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I always knew Shuki Levy wrote quite a few cool theme songs, but never knew he wrote ALL of these:

http://web.me.com/toridori/Shuki_Levy_Onli...mpositions.html

And he's got the FULL versions of the theme songs, and in way better quality than the standard "youtube ripped from VHS" ones you find.

MASK: http://web.me.com/toridori/Shuki_Levy_Online/MASK_Theme.html

Mysterious Cities of Gold: http://web.me.com/toridori/Shuki_Levy_Onli...Gold_Theme.html

Inspector Gadget: http://web.me.com/toridori/Shuki_Levy_Onli...dget_Theme.html

And a zillion others---pretty much everything but GI Joe and Transformers.

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Aaaarrrggghhhhh!!! He did that bloody Ulysses 31 theme song. HELP!!!!!!

BUT!!! On the website you have linked to the artist might include the extended version of the MASK theme but NOT the extended version of the Ulysses 31 theme which is EASILY FOUND as it has been floating around the net for years and it contains the brilliance of not one, not two, but THREE "Its me No No. Small robot you know" solo's. Truly classic stuff, eh.

Go here to listen, if you think your ears will survive....

Taksraven

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And while we are at it, best animated series theme here.....

While iconic, that is not the He-Man theme.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhGJE7TlFIY

It is the total encapsulation of manly power. Why, I was once mugged by a gang of fifteen, and by humming the theme I summoned enough inner strength to knock them all out with a single punch.

And I don't mean I punched them all once. I threw one punch and it knocked them all into next week with a wave of pure badassery.

Also you never forget the lyrics to it.

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...which is another theme Shuki Levy wrote. http://web.me.com/toridori/Shuki_Levy_Onli...-Man_Theme.html So many versions out there--this is like the 4th...

However, for sheer "manliness" Iron Man season 2 is right up there with He-Man--he forges his own armor with hammer and molten metal.

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Two 80s classics with a Scifi Wild West theme:

Couldn't find a particular good sounding version but still awesome today:

and that other Axis battleship:

original OP

Bismarck

Peter Cullan narating the transformation felt so right.

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Themes this guy did that are awesome:

MASK

He-Man

Inspector Gadget

Cities of gold

Ulysses 31

Incredible Hulk

She-Ra

Real Ghostbusters (I assume he just means re-recorded it)

COPS

Captain N: The Games Master

Ring Raiders

Samurai Pizza Cats

Xmen Animated series

Power Rangers

Spiderman

Teknoman

i love so many of those.

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Some of his stuff was alright, but I still think that the absolute king of animated TV show theme's has to be Hoyt Curtin. Not a specialist in any type of animated series, he did them ALL.

For me personally, Hoyt's standout soundtrack was to Battle of the Planets. And what made that really good was that the also retained most of the original Japanese music and complemented it with Hoyts stuff.

And when I watched the original Gatchaman, it was great, but I missed Hoyts soundtrack contributions.

Taksraven

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Some of his stuff was alright, but I still think that the absolute king of animated TV show theme's has to be Hoyt Curtin. Not a specialist in any type of animated series, he did them ALL.

For me personally, Hoyt's standout soundtrack was to Battle of the Planets. And what made that really good was that the also retained most of the original Japanese music and complemented it with Hoyts stuff.

And when I watched the original Gatchaman, it was great, but I missed Hoyts soundtrack contributions.

Taksraven

Seriously.

The strings in this theme are greatness.

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Ya know, I've long wondered why they create second verses to theme songs. I suppose they intentionally ask the composer to overshoot and trim to length. Better to have too much music than too little, right?

But it gets silly sometimes.

He credits himself with the Legend of Zelda theme?
I assume he means the cartoon version, which IS a unique, if derivative, work.

Now if only he had a vocalless version...

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Great thread. I have a small collection of old cartoon themes myself.

BTW, I realize it's a bit older but does anyone know of a place where I can get a decent recording of the Birdman theme? Thanks.

Which Birdman theme? Technically there were two. :p :P

Taksraven

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You know, I was under the impression that the themes for a lot of those Saban shows (especially the ones that aired on Fox) were created by Ron Wasserman, and sometimes uncredited. Is Levy stealing credit for themes that had no credit to them? Or is that a list for any show that he composed OST music for? For example, I find it very hard to believe that he came up with the theme for The Real Ghostbusters.

Edit: Wasserman's credits from his official site; lists himself as creator of many of the main themes on Levi's page

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