I absolutely love The Expanse intro -- I always let it play for the incredible song and started to notice all the changing visuals to match the progression in the show as a result.
DuckTales is one of those opening songs that I sing along with because I know the lyrics. The Expanse is one of those opening songs that I sing along with despite not knowing any of the lyrics at all.
The only lyrics I remember are his name in the chorus but it's definitely stuck with me. Also he's a space explorer! With that, Bucky O'Hare kind of bridges the gap between The Expanse and DuckTales in a way.
The Better Call Saul Open Intro is very iconic and it looks cool too, i suggest checking it off
I have a few:
From my childhood and adolescence: a lesser-known show called The Mysterious Cities of Gold, Fresh Prince, X-Files
Anime choices: Cowboy Bebop, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Hellsing
21st century: Sopranos, Game of Thrones (I almost didn't want to, but the music never let us down)
I can still recite most of the Cities of Gold opening almost 40 years later. For whatever reason, I really fixated on the outfits of some of the characters and the show may have partially contributed to my interest in textiles and textile-adjacent things. l may or may not made myself a Zia paper doll so I could design many dresses for her (which all included quipu made out of embroidery floss...).
The song is kinda meh, but in the anime category I gotta give a shoutout to Konosuba S2 OP for being an entire perfect mini-episode in itself
Star Trek Voyager
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
The Returned (Original French version)
When someone says "check out my sound system", that's how I check it out π
Hands down Peacemaker for me
https://youtu.be/_mrr3UNALww
Never once skipped that intro while watching the show.
This was what I was looking for, the intro to Peacemaker never fails to brighten my day! It's easily the most James Gunn thing imaginable and it's brought to life for all to enjoy. I added so many songs from that show's soundtrack onto my workout playlist, all starting with the intro song.
It is so completely perfect that I'm really curious what they're gonna do for the Season 2 intro with new incoming characters in place of the leaving minor characters since they brilliantly used even actors in small roles as part of the big dance.
Star Trek Discovery has a GORGEOUS intro
Gotta be Futurama or Bojack Horseman. I'm truly a sucker for the intro sequences that change as a series go on.
I really like the opening for Stargate SG-1. Mainly because that orchestral score is great. It's pretty iconic for the series and is pretty recognizable. https://youtu.be/aafGXNWHGaw
Showing my age here, but 80s and 90s had some catchy theme tunes but for me Knight Rider is my favourite
Dark
Or Peaky Blinders
I like the intro to TruBlood more than the show itself.
Catchiest: Adventure Time
Memorable: Game of Thrones (are /r/freefolk here yet?)
Favourite: Futurama - watched every single one for the different slogans and classic cartoon clips
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The opening song and credit sequence for Succession always got me SO HYPE.
The part after the bridge where the kids are riding on the elephant, and the piano part comes back in and strikes three times instead of two... chills every time.
The theme from Sherlock along with Holmes' little "the game is on" leimotif were pretty great.
Same with the driving beat from the Arrow title card β in fact I'm a big fan of Blake Newly in general, but it's the track "Setting Up the Lair" from the first season that plays most of my favourite elements.
But the title sequence that stands out best for me is the 2010 version of the Doctor Who theme. The music from that season in particular has always hit me hard, but all of Murray Gold's work on the show was phenomenal.
Setting Up the Lair is totally on my workout playlist! Blake Neely really knows how to write a score that keeps me pushing when I start to run out of gas.
The electric guitar cover of Neely's "Flash vs Arrow" theme by Niall Stenson is also on my workout mix, makes it feel like I'm training to survive against a metahuman which is very motivating!
ditto .. shame only the "HD" version is on streaming platforms .. I missed the boat on the rambaldi box set .. I'd very much like to own the series in 1080p on BD. if it were ever to be released it would be a day 1 purchase for me
Guardians of the galaxy https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cbAfhBNQ2qU
The opening for the original Fullmetal Alchemist anime (Ready Steady Go by LβArc-En-Ciel) is burned into my mind forever. For some reason it makes me cry a little bit now.
House MD (with Hugh Laurie) there were two cuts of the opening theme depending what region it was teardrop by massive attack or bab O'Reily by the who. And then often closing to "can't always get what you want" by rolling stones
Death Sex + Robots on Netflix. Love how the icons change for each episode.
Here's a bit of an unusual answer. The TV show Corner Gas is a Canadian comedy set in small town Saskatchewan. I grew up in a small town in Saskatchewan, so loved the show (it's also objectively very funny). It's a show I watched a lot as a kid, probably more times than anything. And that was all before the ages of being able to skip intros, so the iconic theme song (which references a very popular joke about Saskatchewan) was heard a lot.
Mostly I think I'm just nostalgic about it. I really hated growing up in a rural area and the show was literally the only one I had at the time that felt local (Sask isn't exactly a well known place).
Corner Gas was truly one of the greatest sitcoms of its time, Canadian or otherwise.
https://youtu.be/o2Z1yLO9C-Q
M.A.S.K. 1985
Muh muh muh MASK!
Contact (1997)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWwhQB3TKXA
It will always be TNG for me, but all the Star Trek shows have great intros IMO.
SPACE
The final frontier...
2 that stick out for me are Magnum PI and Dallas.
For All Mankind and Foundation's are both incredible. Didn't skip them once. Someone over at Apple TV really cares about strong openings.
Polar opposite shows, but I always sing along to the opening of The Sopranos and Ted Lasso.
Nothing recent that I can think of, so you get the kid-me version:
The BBC Chronicles of Narnia series from the late 1980s:
https://invidious.0011.lt/watch?v=4lPZ6YmqXjA
The Legend of Prince Valiant - 1990s
https://invidious.0011.lt/watch?v=v87iwPlNBcY
Gargoyles - 1990s
https://invidious.0011.lt/watch?v=ygrEVnrg3Ic
Gummi Bears - no not that one - the good one. The 1980s one sung by Joseph Williams from Toto (also singing voice of adult Simba in the original Lion King - which is a thing I didn't in any way just find out when checking his name. Nope.)
Person Of Interest
The Expanse
The Americans
Succesion
Definetly "The Lego Batman Movie": https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Tc8X8A-x9dc
I just love the humor of that movie
Batman Beyond came to mind right away.
@Merlu Maybe opening of the Peripheral...The Amazon adaptation of William Gibson's excellent novel.
The opening to Black Sails fucking slaps. I usually skip intros after a few episodes, but I almost never skip the Black Sails intro.
It's from a while ago, but I just love the campy set and that Danny Elfmin score from Tales from the Crypt
Good question. Usually the music is far better than the actual intro, Succession was a good example of that. 24's intro isn't much but it's unique and ages well because nobody likes sitting through TV show intros anymore.
I'd have to say that Whiskey Cavalier's intro is the best one I've seen, from what I can think of off the top of my head.
In the Heat of the Night. The original movie, not the TV show.
Magical secret powers where revealed to me the day I held aloft my magic sword and said BY THE POWER OF REVERB!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe not my favorite but the opening for True Blood
I always get goosebumps when watching opening titles of Polish science magazine Sonda, from the 80s.
Not opening credits exactly but I really loved the recap thing they did in Ronald D. Moore's BSG. So much energy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPBzHa2PcS8&t=38s
MacGyver (1985)
As soon as I read this, the song started playing automatically in my head. Along with most of the visual sequences, and Richard Dean Anderson's smile.
there's simply so much awesome content .. this question was 1 of, if not the hardest to ask .. and yes ..thanks for the reminder of this amazing tune .. it never went away in my head but it's not to be humming it again :P
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