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I have to admit that synth theme on "Jump" by Van Halen is one of my guilty pleasures. Really great theme. And I am also certainly fond of "Take On Me".

Even "The Final Countdown" - although the rest of the song is terribly naff - deserves a honorable mention here.

Others?

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 00:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Baba O Reilly by the Who

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 00:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Theme from Dr. Who

― Sean (Sean), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 00:21 (twenty-two years ago)

96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians (I know it's a Farfisa, but still)

― Sean (Sean), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 00:32 (twenty-two years ago)

if we're including organs too: "telstar"!

― tweemu (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 00:37 (twenty-two years ago)

"Telstar" I'd say is the lead melody rather than a synth theme.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 00:38 (twenty-two years ago)

it's still the theme!

― tweemu (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 00:40 (twenty-two years ago)

The Rockford Files theme (I hope that's the one I'm thinking of).

― nickn (nickn), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 00:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Hot Butter - Popcorn
Bob James - Angela (Theme From Taxi)
Das Boot
Boards of Canada - ROYGBIV
Theme from Clockwork Orange.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 01:28 (twenty-two years ago)

"knight rider"!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 01:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Ryuchi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 01:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 02:55 (twenty-two years ago)

"Weird Al" Yankovic - "Dare To Be Stupid"

(I am very ashamed to say)

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 20 January 2004 03:02 (twenty-two years ago)

"Tubular Bells" (unless you mean some of the later recordings) contains no synths at all.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 03:33 (twenty-two years ago)

John Carpenter - Assault On Precinct 13 (Main Title)

certainly synthy

― tinman, Tuesday, 20 January 2004 03:50 (twenty-two years ago)

rockford files!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 03:51 (twenty-two years ago)

"In Search Of..." Theme. No, not NERD. The 70's TV series w/ Leonard Nimoy.

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 04:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Axel F

― Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 04:23 (twenty-two years ago)

the eno solo in remake/remodel

― phil turnbull (philT), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 06:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Theme from Stationary Ark
Saturdays in Silezia
Spiral - (Vangelis)
Tublar Bells (I do have a synth version of this song)
Closing Theme from Magic Shadows
Clockwork Orange Theme
Oxygene2 (Jarre)
Enola Gay

― A Nairn (moretap), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 06:22 (twenty-two years ago)

In Search of...

Ah yes! The one where Bigfoot is running. Lauren and Rinder had the best TV

― Star Hustler, Tuesday, 20 January 2004 06:29 (twenty-two years ago)

"My Tulpa" by Magazine

― webcrack (music=crack), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 06:38 (twenty-two years ago)

gary numan - m.e.
thomas dolby - she blinded me with science
kraftwerk - computer world

― Andrzej B. (Andrzej B.), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 07:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Max Crook's Musitron solo in Del Shannon's Runaway is surely the most perfect thing ever recorded in the history of music.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 08:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express

― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 08:44 (twenty-two years ago)

The treated piano at the start of Party Fears Two.

― mzui, Tuesday, 20 January 2004 08:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I guess I should have called this "best synth theme from a song where the vocalist is the lead instrument", to avoid confusion...

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 14:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Sailor!!!! "Glass of Champagne"!!!!
Gary Numan!!!! "Cars"!!!! "Complex" intro!!!! "We are Glass" chorus!!!!
Human League!!!! "Don't You Want Me"!!!! "Open Your Heart" chorus!!!!
Eurythmics!!!!! "Sweet Dreams"!!!!!!
OMD!!!! "Electricity"!!!!! "Enola Gay"!!!!! "Telegraph"!!!!!
New Musik!!!! "Living By Numbers" chorus!!!!
New Order!!!! "Blue Monday" 'chorus'!!!!!!
Erm, I'm out of ideas!!!!!!!

― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 15:28 (twenty-two years ago)

What's the point of that!!!!!!?

― Stupid (Stupid), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 15:31 (twenty-two years ago)

?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 15:32 (twenty-two years ago)

The Doctor Who theme wins, but lots of Orbital tracks ("Lush", "Halcyon", "Out There Somewhere", "Adnan's", "Know Where To Run", "Satan", "Choice", "Remind", "Impact", "The Box", "Sad But New", "Illuminate", "Funny Break", "Otono") come very close.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 20 January 2004 16:04 (twenty-two years ago)

OMD OMD OMD wins

― A Nairn (moretap), Wednesday, 21 January 2004 06:30 (twenty-two years ago)

"96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians (I know it's a Farfisa, but still)"

is a#1 in my book also but i
always thought "Here Come The Warm Jets" was so rad

― thomas de'aguirre (biteylove), Wednesday, 21 January 2004 15:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Moroder's theme to "Midnight Express"!!!!!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 21 January 2004 15:19 (twenty-two years ago)

"Sex Dwarf", totally.

― anode, Wednesday, 21 January 2004 23:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Goblin's "Theme to 'Profundo Rosso'" from the Argento flick. Really cool and slithery.

― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Thursday, 22 January 2004 01:30 (twenty-two years ago)

"Isolation" by Joy Division.

― Carrie Turner (cjt), Thursday, 22 January 2004 03:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Donna Summer's (and Giorgio Moroder's) "I Feel Love"

― Scott, Thursday, 22 January 2004 19:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Propaganda's "P:Machinery" has two of these: The almost Kraftwerkian, melancholic opening one (after the bleeps and the chanting), and the mad-big-fanfare one that's the de facto chorus.

― OleM (OleM), Thursday, 22 January 2004 20:18 (twenty-two years ago)

OleM OTM with "P:Machinery".

The Cure have a couple good ones too: "Let's go to bed", "The Walk", "Close to me", "The perfect girl", "Fascination street".

Also Yazoo - "Situation", "Don't go",
Depeche Mode - "Just can't get enough"
Human League - "Fascination"

― Seb, Thursday, 22 January 2004 22:12 (twenty-two years ago)

right now i am feeling a track called "most wanted" by alan braxe.

it is even better than axel f, or crockett's theme from miami vice.

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 22 January 2004 22:14 (twenty-two years ago)

it is better than knight rider (it is similar to all three)

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 22 January 2004 22:15 (twenty-two years ago)

"twinkle echo" (the song) by C4TPA

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 22 January 2004 22:20 (twenty-two years ago)

The Cure - "Lullaby"
Rush - pre-chorus to "Tom Sawyer"

― Clarke B., Friday, 23 January 2004 06:30 (twenty-two years ago)

numan ownz this thread

― dyson (dyson), Friday, 23 January 2004 06:34 (twenty-two years ago)

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