List of Television Theme Music

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The following list contains scores and/or songs which are the primary theme music of a television series or mini-series.

This is an incomplete list of songs, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.

Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

They are sorted alphabetically by the television series' title. Any themes, scores, or songs which are billed under a different name than their respective television series' title are shown in parentheses, except in cases where they are officially billed as "Theme from [Series' Name]", "[Series' Name] Theme", etc., which are omitted. This list does not include television series' whose broadcast run was less than ten episodes (i.e. a "failed" series) unless officially designated as a television mini-series. In cases where more than one piece of music was used for the main theme during the broadcast run of a television series (Baywatch, Happy Days, Starsky and Hutch, etc.), only the most widely recognized score is referenced.

 0 - 9

• 24 - Sean Callery
• The 4400 ("A Place In Time") - Amanda Abizaid
• 7th Heaven - Steve Plunkett

 A - B

• The A-Team - Mike Post and Pete Carpenter
• The Addams Family - Vic Mizzy
• Airwolf - Sylvester Levay
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Funeral March of a Marionette") - Charles Gounod
• Alice ("There's a New Girl in Town") - Linda Lavin
• All in the Family ("Those Were the Days") - Lee Adams and Charles Strouse
• All That - TLC
• Ally McBeal ("Searchin' My Soul") - Vonda Shepard
• Amazing Stories - John Williams
• American Bandstand ("Bandstand Boogie") - Charles Albertine (alt. version with lyrics by Barry Manilow and Bruce Howard Sussman)
• American Dreams ("Generation") - Emerson Hart
• Angel ("Catharsis of Sufferance" or "Angel Main Theme") - Darling Violetta
• Arthur (TV Series) ("Arthur Theme Song") - Ziggy Marley
• Ask The Family ("Acka Raga") - Joe Harriott and John Mayer
• The Avengers - Laurie Johnson
• Bad Girls Club ("Love Me Or Hate Me") - Lady Sovereign
• Baretta ("Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow") - Dave Grusin and M. Ames Performed By Sammy Davis Jr.
• Barnaby Jones - Jerry Goldsmith
• Barney Miller - Jack Elliott
• Batman Theme - Neal Hefti
• Battlestar Galactica - Stu Phillips
• Battlestar Galactica (2004) - Bear McCreary
• Baywatch ("I'm Always Here") - Jimi Jamison
• Beach House ("The Mixed Tape") - Jack's Mannequin
• The Benny Hill Show ("Yakety Sax") - Boots Randolph
• The Beverly Hillbillies ("The Ballad of Jed Clampett") - Flatt & Scruggs
• Black Sheep Squadron - Mike Post
• Bewitched - Howard Greenfield and Jack Keller
• The Big Bang Theory - Barenaked Ladies
• Big Love ("God Only Knows") - The Beach Boys
• B.J. and the Bear ("B.J. McKay") - Glen A. Larson; performed by Greg Evigan
• Bleach (*~Asterisk~) - Orange Range
• The Bold and the Beautiful ("High Upon This Love") - Jack Alloco and David Kurtz; performed by Dionne Warwick
• Bonanza - Jay Livingston
• Booker ("Hot in the City") - Billy Idol
• Bosom Buddies ("My Life") - Billy Joel
• The Brady Bunch - Frank DeVol
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - Stu Phillips
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Nerf Herder

