Wii Theme Song

[Charise Zelnick]

Thememusic is a musical composition which is often written specifically for radio programming, television shows, video games, or films and is usually played during the title sequence, opening credits, closing credits, and in some instances at some point during the program.[1] The purpose of a theme song is often similar to that of a leitmotif.

The phrase theme song or signature tune may also be used to refer to a signature song that has become especially associated with a particular performer or dignitary, often used as they make an entrance.

From the 1950s onwards, theme music, and especially theme songs also became a valuable source of additional revenue for Hollywood film studios, many of which launched their own recording arms. This period saw the beginning of more methodical cross-promotion of music and movies.[2] One of the first big successes, which proved very influential, was the theme song for High Noon (1952).[2]

Theme music has been a feature of the majority of television programs since the medium's inception. Programs have used theme music in a large variety of styles, sometimes adapted from existing tunes, and with some composed specifically for the purpose. A few have been released commercially and become popular hits.

Other themes, like the music for The Young and the Restless, Days of Our Lives, and Coronation Street[3] have become iconic mostly due to the shows' respective longevities. Unlike others, these serials have not strayed from the original theme mix much, if at all, allowing them to be known by multiple generations of television viewers.

Most television shows have specific, melodic theme music, even if just a few notes (such as the clip of music that fades in and out in the title sequence for Lost, or the pulsing sound of helicopter blades in the theme music for Airwolf). One exception is 60 Minutes, which features only the ticking hand of a TAG Heuer stopwatch. Another recent exception is Body of Proof which has no theme song, and barely even has a title sequence.

In most television series, the theme song is played during the opening sequence. One exception to this rule is Regular Show, the theme music of which is played only during its ending credits in most episodes. In lieu of its theme music, its opening sequence instead features a tone played on a synthesizer overlaid with a ticking sound effect.

Notable is the theme for the game show The Price Is Right, reimagined as Crystal Waters's "Come On Down" which marked the first time that lyrics were added to The Price Is Right theme song and was the first song based on a television theme song (and the first to come from a game show) to reach number 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart on the week of December 29, 2001.[5][6]

In talk radio, a different theme song is often used to introduce each segment, and the music (usually popular music of some sort) will often relate to the topic being discussed. John Batchelor is noted for his use of highly dramatic orchestral scores leading in and out of each segment of his weekly show.

Many video games feature a theme song that is distinctive to the series. A popular one to date is the "Prelude Theme" from the Final Fantasy series, which is played on most, if not all, of the title screens of the original games, most notably Final Fantasy I to Final Fantasy IV. The newer ones also feature the theme, albeit usually modernized, and played during the ending credits.[7][8]

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Hi Ally! Found this song through Mushishi and now I have some questions out of pure curiosity.1. It seems unusual that an anime would use non-Japanese music, how did your song get chosen for Mushishi?

2. Does it bother you at all that this has become commonly known as the "mushishi song" rather than by its original title? Do you think the communicated message in this song changed by being associated with the anime?

3. What is the inspiration for this song? While watching the anime I thought it was in the spirit of I'm Gonna Be 500 miles, where the guy's walking "just to be the man... to fall down at your door." But after hearing the full song, it seems a lot more desperate... I mean he's running around stealing money, eating rats, and killing bears. Anyways, thanks for this song! I'll go check out your other work.

On Sunday night, Mad Men returned for it's 7th and final season. At the opening, the famous title credits played. They sounded, as usual, instantly familiar and completely iconic. But there's a strange story behind their creation. The Mad Men theme song wasn't written for Mad Men at all; it was actually originally an unknown rap song by DJ RJD2 and rapper Aceyalone:

It turns out that Matthew Weiner, the writer, director and producer of the show, is a TV genius in every way. "I choose almost every piece of music on the series," Weiner said in a 2012 interview with TV.com, "I am open to suggestions but usually not interested. I have a very personal relationship with music and am a delusional person to the degree that before the show existed, I kept a file in my iTunes of all the songs that could go one day in the show."

But one fateful day, Weiner was driving listening to Marketplace on NPR when he heard an instrumental version of RJD2's song playing as a segue between two stories. He immediately called his assistant who helped him identify the song. "[W]e listened to it, and it had everything to it: Big old movie quality to it, and updated beat to it, it had drama. I just loved it."

Had the song not been tapped to become the Mad Men theme, though, it would have surely receded into obscurity because the rap is, frankly, terrible. The lyrics are sort of mediocre and Aceyalone sounds kind of like he can't catch the otherwise fantastic beat. Weiner reined in RJD2, too: the original song also featured a tedious synth harmonium outro that, frankly, we're better off without.

But like the miraculous success of the show itself, the song dodged a life of total anonymity thanks to NPR and some downtown traffic. Now, from a stroke of luck and Mad Men's genius, it's one of the most important television theme songs of all time.

SEC Network viewers will hear the renewed song in full the night before the first SEC Nation of the 2024 season, when Eden releases the track across all streaming and music platforms at midnight on Friday, Aug. 30. The theme song and opening tease will premiere at 10 a.m. ET on Saturday, Aug. 31, when the show travels to Gainesville, Fla. to showcase the Florida Gators hosting in-state rival Miami Hurricanes.

Well, it's actually all of these. Whatever you call it, the instrumental composition is the most valuable copyright of songwriter Barry De Vorzon. He unraveled its twisting tale in a conversation with Bart Herbison of Nashville Songwriters Association International.

BH: So let's get this straight. A movie song now becomes a TV theme song, which I hope you were on the good royalty scale for that and got paid every time the show aired, but we're not done yet. There's a third title change. Explain.

BDV: Well, that was two years after I did the movie. Five years after I did the movie, this little 12-year-old, a girl from Romania, stole the heart of the world and got the first perfect 10 on the double horizontal bar.

BH: Let me explain this, because (now), we have two, three hundred choices for televised entertainment, streaming entertainment. There were three channels back then and, and the biggest (event) maybe aside from the Super Bowl and even including that, was the Olympics. Gymnastics in the seventies and eighties were the premiere event. She was proceeded by Olga Korbut, but Nadia Comaneci comes along, Romanian, I believe, and she got more than one perfect 10, and it stunned the world. Now gymnastics is on the front cover of Sports Illustrated, and gymnastics shops are opening up in towns like Nashville, Barry. So I want people to understand the gravity, not just in the U.S. The global eyes on her.

In partnership with Nashville Songwriters Association International, the "Story Behind the Song" video interview series features Nashville-connected songwriters discussing one of their compositions. For full video interviews with all of our subjects, visit www.tennessean.com/music.

You know the X-Files theme. For nine years, that music had an almost Pavlovian effect on TV junkies addicted to the paranormal adventures of FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. But in the beginning, it was just a job for composer Mark Snow.

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