Intro themes to Dallas over the years ...

[TheDeadBobby]

I always noticed the music more than anything, the first two years were sort of messy... drums were off and bass was boomy but it got better and more refined as the years go by.
Too, during the first two seasons the cameras caught the Cowboys logo on the field and then it was the Owboys up until season 7 or 8 when they finally quit chopping it off. Lots of other little changes too, it's sort of interesting.

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

Minor quibble: they repeat the Season 5 (per DVD) orchestration under the Season 7 visuals.

 

[DallasFanForever]

Owboys

This used to bother me a lot. I would say to myself they can show all those cattle running around but they couldn’t get a decent enough shot of the ‘C’ in Cowboys.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Gawd I absolutely love the theme music.

In all it's different arrangements on the show, it's just terrific.

 

[TheDeadBobby]

Gawd I absolutely love the theme music.

In all it's different arrangements on the show, it's just terrific.

I liked the season 3 song where the kettle drums made the opening of the song sound HUGE and majestic! It was a nice touch. Season 4 they seemed to brighten everything up a bit too much.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

I liked the season 3 song where the kettle drums made the opening of the song sound HUGE and majestic! It was a nice touch. Season 4 they seemed to brighten everything up a bit too much.

I love them all but my favourite has to be season thirteen, the penultimate season.

 

[lbf522]

I loved this show as well and am glad they kept it and not change it like some shows tended to do. I miss the theme music that shows do and hope they bring it back. Anyway, I loved the Dallas theme song. I was glad that on Dallas TNT, they finally did the opening the way we remember it with the cast although I would have liked it even better if it had them in alphabetical order.

 

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

I like the first couple of seasons. Maybe they're a bit rough around the edges, but that disco beat...

Also a few years later, the Peter Richards year, that pulsing synth line before the main theme kicks is so fantastically early-mid-80s... I always had a notion they got that from ZZ Top's 'Legs', which was a big Texas-flavored hit of the time.

Season 7 (DVD):

- 0:11 for the synth

ZZ Top Legs:

- 0:29 for the synth

same tempo key and everything!

...and it looks like the Dallas theme must have been recorded in 1983 while Legs was a hit in 1984 (though the album came out in 1983). Looks like ZZ Top was inspired by Dallas! Synth line, hell maybe even famous leg model from The Graduate, Sue Ellen!

 

[bmasters9]

This used to bother me a lot. I would say to myself they can show all those cattle running around but they couldn’t get a decent enough shot of the ‘C’ in Cowboys.

One thing I wonder-- why did they let the full word show on the first two gos (and the 7th [1983-84], and every one after that, including the reunions [starting in the Dream Season, the camera zoomed down towards the field]), but for 3-6, edit it where the logotype was cut off?

 

[Bobby Southworth]

Yes, the Dallas theme has to be one of the top themes ever. My favorites were the first three seasons, although not so much the second version of season 2 that starts with "Black Market baby". Not sure why they changed it. Then season 10 is a favorite. A nod to season 13 as well.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

The Dallas theme tune is truly iconic.

It's such an upbeat tune. One of the very best signature tunes ever realised.

Dallas fans love the shows theme.

 

[TheDeadBobby]

One thing I wonder-- why did they let the full word show on the first two gos (and the 7th [1983-84], and every one after that, including the reunions [starting in the Dream Season, the camera zoomed down towards the field]), but for 3-6, edit it where the logotype was cut off?

They probably spent a lot of time on it and for some reason no one really noticed it until it was too late. It would have been extra time and money spent because probably in those days things were edited down to video tape or film where as a simple digital insert wasn't possible like it is now a days.

 

[Herofan]

Also a few years later, the Peter Richards year, that pulsing synth line before the main theme kicks is so fantastically early-mid-80s... I always had a notion they got that from ZZ Top's 'Legs', which was a big Texas-flavored hit of the time.

I payed attention to that particular spot every first episodes side of each season to see what they were going to do there. It was a transition area, and I believe it changed every season.

 

[DallasFanForever]

Also a few years later, the Peter Richards year, that pulsing synth line before the main theme kicks is so fantastically early-mid-80s

This was my favorite version of the theme, and that line right before the main theme is why. I love that sound!

 

[bmasters9]

I payed attention to that particular spot every first episodes side of each season to see what they were going to do there. It was a transition area, and I believe it changed every season.

And it was just one cog in the creativity that was the Dallas title track.