 C - D

• Cagney & Lacey - Bill Conti
• The Carol Burnett Show ("I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together") - Carol Burnett
• Charlie's Angels - Jack Elliott
• Charmed ("How Soon Is Now?") - Love Spit Love
• Cheers ("Where Everybody Knows Your Name") - Gary Portnoy
• Chico and the Man - José Feliciano
• CHiPs - Ken Lauber
• Clueless - ("Ordinary Girl") - China Forbes
• Code Lyoko - ("A World Without Danger") [ Franck Keller and Ygal Amar
• Code Monkeys ("Code Monkey") - Jonathan Coulton
• Cops ("Bad Boys") - Inner Circle
• The Cosby Show - Grover Washington, Jr.
• Cowboy Bebop ("Tank!" / "The Real Folk Blues") - Yoko Kanno, performed by The Seatbelts
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ("Who Are You") - The Who
• CSI: Miami ("Won't Get Fooled Again") - The Who
• CSI: New York ("Baba O'Riley") - The Who
• Dad's Army ("Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr. Hitler?") - Bud Flanagan
• Dallas - Jerrold Immel
• Damages ("When I Am Through With You") - The VLA
• Dark Shadows - Robert Cobert
• Desperate Housewives - Danny Elfman
• A Different World - Aretha Franklin
• Diff'rent Strokes - Alan Thicke, Al Burton, and Gloria Loring
• Dirty Little Secret ("Dirty Little Secret") - The All-American Rejects
• Doctor Who - Delia Derbyshire
• Dog the Bounty Hunter - Ozzy Ozbourne
• Doogie Howser, M.D. - Mike Post
• Drake & Josh ("I Found a Way") - Drake Bell
• The Drew Carey Show ("Cleveland Rocks") - The Presidents of the United States of America
• The Dukes of Hazzard ("Good Ol' Boys") - Waylon Jennings
• Dynasty - Bill Conti

 E - F

• Early Edition - W. G. Walden
• Ed ("Next Year") - Foo Fighters
• Ed, Edd n Eddy
• Enterprise ("Faith Of The Heart") - Russell Watson
• Entourage ("Superhero") - Jane's Addiction
• The Equalizer - Stewart Copeland
• ER - James Newton Howard
• The Facts of Life - Gloria Loring
• Falcon Crest - Bill Conti
• The Fall Guy ("The Unknown Stuntman") - Lee Majors
• Fame - Dean Pitchford and Michael Gore
• Family Guy - Walter Murphy
• Family Matters ("As Days Go By") - Jesse Frederick
• Family Ties ("Without Us") - Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams
• Farscape - Guy Gross
• Father Ted ("Songs Of Love") - Divine Comedy
• The Film programme ("I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free") - Billy Taylor Trio
• Firefly ("Ballad of Serenity") - Sonny Rhodes
• Flamingo Road - Gerald Fried
• Forever Knight - Fred Mollin
• Friday The 13th: The Series - Fred Mollin
• Friends ("I'll Be There For You") - The Rembrandts
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
• Full House ("Everywhere You Look") - Jesse Frederick and Theresa James
• Futurama - Christopher Tyng
• The F Word - Babybird

 G - H

• Get Smart - Irving Szathmary
• Gilligan's Island ("Ballad of Gilligan's Isle") - Sherwood Schwartz
• Gilmore Girls ("Where You Lead") - performed by Carole King and Louise Goffin
• Gimme a Break! - Nell Carter
• Girlfriends - Angie Stone
• The Golden Girls ("Thank You for Being a Friend") - composed by Andrew Gold, performed by Cindy Fee
• Grandstand ("News Scoop") - Len Stevens
• Grandstand - Keith Mansfield
• The Greatest American Hero ("Believe It Or Not") - Joey Scarbury
• Green Acres - composed by Vic Mizzy; performed by Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor
• The Green Hornet ("Flight of the Bumblebee") - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
• Grey's Anatomy ("Cosy in the Rocket") - Psapp
• Grounded for Life - Ween
• Gun ("Happiness is A Warm Gun") - John Lennon and Paul McCartney; performed by U2
• Gunsmoke - Rex Koury
• Hannah Montana ("Best of Both Worlds") - Miley Cyrus
• Happy Days - Jerry McClain
• Hardcastle and McCormick ("Drive") - Mike Post and Pete Carpenter
• Have Gun - Will Travel ("Ballad of Paladin") - Johnny Western, Richard Boone, and Sam Rolfe
• Hawaii Five-O - The Ventures
• Highlander: The Series ("Princes of the Universe") - Queen
• Hill Street Blues - Mike Post
• The Hills ("Unwritten") - Natasha Bedingfield
• Hogan's Heroes - Jerry Fielding
• House ("Teardrop") - Massive Attack

