# Balearic TV Themes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [19 December 2023 20:28 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/balearic-tv-themes/1466 "2023-12-19T20:28:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ant.Plate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/ant.plate/32/289_2.png) [@Ant.Plate](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/Ant.Plate)\ **Post date:** [19 December 2023 20:28 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/balearic-tv-themes/1466/1 "2023-12-19T20:28:00Z")
This post will disappear faster than your school sweetheart when you tell them you love them. Fuggit. And no, theres no Van der Valk or Knight Rider… Dooby Ducks Disco Bus 1991 [Ken Bolam, I believe]. I know, right… [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/7/704de325e9ce2e6be83d3ab367582795e43eeb41.jpeg "Children's BBC Dooby's Duck Truck 1991") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZwzSzMZ2eE) Robin of Sherwood [Clannad FFS] [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/5/560007802bdada002411b78b06372278e54d57f9.jpeg "Classic TV Theme: Robin of Sherwood") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgP1E-BZbj8) Incredible Games [??] [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/6/6be1114b4ffab73fcc673a2ae7d2be0ef507adea.jpeg "Incredible Games: Series 2 (1995) Full Episode [6]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKiLMduKcTg) And a few more obvious ones… Holiday/Voyager [Paul Hardcastle]. [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/f/fcac8e8d8307dd9ef6a8ea8964a9ed12000073f8.jpeg "Holiday - Jill Dando Era - Full Theme (Clean)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JSB80PlHnI) Twin Peaks [Angelo Badalamenti] [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/e/e9354242b3dc0a09814de4518fc1be9fe336ab93.jpeg "Twin Peaks - Opening Credits Sequence") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2lkvrMa27c) Krypton Factor [Art of Noise??] [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/c/ce4e885515f96ff153eb8d4a93e2d569f817f82d.jpeg "the krypton factor (opening theme) 1987") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lORRNu4Zv1I) ---
**Author:** ![mattra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/mattra/32/193_2.png) [@mattra](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/mattra)\ **Post date:** [19 December 2023 21:23 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/balearic-tv-themes/1466/2 "2023-12-19T21:23:35Z")
[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/9/9ccf8639cc9dea704905531a563e52349dcfc7b8.jpeg "Theme from ''Hill Street Blues'' (feat. Larry Carlton)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2qK_Qekt-I) ---
**Author:** ![mattra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/mattra/32/193_2.png) [@mattra](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/mattra)\ **Post date:** [19 December 2023 21:27 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/balearic-tv-themes/1466/3 "2023-12-19T21:27:59Z")
[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/5/5ee843195284247a4d1d63e206fe6000bb095f12.jpeg "Eldorado opening titles BBC1 1992") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_esJlC7rsbk) On a similar theme to ‘Holiday’ ---
**Author:** ![mattra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/mattra/32/193_2.png) [@mattra](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/mattra)\ **Post date:** [19 December 2023 21:30 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/balearic-tv-themes/1466/4 "2023-12-19T21:30:58Z")
Very literally ‘Balearic’ [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/5/5fd34db6b35a3af3ede04d5fc8411a8063c5b25e.jpeg "Time on our Side (feat. Anna Ross)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEsriXPxS3U) ---
**Author:** ![MusicForHangovers](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/musicforhangovers/32/2254_2.png) [@MusicForHangovers](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/MusicForHangovers)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2023 09:56 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/balearic-tv-themes/1466/5 "2023-12-20T09:56:28Z")
Hard to say what does or doesn’t constitute ‘Balearic’ these days (I blame those pesky kids and their ever-expanding lists of ‘Balearic’ sub-genres…!), but this would fit the bill, surely? It’s got an air of naive and unselfconscious fun which, for me, is a pretty good indicator of ‘Balearicism’. [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/1/18af507d9df579c0f787dd7aebbb59da6c166de9.jpeg "ザ・バース・オブ・ジ・オデッセイ 〜 モンキー・マジック") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLV9HDmlyeM) It was the theme for ‘Monkey - Journey to the West’, bitd 👍 ---
