List of title and theme tunes from radio and television
The list of title and signature tunes from radio and television includes title tunes that are or have been used in television and radio broadcasts. These are also often used as "underlays".
Television broadcasts
| Television broadcast | Charisma | Channel | Group / composer | title | Information on the sound carrier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The 10 ... / The 25 ... | 2003– | RTL | John Miles | Music | |
| 1000 masterpieces | 1980-1994 | ARD | Wilhelm Dieter Siebert | 1000 masterpieces | |
| 20 years RTL - The Show | 2004 | RTL | Scorpions | Hurricane 2000 | |
| 37 degrees | 2001– | ZDF | MIA. | What is it | |
| The 80s show | 2002 | RTL | Freeez | IOU | |
| Evening show | 2016– | BR | SMP Amsterdam | ||
| Adventure research | 1988– | ZDF | Rolf Wehmeier | Fugue | |
| the current sports studio | 1963– | ZDF | Thomas Reich | Up to date | Recording: Max Greger |
| Album - pictures of a year | 1981– | ZDF | Vangelis | Eric's theme | |
| Alisa - Follow your heart | 2009 | ZDF | Reamonn | Million miles | |
| All nothing right ?! | 1988-1992 | RTL | Dieter Reith | All nothing right ?! | |
| alpha Centauri | 1998-2007 | BR-alpha | Stevie B-Zet | Scotty's Arrival | |
| Anna and love | 2008–2012 | Sat 1 | Rose pride | give me sun | |
| ARD focus | 1971– | The first | Pink Floyd | Astronomy Domine | |
| from research and technology | 1964-1988 | ZDF | Space art | Speedway | |
| foreign journal | 1974– | ZDF | G. Grant / S. Park | Good Company | |
| Autopsy - Mysterious Deaths | 2001– | RTL II | Benedikt Hoenes | autopsy | |
| Bananas | 1981-1984 | ARD | Caramba | Hubba Hubba Zoot-Zoot | |
| Beat club | 1965-1972 | Radio Bremen | The Mood Mosaic Featuring The Ladybirds | A Touch of Velvet - A Sting of Brass | |
| Bianca - ways to happiness | 2004-2005 | ZDF | Mary Beth Maziarz | True Believer | |
| Big brother | 2000– | RTL II | 1st season: The 3rd generation | Live | |
| 2nd season: Berger | Show me your face | ||||
| Season 3: Ayman and Naima | Only the truth matters | ||||
| 4th season: Oli.P and Lukas | Everything changes | ||||
| Season 5: Lex | Everything you want | ||||
| 6th season: Hermann Skibbe | Your world | ||||
| Season 7: Senta-Sofia Delliponti | I can see what you can not see | ||||
| Season 8: Sunrise Avenue | Choose to be me | ||||
| The castle | 2005 | ProSieben | Ritchie Blackmore | Loreley | Ghost of a Rose (2003, SPV) |
| Charmed - magical witches | 1999-2007 | ProSieben | Love Spit Love | How Soon Is Now? | |
| CSI: On the trail of the perpetrators | 2002– | RTL | The Who | Who are you | |
| hurry up | 1971-1986 | ZDF | Heinrich Riethmüller | hurry up | |
| Can you do that? | 2006 | cable one | New radicals | You Get What You Give | |
| The dream ship | 1981 | ZDF | 1st season: Heinz Kiessling | ||
| Season 2: Francis Lai | |||||
| 3rd season: Udo Jürgens | |||||
| 4th season (episode 13): James Last | Dream ship theme | ||||
| Derrick | 1973-1997 | ZDF | Les Humphries | Derrick | |
| Germany champions | 2003-2004 | ARD | 2003: Curt Cress , Cris Weller | ||
| 2004: Michael Braunschmid | |||||
| A day like no other | 1984-1993 | RTL | Supertramp | Dreamer | |
| Once upon a time ... man | 1980s | ZDF | Udo Juergens | A thousand years is a day | |
| Eurocops | 1988-1993 | Various | Jan Hammer | Eurocops | |
| fabrixx | 2000-2005 | KI.KA / The first | Black Mountain, S'n'S | ||
| formula One | 1983-1990 | The first | 1983: Go-Gos | We got the beat | |
