Background music Discussion.

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 08-06-2005, 07:16 PM

I don't know if this has come up before, but let's have a squander around all the various background music in all seasons of the original. What's you're favourites and least? Now this could be quite hard to outline what themes you and us might be talking about because most of them don't really have any proper names to them. I like the Technodrome theme they use and the one in the early season when the turtles get into action, which is similar to the theme song.

I'm not keen or dislike even, the new themes they brought in the 1990 Season. It didn't fit in well like some piano tune that sounds dated even for that time. Another new theme they used for was when a situation goes out of control which was quite annoying and irritating. A bad decision for bringing in those tunes, it just adds to the lack of edge it had in that season. Then by 94, they changed the whole lot with alot of guitar music which i liked, and was more dramatic too. But i still like the music from Seasons 87,88 & 89 best.

*Sage Ninja* · 08-06-2005, 10:44 PM

good descriptions of the of the back ground music. I actually know what your talking about. I did like the technodrome music. And I also liked the music that would play right before they went charging into battle.

There was also a sort of back ground music that would play when something creepy was going on that was slow and had a few sharp tunes to it before it would pane out into a lower tunes again. It played durig the "attack of the killer pizzas" episode when Irma and April where walking though the sewers and she was telling April that the pizza creature burned right through the wall.

There was even a sort of faster version of this back ground music that played right when something was about to happen and a monster or something was about to pounce. Think of the situation when the pizza maonster was hatching in the microwave and ate the pizza.

And I rather liked the back ground music that played when something went out of control, when I was younger it would put me on the edge of my seat.

There was this back ground music that they would play when something silly was going on that always made me flinchy. It was this annoying circus like theme complete with random whistle sounds that would play, that would always make me gnash my teeth.

But back to music that I liked, I liked the music that played once or twice when they broke into the Technodrome a few times. i can't even really describe it. But it was cool, really cool.

*Weapon X* · 08-06-2005, 10:50 PM

I liked the music that was played when crooks or a gang were shown, one time this happens is in "Return Of the Shredder", when Shredder first comes back to New York throught the portal, before this happens they show two crooks talking about how slow the day's going, I know you know what Im talking about.

*Sage Ninja* · 08-06-2005, 11:00 PM

yeah II do know what you are talking about it went something like this:

do...do-do-do...do. And then it would repeat on it self before doing this weird guitar thing at the end. Very 80's ish

*Weapon X* · 08-06-2005, 11:02 PM

Yep thats the stuff, and the music when they were going to/fighting with the foot or other baddies.

*Sage Ninja* · 08-07-2005, 08:45 PM

Quote:

It didn't fit in well like some piano tune that sounds dated even for that time.

do you mean that soft music they would play when ever a pretty woman would come in, or Irma would start getting all dreamy when ever she saw a cute guy?

Does any body remeber how Rocksteady and Bebops theme went?

*Coola Yagami* · 08-07-2005, 08:55 PM

I think he means the one that went

dun...... dun-dun-dun (dundundun)..... dun da-dadadun it did sound like a piano playing note by note.

then yeah, there was this kinda classical music playing when the ep was almost finishing and all hell was breaking loose. I remember in the scenes with the dragon started to learn to breathe out fire thanks to Mikey's failed plan in the Usagi Yojimbo episode.

*Coola Yagami* · 08-15-2005, 07:15 AM

hey, I thought this was gonna become a long discussion... O.o Died out already?

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 08-15-2005, 08:33 AM

Well then let's carry on. I don't get much time on my computer. The piano music tune, there was one used for like a handsome guy in 89 season, but that's not the one i'm talking about. It's the one they started using at 90 Season and went on until 93 Season. I thought it was a stale tune. But i like the red sky music as it up-to-date for the mid-nineties.

Space Lieutenant Josh · 08-15-2005, 12:29 PM

Yeah, I never had a problem with Red Sky-- those were the episodes I remember watching on Saturday mornings growing up. I loved "When the evil Shredder attacks... those turtles (TURTLES!) FIGHT BACK!" Then the wailing guitar.

*Sage Ninja* · 08-22-2005, 01:29 AM

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When the evil Shredder attacks... those turtles (TURTLES!) FIGHT BACK!"

I think you got the "When the Evil Shredder attacks" part mixed up. That lyric comes from the Turtle in a Half Shell theme song from the first seven seasons.

It goes: When the Evil Shredder attacks!! These Turtle boys don't cut him no slack

*Sewer Bull* · 08-22-2005, 01:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sage Ninja

I think you got the "When the Evil Shredder attacks" part mixed up. That lyric comes from the Turtle in a Half Shell theme song from the first seven seasons.

It goes: When the Evil Shredder attacks!! These Turtle boys don't cut him no slack

Josh is right, it was "Whem the Evil Shredder attacks, turtles fight back". Or something

Anyway, my favourite them from the OS is that saxophone tune from "Turtle Tracks" played when pizzas are delivered.

EDIT: Leave my earlier comment on OS original lyrics (the one particularly directed to Sage Ninja), I'm just deaf

*Jephael* · 08-22-2005, 08:36 AM

I loved that military type music they played like suring that scene in Shredder & Splintered when Mike, Leo and Raph defeat a whole group of Foot Soldiers with raw sewage.

