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List Price: $42.98 | | Label: Silva America
Salesrank: 100698
Released: August 27, 2002 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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One Hundred Greatest TV Themes Track Listing:
Disc 1:
1. A-Team - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine
2. Addams Family - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Crouch Festival Chorus, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine
3. Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (Main Themes) - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine
4. Airwolf - Daniel Caine
5. Avengers (Pre-Credits and Main Theme) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Mike Townsend
6. Barnaby Jones - Jerry Goldsmith, The Philharmonia Orchestra
7. Batman - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Crouch Festival Chorus, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine
8. Battlestar Galactica (Main Themes) - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine
9. Baywatch - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine
10. Beverly Hills 90210 - Daniel Caine
11. Bewitched - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine
12. Between the Lines - Mark Ayres
13. Bill - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine
14. Bonanza - Geoffrey Burgon, The Philharmonia Orchestra
15. Brideshead Revisted - Daniel Caine
16. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine
17. Burke's Law - Daniel Caine
18. Cagney and Lacey - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Derek Wadsworth
19. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons - Mark Ayres
20. Casualty - Mark Ayres
21. Cheers - Mark Ayres
22. Dallas - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine
23. Dangerman (Secret Agent) (Pre-Credits and Theme) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Mike Towsend
24. Doctor Who - Mark Ayres
25. Doctor Kildare - Daniel Caine, Jerry Goldsmith, Philharmonic Orchestra
Disc 2:
1. Doogie Howser, M. D. - Daniel Caine
2. Dynasty - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine
3. Equalizer - Daniel Caine
4. Falcon Crest - Daniel Caine
5. Fireball XL-5 - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Derek Wadsworth
6. Fugitive - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine
7. Hawaii Five-0 - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine, Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Mike Townsend
8. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine
9. High Chaparral - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine
10. Highway to Heaven - Daniel Caine
11. Hill Street Blues - Daniel Caine
12. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Mark Ayres
13. Incredible Hulk - Daniel Caine
14. Jason King - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Mike Towsend
15. Jesus of Nazareth - Paul Bateman, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
16. Joe 90 - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Derek Wadsworth
17. Johnny Staccato - Daniel Caine
18. Knight Rider - Daniel Caine
19. Kojak - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Mike Towsend
20. L.A. Law - Daniel Caine
21. Land of the Giants - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine
22. Little House on the Prairie - Daniel Caine
23. Lonesome Dove - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine
24. Lost in Space (Series 1 and 3 Themes) - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine
25. Lou Grant - Daniel Caine
Disc 3:
1. Magnum, P. I. - Daniel Caine
2. Man Called Ironside - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Mike Towsend
3. Man from U. N. C. L. E. - Daniel Caine
4. M*A*S*H - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Crouch Festival Chorus, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine
5. Miami Vice (Crockett's Theme) - Mark Ayres
6. Mike Hammer - Daniel Caine
7. Mission Impossible (The Plot/Main Theme) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Mike Towsend
8. Monty Python's Flying Circus - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine
9. Munsters - Daniel Caine
10. Murder She Wrote - Daniel Caine
11. Newhart - Daniel Caine
12. North and South - Daniel Caine
13. Northern Exposure - Daniel Caine
14. NYPD Blue - Mark Ayres
15. Outer Limits - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine
16. Perry Mason-Park Avenue Beat - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Mike Towsend
17. Persuaders - Mark Ayres
18. Peter Gunn - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Mike Towsend
19. Police Squad - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine
20. Prisoner - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Mike Towsend
21. Quantum Leap - Daniel Caine
22. Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Mike Towsend
23. Red Dwarf - Ian Hu, Mark Lambert
24. Rockford Files
25. Roseanne - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Mike Towsend
One Hundred Greatest TV Themes Reviews:
Some well known tv themes from the 50's to the 90's 
2009-02-20 - Being a 4 disc set each about 70 minutes this covers some tv from the 50's with Bonanza and Bewitched to the 90's with x files and star trek deep space 9. It does a Fair job covering the shows listed. But they are remade versions and some sound not quite as the tv version did. Mostly due to the instruments are not dead on exact but they close enough some might not notice. They also made some of them longer then as heard on tv like murder she wrote didn't ever have almost 3 minutes of title sequence. As far as tv theme cds go this set does include quite a bit of stuff.
Feh. 
2007-11-25 - Face it, the appeal of TV theme songs is their familiarity. You know every sound in your favorites. 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 
2007-07-20 - The Mission Impossible theme is performed well.
The Fireball theme is actually much improved on this version. I prefer the orchestra and the vocals over the original.
Quantity Over Quality 
2007-01-14 - As a musician myself, I know too well that one of the most important ingredients in ANY performance (live or recorded) is passion. The recordings here generally lack the same passion and sheer drama of the originals. 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".
Mediocre
2006-05-17 - The sound quality for this collection isn't much better than the samples offered by Amazon.
