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<blockquote data-quote="Taylor Bennett Jr." data-source="post: 317209" data-attributes="member: 2740">Interesting to hear Immel talk about reworking the theme each year to something more &#039;contemporary&#039;*Mild Diversion Alert*I&#039;ve posted this on a different thread, but wanted to bring it up again:&nbsp; I&#039;ve always been curious about that driving synth line at the beginning of the season 7 DVD theme (the Peter Richards year).&nbsp; It&#039;s virtually identical to a distinctive feature of a big hit of the time. &#039;Legs&#039; by ZZ Top, a popular Texas band (even more popular than the Coffins), and wondered which came first...here at the 0:11 mark:[MEDIA=youtube]sQBu7SN_INc[/MEDIA]and here you have to make in about 28 seconds in:[MEDIA=youtube]eUDcTLaWJuo[/MEDIA].same key, very close in tempo (Dallas is just a few ticks down on the metronome, about 121 bpm vs. 125 bpm for ZZ Top), not the same synth sound, but not that far off, and the line&#039;s the same but an octave apart...the Dallas theme premiered September 30, 1983, and the ZZ Top tune&#039;s album was recorded in 1982 and released March 23, 1983, but the single didn&#039;t come out until May of 1984.&nbsp; So, ZZ Top recorded it first, but maybe it wasn&#039;t famous enough yet to have made it into Immel&#039;s ear?&nbsp; ...although I have a hard time believing the two were arrived at completely independently!I wonder how far in advance a season&#039;s theme was arranged/recorded.&nbsp;&nbsp; Eliminator&#039;s first single was a big US chart hit in April of 1983, and the album was a huge seller, so maybe Immel had heard it before coming up with that year&#039;s theme.&nbsp; It definitely felt to me like he was going for something &#039;big&#039; and &#039;current&#039; and &#039;Texas&#039;, and that&#039;s absolutely what that record was at the time.&nbsp; Maybe it was just something that was &#039;in the air&#039; that he picked up subconsciously.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legs_(song)[/URL][URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliminator_(album)[/URL]interestingly, checking Youtube, the miniseries &#039;disco-y&#039; theme clocks in at 120bpm, gets bumped closer to 125 at some point I think during the next season, then back down by the Kristen/Alan Beam season... although maybe this Youtube recording is sped up a hair, and there wasn&#039;t really a faster version?&nbsp; It seems like that might be the case: [MEDIA=youtube]H2J4YJ2mXyU[/MEDIA]I always thought the early-season themes were noticeably faster than what it settled into, but it must have been the disco beat and slightly raggedy, less-rehearsed feel of the opening 2 bars between the &#039;fanfare&#039; and the main theme.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Taylor Bennett Jr., post: 317209, member: 2740"] Interesting to hear Immel talk about reworking the theme each year to something more 'contemporary' *Mild Diversion Alert* I've posted this on a different thread, but wanted to bring it up again: I've always been curious about that driving synth line at the beginning of the season 7 DVD theme (the Peter Richards year). It's virtually identical to a distinctive feature of a big hit of the time. 'Legs' by ZZ Top, a popular Texas band (even more popular than the Coffins), and wondered which came first... here at the 0:11 mark: [MEDIA=youtube]sQBu7SN_INc[/MEDIA] and here you have to make in about 28 seconds in: [MEDIA=youtube]eUDcTLaWJuo[/MEDIA] . same key, very close in tempo (Dallas is just a few ticks down on the metronome, about 121 bpm vs. 125 bpm for ZZ Top), not the same synth sound, but not that far off, and the line's the same but an octave apart... the Dallas theme premiered September 30, 1983, and the ZZ Top tune's album was recorded in 1982 and released March 23, 1983, but the single didn't come out until May of 1984. So, ZZ Top recorded it first, but maybe it wasn't famous enough yet to have made it into Immel's ear? ...although I have a hard time believing the two were arrived at completely independently! I wonder how far in advance a season's theme was arranged/recorded. [I]Eliminator's[/I] first single was a big US chart hit in April of 1983, and the album was a huge seller, so maybe Immel had heard it before coming up with that year's theme. It definitely felt to me like he was going for something 'big' and 'current' and 'Texas', and that's absolutely what that record was at the time. Maybe it was just something that was 'in the air' that he picked up subconsciously. [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legs_(song)[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliminator_(album)[/URL] interestingly, checking Youtube, the miniseries 'disco-y' theme clocks in at 120bpm, gets bumped closer to 125 at some point I think during the next season, then back down by the Kristen/Alan Beam season... although maybe this Youtube recording is sped up a hair, and there wasn't really a faster version? It seems like that might be the case: [MEDIA=youtube]H2J4YJ2mXyU[/MEDIA] I always thought the early-season themes were noticeably faster than what it settled into, but it must have been the disco beat and slightly raggedy, less-rehearsed feel of the opening 2 bars between the 'fanfare' and the main theme. [/QUOTE]

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