Space Lieutenant Josh · 08-22-2005, 12:52 PM

Yeah, the Red Sky Theme was exactly the same lyric-wise except for the substitution of "Fight back" for "Don't cut 'em no slack," and then the second verse was cut out and the tempo was about half. And there was more funky guitar solo.

08-06-2005, 07:16 PM	#1
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy Annalist Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 16,435	Background music Discussion. I don't know if this has come up before, but let's have a squander around all the various background music in all seasons of the original. What's you're favourites and least? Now this could be quite hard to outline what themes you and us might be talking about because most of them don't really have any proper names to them. I like the Technodrome theme they use and the one in the early season when the turtles get into action, which is similar to the theme song. I'm not keen or dislike even, the new themes they brought in the 1990 Season. It didn't fit in well like some piano tune that sounds dated even for that time. Another new theme they used for was when a situation goes out of control which was quite annoying and irritating. A bad decision for bringing in those tunes, it just adds to the lack of edge it had in that season. Then by 94, they changed the whole lot with alot of guitar music which i liked, and was more dramatic too. But i still like the music from Seasons 87,88 & 89 best. __________________ *ALL THEIR DAYS ARE NUMBERED*

08-15-2005, 08:33 AM	#9
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy Annalist Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 16,435	Well then let's carry on. I don't get much time on my computer. The piano music tune, there was one used for like a handsome guy in 89 season, but that's not the one i'm talking about. It's the one they started using at 90 Season and went on until 93 Season. I thought it was a stale tune. But i like the red sky music as it up-to-date for the mid-nineties. __________________ *ALL THEIR DAYS ARE NUMBERED*

08-22-2005, 08:36 AM	#13
Jephael That whack job behind you Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Carlisle, Pennsylvania Posts: 8,143	I loved that military type music they played like suring that scene in Shredder & Splintered when Mike, Leo and Raph defeat a whole group of Foot Soldiers with raw sewage. __________________ "I like it. Simple, but effective!" Raphael; The Mean Machines - 1988

08-06-2005, 10:44 PM	#2
Sage Ninja Band of the Hawk Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: USA Posts: 3,926	good descriptions of the of the back ground music. I actually know what your talking about. I did like the technodrome music. And I also liked the music that would play right before they went charging into battle. There was also a sort of back ground music that would play when something creepy was going on that was slow and had a few sharp tunes to it before it would pane out into a lower tunes again. It played durig the "attack of the killer pizzas" episode when Irma and April where walking though the sewers and she was telling April that the pizza creature burned right through the wall. There was even a sort of faster version of this back ground music that played right when something was about to happen and a monster or something was about to pounce. Think of the situation when the pizza maonster was hatching in the microwave and ate the pizza. And I rather liked the back ground music that played when something went out of control, when I was younger it would put me on the edge of my seat. There was this back ground music that they would play when something silly was going on that always made me flinchy. It was this annoying circus like theme complete with random whistle sounds that would play, that would always make me gnash my teeth. But back to music that I liked, I liked the music that played once or twice when they broke into the Technodrome a few times. i can't even really describe it. But it was cool, really cool.

08-06-2005, 10:50 PM	#3
Weapon X Turtle Power! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,744	I liked the music that was played when crooks or a gang were shown, one time this happens is in "Return Of the Shredder", when Shredder first comes back to New York throught the portal, before this happens they show two crooks talking about how slow the day's going, I know you know what Im talking about.

08-06-2005, 11:00 PM	#4
Sage Ninja Band of the Hawk Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: USA Posts: 3,926	yeah II do know what you are talking about it went something like this: do...do-do-do...do. And then it would repeat on it self before doing this weird guitar thing at the end. Very 80's ish

08-06-2005, 11:02 PM	#5
Weapon X Turtle Power! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,744	Yep thats the stuff, and the music when they were going to/fighting with the foot or other baddies.

08-07-2005, 08:55 PM	#7
Coola Yagami Overlord Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 15,709	I think he means the one that went dun...... dun-dun-dun (dundundun)..... dun da-dadadun it did sound like a piano playing note by note. then yeah, there was this kinda classical music playing when the ep was almost finishing and all hell was breaking loose. I remember in the scenes with the dragon started to learn to breathe out fire thanks to Mikey's failed plan in the Usagi Yojimbo episode.

08-15-2005, 07:15 AM	#8
Coola Yagami Overlord Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 15,709	hey, I thought this was gonna become a long discussion... O.o Died out already?

08-15-2005, 12:29 PM	#10
Space Lieutenant Josh Hench Mutant Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Village of Rock'n Kick-Ass Posts: 492	Yeah, I never had a problem with Red Sky-- those were the episodes I remember watching on Saturday mornings growing up. I loved "When the evil Shredder attacks... those turtles (TURTLES!) FIGHT BACK!" Then the wailing guitar.

08-22-2005, 12:52 PM	#14
Space Lieutenant Josh Hench Mutant Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Village of Rock'n Kick-Ass Posts: 492	Yeah, the Red Sky Theme was exactly the same lyric-wise except for the substitution of "Fight back" for "Don't cut 'em no slack," and then the second verse was cut out and the tempo was about half. And there was more funky guitar solo.