[Oblivion]

The video games soundtrack thread made me think about music in T.V. and this is a complaint I've had for a while, at least within the past decade: the vast majority of T.V. scores are utterly forgettable. There's very few I can think of that are even remotely good.


NCIS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NlDMLRDZUE


Course, this was made like 10 years ago, so it probably doesn't even count, which shows how pathetic it's been.


Are there any shows that I've missed that have good soundtracks? Prove me wrong, gaf.

[blainethemono]

Carnivale score is still probably the best orchestrated music i've ever heard

http://youtu.be/QOlAJgCELTc
http://youtu.be/k-8Pigjxghw
http://youtu.be/z1foO-oDXIQ
http://youtu.be/HHRhO67f-K8
http://youtu.be/T20PLsUZsZA
http://youtu.be/6DqG897COwA
http://youtu.be/M6Supfg6G0Y
http://youtu.be/8j6Fd9gh4g0

Jeff Beal also did an amazing score for Rome. haven't heard any of his other work but just for these two shows, he's probably my favorite composer

[itwasTuesday]

Daria

Top Gear

[Schweini]

Say what you want about the show; you can't find fault at the soundtrack.

[evilromero]

John Adams. Look up the main theme.

[DaFish]

Pete and Pete theme

also Mad Men theme

[Dishwalla]

Do you mean licensed music, or original scores? Because Freaks and Geeks had an awesome licensed soundtrack. All the songs chosen were perfect for the scenes they appeared in.

[Good Job Bob]

LOST and Battlestar Galactica have by far the best.

[Oblivion]

Do you mean licensed music, or original scores? Because Freaks and Geeks had an awesome licensed soundtrack. All the songs chosen were perfect for the scenes they appeared in.

Original scores, of course.

Licensed music is disgusting.

[BertramCooper]

NCIS has good EVERYTHING!

Such an amazing show.

[Dishwalla]

No. Go watch Freaks and Geeks.

[Schweini]

No. Go watch Freaks and Geeks.

The intro song is awesome, I've only seen one episode so far, but if that's a sign of what's to come, it'll probably have many songs that I love.

[VanWinkle]

I always felt like Chuck (NBC) had great music, but that could just be me.

[CygnusXS]

Breaking Bad*
The Sopranos
Battlestar Galactica*
Lost*
Mad Men

*For original scores, although BB has a nice mix of original stuff and licensed stuff.

[BertramCooper]

Battlestar is probably the most consistently well-scored show I've ever seen.

Bear McCreary FTW.

[Rokam]

Original scores, of course. Licensed music is disgusting.

Unless the show is Supernatural.

As far as original scores go Avatar: The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra have some extremely good music. Some of the links are spoilers, have spoilers in comments, or spoilers on the side so don't click if you plan on watching!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoeUzHXVM2w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZvsF9T2yyU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWnuQK0q2A0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFnnNijn_OI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoTEbFzCjKw

[CygnusXS]

Battlestar is probably the most consistently well-scored show I've ever seen. Bear McCreary FTW.

To be fair, he only actually did seasons 2, 3, and 4.

[Lactose_Intolerant]

Luther Intro

granted, I have no idea if the rest is good. So I probably should have thought this post out better

[Dragonzord]

IT Crowd was my ringtone for like.. a year.

[Zebra]

Say what you want about the show; you can't find fault at the soundtrack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IblqxkNwc9I

Gets me teary-eyed every time.

[Fiction]

http://youtu.be/styBS2ubh90

[Emwitus]

LOST and Battlestar Galactica have by far the best.

Shut it down.

[Oblivion]

Unless the show is Supernatural. As far as original scores go Avatar: The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra have some extremely good music. Some of the links are spoilers, have spoilers in comments, or spoilers on the side so don't click if you plan on watching! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoeUzHXVM2w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZvsF9T2yyU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWnuQK0q2A0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFnnNijn_OI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoTEbFzCjKw

You're a good man, sir. I do remember first watching Avatar and being quite impressed with the ost.

Korra sux butts tho.

