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Shows that used recycled themes

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Kurt Toy

I've seen a YouTube clip of "Everybody's Talking" [ABC, 1967] that used a theme that, IIRC, was later used for a 10[?]-minute syndicated show called "Fashions In Sewing" hosted by Lucille Rivers-not likely related to Joan-that ran in the early '70s. Have there ever been examples of shows that used themes previously used on other shows?
 
"Archie Bunker's Place" used a bouncier version of All in the Family's "Those Were the Days," presumably to imply that this was somehow a continuation of All in the Family (it wasn't), which had long since faded by the time ABP premiered.
 
The mid-80's revival of Match Game, which was paired with Hollywood Squares in an hour-long format, used one of the Price is Right car cues for its main theme. A Mark Goodson production (same as TPIR) in association with Orion Television if I remember.
 
The "Family Feud" theme was taken from "Price is Right" music as well.

The '50s "Dick Tracy" series used the same theme as radio's "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar" (the Bob Bailey episodes)... a theme from, I believe, the Mutel library, composed by Joseph Mullendore.

The "Young and the Restless" theme was borrowed from the score to "Bless the Beasts and Children."
 
BD Sullivan said:
"Archie Bunker's Place" used a bouncier version of All in the Family's "Those Were the Days," presumably to imply that this was somehow a continuation of All in the Family (it wasn't), which had long since faded by the time ABP premiered.
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However, it was a different version/arrangement, not the original.
rnigma said:
The "Young and the Restless" theme was borrowed from the score to "Bless the Beasts and Children."
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Was that pre-'Nadia's Theme'?
 
onairb said:
Was that pre-'Nadia's Theme'?
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Yes. In fact the song was called "Cotton's Dream" when Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. composed it for the "Bless the Beasts and Children" score (the movie's theme was sung by the Carpenters). It wasn't called "Nadia's Theme" until 1976.
 
Hawaii Five-O uses the theme from Hawaii Five-0

ABC Movie of the Week used Burt Bacharach's "Nikki's Theme."
 
Bill DeFelice said:
The mid-80's revival of Match Game, which was paired with Hollywood Squares in an hour-long format, used one of the Price is Right car cues for its main theme. A Mark Goodson production (same as TPIR) in association with Orion Television if I remember.
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It may be the other way around. I believe The MG-HS Hour came first and its theme was eventually used as a TPIR car cue. One variation of the MG-HS music was also used during showcases, specifically involving exercise equipment.
 
To promote their new 1977 Fall shows (and the returnees), ABC co-opted Orleans' hit, "Still the One," since they sat atop the Nielsens at the time.
 
BD Sullivan said:
The ABC series, "Life Goes On" used the Beatles song, "Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da"
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Like the 'AITF'/'Archie Bunker's Place' example, that was a different/'cover' version of a song, not re-using the original.
 
As game shows go, Bob Stewart game shows recycled themes often!

The original theme for "Eye Guess" was the hit tune "Sugar Lips" by Al Hirt.
The theme for "Personality" was also the theme for "Three on a Match."
The original theme for "Jackpot" (not sure of the title/artist) was also used on "This Week in Baseball," although, of course, the latter was not a Stewart game show.
The theme for "Shoot for the Stars" became the theme for the 80s versions of "Jackpot."

There may have been others of his.

The theme for Barry & Enright's "Hollywood's Talking" (a remake of "Everybody's Talking, BTW) was originally a cue from "The Joker's Wild" (ticket plug, I think).

The theme for Goodson-Todman's "Now You See It" (both versions) was Quincy Jones' "Chump Change."

The original theme from the 60s "Match Game" was "A Swingin' Safari", the Bert Kampfaert version.

And, although this shouldn't count, the theme for the 1984 pilot of "Jackpot" (<---again!) with Nipsey Russell hosting, which I found last week on YouTube, was the 1977 instrumental "Spring Rain" by Silvetti:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwJkrnRY07M

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Star Trek: The Next Generation used for the voiceover the original series opening notes (from the Original series) and for the main theme, the theme from Star Trek: the Motion Picture(1979)
 
Back when contestants 'shopped' for prizes on 'Wheel of Fortune', the music cue was the 'Jeopardy!' think music, played in a different key.
 
onairb said:
Back when contestants 'shopped' for prizes on 'Wheel of Fortune', the music cue was the 'Jeopardy!' think music, played in a different key.
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Close. Both the think music and shopping music were based off of tune known as "A Time For Tony". The shopping version is the actual full tune.
 
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