| 1983–1985: Jonzun Crew | Pack Jam | ||||
| 1985: Jaap Eggermont | Formula one theme | ||||
| 1986–1988: Harold Faltermeyer | Formula One | ||||
| 1988-1990: Yello | The Race | ||||
| Fort Boyard (Germany) | 1990–1991 2000/2002 2011 |
Various | 1990: Klaus-Peter Sattler | ||
| 2000: Rednex | The Spirit of the Hawk | ||||
| 2002: Reamonn | Place of No Return (In Zaire) | ||||
| 2011:? | ? | 2011: Theme music (new composition of the theme music; in the credits the music from the original French game show) | |||
| Swap women | 2003– | RTL II | A * teens | Mamma Mia | Album: The ABBA Generation |
| Free your mouth | 2005– | RTL | Franz Ferdinand | Do you want to? | |
| Frontal | 1991-2000 | ZDF | Mike Batt | Ride to Agadir (excerpt) | |
| Ingeniously next to it - the Comedy Arena | 2003-2011 | Sat 1 | Carl Carlton & the Songdogs | Flowers on the Wall (compilation) | |
| 2017– | Kungs | Don't you know | |||
| Germany's Next Topmodel | 2006- | ProSieben | Season 1: The Notorious BIG | Nasty girl | |
| Season 2: Gia Farrell | Hit me up | ||||
| Season 3: Seal | Amazing | ||||
| Season 4: Britney Spears | Circus | ||||
| Season 5: Cheryl Cole | Fight For This Love | ||||
| Season 6: Bullmeister | Beautiful | ||||
| 7th season: David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj | Turn Me On | ||||
| Guinness - The Show of Records | 1998-2002 | ARD | Curt Cress , Cris Weller | ||
| Hamburg Journal | 1995– | NDR | Johannes Brahms | 1st symphony (excerpt from the 4th movement) | |
| Hard but fair | 2001– | ARD | Underworld | Cups | |
| Here and today | 1957 | WDR | Robert Schumann | Symphony No. 3 (Rhenish) | |
| The hit giants | 2003– | Sat 1 | Patrick Hernandez | Born to Be Alive | |
| Ina's night | 2007– | NDR television | DePhazz | Stupid game | |
| Now i'm talking | 2016– | BR | SMP Amsterdam | ||
| Mark D | 1971-2001 | ZDF | Santana | Waiting | |
| The Knoff Hoff Show | 1986-2004 | ZDF | Lou Gold & His Melody Men | Ain't she sweet | Interpretation: Veterinary Street Jazz Band |
| Header | 1989– | The first | –2003: Sergei Prokofiev | Romeo and Juliet | |
| 2006–: Jörg Schnabel | |||||
| Controversial - The Political Magazine | 2016– | BR | SMP Amsterdam | ||
| The long trek | 1982 | ZDF | Aaron Copland | Appalachian Spring | |
| Markus Lanz | 2008– | ZDF | We are Heroes | Only one word | |
| Read! | 2003-2009 | ZDF | Element of Crime | More than she allows | Album: white paper |
| "Live" from the Alte Oper (talk show) | 1987-1996 | ZDF | Billy Joel | Angry Young Man (Intro) | |
| The Mathias Richling Show | 2010– | SWR television | Interpreter: Tina Turner , Composers: Terry Britten, Charlie Dore | Twenty Four Seven | Twenty Four Seven (album, 1999) |
| Added value | 2016– | BR | SMP Amsterdam | ||
| People (year in review) | 1982– | ZDF | Toto | Child's Anthem | Cover version by Curtis Frederick Schwartz - Title: Classic Energy |
| People of the Week (Talk Show) | 2000– | SWR | Raul de Souza | Sweet Lucy | Album: Sweet Lucy |
| Midnight peaks | 1988– | WDR | Quincy Jones | Soul Bossa Nova | Album: Big Band Bossa Nova |
| The model and the freak | 2007 | ProSieben | Monrose | Push up on me | Album: Temptation |
| monitor | 1965– | The first | Alan Parsons Project | Lucifer | Album: Eve |
| Music store | 1972-1984 | ARD | The Mood Mosaic Featuring The Ladybirds | A Touch of Velvet - A Sting of Brass | |
| Well so what! | 1982-1987 | ZDF | After the fire | 1980-F | |
| News from the institution | 2007-2013 | ZDF | Blood, Sweat & Tears | Spinning wheel | |
