We're celebrating the centennial of Henry Mancini, born 100 years ago today. He composed numerous TV and movie theme songs including the themes to The Pink Panther, Peter Gunn and "Moon River" from ...
Over the last several decades, it has become commonplace for moviemakers to tap a musician to sing a theme song for their project. It adds an extra layer of intrigue for audiences to see which of ...
A James Bond theme song has been praised as "better than the film it was made for" by cinema enthusiasts. The enduring franchise has recruited stars like Adele, Paul McCartney, and Shirley Bassey to ...
If you're a certain age, and you hear this music... (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "STAYIN' ALIVE") BEE GEES: (Singing) Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother, you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Sometimes there are songs that are just so good, that it doesn't matter that they were in forgettable movies. That's what this list is. Songs that still crush, often decades after the movies they were ...
We hope we don’t sound too “get off our lawn” right now, but they sure don’t make TV and movie theme music like they used to. We still get a few memorable ones here and there, like Alan Silvestri’s ...
LOS ANGELES -- There was a time around 1997 when no matter where you were -- in the car, on the StairMaster, at the dentist's office -- you couldn't help but hear My Heart Will Go On, the soaring ...
Last night was Diana Ross theme-night on American Idol, and part of the fun was figuring out which contestants would do which songs. (Nobody did “Upside Down,” WTF?) The show’s weirdest and most ...
Some of the best TV theme songs were already hits or great songs that were adapted as a theme song. These are songs that were written for the show, like the retro ones that still slap, but these are ...