**Author:** ![MusicForHangovers](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/musicforhangovers/32/2254_2.png) [@MusicForHangovers](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/MusicForHangovers)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2023 10:21 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/balearic-tv-themes/1466/6 "2023-12-20T10:21:54Z")
Denton and Cook did a lot of cool ‘Balearic-ish’ themes for the BBC. The Great Egg Race 👍 [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/a/a9ef51aaeb810c9bc655079b708d0d4b3a0f2d22.jpeg "The Great Egg Race theme") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQUFeyORZOY) Quiller. I think this got comped a few years ago on Late Night Tales? [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/9/9342616e0372d24970021a7cebf614bbd9cc53b9.jpeg "Quiller - Denton and Cook") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCNxN7C3PX4) And the 80’s theme for Tomorrow’s World could count as ‘Balearic techno’ or whatever… [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/e/eb48508cf2b9efe7a9dbc7c2651089150d243ba1.jpeg "Richard Denton and Martin Cook - Tomorrow's World") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrEHtDlURWk) ---
**Author:** ![MusicForHangovers](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/musicforhangovers/32/2254_2.png) [@MusicForHangovers](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/MusicForHangovers)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2023 10:28 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/balearic-tv-themes/1466/7 "2023-12-20T10:28:44Z")
This one is obvious, I know. Stone Fox Chase aka theme to The Old Grey Whistle Test… [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/9/9ba24c468b10d5dc3e79d07c9e09a1f202f8255d.jpeg "Theme from Old Grey Whistle Test") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAJm04KrON4) ---
**Author:** ![FISTFULLOFSOUL](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/fistfullofsoul/32/1359_2.png) [@FISTFULLOFSOUL](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/FISTFULLOFSOUL)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2023 10:44 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/balearic-tv-themes/1466/8 "2023-12-20T10:44:55Z")
[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/a/a678b44f4f856f7b19bc39ec2860f1c68bc8594c.jpeg "Bergerac TV series - HIFI intro \*\*\*\*\*") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ369paM8_Y) As I was born there…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MusicForHangovers](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/musicforhangovers/32/2254_2.png) [@MusicForHangovers](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/MusicForHangovers)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2023 11:45 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/balearic-tv-themes/1466/9 "2023-12-20T11:45:38Z")
Funny, that reminds me of this track by Wings which was used as the theme for a 70’s TV drama/thriller series called “The Zoo Gang”, which was set in the South of France. [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/9/9017c594a77de24f5ff750db823be8425ea98788.jpeg "Zoo Gang (Remastered 2010)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7VTk4K4Ms0) ---
**Author:** ![MusicForHangovers](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/musicforhangovers/32/2254_2.png) [@MusicForHangovers](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/MusicForHangovers)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2023 11:54 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/balearic-tv-themes/1466/10 "2023-12-20T11:54:46Z")
Bob James classic. [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/b/bdcd0a7d9c8ade8817fa7fe208444af9cfe69e0c.jpeg "Angela (Theme From 'Taxi') - Bob James (1978)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DL8SGEyhZE) ---
**Author:** ![FISTFULLOFSOUL](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/fistfullofsoul/32/1359_2.png) [@FISTFULLOFSOUL](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/FISTFULLOFSOUL)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2023 12:00 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/balearic-tv-themes/1466/11 "2023-12-20T12:00:05Z")
Gorgeous, those keys are so warm and cozy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FISTFULLOFSOUL](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/fistfullofsoul/32/1359_2.png) [@FISTFULLOFSOUL](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/FISTFULLOFSOUL)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2023 12:01 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/balearic-tv-themes/1466/12 "2023-12-20T12:01:42Z")
> [@MusicForHangovers](#): > > he Zoo Gang Totally! and as lover of French TV/Movies I’m hunting this series down ---