| Counts only the love | 1993-2011 | Sat 1 | Beatles | All you need is love | |
| The Onedin Line | 1971-1980 | ARD | Aram Khatchaturian | Spartacus (Ballet) - Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia | |
| Break music / Ident | Hamburg 1 | IT Posthumus | Nara | ||
| The perfect dinner | 2006– | VOX | Adam Salkeld | Top spin | |
| whistle | 1977-1994 | ZDF | Intercity Sound Association | City Train | |
| PIT - Peter Illmann Meeting | 1985-1990 | ZDF | Tarraco | Sultana | |
| Quarks & Co | 1993– | WDR | Sergei Rachmaninov | Symphonic Dances (Op. 45, 1st movement, excerpt) | Recording unknown |
| Cross bed | 1994-2016 | BR | Johannes Brahms | Serenade No. 2 in A major, Op. 16 (excerpt, arranged by Ferran Cruixent ) | Recording: Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Oriol Cruixent |
| 2016– | BR | SMP Amsterdam | Is a group of several composers | ||
| The quiz with Jörg Pilawa | 2001-2010 | ARD | Frank Ryan Graves | ||
| Robbi, Tobbi and the Fliewatüüt | 1972 | WDR | Ingfried Hoffmann | Robbi Tobbi motif | |
| Rock palace | 1977 | WDR | J. Geil's band | Believe in Me | Album: Hotline (Atlantic Rec.) |
| RTL Four Hills Tournament | 2001-2002 | RTL | Liza da Costa | Fight to Win | |
| The round corner | 2017– | WDR | Michael Braunschmid | ||
| Rundschau | 2016– | BR | SMP Amsterdam | ||
| say the truth | 2003– | SWR | Thomas Stelzer | The composer Thomas Stelzer is not the one already created on Wikipedia. There is another one with the exact same name, so linking is not possible. | |
| Look at you smart | 2005– | RTL II | MGMT | Kids | |
| Schleswig-Holstein magazine | NDR television | Jigsaw | Intro to Sky High | ||
| Einstein Castle | 1998– | KI.KA | The Einsteins feat. Julian | Everything is relative | |
| butterflies in the stomach | 2006 | Sat 1 | Sascha Pierro | It is more | |
| The Black Forest Clinic | 1985-1989 | ZDF | Hans Hammerschmid Orchestra | The Black Forest Clinic, Hello Dr. B.! | |
| Sketchup | 1984-1986 | ARD | Arpad Bondy | ||
| SOKO 5113 | 1978– | ZDF | Arpad Bondy | ||
| mirror TV | 1990– | Sat.1 , VOX | Richard Wagner | Prelude to Rienzi (excerpt) | |
| Spiegel TV magazine | 1988– | RTL | George Fenton and Ken Freeman | Mobile Unit | |
| Star quiz with Jörg Pilawa | 2002– | ARD | Frank Ryan Graves | ||
| S-Zett TV magazine | 1994-2000 | VOX | Benedikt Hoenes | S-Zett | |
| daily News | 1952– | ARD | Hans Carste , Rolf Kühn | Hammond Fantasy (final bars) | |
| talk talk talk | 1999-2011 | ProSieben | Milli Vanilli | Girl You Know It's True | Cover version by Oli.P and Jan van der Toorn |
| crime scene | 1970– | The first | Klaus Doldinger | crime scene | Different interpretations |
| Thommy's pop show | 1983-1993 | ZDF | Tarraco | Sultana | |
| ttt - title, theses, temperaments | 1967 | MR | HE Erwin Walther | titles, theses, temperaments | |
| 2006– | ARD | Michael Braunschmid | |||
| TV total | 1999-2015 | ProSieben | Stefan Raab (Comp.) | TV Total Theme 2003 | Recording: heavytones |
| The ultimate chart show | 2003-2004 | RTL | Europe | The final countdown | |
| Our country | ? | BR | Anton Fils | Symphony periodique No. 2 | |
| Do you understand fun? | 1980– | ARD | 1980–2002: Dieter Reith | ||
| 2002-2007: Darius Rafat | |||||
| 2007–: Tinseltown Music | |||||
| In love in Berlin | 2005-2007 | Sat 1 | Nena | love is | |
| What am I? | 1955-1989 | ARD | Bert reason | What am I? | |
| 2000-2003 | Cable 1 | Bert Grund (first few seconds from the original), | What am I (2000) | ISWC: T-800.763.456-3 | |
