The 10 Greatest TV Theme Bass Lines

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  @SeinfeldMusicGuy · 3 years ago · pinned

  Appreciate the shoutout. Good list. Thanks for including my Seinfeld theme. Still consider the day I created (in 1989) a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/gooddayatwork">#gooddayatwork</a> <br><br>Before I earned the title of full-time composer, I performed on sessions as a studio musician for other composers. So I have recorded with each of the bassists you mentioned. That’s also how I first met Allyn Ferguson and Jack Elliott. On a break, I told them how much their work had influenced me. <br><br>Rock on, Paul 🎸

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  @jntdhome · 3 years ago

  The Barney Miller bass line has lived rent free in my head for over 45 years.

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  @tedb7858 · 3 years ago

  In my book, the Barney Miller theme song has more funk in it than all of the others and it really reached me back in the day. That it isn’t the most requested one doesn’t mean anything, it clearly has the most soul.

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• JA

  @jamieandthemore · 1 year ago

  I know Cosby may be taboo but the Fat Albert theme bass line ain&apos;t too bad

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• JO

  @Joneb57 · 3 years ago

  Barney Miller always had my top spot. Bass line was great and the entire theme song was fantastic. Doesn’t hurt that it’s also my favorite TV show of all time.

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  @syx9986 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Barney Miller will always be my #1. It sounds like something that would start a concert. There&apos;s groove and the entire band truly leans on the bass. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Special mention for the Fraggle Rock theme! I&apos;ll often play the opening bars while idling, just to see who catches it.

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• BA

  @bassmangotdbluz · 10 months ago

  Fish was absolutely unbelievable and I really loved watching you play it.

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• TI

  @timmacsweet1 · 3 years ago

  I always liked the menacing bass line from “The People’s Court” theme.

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• SI

  @simonbarsinister8854 · 3 years ago

  &quot;Sanford and Son&quot; theme is my all time favorite. Killer bass.

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  @kenmohan2637 · 10 months ago

  The bass line from the original TV series “The Wild, Wild West” is amazing, along with all the killer incidental music bass lines in the show, and is what made me want to play bass when I first saw the reruns in the early ‘70’s.

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  @darshanr2369 · 3 years ago

  Barney Miller MUST be the top if not top three!

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  @SkunkBearTK · 3 years ago (edited)

  I&apos;m a child of the 70&apos;s/80&apos;s so the theme from Fat Albert (Buster Williams) is STILL stuck in my head....

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