The elaborately composed songs for shows such as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air are a distant memory in the era of punchy title cards and Spotify soundtracks
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It has been two years since geeks, masochists and “narrative arc” experts across the world gathered to sing “Dun dun, dun-dun-dun dun, dun-dun-dunnnn …” for the last time as Game of Thrones finally ended. Now, due to the small matter of a global pandemic, “event TV” is mostly binged in seclusion, with the long gaps between government-mandated walks filled by inhaling as much telly as possible. Lockdown binge-watching has sparked an important realisation: TV themes – such as GoT’s epic 1 min 40 secs of title music – are becoming much rarer. Is the once-great TV theme tune doomed?
