American Televisions Grea [Import, Soundtrack]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 21, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import, Soundtrack
• Label: Silva
• ASIN: B00000AW0Z
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #695,762 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. A-Team

2. Airwolf

3. Barnaby Jones

4. Battlestar Galactica

5. Baywatch

6. Beverly Hills

7. Buck Rogers In The 25th Century

8. Cagney And Lacey

9. Cheers

10. Cosby Show

11. Doogie Howser

12. Eerie, Indiana

13. Equalizer

14. Evening Shade

15. Falcon Crest

16. Freddy's Nightmares

17. Hardcastle And Mccormick

18. Highway To Heaven

19. Hill Street Blues

20. Hunter

See all 53 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money, February 9, 2009

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C. Cloutier - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Televisions Grea (Audio CD)

Do yourself a favor, and DON'T waste your money on this piece of junk. If you do, like I did, you will most likely be sadly disappointed. I was in a rush when ordering this, so I didn't look at the two reviews already here. Consequently, I ordered this thinking that these were the actual TV themes by the original artists. They aren't. They aren't even good covers of them. They're muzak, plain and simple -- no vocals, poor attempts to match instrumentation to the original, wrong tempos, and music added/removed by the conductor.

From the disc label:
"Conducted by Daniel Caine
Original Sound Recordings made by MICHAEL JONES PRODUCTIONS for SILVA SCREEN RECORDS LTD."

I've only listened to the tracks for the shows that I remember, but I can guess the rest are of the same quality. The A-Team is good up to the point where they add filler to extend the track, and The Incredible Hulk is very good (very true to the original). Unfortunately, Cheers, Midnight Caller, Night Court, Sledge Hammer!, Star Trek TNG, 21 Jump Street, and Twin Peaks are horrible. Fortunately, if you have the DVDs for those shows, you can quickly go and play the theme from the DVD to erase the horror from your memory. Unfortunately, Midnight Caller is still not released on DVD, so we have no such option for that track (and that's the one I purchased this for).

So -- if you don't remember the themes, or remember them only vaguely, you may enjoy this two-disc set. If you're hoping for the original themes, or even something close, then you'll be disappointed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Careful, June 21, 2007

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J. Estoye "Maniac" (Detroit) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Televisions Grea (Audio CD)

Before you take the dive, please note that the songs on this CD are NOT the original recordings! The good part, however, offsets that because, as most of these songs were originally instrumentals anyway, their reproductions sound almost identical. Plus, unlike some other TV theme CDs, these themes are longer versions, so you get more music for your buck. Buy this while you can, especially since the cover artwork itself teases to be a collector's item with the former Twin Towers looming in the backdrop.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Brings back memories, February 26, 2006

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Natacha Weadick - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Televisions Grea (Audio CD)

This is a great cd that relives those days in the 80s and 90s when US tv was so enjoyable. With theme tunes like MacGyver, Murder She Wrote, Baywatch and Falcon Crest, it brings back great memories. A must have!