Reposted by Soundtracks to CopagandaMovies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Regarding the AI skin people are calling an “actress” Studio types would LOVE this to succeed, so the skin is being featured and anthropomorphized in the mainstream press. Remember, movie producers left money on the table pre-1910 and refused to credit movie actors 426174
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The theme music is paint-by-numbers workplace-comedy stuff, inoffensive and forgettable. 011
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026French's good-ole-boy police chief and Holliday's city-bred, formally-trained sergeant intentionally echoed Rod Steiger and Sidney Poitier in IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, except this time played for comedy and with the edges filed off the racism. Surprisingly, this formula somehow lasted two seasons. 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The sitcom CARTER COUNTRY premiered in the fall of 1977, about nine months into its namesake's presidential administration. Victor French and Kene Holliday starred as a small-town Georgia (white) police chief and (Black) sergeant dealing with changing race relations www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZf5...youtube.comCARTER COUNTRY opening credits ABC sitcomYouTube video by Gilmore Box 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Colt Seavers' assistant Jody was a breakout role for Heather Thomas, who sold a lot of swimsuit posters in those years (including to me), and who seems to spend a lot of her time fishing these days if her Bluesky account is any indication. 000
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 01/08/2026The theme song, "The Unknown Stuntman," was sung by Lee himself, and this is another case of a show where the tone was light enough to sustain a theme song with lyrics in an otherwise lyric-averse age of crime TV. 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 01/08/2026THE FALL GUY (1981-1985) was apparently conceived as a star vehicle for Lee Majors' trademark wince, for which his role as a stuntman-cum-skiptracer provided opportunities aplenty. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj9e...youtube.comThe Fall Guy intro (1982)YouTube video by jinglescollection 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I will nearly always choose 5/4 over 4/4 for a spy show; it's usually much better at conveying suspense. (GET SMART is an exception, because you want it to be as square as possible.) 010
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 22/07/2026The actual theme music doesn't kick in until about 1:45 in this long opening. The arrangement here is in 5/4 like MISSION IMPOSSIBLE; sometimes they used a 4/4 version like this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM5g...youtube.com"The Man from U.N.C.L.E." TV IntroYouTube video by The Rap Sheet 120
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I've been away from this beat for too long, let's come back with THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjmO...youtube.comTHE MAN FROM UNCLE Season One Long OpeningYouTube video by lp45cdwoman 120
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Desilu decided that audiences weren't getting it, but that Mike Connors had the charisma to carry the show as a more traditional PI procedural, and they were apparently right 010
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 15/06/2026the show's original premise was that the title character worked for a cutting-edge detective agency that used a punch-card computer to help work through cases, and the tension between the computer's style and Mannix's more traditional PI approach drove conflict 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 14/06/2026And I *love* a good waltz, especially in a jazz or rock/pop context. 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 14/06/2026If the job of a TV theme is to prepare us emotionally for the content of the show to follow, then MANNIX is clearly about ballroom dancing with Cyd Charisse and not about a detective chasing bad guys. There's plenty of energy, but no tension. It's a great piece, just not for this kind of show. 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 14/06/2026I posted the intro from MANNIX (1967-75) on my main last year but for some reason (probably because i mixed up the two accounts YET AGAIN) never put it here www.youtube.com/watch?v=guJi...youtube.comMannix Series Intro - Season 1 (1967)YouTube video by 70s TV Detectives 121
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Not often you hear a theremin in a cop show theme; the effect is spooky, and I would expect to see actual ghosts in the plots (which apparently the scripts do not provide, though I haven't seen that many episodes). 010
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 10/06/2026MIDSOMER MURDERS (1997-) adapts Caroline Graham's Inspector Barnaby novels set in a fictional rural English county. The show's tone combines dark themes with more than a little comic relief. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV-a...youtube.comMidsomer Murders TV Series Intro for Season 1 - Episode 1YouTube video by Bill Samson 665 120
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 07/06/2026This is the Season 1-2 intro; Ben Miller's character D.I. Poole is killed at the beginning of S03. The music is an instrumental arrangement of the ska classic "You're Wondering Now," known to my generation mostly as a Specials song (and the reason for this post) 000
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 07/06/2026DEATH IN PARADISE (2011-) is another one of Mom's frequent shows. It's about a stuffy English detective reassigned to a (fictive) British Caribbean island with a French colonial history. The Englishman changes every few seasons, but the premise remains. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkVe...youtube.comDeath in paradise introYouTube video by General Slop 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 30/05/2026(currently applying sheets of modeling turf for a scale cricket oval) 000
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 19/05/2026stg we should dig up frederick winslow taylor and put him on trial 010
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Bonus: you could segue perfectly from the chorus of Huntr/X's "How It's Done" to the L&O theme if you replace the initial "dun DUN" with "how it's done done done" and if I can find the energy to create a LAW & ORDER: DEMON HUNTING UNIT logo I may just create that mashup. 000
