TELEVISION THEMES

1. What is the name of your favourite TV ( or Netflix/Stan) series?

2. What MOOD is it trying to create ?

TV Theme Tunes

Most television shows have specific, melodic theme

music, even if it is just a few notes. The purpose of the music
is to establish a mood for the show and to provide
an audible cue that a particular show is beginning
 Question: What
mood does the
following theme music
for ‘Batman: The
Animated Series’ create,
and how?
https://www.youtube
.com/watch?
v=lEx9r5enZsk

Instruments
The instruments (timbres) that composers use - and the way they are
used - play a significant part in creating a certain mood for a piece of TV
theme music

Question
What instruments can
you hear in ‘The
Simpsons’ theme?

What mood is created, and

how is it created?
 https://www.youtu
be.com/watch?
v=DX1iplQQJTo

Lyrics
TV program producers sometimes pick existing songs as their theme
tune, which result in the song becoming a
massive hit e.g. ‘I’ll Be There For You’ by The
Rembrandts

Therefore lyrics play an important part in summing up a message

that a TV program is trying to communicate
 What message is
being
communicated in
the lyrics of the
following ‘Friends’
theme tune?
https://www.youtub
e.com/watch?
v=Xs-HbHCcK58