[anaron]

Friday Night Lights
Battlestar Galactica
Gilmore Girls (this especially, for having a score that is very much its own thing)
Firefly
Buffy with Christophe Beck
Pushing Daisies
Mad Men
Enlightened

[Ninja Scooter]

New York Undercover

[jon bones]

there are no other answers but Friday Night Lights.

Explosions in the Sky soundtrack? Amazing.

[Ultima_5]

Daria Top Gear

Damn, GAFs quick at the draw sometimes. This was mine =/ La La La La Laaaaaaa

My cop-out answer is beavis and butthead

Charmed also had a pretty good set list.

[Memles]

To be fair, he only actually did seasons 2, 3, and 4.

Source? While Gibbs scored the miniseries (and his name remains tied to the S1 soundtrack), McCreary scored the entirety of the first season after Gibbs' movie commitments made it impossible for him to continue with the show.

[CygnusXS]

Source? While Gibbs scored the miniseries (and his name remains tied to the S1 soundtrack), McCreary scored the entirety of the first season after Gibbs' movie commitments made it impossible for him to continue with the show.

Well, you'd be more of an expert on it than I would. I'm just going off the name credits from the soundtrack.

[Witchfinder General]

Treme

The show has no peer.

[Karak]

Loved Lost but having a great bit of enjoyment out of Sons of Anarchy's as well.

[Choppasmith]

Off the top of my head.

The entire DCAU
One Piece
Cowboy Bebop
Doctor Who (Murray Gold)
Phineas and Ferb (more for the original songs than the background score)

There's more but I'll have to think about it

[disappeared]

NCIS has good EVERYTHING! Such an amazing show.

Who is that actress and does she get naked?

[Yogsam]

House, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead and... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7ApR8GOq7o

[Eggplant Wizard]

Treme The show has no peer.

This is so true it's not even fair.

[Lkr]

game of thrones has a p good score

[Ashhong]

Friday Night Lights. What the fuck, should have been the first reply.

[Supermanisdead]

Gossip Girl always picks really great songs to end the episodes.

[Raxus]

This show made me learn to love Bear McCreary.

[Vulcano's assistant]

Animation probably beats Live action in this area.

[ClassyPenguin]

Friday Night Lights. What the fuck, should have been the first reply.

Hearing that Explosions in the sky and the post rock soundtrack is what drove me to watch this show. One of the best.

[epmode]

Breaking Bad has some brilliant original compositions but it probably only works in the context of the show.

Battlestar Galactica is pretty awesome too.

[Memles]

Well, you'd be more of an expert on it than I would. I'm just going off the name credits from the soundtrack.

Yeah, I presumed as much - McCreary handled S1 beyond the miniseries (and was involved in it as well).

And while I don't want to pretend that I'm necessarily an expert on the subject on TV at all times, I did spend a semester researching a paper on his career, so this is one case where I'll reluctantly accept the title. Accordingly, here's a Musicians@Google talk where he discusses the early scoring process on BSG: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...inFAQN4#t=981s.

[MattKeil]

Come on, people, get it together here.

[ElTopo]

Daria Top Gear

The music in Daria is awesome, but it's all licensed, unless you are referring to the stock music on the Daria DVDs, in which case you'd be insane. Not counting the awesome Splendora tracks of course:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-EHn...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RayujNcmu1E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2V6S...eature=related

Didn't Earth:Final Conflict have a pretty awesome soundtrack, at least for its first season ? Should be possible to find some of it on youtube.

[Viewtify]

LOST is the only show where I can remember any music from.

[Ashhong]

Hearing that Explosions in the sky and the post rock soundtrack is what drove me to watch this show. One of the best.

Damn straight.

And if you are talking about pop songs in a series, wasn't The OC like the pioneer in this regard? I don't remember any shows really focusing on delivering great music set to the tone of the show before The OC, or anybody releasing "Music from the show" CD compilations like they did.

[nitric0]

The Killing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r1PRktcWZY

[Sinatar]

Bear McCreary's work on the first season of Human Target was really *really* good. Too bad they completely ruined everything with the second season.

Dat Theme

[anaron]

For licensed music, Daria, Freaks and Geeks, Veronica Mars and the OC have impressive selections.