| 2003-2005 | Cable 1 | Michael Gerlach | What am I? | ||
| ways to luck | 2005– | ZDF | Melanie C | First Day of My Life | |
| W for knowledge | 2006– | ARD | Michael Braunschmid | W for knowledge | |
| WDR - school television | 1970s | WDR | Gil Evans | La Nevada | |
| Who knows? | 2015– | The first | Saint Motel | My type | |
| Who will be a millionaire | 1999– | RTL | Keith Strachan , Matthew Strachan | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire - The Album: EAN 5055031200016 |
| Bet that..? | 1981-2014 | ZDF | Curt Cress | El Gato | |
| Wilsberg | 1995– | ZDF | Stretch | Why Did You Do It | Label: LC 06350 Zyx Records |
| ZAK | 1988-1996 | WDR | Anne Clark | Our Darkness | |
| ZDF television garden | 1986– | ZDF | Dieter Reith | ZDF television garden | |
| ZDF magazine | 1969-1988 | ZDF | Witold Lutosławski | Concerto for orchestra (1st movement) | |
| ZDF dream film | 1983-1989 | ZDF | New Symphonics | Rocking affair | |
| rooms vacant | 1996– | WDR | Spookey Ruben | These Days Are Old |
Radio broadcasts
| Title of the program | Charisma | Channel | Group / composer | title | Information on the sound carrier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antenne Bayern Radiodienst / Verkehrszentrum | 1990 - | Antenna Bavaria | Andy Clark | New Insight | Album: Commercials and Program Cues 1 |
| Bavaria 3 traffic signal | April 1, 1971 - | Bayern 3 | Wilhelm Wiesberg | As long as old Peter | |
| Today's reports | 1979– | ARD radio | Ramsey Lewis | Wade in the water | |
| Bundesliga live | 60s – 80s | NDR 2 | Tommy Dorsey | Song of India | |
| The club | 1969-1996 | NDR 2 | Blue Öyster Cult | Dr. Music | |
| Club request concert | NDR 2 | After the fire | 1980-F | ||
| The hit parade with Frank | Radio Luxembourg | Ken Jones Orchestra | Jubilee | ||
| International hit parade | 1971-1975 | hr1 | Fritz Maldener | Black Jack (Fast Beat) | |
| 1975-1981 | Altona | Overland trip | |||
| 1981-1989 | hr3 | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Peter Gunn | ||
| Hitexpress | SR 1 European wave | The Commodores | Machine gun | ||
| Classic Pop Etc. | DLF | Horst Jankowski | Classic pop et cetera | ||
| Market and media | 1995-2017 | DLF | Earl Klugh | By the Sea | Album: Sudden Burst of Energy |
| The jukebox | 1967-1995 | Ö3 | 1967-1987: James Brown | Choo-Choo (Locomotion) | |
| 1987–1995: Einstürzende new buildings | Yü-Gung (feed my ego) | ||||
| Record box | NDR2 | The corgis | Rovers return | ||
| Plate mail | 1981-1987 | SDR 3 | After the fire | 1980-F | |
| Popshop | 1974– | SWF3 | JJ Cale | Okie | |
| Rendezvous in Germany | 1966-2004 | Hr1 | Kai Winding | More | |
| Hr4 | |||||
| The silencer | 1967-1993 | Ö1 | Bert Breit | ||
| Schlager rally | 1974-1995 | WDR 2 | The Rah Band | The crunch | |
| The Beat Goes On | Bayern 3 | Sonny & Cher | The Beat Goes On | ||
| Meet after two | 1982-1993 | SDR 3 | Raul de Souza | Sweet Lucy | Album: Sweet Lucy |
Fill and underlay music
| Title of the program | Charisma | Channel | use | Group / composer | title | Information on the sound carrier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International hit parade | about 1975-1981 | hr1 | Explanation of the rules of the game | Marquis of Kensington | Flash | |
| about 1975-1989 | hr1 , hr3 | English hit parade | Love Sculpture feat. Dave Edmunds | Saber Dance | ||
| American hit parade | André Brasseur | Speedy No. 1 | ||||
| 1981-1989 | hr3 | Grand Prize Winner | Salsoul Orchestra | Salsoul 3001 | ||
