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Old 03-31-2017, 05:24 AM
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Default TV Shows / Movies Theme Music?

Something light for a Friday...

I've recently enjoyed learning the theme from "The Munsters" TV show with my playing partner. It was great fun and it made me think there are surely others out there worth exploring.

I'll start with two:

Theme from "James Bond 007"
Theme from "MASH"

Any favorites of yours?
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Old 03-31-2017, 05:32 AM
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Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory
The Sound of Music
Fiddler on the Roof
The Music Man
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Old 03-31-2017, 05:35 AM
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The Andy Griffith Show
The Pink Panther
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Old 03-31-2017, 05:37 AM
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Gunsmoke theme... radio version.
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Old 03-31-2017, 05:39 AM
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Pirates of the Caribbean if you're into fingerstyle.


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Old 03-31-2017, 05:46 AM
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Christmastime is Here- from the Peanuts Christmas Show ( by Vince Gauraldi)
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Old 03-31-2017, 06:15 AM
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Noodling theme songs is fun. Some others besides mentioned are:
My Three Sons
Mr Ed
Andy Griffith Theme
Gomer Pyle USMC
Adams Family
and many others. Showing my age now.
Also like movie songs such as Sound of Music and The Wizard of Oz.
Doing these from memory (accurately or not) is a good way to learn playing by ear.
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Old 03-31-2017, 06:37 AM
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Something light for a Friday...

I've recently enjoyed learning the theme from "The Munsters" TV show with my playing partner. It was great fun and it made me think there are surely others out there worth exploring.

I'll start with two:

Theme from "James Bond 007"
Theme from "MASH"

Any favorites of yours?
+1 for Pirates of the Caribbean



Star Wars themes are cool too !



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Old 03-31-2017, 06:38 AM
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The Bonanza theme- pure Telecaster twang.
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Old 03-31-2017, 06:51 AM
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Get Smart Theme by Irving Szathmary



Trevor Rabin arrangement for 2008 movie:



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Linus and Lucy from Charlie Brown is a good one
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"Secret Agent Man" fro the show Danger Man



WAY back in the day, our lead guitarist tore this one up. I don't, but do it anyways.
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I play the themes from the Andy Griffith Show and the old TV western, Sugarfoot. You have to pretty old to remember Sugarfoot. I also play the TV Olympics theme.

I don't know why, but years ago I figured out the theme to Chariots of Fire. Oddly, it has come in handy. When somebody is talking about running, struggles, a race, or marathons, literally or metaphorically, I'll just start playing it softly in the background. The opportunity almost never presents itself (Maybe three times in 15 years.), but when somebody notices the connection it generates a laugh. Maybe they just laugh at my playing. Hmmm. Nonetheless, I practice it every once in a while, just in case.

I play Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Don't know if that counts.

Just a few weeks ago, I thought I should check into more TV and movie themes that I can work with. People seem to like them. Fun stuff.


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Something light for a Friday...

I've recently enjoyed learning the theme from "The Munsters" TV show with my playing partner. It was great fun and it made me think there are surely others out there worth exploring.

I'll start with two:

Theme from "James Bond 007"
Theme from "MASH"

Any favorites of yours?
Regarding "Suicide Is Painless" (theme for Mash) is the following:

http://dcoombsguitar.com/Guitar%20Mu...IsPainless.mp3

http://dcoombsguitar.com/Guitar%20Mu...IsPainless.pdf
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Old 03-31-2017, 08:32 AM
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Just teevee -Melancholy Serenade - (The Jackie Gleason Show), Peter Gunn, and Perry Mason. All, I think, done by Danny Gatton, who also cut a crazed version of The Simpsons theme.
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