I was thinking about icon opening theme songs from shows, but that would be easy to make significantly longer than just a ten-ish song set. So I decided to make it ten songs from animated shows. The goal here isn’t just kinda catchy stuff, the goal is the sorts of openings that you find yourself not skipping the opening if you’re watching it on DVD or a streaming service (or at least not as often, let’s be real).
So, in no particular order:
Playlist:
- Dan Da Dan: “Otonoke” by Creepy Nuts
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: “A Cruel Angel’s Thesis” by Yoko Takahashi
- Cowboy Bebop: “Tank!” by Seatbelts
- Serial Experiments Lain: “Duvet” by Bôa
- FLCL: “Ride a Shooting Star” by The Pillows
- Bojack Horseman: “BoJack’s Theme” by Patrick Carney, Ralph Carney
- X-Men: “X-Men: The Animated Series Opening Theme” by Ron Wasserman
- The Tick: “The Tick” by Doug Katsaros
- The Ren and Stimpy Show: “Dog Pound Hop” by Die Screaming Lederhosens
- DuckTales: “DuckTales Theme” by Jeff Pescetto
- Inspector Gadget: “Inspector Gadget Theme” by Shuki Levy, Haim Saban
There are a ton of others out there, even just sticking within the “animated” theme. Are there any you’d add?
Darkwing Duck!
Good call! Actually a lot of the 80s/early 90s Disney cartoons are solid choices (Gummi Bears? Bouncing here and there and everywhere?). I probably would have had more on the list, but Youtube won’t let you add videos designated “for kids” to playlists (I was lucky to find a bootleg upload for Ducktales and Inspector Gadget).