| Imprint, program preview | BR-alpha | bed | Levitation | Out of time | ||
| (not applicable) | from around 1978 | hr television | Intermission music | Henry Arland | Wild Cat Blues | |
| 80s | ARD | Klaus Weiland | The hole in the banana | |||
| Blonker | Sidewalk Cafe | |||||
| Blonker | indigo | |||||
| Candy Dulfer | Lily Was Here | |||||
| Jan Hammer | Crockett's Theme | MCA MCD 03407 Track 1 | ||||
| Jan Hammer | Theresa | MCA MCD 03407 Track 2 | ||||
| Henry Mancini | The Thorn Birds (Title) | |||||
| Mezzoforte | Garden party | |||||
| Pierluigi Giombini | Dolce Vita (instrumental) | |||||
| First cut | Treat Me Gently (Instrumental) | Ultraphone 6.14959 | ||||
| ( Morning program ) | 90s | ARD , ZDF | Intermission music | David Mohan | brunch | UBM1146 / BER1146 - Sunset Boulevard |
| Morning echo | WDR5 | ink pen | Isaac Hayes | Cafe Regio's | ||
| Minus 8 | White | |||||
| pause before the news | 90s | RTL | "Uhrmusik" before "7 to 7" / "RTL Aktuell" | Laszlo Bencker | Lightyears | Sonoton SCD 2 / ISRC DE-B63-87-002-00 Track 14 |
See also
- Theme music
- Film music
- Jingle
- Commercial music
- List of title and theme melodies from radio and television (Austria)
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- ↑ SMP Amsterdam: Evening Show - Leader. March 22, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Beat club for know-it-alls. In: Radio Bremen. Archived from the original on September 29, 2015 ; accessed on August 4, 2020 .
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of January 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) News on the Audionplus website
- ↑ The new ruling couple of Boyard on QUOTENMETER.de
- ↑ SMP Amsterdam: Now Red I - Leader. March 22, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2018 .
- ↑ SMP Amsterdam: Controversial Leader. March 22, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Read! - Any questions? In: ZDF.de. November 17, 2007, archived from the original on November 17, 2007 ; accessed on August 4, 2020 .
- ↑ SMP Amsterdam: More Value - Leader. March 22, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from February 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) FAQ on the Quarks & Co. website
- ↑ SMP Amsterdam: Queerbeet - Leader. March 22, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2018 .
- ↑ SPEAKERS 'CORNER IN THE THIRD: “THE ROUND CORNER” ON THE WDR WITH THE TITLE MUSIC FROM AUDIONPLUS | AUDIONPLUS. Accessed on May 16, 2018 (German).
- ↑ SMP Amsterdam: Rundschau - Leader. April 21, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.thomas-stelzer.de/Home.html GEMA request and confirmation by SWR ISWC: T-800.957.181-8
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of January 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) News on the Audionplus website
- ↑ GEMA query and work information: ISWC: T-800.763.456-3
- ↑ "What am I?": For the 100th show with a new look . In: presseportal.de . ( presseportal.de [accessed on May 16, 2018]).
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of January 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) News on the Audionplus website
- ↑ New Insight by Andy Clark on Amazon Music. Accessed March 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Bayerischer Rundfunk Ulli Wenger: BAYERN 3 traffic signal: From old Peter to fast Sigi . January 25, 2017 ( br.de [accessed March 3, 2019]).
- ↑ Deutschlandradio
- ↑ a b SDR 3 HISTORY - sound files. The sound of the broadcast (overview). Retrieved August 4, 2020 .