"Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale" of a time when television shows began with awesome TV Theme Songs. "Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name" and sometimes you want to go back to when TV Theme songs were special. "Here's a story... of a lovely" time when TV Theme Songs served to identify, distinguish and set the stage for the television program that followed. "You take the good, take the bad, take them both and there you have" what unfortunately has become a lost artform. "Believe it or not", sadly it seems no effort or pride is taken in the TV Theme Song ever since Seinfeld proved a short synth-bass riff could be used instead. “Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!” This regular feature may not "make all our dreams come true", but it will remember some of the best TV Theme Songs from years past (with a focus on the '80s decade). "Come aboard, we're expecting you."
This time we will cover the theme song for Scarecrow and Mrs. King. The series debuted in October of 1983 running for four seasons and 88 episodes. The show starred Kate Jackson in her first television series after leaving Charlie's Angels alongside Bruce Boxleitner.
The instrumental theme song for Scarecrow and Mrs. King was composed by Arthur Rubinstein. He is probably better known for his film scores, here are some of the soundtracks that Rubinstein worked on: Blue Thunder (1983), WarGames (1983), Lost in America (1985), The Best of Times (1986), Stakeout (1987), The Hard Way (1991) among many others. He also scored two early episodes of The Simpsons in 1990.
Here is the opening for Scarecrow and Mrs. King featuring the theme song...
Arthur Rubinstein won an Emmy in 1986 for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Drama Series for his work on Scarecrow and Mrs. King.
Hope you enjoyed tuning in for another "episode" of TV Theme Songs!