Welcome to Shift, where Tom Allen takes you on a daily musical journey from the stalwarts of Classical music to the cutting edge of Contemporary tunes. Join us here on CBC music for a round-up of the stories of the day, some videos of music (or maybe just videos interesting to music fans) and a place to speak your voice.
Monday March 18th 2013 Tom Allen returns. Thanks to Katherine Duncan for studio sitting last week.
Today on Shift we celebrate the TV themes that stay with us not only because they remind us of the characters which we form an attachment to, but also because some music written for TV can be incredible beautiful or memorable, just like...
John Lunn's music from "Downton Abbey"
That music stirs our feeling here at shift as does Thomas Newman's music from the TV show "Six Feet Under"
Or just very memorable like the theme to the Canadian TV show the "Mighty Hercules" sung by a young Johnny Nash.
Or this catchy theme for a great show called "George Shrinks" sung by Canadian musician Colin James.
"The Mod Squad" Remember this funky gem?
How about a Scandinavian take on the Lalo Schifirn theme from the show "Medical Centre"
Covered by Patrik Kolar & his funky friends!!!!!
Which TV themes stayed with you, maybe even decades after the shows finished airing on television?
You can contact us at Shift with your ideas, questions or anything else by sending us a message on our Facebook page. Through email, you can reach show producers Alison Howard alison.howard@cbc.ca, Alex Redekop alex.redekop@cbc.ca or Pete Moreypeter.morey@cbc.ca
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