Soundtracks to Copaganda
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Theme music from police procedurals, mystery series, and adjacent TV programs, occasionally with commentary.
THE 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.
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The Fall Guy intro (1982)
YouTube video by jinglescollection
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August 1, 2026 at 6:31 PM
THE 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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj9e...
I'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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjmO...
THE MAN FROM UNCLE Season One Long Opening
YouTube video by lp45cdwoman
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July 21, 2026 at 11:01 PM
I'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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjmO...
I 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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=guJi...
Mannix Series Intro - Season 1 (1967)
YouTube video by 70s TV Detectives
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June 14, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I 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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=guJi...
MIDSOMER 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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV-a...
Midsomer Murders TV Series Intro for Season 1 - Episode 1
YouTube video by Bill Samson 665
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June 9, 2026 at 11:39 PM
MIDSOMER 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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV-a...
DEATH 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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkVe...
Death in paradise intro
YouTube video by General Slop
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June 7, 2026 at 6:56 PM
DEATH 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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkVe...
I'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...
(Thanks, Peacock!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRXN...
Law & Order: SVU Opening Title Sequence (Theme Song)
YouTube video by Law & Order
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May 11, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I'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...
(Thanks, Peacock!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRXN...
VERONICA 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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ugb...
Veronica Mars Season 1 Opening Credits
YouTube video by Veronica Mars
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April 21, 2026 at 1:11 AM
VERONICA 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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ugb...
I'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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6Ji...
The Avengers Season 4 Intro Plus
YouTube video by campgalore
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March 31, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I'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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6Ji...
Having 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
February 21, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Having 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
for contrast, the show i think really nailed it musically was THE ROOKIES (1972-6)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9fs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9fs...
'The Rookies' TV Intro (1972)
YouTube video by Bionic Disco
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February 21, 2026 at 7:33 PM
for contrast, the show i think really nailed it musically was THE ROOKIES (1972-6)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9fs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9fs...
I'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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_vN...
Starsky & Hutch (Intro & Outro) Season 2
YouTube video by 11db11
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February 21, 2026 at 7:30 PM
I'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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_vN...
When I was a kid KOJAK (1973-78) had a rep for being too intense for younger viewers; watching clips of Telly Savalas harassing witnesses and suspects showed me why that might have been so. (Also the pilot was based on a real-life rape & murder case.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY2r...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY2r...
Kojak Opening
YouTube video by chuckcollins
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January 21, 2026 at 5:59 PM
When I was a kid KOJAK (1973-78) had a rep for being too intense for younger viewers; watching clips of Telly Savalas harassing witnesses and suspects showed me why that might have been so. (Also the pilot was based on a real-life rape & murder case.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY2r...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY2r...
OK, finally getting around to SPENSER: FOR HIRE (1985-88). Urich also played the character in a series of TV movies during the early '90s.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=69WB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=69WB...
Theme Song | Spenser for Hire | Warner Archive
YouTube video by Warner Bros. Classics
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January 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
OK, finally getting around to SPENSER: FOR HIRE (1985-88). Urich also played the character in a series of TV movies during the early '90s.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=69WB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=69WB...
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Zuckerberg is Edison, Musk is DW Griffith. Thank you.
December 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Zuckerberg is Edison, Musk is DW Griffith. Thank you.
I got distracted by Robert Urich a couple days ago, but mentioning Raymond Burr's huge office in KINGSTON: CONFIDENTIAL reminded me of Tia Carrere's implausibly large office in RELIC HUNTER.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq4J...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq4J...
Relic Hunter Intro
YouTube video by isurukill
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December 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I got distracted by Robert Urich a couple days ago, but mentioning Raymond Burr's huge office in KINGSTON: CONFIDENTIAL reminded me of Tia Carrere's implausibly large office in RELIC HUNTER.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq4J...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq4J...
In between VEGA$ and SPENSER: FOR HIRE, Urich played former CIA operative and current action oceanographer Robert Gavilan in one season of GAVILAN (1982-3).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY1_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY1_...
Gavilan Main Title
YouTube video by Lee Goldberg
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December 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
In between VEGA$ and SPENSER: FOR HIRE, Urich played former CIA operative and current action oceanographer Robert Gavilan in one season of GAVILAN (1982-3).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY1_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY1_...
We've already seen early-career Robert Urich in the ensemble cast of S.W.A.T. A few years later he moved into a lead as PI Dan Tanna in VEGA$ (1978-81).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD-w...
