I skip the Sopranos now but only because I've watched the whole series like 10 times and started wondering how much of my life I've spent just watching the same clips of New Jersey set to the same song.
I'll never understand why they don't make more shows like xfiles. It was such a massive hit but there have only been a handful of genuine attempts to mimic it.
Must be specific, because there are different intros according to country and syndication. The best is the original US airing intro, which is the song "Teardrop" by Massive Attack. It's off their album Mezzanine, which is consistently one of the most replied answers when people ask what the best album with no skips is on Reddit.
The backwards x-ray during the intro to Scrubs (and then having it corrected later) was such a cute running gag! I can’t listen to the intro music without smiling, either. One of my favorite shows ever.
Tonight! James throws a bender at his tavern. Hammond shows how structurally unstable the bridge of London is by blowing it up with a single stick of dynamite, and I crash into the wall at the Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix.
If I remember correctly, the drummer for The Black Keys wrote the intro for Bojack, with his uncle's help. It really shows whenever I listen to the band's music, too
King of the Hill went from being just another show to one of my favorites. I feel like it’s a perfect example of a show that gets better the older you get, while also maintaining that childlike innocence. The theme song absolutely slaps, too!
When my kids were younger, they loved to watch Pysch. They always showed the flashback, then switched to "present day." My youngest admitted years later that he could never figure out why everything always happened on the same day in the flashbacks--he thought it said "President's Day," and wondered why everything only happened then. Gave us a good laugh!
”Amazing thing about snakes is that they reproduce spontaneously. They have both male and female sex organs. That’s why somebody you don’t trust you call a snake. How can you trust a guy who can literally go fuck themselves? Hey, snakes were fucking themselves long before Adam and Eve showed up, T.”
Yes! I wasn’t expecting Daredevil to be mentioned, but I’m glad it was. Not only is the score absolutely brilliant, the visuals are a thing a beauty (ironic considering it’s a show about a blind man)
I love the episode in season 2 (maybe 3) after they introduce that theme where Sarah Silverman is complaining about the theme song of her favorite (fictional) tv shows being changed. She even make monk promise to never change the theme song should he be given a show. The whole episode is great, and her character is actually funny.
Not only is the song great as the opening theme, but they do such a good job of using it throughout the show. Different tempos. Different instruments. Just amazing.
The community theme song is so damn catchy, seriously it's the only show where I've never skipped the intro and never get tired of hearing. Who cares if it has a dark meaning, I already have suicidal tendencies so it balances it out right?
In 1972 a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A-Team.
I watch a ton of shows, so I can name a few. But Mad Men is a no-brainer. I also really love Mrs. America's opening, if you haven't seen it or don't feel pumped about the subject, just go check it out on YouTube.
Batman the Animated Series, 90s Spider-Man, Justified, Sopranos
Everything about Justified is so damn good…
I skip the Sopranos now but only because I've watched the whole series like 10 times and started wondering how much of my life I've spent just watching the same clips of New Jersey set to the same song.
Cowboy Bebop. The music is too good.
3 2 1 let's Jam!
Another Yoko Kanno banger opening is the first season of Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex (Inner Universe, rip Origa).
The Boondocks
“I am the stone that the builder refused…”
X-men the animated series
Duna nuna nu nu NA
I really hope they bring something similar for the new one. It doesn't need to be a shot for shot recreation, just a solid callback.
The Good Place. Its five seconds long and sandwiched between a cold open and the first act.
Reminds me of the sims every time I hear it.
Whenever I hear that jingle I feel happy instantly lol, might be my favourite show
What We Do in the Shadows
What a great song! Also love all the photoshopped pictures of the characters lol.
The X Files
Yes and I associate it with Tales from the Crypt from late night Fox in the 90s, which also had an amazing intro.
I was about 4-6 years old when my mom was big into x files. That song/intro use to scare me every time.
I'll never understand why they don't make more shows like xfiles. It was such a massive hit but there have only been a handful of genuine attempts to mimic it.
House M.D. has a nice intro.
Massive Attack is such a great band, you could pair it with anything and it’d be a good opening.
Must be specific, because there are different intros according to country and syndication. The best is the original US airing intro, which is the song "Teardrop" by Massive Attack. It's off their album Mezzanine, which is consistently one of the most replied answers when people ask what the best album with no skips is on Reddit.
Teardrop by Massive Attack is one of my all time favorite songs. I recommend their album Mezzanine.
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3,2,1, Let's jam.
Adventure time... Come on grab your friends.
Have to turn off "auto next episode" as well so that the end credits/song don't get cut short! Every episode sits between book ends of great music.
