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Classic TV Game Show Themes | 
 enlarge | Creators: Various Artists - Soundtracks, Edd Kalehoff, Hal Hidey, James Patrick Dunne, Kurt Rehfeld, Michael Karp, Sheila Cole
Label: Varese Sarabande
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
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Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 10561
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 5881
UPC: 030206588125
EAN: 0030206588125
ASIN: B0000060E4
Release Date: February 24, 1998
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| Tracks:
| • | Wheel of Fortune: Changing Keys - Griffin, Merv | | • | Jeopardy - Griffin, Merv | | • | What's My Line?: Rollercoaster - DeLugg, Milton | | • | I've Got a Secret: Plink Plank Plunk - Paris, Norman | | • | Password - Israel, Robert A. | | • | To Tell the Truth - Israel, Robert A. | | • | Tic Tac Dough - Hidey, Hal | | • | The Joker's Wild - Hidey, Hal | | • | Ge College Bowl - Reid, Don S. | | • | The Wizard of Odds - Thicke, Alan | | • | The Dating Game - Barris, Chuck | | • | The Newlywed Game - Barris, Chuck | | • | The $25,000 Pyramid - Cobert, Bob | | • | The Price Is Right - Israel, Robert A. | | • | Match Game - Israel, Robert A. | | • | Family Feud - Israel, Robert A. | | • | Card Sharks - Kalehoff, Edward Wo | | • | Jackpot - Cobert, Bob | | • | Go - Cobert, Bob | | • | Chain Reaction - Cobert, Bob |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 26 more reviews...
Come On Down!! June 2, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We used this CD for an event where Chuck Woolery was the keynote speaker. Great energy as people registered. A few were singing along. It's short but has all the classics.
A must-have for all game show fans & TV historians May 13, 2007
This album has some of the best and most notable game show themes ever. Also worth buying is the companion album "The Best of TV Game and Quiz Show Themes", also available through Amazon. You can get them together for the best value.
Every track is the original recording. Overall, the sound quality is excellent. The album is well-mixed and well-mastered. I put this on my iPod, and didn't have to change the volume from track to track at all.
Most of the tracks are good choices. The GE College Bowl theme is a bit boring, and the clunker of the album is the theme for The Wizard of Odds. Cheesy as they are, I'm still glad they're included.
The album has some non-audio weaknesses, however. I wish as much care was taken with the album package. The album design is awful: the cover is terrible, and the inside is clumsily laid-out. The poorly-processed pictures used for most of the themes are not good choices for such a small format (one example is a far-away shot of the entire Match Game panel with host in an inch-high space). The album notes are not well-written and are slightly inaccurate (despite a meticulous list of dates, including which run was on which network). For instance, the notes do not indicate that the theme for The $25,000 Pyramid was a re-recording/re-edit of the theme for The $10,000 Pyramid (aka Tuning Up). (If you have the companion album, you'll see what I mean.) Also, the notes for the Match Game theme says that it featured "a comical moog [sic] synthesizer that seemed to squeal out each time a celebrity panelist name was mentioned". Anyone familiar with 70s music can tell the sound in question is an electric guitar with a wah pedal. And the notes for the Family Feud theme answers the obvious as to why fiddles were used, but never mentions that the music was originally a Showcase cue on The Price Is Right, and that the last few seconds are used, to this day, as the Grand Game cue on the same show.
In fact, it's a great addition to a playlist or mix that's oriented to a particular decade. Could you imagine a 70s mix without the Match Game or The Price Is Right themes, or an 80s mix without the Jeopardy or Wheel of Fortune themes?
Since there are two albums (this one and the companion album I mentioned), I think it's time for a third, which should include some of the most recent game show hits and older, lesser-known shows.
Take the liner notes with a grain of salt, and definitely buy this album!
My Mailman had flames coming out of his shows April 16, 2006
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Fastest Shippent ever. Cd In mint condition! EXCELLENT SELLER! THANKS SO MUCH
 Definitely got what I wanted... March 6, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I created a little mock-game show at work and the music was perfect to take it over the top. I recommend this for game show fans or those who have a purpose for the music, like myself. Enjoy!
Had Fun January 8, 2006
My Brothers are a fan of game Shows. they always like listening to althums like this.Thanks For making it
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