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Vega$ Series Intro - Season 1 (1978)
YouTube video by 70s TV Detectives
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December 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
We've already seen early-career Robert Urich in the ensemble cast of S.W.A.T. A few years later he moved into a lead as PI Dan Tanna in VEGA$ (1978-81).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD-w...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD-w...
After IRONSIDE, Burr's next series was KINGSTON: CONFIDENTIAL (1977), in which he played a newspaper magnate who solved crimes through his editors and reporters.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2m-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2m-...
"Kingston: Confidential" TV Intro (and Bumper)
YouTube video by The Rap Sheet
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December 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
After IRONSIDE, Burr's next series was KINGSTON: CONFIDENTIAL (1977), in which he played a newspaper magnate who solved crimes through his editors and reporters.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2m-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2m-...
IRONSIDE (1967-75) put Raymond Burr back in crime drama just a year after the cancellation of PERRY MASON. Here he plays a police chief who returns as a consultant after an assassin's bullet leaves him paralyzed from the waist down.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtgQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtgQ...
Ironside 1967-1975 TV Theme
YouTube video by War Dogs
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December 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
IRONSIDE (1967-75) put Raymond Burr back in crime drama just a year after the cancellation of PERRY MASON. Here he plays a police chief who returns as a consultant after an assassin's bullet leaves him paralyzed from the waist down.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtgQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtgQ...
As we've seen in some other shows of the era (e.g. HARDCASTLE & MCCORMICK), the late '80s was more open to theme music with lyrics. Fox's MOD SQUAD update 21 JUMP STREET aimed for younger audiences and I'm a bit surprised they didn't release the theme as a single.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekfL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekfL...
21 Jump Street Season 1 Opening and Closing Credits and Theme Song
YouTube video by Steven
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December 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
As we've seen in some other shows of the era (e.g. HARDCASTLE & MCCORMICK), the late '80s was more open to theme music with lyrics. Fox's MOD SQUAD update 21 JUMP STREET aimed for younger audiences and I'm a bit surprised they didn't release the theme as a single.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekfL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekfL...
THE ROCKFORD FILES (1974-80) gave James Garner his first TV his since MAVERICK, in the role of an ex-con (wrongfully convicted and pardoned) PI working low-rent cases in Southern California and living in a trailer. Very mid-70s.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1zY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1zY...
The Rockford Files Season 1 Intro
YouTube video by 1000 Mission Street
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December 4, 2025 at 3:09 AM
THE ROCKFORD FILES (1974-80) gave James Garner his first TV his since MAVERICK, in the role of an ex-con (wrongfully convicted and pardoned) PI working low-rent cases in Southern California and living in a trailer. Very mid-70s.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1zY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1zY...
HART TO HART (1979-84) belongs in the same "rich people solve crimes" subgenre as MATT HOUSTON (and Batman, I guess), but was more successful. Note the use of strings here to suggest luxe (and perhaps femininity, Stefanie Powers being a lead)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kPv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kPv...
Hart to Hart Theme (Intro & Outro)
YouTube video by 11db11
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November 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
HART TO HART (1979-84) belongs in the same "rich people solve crimes" subgenre as MATT HOUSTON (and Batman, I guess), but was more successful. Note the use of strings here to suggest luxe (and perhaps femininity, Stefanie Powers being a lead)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kPv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kPv...
Sweeping horns and strings laid over a disco beat make the CHARLIE'S ANGELS theme one of the most 1970s things ever.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtaE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtaE...
"Charlie's Angels" 1976 TV Intro
YouTube video by The Rap Sheet
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November 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Sweeping horns and strings laid over a disco beat make the CHARLIE'S ANGELS theme one of the most 1970s things ever.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtaE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtaE...
Like superhero stories, Westerns often embody law-enforcement themes but have their own set of tropes, so OI haven't been super interested in posting any music from them. One exception is WILD WILD WEST, because "science fiction spy Western."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuCu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuCu...
"The Wild Wild West" TV Intro
YouTube video by The Rap Sheet
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November 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Like superhero stories, Westerns often embody law-enforcement themes but have their own set of tropes, so OI haven't been super interested in posting any music from them. One exception is WILD WILD WEST, because "science fiction spy Western."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuCu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuCu...
I've been steering clear of superhero stuff so far because it's a totally different vibe, but I do want to post THE GREEN HORNET (1966-7).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIws...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIws...
Green Hornet Open
YouTube video by tvradiodude
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November 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I've been steering clear of superhero stuff so far because it's a totally different vibe, but I do want to post THE GREEN HORNET (1966-7).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIws...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIws...