Possible Tracks for a Third Compilation of Game Show Themes
If there is enough demand for a third CD compilation of TV game show themes, the following themes should be considered (closing themes only, based on availability):
- The $100,000 Name That Tune
- The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime
- $ale of the Century 1969
- $ale of the Century 1983 - Ray Ellis & Marc Ellis
- Battlestars - Mort Garson
- The Big Showdown
- Blockbusters 1987 - Stanley Blits
- Body Language
- Bruce Forsyth’s Hot Streak
- Bullseye - Hal Hidey
- Bumper Stumpers
- Camouflage 1980
- Card Sharks with Bob Eubanks
- Catch Phrase with Art James
- Celebrity Sweepstakes - Stan Worth
- Child’s Play
- Classic Concentration - Stanley Blits
- Concentration with Jack Narz - Edward Woodley Kalehoff
- The Cross-Wits 1975 - Ronnie Kaye, Buddy Kaye & Philip Springer
- CrossWits 1986 - Andrew Belling
- Dealer’s Choice
- Double Dare (Nickelodeon) - Edward Woodley Kalehoff
- Dream House with Bob Eubanks
- Every Second Counts
- Face the Music
- Gambit - Mort Garson
- Give-N-Take with Jim Lange (“The Red Arrow”) - Stan Worth
- High Rollers 1974 - Stan Worth
- Hollywood Squares 1986 - Stormy Sacks
- Hot Potato - Hal Hidey
- The Joker’s Wild 1990
- Knockout (“The Big Beat”) - Hal Hidey
- Love Connection
- The Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour - Edward Woodley Kalehoff
- Mindreaders
- Now You See It! (“Chump Change”) - Quincy Jones
- Password All-Stars (“Bicentennial Funk”) - Bob Cobert
- Password Plus - Robert Arnold Israel
- Press Your Luck - Robert Arnold Israel
- Quiz Kids Challenge
- Rhyme & Reason
- Scattergories - Ray Ellis & Marc Ellis
- Scrabble 1984 - Ray Ellis & Marc Ellis
- Second Chance
- Starcade - Mindseed
- Strike It Rich 1986 - Hal Hidey
- Strip Poker with Graham Elwood
- Super Password - Robert Arnold Israel
- Super Pay Cards!
- Supermarket Sweep with David Ruprecht - Christopher Rhyne
- Tattletales 1974
- Three on a Match (“Struttin’ with Maria”) - Herb Alpert
- Tic Tac Dough 1990 - Henry Mancini
- Time Machine with John Davidson
- To Say the Least
- Top Card
- Treasure Hunt with Geoff Edwards (1970s or 1980s)
- Trivia Trap
- Trivial Pursuit with Wink Martindale
- Trump Card
- Truth or Consequences (“Stop Gap”) - Wilfred Burns a/k/a Robert Sharples
- Whew!
- The Who, What or Where Game
- Win, Lose or Draw - Hal Hidey
- WordPlay
- You Don’t Say!
- Your Number’s Up - Philip Bryan Curran & Simon William Etchell
Theme songs with vocals:
- All-Star Blitz
- The Fun Factory
- Hollywood Squares 1998 - Paul David Weinberg & Jennifer May Muldaur
- Musical Chairs 1975
- Play the Percentages - Hal Hidey
- Remote Control
- Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (lyrics)
- Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?
I obtained some of the composer information from searches of the ASCAP ACE database and the BMI database; it is necessarily incomplete and some of it may be erroneous. The Classic Themes site provides information on these and other television themes and cues, primarily from shows produced before 1965.
James H. Vipond (Send email) - Return to main page