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10 of the Best Post Millenium TV Theme Tunes
Introductory earworms help make a tv show memorable forever
When I was growing up in the 80s I watched, listened to, and absorbed many more tv show theme tunes than I do now, but I do think they have had a renaissance in recent times.
A good theme tune can really make a show stick in your mind and build the feeling of excitement to watch it. I think this has been revived by some streamers and channels reverting back to airing one episode a week with some of their shows. Here are a few of my post-Millenium favorites, I felt that keeping it relatively modern was a fun challenge, but obviously, I still have the childhood classics embedded in my brain permanently!
Smallville: “Save Me”, Remy Zero
I think that Smallville played an underrated part in the revival of the superhero in pop culture (for better or worse, I am not a Marvel fan personally). Smallville was the earnest, low-key prequel about young Clark Kent that filled that post-80s Superman era gap nicely.
The theme tune, “Save Me” by Remy Zero is anthemic and hopeful, it made me as a fan of the show feel amped for the new weekly episode (way back when we had to wait for one episode a week). The song charted at number 27 on the Billboard Modern Rock…
