworth 46: Land Of The Giants - Nic Raine 47: Little House On The Prairie - Derek Wadsworth 48: Lonesome Dove - Nic Raine 49: Lost In Space - Nic Raine 50: Lou Grant - Derek Wadsworth 51: Magnum, P.I. - Derek Wadsworth 52: A Man Called Ironside - Mike Townend 53: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - Derek Wadsworth 54: M*A*S*H - Nic Raine 55: Miami Vice - Mark Ayres 56: Mike Hammer - Derek Wadsworth 57: Mission Impossible - Mike Townend 58: Monty Python's Flying Circus - Nic Raine 59: The Munsters - Derek Wadsworth 60: Murder She Wrote - Derek Wadsworth 61: Newhart - Derek Wadsworth 62: North And South - Derek Wadsworth 63: Northern Exposure - Derek Wadsworth 64: NYPD Blue - Mark Ayres 65: The Outer Limits - Nic Raine 66: Perry Mason - Mike Townend 67: The Persuaders - Mark Ayres 68: Peter Gunn - Mike Townend 69: Police Squad - Nic Raine 70: The Prisoner - Mike Townend 71: Quantum Leap - Derek Wadsworth 72: Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased) - Mike Townend 73: Red Dwarf - Mark Lambert 74: The Rockford Files - Mike Post 75: Roseanne - Dan Foliart 76: The Saint - Mike Townend 77: Seaquest DSV - Nic Raine 78: Space 1999 - Derek Wadsworth 79: Star Trek - Mike Townend 80: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Derek Wadsworth 81: Star Trek: Voyager - Nic Raine 82: St. Elsewhere - Derek Wadsworth 83: The Streets Of San Francisco - Nic Raine 84: Stingray - Barry Gray 85: Taxi - Derek Wadsworth 86: Thunderbirds - Derek Wadsworth 87: Thirty Something - Derek Wadsworth 88: The Time Tunnel - Nic Raine 89: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - The Philharmonia Orchestra 90: The Twighlight Zone - Nic Raine 91: Twin Peaks - Derek Wadsworth 92: U.F.O. - Derek Wadsworth 93: The Virginian - Nic Raine 94: Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea - Nic Raine 95: Wagon Train - Paul Bateman 96: The Waltons - Jerry Goldsmith 97: The Wild Wild West - Derek Wadsworth 98: Young Riders - John Debney 99: Xena: The Warrior Princess - Paul Bateman 100: The X-Files - Mark Ayres

Customer Reviews Feh. You know every sound in your favorites. Face it, the appeal of TV theme songs is their familiarity. You won't find any of that here. Some of these aren't even close to the originals. A lot are performed on cheap, lifeless digital synths. All of them sound like tired run-throughs of the music. There is no apparent interest on the part of the performers, so why should any listener be interested?. Two tracks I really like The Fireball theme is actually much improved on this version. The Mission Impossible theme is performed well. I prefer the orchestra and the vocals over the original. . Quantity Over Quality The recordings here generally lack the same passion and sheer drama of the originals. As a musician myself, I know too well that one of the most important ingredients in ANY performance (live or recorded) is passion. Much of the instrumentation has been reduced to a cheezy, thin, plastic synthesized replica. The performances are simply a watered-down lackluster version of the classic originals. If it were not for the sheer volume of tracks compiled here, I would have rated the comp only "one star". . You can see a complete list of all John II Addison, Edwin Astley, Angelo Badalamenti, John Barry, Elmer Bernstein, Geoffrey Burgon, Marius Constant, Bill Conti, Stewart Copeland, Alexander Courage discography, or go back to the John II Addison, Edwin Astley, Angelo Badalamenti, John Barry, Elmer Bernstein, Geoffrey Burgon, Marius Constant, Bill Conti, Stewart Copeland, Alexander Courage tabs