 I - J

• I Dream of Jeannie - Hugo Montenegro
• I Love Lucy - Eliot Daniel
• I'll Fly Away - W. G. Walden
• iCarly ("Leave It All To Me") - Miranda Cosgrove and Drake Bell
• The Incredible Hulk - Joe Harnell
• Ironside - Quincy Jones
• The Jeffersons ("Movin' On Up") - Ja'Net DuBois
• Jeopardy! - Merv Griffin
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! - Robert Goulet
• Joan of Arcadia ("One Of Us") - Joan Osborne
• John from Cincinnati ("Johnny Appleseed") - Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
• Johnny Staccato ("Staccato's Theme") - Elmer Bernstein

 K - L

• KABLAM! ("Skaternity") - The Toasters (affiliated as The Moon Ska Stompers)
• King of the Hill - The Refreshments
• King's Crossing - Jerrold Immel
• Knight Rider - Stu Phillips
• Knots Landing - Jerrold Immel
• Kung Fu - Jim Helms
• The L Word ("The Way That We Live") - Betty
• Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County ("Come Clean") - Hilary Duff
• Las Vegas ("A Little Less Conversation") - Elvis Presley (remix by Junkie XL)
• Laverne & Shirley ("Making Our Dreams Come True") - Cyndi Grecco
• Law & Order - Mike Post
• Life As We Know It ("Sooner or Later") - Michael Tolcher
• Life Goes On (A cover of The Beatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da") - Patti LuPone and the rest of the cast
• Lipstick Jungle ("The Bomb") - Bitter:Sweet
• The Lone Ranger ("William Tell Overture") - Gioachino Rossini
• Lost in Space - John Williams
• The Love Boat - Jack Jones
• Love of Life ("The Life That You Love") - Carey Gold

 M - N

• M*A*S*H ("Suicide Is Painless") - Johnny Mandel and Mike Altman
• Mad About You ("Final Frontier") - Ernest Gold
• Magnum, P.I. - Ian Freebairn-Smith (Season 1); Mike Post and Pete Carpenter (remaining seasons)
• Makin' It - David Naughton
• Malcolm in the Middle ("Boss of Me") - They Might Be Giants
• Maniac Mansion - Jane Siberry and Mary Margaret O'Hara
• Married... with Children ("Love and Marriage") - Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen; performed by Frank Sinatra
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show ("Love is All Around") - Sonny Curtis
• Match Game ("A Swingin' Safari") - Billy Vaughn
• Maude ("And Then There's Maude") - Donny Hathaway
• Maverick - Sons of the Pioneers
• Miami Vice - Jan Hammer
• Mission: Impossible - Lalo Schifrin
• Mister Ed - Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
• Monday Night Football - Hank Williams, Jr.
• Monk - Jeff Beal
• The Monkees - The Monkees
• Monty Python's Flying Circus ("Liberty Bell March") - John Philip Sousa
• Moonlighting - Al Jarreau
• Mr. Belvedere ("According to Our New Arrival") - Leon Redbone
• The Munsters - Jack Marshall
• My Favorite Martian - George Greeley
• My So-Called Life - W. G. Walden
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 - seasons 0-5 Joel Hodgson, seasons 5-10 Michael J. Nelson
• The Nanny ("The Nanny Named Fran") - Ann Hampton Callaway
• NBA on NBC ("Roundball Rock") - John Tesh
• NBC Nightly News ("The Mission") - John Williams
• Newhart - Henry Mancini
• Night Court - Jack Elliott
• La Femme Nikita - Mark Snow
• NYPD Blue - Mike Post

 O - P

• The O.C. ("California") - Phantom Planet
• The Odd Couple - Neal Hefti
• One Tree Hill ("I Don't Want to Be") - Gavin DeGraw
• The Outer Limits - Mark Mancina
• Party of Five ("Closer To Free") - BoDeans
• The Partridge Family ("C'mon, Get Happy") - The Partridge Family
• Peep Show ("Flagpole Sitta") - Harvey Danger (Season 2-present)
• Perfect Strangers ("Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now")- David Pomeranz
• Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini
• Phineas and Ferb ("Today is Gonna be a Great Day") - Bowling for Soup
• The Pink Panther Show - Henry Mancini
• Planet of the Apes - Lalo Schifrin
• The Price is Right - Sheila Cole
• Psych ("I Know, You Know") - Friendly Indians
• Punky Brewster ("Every Time I Turn Around") - Gary Portnoy
• Prisoner ("On The Inside") - Lynne Hamilton

