There are a LOT of sound effects in this. In this case Tigra’s whip thing followed by some explosions. They give it a “ta dah!” like the lyrics have mysteriously appeared from beneath a magicians cape.Īt this point I also start to become more aware of the sound effects. The theme makes up for its lack of lyrical content though, by punctuating the available lyrics with a couple of brass bursts at the end of each line. Who are the Thundercats? Where do they come from? what makes them tick? Which one is cool but rude? So in the lyrics stakes we’re missing out here.
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All that remains lyrically is the repetition of the name which doesn’t quite beat TMNT at only 10 mentions of the full title, but really drives it home with an additional 15 mentions of “Thunder”. Here you were trying to see if you could remember that second verse. That’s all the lyrics in the entire theme song. Thundercats are on the move, Thundercats are loose.įeel the magic, hear the roar. “I’m just gonna keep bashing this same note for the entire verse. Why have a fancy riff or chord sequence when you got a piano note that won’t quit. Then that double time piano is back in driving the entire verse. They earn their day’s pay when they up the pitch with that long pre-verse swell but they are outshone by the drums at this point delivering a hi-hat frenzy before dropping the fattest drum fill since Phil Collins melted faces with In The Air Tonight. There were probably trained classical musicians playing this shit. Now listen to those trumpets coming in with the main theme underneath Lion-O’s chant. If you have just noticed its darker than when you first started reading don’t worry you probably just blacked out for a short while at the power of that shout. Thunder, Thunder, THUNDERCATS, HOOOOOOOOOO! In the back ground there are more synth growls letting you know shit is about to go down, and then it comes: Then enters the driving piano backbone for the entire song, double time, hitting that repetitive note. The theme starts with a gladiatorial fanfare accompanied by a mechanised big cat growl and the whisper of promise of what is about to come. You know, I could probably listen to it another few hundred times.
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Well that’s probably because I hadn’t just listened to the THUNDERCATS theme tune a few hundred times in a row. Round 2 – Cats take on Turtles for the greatest theme tune top spot.ĭid I suggest things would be going downhill after the Turtles Theme.