**Author:** ![MusicForHangovers](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/musicforhangovers/32/2254_2.png) [@MusicForHangovers](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/MusicForHangovers)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2023 12:05 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/balearic-tv-themes/1466/13 "2023-12-20T12:05:12Z")
I _think_ it was a British series, and the ‘gang’ in question were supposed to be a group of 4 or 5 concentration camp survivors who tracked down Nazis and other criminals. ---
**Author:** ![lazlo72](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/lazlo72/32/241_2.png) [@lazlo72](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/lazlo72)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2023 15:36 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/balearic-tv-themes/1466/14 "2023-12-20T15:36:00Z")
“Language Timothy!” [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/b/bde793406478c33a5d49605b392f7773a113d83d.jpeg "Sorry! Opening theme (1981)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZJ6g1E2XBw) ---
**Author:** ![MusicForHangovers](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/musicforhangovers/32/2254_2.png) [@MusicForHangovers](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/MusicForHangovers)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2023 16:12 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/balearic-tv-themes/1466/15 "2023-12-20T16:12:45Z")
This got re-edited by Psychemagick iirc. Great track! ---
**Author:** ![RandomJukebox](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/randomjukebox/32/2796_2.png) [@RandomJukebox](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/RandomJukebox)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2023 17:01 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/balearic-tv-themes/1466/16 "2023-12-20T17:01:24Z")
Saw the Holiday theme tune and couldn’t help myself. Too cosmic? [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/e/eb2ce9eeb0c5ee38d7e146b5a5eb158e68223677.jpeg "Holiday Theme 1978 - 1985") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52RpCDV6yNY) ---
**Author:** ![RandomJukebox](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/randomjukebox/32/2796_2.png) [@RandomJukebox](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/RandomJukebox)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2023 17:16 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/balearic-tv-themes/1466/17 "2023-12-20T17:16:16Z")
And at the risk of starting off the annual What is Balearic? debate I was always partial to the closing credits of The Sweeney [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/c/c8f65a72ef27ecbcfe1be3c0aa57c0c78da1da28.jpeg "The Sweeney - closing theme") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fspz4PTEpy0) And who doesn’t like a bit of The Persuaders [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/c/c63713e6a392d4cc28fe270fa91b13ca83b429f8.jpeg "John Barry - Overture - The Persuaders") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69ccJitpHGw) ---
**Author:** ![MusicForHangovers](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/musicforhangovers/32/2254_2.png) [@MusicForHangovers](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/MusicForHangovers)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2023 17:39 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/balearic-tv-themes/1466/18 "2023-12-20T17:39:23Z")
Well… If you’re having that, I’m definitely having this! 😀 [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/djhistory/original/2X/5/53c5f77190d90d49190cd6259310f5fc55d43691.jpeg "Elton John - Out Of The Blue (1976)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX1KQNciyzA) Pre-Clarkson Top Gear, natch ---
**Author:** ![MusicForHangovers](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/musicforhangovers/32/2254_2.png) [@MusicForHangovers](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/MusicForHangovers)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2023 17:50 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/balearic-tv-themes/1466/19 "2023-12-20T17:50:34Z")
> [@RandomJukebox](#): > > And at the risk of starting off the annual What is Balearic? debate You know you want to… 😉 Well, The Persuaders theme got comped by Fila Brazilia, so that must make it officially ‘Balearic’…! ---
**Author:** ![mattra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/djhistory.discourse.group/mattra/32/193_2.png) [@mattra](https://djhistory.discourse.group/u/mattra)\ **Post date:** [20 December 2023 20:24 UTC](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/balearic-tv-themes/1466/20 "2023-12-20T20:24:59Z")
Surely Balearic can be defined as anything Alfredo played between 1984-1987. Alternatively, Balearic is any old tat you fancy 😆 Almost everything can be classed as Balearic. [Next page](https://djhistory.discourse.group/t/balearic-tv-themes/1466.md?page=2)