 Q - R

• Quantum Leap - Mike Post
• Queer Duck - RuPaul
• Quincy M.E. - Stu Phillips
• Rawhide - Ned Washington and Dimitri Tiomkin; performed by Frankie Laine
• Reba ("I'm a Survivor") - Reba McEntire
• The Rebel ("Ballad of Johnny Yuma") - Richard Markowitz and Andrew J. Fenady; performed by Johnny Cash
• Remington Steele - Mike Post
• Rescue Me ("C'mon C'mon") - Von Bondies
• The Rockford Files - Mike Post and Pete Carpenter
• Roseanne - W. G. Walden
• Roswell ("Here with Me") - Dido
• Route 66 - Nelson Riddle
• The Royle Family ("Half The World Away") - Oasis
• Ryan's Hope ("Here's to Us") - Carey Gold

 S - T

• St. Elsewhere - Dave Grusin
• Sanford and Son ("The Streetbeater") - Quincy Jones
• Scrubs ("Superman") - Lazlo Bane
• Sesame Street ("Can You Tell Me How to Get To...") - Joe Raposo, Jon Stone, and Bruce Hart
• Shaft - Isaac Hayes
• The Simpsons - Danny Elfman
• Smallville ("Save Me") - Remy Zero
• The Sopranos ("Woke Up This Morning") - Alabama 3
• Sonic the Hedgehog SatAm ("Fastest Thing Alive") by the Noisy Neighbors
• Soul Train ("TSOP [The Sound of Philadelphia]) - MFSB and The Three Degrees
• South Park - Primus
• SpongeBob SquarePants - Pat Pinney
• Star Trek - Alexander Courage
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Dennis McCarthy
• Star Trek: The Next Generation - Jerry Goldsmith, arrangement by Dennis McCarthy
• Star Trek: Voyager - Jerry Goldsmith
• Starsky and Hutch ("Gotcha") - Tom Scott
• Step by Step - Jesse Frederick
• Steptoe and Son ("Old Ned") - Ron Grainer
• Still Standing ("You Make Me Happy") - Will Hoge
• The Streets of San Francisco - Tom Scott
• Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye ("Who I Am") - Jessica Andrews
• The Suite Life of Zack and Cody - John Adair
• Tales From The Crypt - Danny Elfman
• Taxi ("Angela") - Bob James
• That '70s Show ("That 70's Song") - Cheap Trick
• That's My Bush! - DVDA
• That's So Raven - Raven-Symoné, Orlando Brown and Anneliese van der Pol
• Three Wishes ("Believe") - Amy Grant
• Three's Company - written by Joe Raposo and Don Nicholl; performed by Ray Charles and Julia Rinker
• The Thrills ("Extraordinary") - Mandy Moore
• Time of Your Life ("I've Just Seen a Face") - BoDeans
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ("Johnny's Theme") - Paul Anka
• Top Gear ("Jessica") - The Allman Brothers Band
• Tour of Duty ("Paint it Black") - The Rolling Stones
• The Twilight Zone - Bernard Herrmann (Season 1); Marius Constant (Seasons 2-5)

 U - Z

• V - Dennis McCarthy
• Veronica Mars ("We Used To Be Friends") - The Dandy Warhols
• Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color - Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
• Watership Down ("Bright Eyes")
• Welcome Back, Kotter ("Welcome Back") - John Sebastian
• The West Wing - W. G. Walden
• What's Happening!! - Henry Mancini
• Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? - Rockapella
• The Wild Wild West - Richard Markowitz
• WKRP in Cincinnati - Steve Carlisle
• Wonder Woman - Charles Fox
• The Wonder Years ("A Little Help From My Friends") - John Lennon and Paul McCartney; performed by Joe Cocker
• The X-Files - ("Materia Primoris") Mark Snow
• Xena: Warrior Princess - Joseph LoDuca
• The Young and The Restless ("Nadia's Theme") - Perry Botkin Jr.
• Zoey 101 ("Follow Me") - Jamie Lynn Spears