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Anyhow, the SVU music is a slight variation on the theme music for the parent series (1990-2010, 2022- ). Both rely on that "dun-DUN bum ba bum bum bah" hook and go to woodwinds and guitars instead of brass for the melody. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzJm...youtube.comLaw & Order (1990-1991) IntroYouTube video by ericbmaxwell 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 11/05/2026(otoh Brandon Bird's obsession with the show has resulted in some pretty cool paintings) brandonbird.combrandonbird.comBrandon Bird's Brandon Bird-O-Rama! 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 11/05/2026The L&O franchise is notorious copaganda even by the standards of the genre, and Dick Wolf's contempt for the rights of the accused is legendary (at least on LawSky and formerly on LawTwitter). I have certainly shouted IT DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY at the screen more than once these past few weeks. 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 11/05/2026I've been spending a lot of time at my mom's house lately, and that means hours of LAW & ORDER: SVU (1999 and counting). (Thanks, Peacock!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRXN...youtube.comLaw & Order: SVU Opening Title Sequence (Theme Song)YouTube video by Law & Order 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 21/04/2026The song adds a little extra grit and grime to an opening montage that hints at dark secrets and moral ambiguity, and the title highlights one of the perils of playing detective among your own peer group. 000
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 21/04/2026VERONICA MARS (2004-2007, mostly) was a noir implementation of the Nancy Drew formula: teenage girl with law-enforcement dad starts solving cases with him and on her own. The theme music is the Dandy Warhols' "We Used to Be Friends" www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ugb...youtube.comVeronica Mars Season 1 Opening CreditsYouTube video by Veronica Mars 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Skip forward to season 6. Diana Rigg has moved on, replaced by Linda Thorson as rookie agent (not "talented amateur") Tara King. The Johnson theme remains for the new title sequence www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LO8...youtube.comThe Avengers: Season Six ~ US Opening & Closing Titles HDYouTube video by TheAvengersTV 021
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Which brings us to season 4, Emma Peel (wearing Cathy Gale's leathers) and Laurie Johnson's more whimsical theme. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V--...youtube.comThe Avengers: Season Four ~ Opening & Closing Titles HDYouTube video by TheAvengersTV 110
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 15/04/2026S3 brought new animations but kept the music www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHBq...youtube.comThe Avengers: Season Three ~ Opening & Closing Titles HDYouTube video by TheAvengersTV 110
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Season 2 introduced Honor Blackman as action anthropologist Cathy Gale; the theme remained basically the same and apparently used the same shots of MacNee in the opening sequence. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef4X...youtube.comThe Avengers: Season Two ~ Opening & Closing Titles HDYouTube video by TheAvengersTV 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 31/03/2026I haven't seen any of these early ones, but I've read about them. The music here sets a darker mood than the Peel-era theme, an almost somber brass fanfare drawing a muted response. 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Now let us roll back to 1961 and the first season. Steed's partner is Dr. David Keel (Ian Hendry), and the contrast is between his idealism and Steed's hard-nosed spy pragmatism. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3e3...youtube.comThe Avengers: Season One ~ Opening & Closing Titles HDYouTube video by TheAvengersTV 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 31/03/2026The "Emmapeeler" apparently inspired DC Comics' 1968 redesign of Wonder Woman. (Peel image via Liz Eggleston's blog; WW image via eBay) lizeggleston.com/wp-content/u... 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Emma Peel would wear the leather catsuit through this season and then embrace modness as the show embraced color. www.youtube.com/watch?v=10QW...youtube.comThe Avengers TV Intro - Season 5 - 1966YouTube video by VIDEOBEAT dotCOM 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 31/03/2026We'll see in the next post how big a shift in tone this was; the theme music is downright whimsical, and Steed has transformed from a trenchcoated Secret Agent to a dapper English Gentleman (though still a Secret Agent). 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 31/03/2026The introductory voiceover was added for the US market, when the American Broadcasting Company (or just ABC to us over here) started carrying the show in 1965, but I love it and wanted to make sure it was included. 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 31/03/2026I've been holding off on THE AVENGERS because the theme went through several revisions as the cast changed. This version, introduced with Diana Rigg as Emma Peel in 1966, is the one most folks associate with the show. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6Ji...youtube.comThe Avengers Season 4 Intro PlusYouTube video by campgalore 110
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 21/02/2026omg that looks nothing like him, is that supposed to be dabney coleman or something i.ebayimg.com/images/g/i6E... 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 21/02/2026where is my frank cannon action figure 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Having now discovered a KOJAK action figure on eBay I am beginning to think the toy companies just licensed any show that regularly had car chases 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 21/02/2026which also had dolls and a car (courtesy eBay seller Dog Breed Attire): i.ebayimg.com/images/g/1-Q... 000
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 21/02/2026for contrast, the show i think really nailed it musically was THE ROOKIES (1972-6) www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9fs...youtube.com'The Rookies' TV Intro (1972)YouTube video by Bionic Disco 120
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 21/02/2026I don't know whether the network found out that the show had youth appeal and tried to capitalize on it, or whether they retooled it for kids in order to find a bigger audience. 000
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 21/02/2026As with S.W.A.T., there were dolls and a doll car (photos courtesy of eBay seller dyhrdjg24fan-2008) i.ebayimg.com/images/g/~dA... 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 21/02/2026That's the season 2 music; the season 1 intro is much more traditional cop-show and doesn't really attempt to Reach The Youths www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdOi...youtube.comStarsky and Hutch Opening Credits and Theme SongYouTube video by Steven 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 21/02/2026I'm a little inclined to think the STARSKY & HUTCH (1975-9) theme tries a little too hard, at least in this iteration, to catch that funk vibe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_vN...youtube.comStarsky & Hutch (Intro & Outro) Season 2YouTube video by 11db11 100
Soundtracks to Copaganda @copshowtunes.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Season 5 featured a revised, disco-era theme with lots of strings and a funkier backbeat. After a promising opening it too drops the tension levels and focuses on Telly's star quality instead of gritty police work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_e6...youtube.comKojak: Season Five (1977) Opening CreditsYouTube video by Shout! Studios 000