Futurama
"In hypno vision"
YOU CAN'T PROVE IT WON'T HAPPEN
STOP EATING OUR YOUNG!
Skipping Futurama's intro is like intentionally stubbing your big toe on the coffee table. Why would you do that to yourself?
It just won’t stay dead!
Duck Tales
Have watched the new one the whole way through three times with my kids.
Life is like a hurricane
The A-Team and Samurai Champloo.
All of Watanabe’s shows I’ve seen have had absolute bangers for theme songs, I feel like you got to include Cowboy Bebop as well.
Samurai champloo ending too 👌
Rip nujabes
DuckTales
Breaking Bad because it’s like 4 seconds long, not even worth the effort of hitting skip
It’s over before I can even find the remote.
Also, better call Saul’s guitar riff intro slaps.
Scrubs
Yes, no, maybe.
I'm no Superman!
The backwards x-ray during the intro to Scrubs (and then having it corrected later) was such a cute running gag! I can’t listen to the intro music without smiling, either. One of my favorite shows ever.
Cheers
Sometimes you wanna go
Law&Order! I looove that music! “Dun dun”
Top gear (the old one) Tonight!
Jessica by the Allman Brothers in case anyone wants to hear the full thing
Tonight! James throws a bender at his tavern. Hammond shows how structurally unstable the bridge of London is by blowing it up with a single stick of dynamite, and I crash into the wall at the Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix.
..James talks to a Man.
Richard wears a hat
Og teen titans
Butterfly in the skyyyyyyy
I told Pierce a thousand times, I never wanted to meet LeVar in person! I just wanted a picture. You can't disappoint a picture!
LaVar Burton's podcast is basically Reading Rainbow for adults and has filled a void in my life.
Gravity Falls
The fact that the end of the show had a sort of remix of the intro song was also great.
How else were you suppose to figure out the cypher if you did skip it?
especially the weirdmageddon intro. absolute masterpiece of music
Game of Thrones and Buffy
I have never skipped a Buffy intro in my life and I never will
Buffy has the best guitar squeal intro.
I also thought of Buffy immediately!! I also loved the intro music for Angel, those strings in the beginning are haunting.
Even when Game of Thrones became unwatchable, its opening credits improved.
Metalocalypse
This thread is dildos.
That's metal
Deathlok! Deathlok! Deathlok!
The Expanse
I love all the little things they hide in the opening.
Sings in Norwegian but also not
Damn. Yeah this one gives literal chills. Makes me tear up a bit too.
I love everything about that show except that it ended. The books are great as well. Written by the apprentices of George RR Martin.
Bojack
The bojack outro goes crazyyyyyyy
The way the backgrounds progress is so simple yet sets the tone for the seasons so well. I get chills every single time I see the last season's :')
If I remember correctly, the drummer for The Black Keys wrote the intro for Bojack, with his uncle's help. It really shows whenever I listen to the band's music, too
Yup. So good.
Yes! I absolutely the music in that intro!
trailer park boys
Had to scroll wayyyy to far to find this. The theme song is so tranquil - a perfect calm before the storm. Unskipable.
Simpsons! It's different every time- how can you skip it?
Oh! Futurama, too. I mean its the same with like only two changes, but I LOVE the intro.
They reused couch gags a lot in earlier seasons. The chorus line one with the dancing elephants in the background was used in 8 different episodes.
King of the Hill
Prefect length, perfect tune, perfect visuals. Simple and effective. First show that came to my mind and I havent seen it in 10+ years!
King of the Hill went from being just another show to one of my favorites. I feel like it’s a perfect example of a show that gets better the older you get, while also maintaining that childlike innocence. The theme song absolutely slaps, too!
Psych
When my kids were younger, they loved to watch Pysch. They always showed the flashback, then switched to "present day." My youngest admitted years later that he could never figure out why everything always happened on the same day in the flashbacks--he thought it said "President's Day," and wondered why everything only happened then. Gave us a good laugh!
You know that's right
In between the lines, there's a lot of obscurity
Boyz II Men doing the intro for Gus's singing group
Wish I could give you a pineapple
I HAVE FOUND MY PEOPLE. 😎
Sopranos
”Amazing thing about snakes is that they reproduce spontaneously. They have both male and female sex organs. That’s why somebody you don’t trust you call a snake. How can you trust a guy who can literally go fuck themselves? Hey, snakes were fucking themselves long before Adam and Eve showed up, T.”
I’m shocked that I haft to scroll down so far to find this answer every time they ask this question.
Woke up dis mornin', got some gabagoo
Man I scrolled way too far to find this! Best intro
Best theme song of all time
"Just when I thought I was out, the intro pulled me back in!"
Daredevil and Community
Daredevil's was really beautiful.
