Intro Theme facts
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Seinfeld's iconic theme song was not recorded on a slap bass and each episode had a unique intro that synced with with Jerry's stand-up routine
Sounds of keyboard clicking can be heard in the Adventure Time intro. Producer Derek Drymon was typing in the animatics room where Pendleton Ward was recording the stand-in for the main theme, which Ward later decided to use as the actual theme song.
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Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, added lyrics to the theme music but never used them in the actual show's intro so he could get a 50% share of the royalties that would've gone to the original composer.
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The "Duck Dodgers" intro theme, was performed by no other than Tom Jones!
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The five note Mission: Impossible theme intro riff likely derived from the Morse code for "M.I.:" dash, dash, dot, dot. The dashes being one and a half beats each and the dots being one beat each for a total of five beats.
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The Seinfeld intro theme is custom made for each episode to match the pacing of Jerry's stand-up delivery.
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In the South Park intro theme song in Seasons 1-2, Kenny says "I like girls with big fat titties, I like girls with deep vaginas!"
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The singer of the Tekken 5 intro theme, Sparking [Jeff Pescetto] is the same singer of the OG DuckTales theme.
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Legendary Hollywood composer John Williams "stole" the intro of the Jaws theme song from Czech composer Antonin Dvorak
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The intro theme to 'Arthur' was performed by Ziggy Marley.
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In the French intro of The A-Team the theme song is replaced by another song ... with lyrics
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German broadcasters didn't think Moonbaby's "Here We Go" fit the Totally Spies intro, so created a brand new custom theme song (that blows the original out of the water)
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DanTDM's old intro song is actually a remix of Ken's theme from SFII
Frank Sinatra did the intro theme for Married With Children - source
Most versions of the video game Neuromancer featured a digitized version of the song Some Things Never Change by DEVO as the intro theme. A prime example is the Commodore 64 version, which is detailed enough to the point that you can still hear the vocals. - source
Radiohead recorded a theme for Spectre (007). Producers chose not to use it so they made it into a Star Wars intro instead.
