100 Top TV Theme Songs 2 CD set original recordings

America is a huge, diverse country with Yankee home cooking and Tex Mex cuisine. People ski on frozen Vermont mountains and surf the big waves in sun drenched California. One thing that binds it all together is TV. Television is American culture, a common thread that holds it all together on a nightly basis as we assemble around our living rooms to watch our favorite characters and shows.

Twenty years ago, TVT Records was born with its first release, Television's Greatest Hits. Now, after having sold millions of its TV theme compilations around the world, TVT is returning to its roots. In celebration of TVT's 20th Anniversary, it is releasing the ultimate TV collection, All Time Top 100 TV Themes, featuring themes drawn from all the original sources.

Hearing these theme songs consistenly evokes a strong emotional response, pointing to a time when everyone watched the same TV shows again and again. From I Love Lucy and Green Acres to Batman and The Monkees, to Welcome Back Kotter and M*A*S*H to Pee Wee's Playhouse and Twin Peaks to Friends and Six Feet Under, virtually anyone who grew up American watching television is sure to want a nostalgic piece of their shared cultural past. Buyer beware: some of the source materials are from older programs that don’t enjoy the sonic resolution that today’s digital technology offers. But those tracks sound no worse than when you first heard them through your television speaker back in the “good old days.” Also, some can nit-pick with some of the edits of the various tracks. I found this set to be entirely enjoyable and worthy of promotion.  Next to each theme song, either the artist or composer is listed, not both.

TV Tunes Presents The All-Time 100 Top TV Themes 2 CD set is brand new; it has never been opened or played and is still in its original factory shrink-wrap. 100 tunes that comprise the soundtrack to our lives include...

1. Six Feet Under T. Newman
2. Sex And The City D. Cuomo
3. Ally McBeal Vonda Shepard
4. Will & Grace J. Wolff
5. Everybody Loves Raymond R. Marotta & T. Trotter
6. Frasier Kelsey Grammer
7. Friends The Rembrandts
8. Late Show with David Letterman Paul Shaffer & the CBS Orchestra
9. Mad About You Andrew Gold
10. Melrose Place Timothy Truman
11. Beverly Hills 90210 John E. Davis
12. Law & Order Mike Post
13. Northern Exposure David Schwartz
14. The Simpsons Danny Elfman, Sally & Susan Stevens
15. Thirtysomething W.G. “Snuffy” Walde and Stewart Lein
16. Full House Jesse Frederick
17. 21 Jump Street Holly Robinson
18. L.A. Law Mike Post
19. Pe-Wee’s Playhouse Cyndi Lauper
20. Perfect Strangers David Pomeranz
21. Growing Pains B.J. Thomas & Jennifer Warnes
22. Moonlighting Al Jarreau
23. Who’s The Boss? Larry Weiss
24. Miami Vice Jan Hammer
25. Night Court J. Elliott
26. The A-Team P. Carpenter & Mike Post
27. St. Elsewhere Dave Grusin
28. Cheers Gary Portnoy
29. Knight Rider S. Phillips & G. Larson
30. Cagney & Lacey  Bill Conti
31. The Greatest American Hero Joey Scarbury
32. Hill Street Blues Mike Post
33. Dynasty Bill Conti
34. Magnum P.I. Mike Post
35. The Facts Of Life Gloria Loring
36. Different Strokes Alan Thicke
37. WKRP In Cincinnati Steve Carlisle
38. Taxi Bob James
39. Dallas Floyd Cramer
40. Fantasy Island L. Rosenthal
41. The Love Boat Jack Jones
42. Soap G. Tipton
43. Eight Is Enough Grant Goodeve
44. Three’s Company Ray Charles & Julie Rinker
45. Wonder Woman New World Symphony
46. Charlie’s Angels J. Elliott & A. Ferguson
47. The Muppet Show Jim Hensen, Frank Oz, Richard Hunt, Dave Goetz, Jerry Nelson & Erin Ozker
48. Alice Linda Lavin
49. What’s Happening! Henry Mancini
50. Laverne & Shirley Cyndi Greeco
51. One Day At A Time Polly Cobler, Cynthia Bullens, Harry Nehls, Valeris Carter, Fred Freeman
52. Welcome Back Kotter  John Sebastian
53. Barney Miller J. Elliott & A. Ferguson
54. Starsky & Hutch Tom Scott
55. S.W.A.T. Barry DeVorzon
56. The Jeffersons Ja’Net Dubois & Oren Waters
57. Police Woman M. Stevens
58. The Rockford Files Mike Post
59. Good Times Jime Gilstrap & Blinky Williams
60. Six Million Dollar Man O. Nelson
61. M*A*S*H J. Mandel
62. The Waltons J. Goldsmith
63. Maude Donny Hathaway
64. Sanford & Son Quincy Jones
65. All In The Family Carroll O’Connor & Jean Stapleton
66. The Partridge Family David Cassidy, Ron Hicklin, Jackie Ward, Tom & John Bahler
67. The Odd Couple Neil Hefti & Sammy Cahn
68. The Mary Tyler Moore Show Sonny Curtis
69. Happy Days Jim Haas, Ron Hicklin, Stan Farber, Gene Morford, Gerry Carrett
70. Sesame Street The Kids
71. Love American Style The Cowsills
72. The Courtship Of Eddie’s Father Harry Nilsson
73. The Brady Bunch The Brady Bunch Kids
74. Scooby Doo Hoyt Curtin & Singers
75. Hawaii Five-O Morton Stevens
76. The Banana Splits R. Adams & M. Barkan
77. The Newlywed Game Chuck Barris
78. The Dating Game Chuck Barris & D. Mook
79. The Monkees The Monkees
80. Batman Neil Hefti
81. I Dream Of Jeannie Hugo Montenegro
82. The Wild Wild West R. Markowitz
83. Green Acres Eddie Albert & Eva Gabor
84. Gilligan’s Island Bill Cole, Gene Merlino, Stan Farber, Ian Free-Smith
85. The Addams Family Vic Mizzy
86. Bewitched H. Greenfield & J. Keller
87. The Jetsons J. Barbera, H. Curtin, W. Hanna
88. Dick Van Dyke Show Earl Hagen
89. The Andy Griffith Show Earl Hagen
90. The Flintstones Hoyt Curtain & Randy Van Horne’s Singers
91. My Three Sons Frank DeVol
92. The Twilight Zone M. Constant
93. Leave It To Beaver D. Kahn, M. Leonard, M. Greene
94. Perry Mason Leith Stevens & His Orchestra
95. The Honeymooners Jackie Gleason
96. Merrie Melodies E. Cantor, M. Mencher, C. Tobias
97. Looney Tunes D. Franklin & C. Friend
98. Dragnet W. Schumann & M. Rozsa
99. I Love Lucy Wilbur Hatch & Orchestra
100. The Lone Ranger Rossini, Gioacchino