Yes! I wasn’t expecting Daredevil to be mentioned, but I’m glad it was. Not only is the score absolutely brilliant, the visuals are a thing a beauty (ironic considering it’s a show about a blind man)
Two opposites and yet I love them both
Westworld
Ramin Djawadi makes the best intros
i usually don’t see Westworld as an answer to question about shows but i knew i would see it here
That Ramin Djawadi music combined with stunning visuals! chef's kiss
Kim Possible slaps
Call me beep me if you wanna reach me
The little “do do do do” is my text tone
Phineas and Ferb
There's a hundred and four days of summer vacation!
Mom!!!!!!! Phineas and Ferb are on Reddit again!
Bob’s Burgers
I always try to read the maintenance van and the neighbours sign but can rarely do both
Ah, how could I forget Bidets and Confused
Monk - It's a jungle out there, disorder and confusion everywhere. . .
I love the episode in season 2 (maybe 3) after they introduce that theme where Sarah Silverman is complaining about the theme song of her favorite (fictional) tv shows being changed. She even make monk promise to never change the theme song should he be given a show. The whole episode is great, and her character is actually funny.
No one seems to care, but I do
Succession
Not only is the song great as the opening theme, but they do such a good job of using it throughout the show. Different tempos. Different instruments. Just amazing.
Why did I have to scroll so far down to read this. Best intro song of all time
Complete with the foreplay/cold open where the 808 comes in slowly. Ugh. Chef’s kiss.
Excellent song for that show, and all the creepy old rich kid footage is perfect.
1000x yes. Nicholas Britell blessed us with a classic the day he came up with that score.
I heard this play on TV in the background once but forgot to figure out what show it was. I'll need to give the series a try based on the intro alone.
Certified banger
Can’t believe this answer was so far down the list.
I expected this to be the top comment. So good.
Neon Genesis Evangelion
A cruel angel's thesis.
I just started watching this on Netflix today I’m excited
That opening song is iconic!!
The Wire
You just gotta keep the devil way down in the hole!
I would always try to remember the line that was quoted in the intro and find it in the episode for The Wire
Scrolled down too far to see True Detective season 1. God, I love tjay song.
Golden girls.
Thank you, for being a friend.
Fraggle rock
Peacemaker, 100%
When that show ended I was still blasting that song
Every time I started a new episode I said I was going to skip it, and each time I would get enthralled by it and couldn't.
Yeah. I loved that show. I thought it would be kind of bad, but it was a real surprise.
The community theme song is so damn catchy, seriously it's the only show where I've never skipped the intro and never get tired of hearing. Who cares if it has a dark meaning, I already have suicidal tendencies so it balances it out right?
Upvote for MASH.
The GOT intro always really helped me know what was going on actually. Put places and character movement into perspective!
Daredevil intro is so good. So is the Punisher intro.
Forensic files
That 70s show after season 1.
HAAAAANGIN OUT
Bill Nye: The Science Guy
Now it’s stuck in my head, what have you done
#1 Mission Impossible.
Stranger Things
It sets the tone for watching the show!
I was about to post that comment because I couldn’t find this show. Something about dark synth music gives me nostalgia. They did a wonderful job.
Needs to be way higher. I always crank this up.
Twin peaks
Sometimes I’ll put the show on just to see the intro tbh.
The Twin Peaks OST is so fucking amazing man
MASH
Hard to believe Suicide is Painless was written by a 13 year old.
Archer...because my 10 month old son will lose his shit 😂
Malcolm in the Middle
Golden girls I always need to sing it as loud as I can when it starts
In 1972 a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A-Team.
Airwolf, Knight Rider and The A-Team.
I watch a ton of shows, so I can name a few. But Mad Men is a no-brainer. I also really love Mrs. America's opening, if you haven't seen it or don't feel pumped about the subject, just go check it out on YouTube.
Raised by Wolves - If you know you know.
Dr. Who.
Bum bumbumbum bumbumbum…… OOOOOWEEEEEEOOOOO
This should be way higher in top comments.
Danny Phantom
Black Sails. It's just art.
I feel that hurdy-gurdy in my soul!
I had to scroll criminally far to find this one
Dexter
I had to scroll this far to find this! Dexter is the first intro that came to mind.
I actually really miss the old intro…yummy!
AOT season 1, always a classic staple i was never able to skip
This current(last) intro is really badass too
Every season. Especially 4 part 1.
Ben 10, the original series.
It started when an alien device did what it did
Firefly
Take my love, take my land, take me where I cannot stand...
You can't take the sky from me
Gotta soak in every second of the best show in the ‘verse.
Daredevil
Taxi ❤️