You love TV and you love a good challenge, so here's a little trivia for you: NYC-based musicians KorenEnsemble have arranged over 15 TV theme songs into a two-minute instrumental medley that's not only lovely, but carries a built-in "guess that tune" game. Watch the video below to see the group's performance, displayed in split screen alongside the players' humble reenactments of the opening credit sequences that go with each song.
Pretty awesome, right? It's not nearly as jarring as you'd expect a medley of TV themes to be, due in large part to the uniform cover style and consistent pace. And while many of the songs will be instantly recognizable to avid TV fans -- I particularly enjoyed hearing the all-too-familiar Cheers intro -- there are some more difficult ditties in there, too. Well played, KorenEnsemble... literally.
Can you name all the songs in the medley? Post your best guesses in the comments.
Update: Check your guesses against KorenEnsemble's official set list, which we've managed to get our grubby little hands on earlier today. Click through to Page 2 to see it.
got the office, friends, simpsons, sex and the city, married w/children, dawson's creek, a team, and cheers 1st go round
90210 and pink panther 2nd time, but some of the shows don't know themes so no chance here lol
Got 4 and 8. I don't watch TV.
I got all the ones that mattered :)
The solution: The Office, Beverly Hills, Friends, The Simpsons, Dexter, Sex and the City, The X Files, Pink Panther, Married with Children, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 30 Rock, Seinfield? , It's Always Sunny In Philly, The Muppet Show, Dawson's Creek, The A Team. :-)
Very good.
15/17. Didn't recognize numbers 14 and 17. I had to watch this three times, because some of the songs were just short snippets mixed in with the rest.
You forgot The X Files (parallel to Pink Panther), The Muppet Show (turtle was a nice hint :D), and at the same time as Dawson's Creek we have The A Team. But there are still parts I couldn't figure out (I have to watch more TV!)... ;)
The Office
Beverly Hills 90210
Friends
The Simpsons
Dexter
Sex and the City
Pink Panther
Married... with Children
Curb you Enthusiasm
Dawson's Creek
Cheers
The Office (US)
Beverly Hills 90210
FRIENDS
The Simpsons
Dexter
Married With Children
Dawson's Creek
Cheers
Damn thats only 8
The Office (US)
Beverly Hills 90210
FRIENDS
The Simpsons
Dexter
Married With Children
Dawson's Creek
Cheers
Damn thats only 8
I only got like 10 that was actually pretty awesome!
The Office
90210
Friends
Simpsons
Sex and the City
Pink Panther
Married... With Children
30 Rock
Seinfield
Dawson's Creek
Cheers
That's all I could recognize
The Office, 90210, Friends, The Simpsons, Curb your Enthusiam, Dawson's Creek.
The rest I don't know.
Dawson's Creek is a pure WIN there at the end. :D
The Office... 90210... Friends... The Simpsons... Dexter... The Pink Panther... Married with Children... Curb Your Enthusiasm... 30 Rock... It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia... Dawson's Creek... The A-Team... Cheers.
That's what I heard in my first run-through and I'm sure those are right. However, since the title of the video says "More Than 15...", I obviously missed some. There's room between Always Sunny and Dawson's Creek for me to have missed one there. Not sure where else.
The Office, Beverly Hills 90210, Friends, The Simpsons, Dexter, Sex in the City, The Pink Panther, Married with Children, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 30 Rock, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Dawson's Creek, A-Team, and Cheers.
The Office, Friends, The Simpsons, Dexter, Sex In The City, The X-Files, The Pink Panther, Will and Grace? The Muppets, Dawson's Creek, The A-Team, Cheers and 2 in the middle that I have no idea.
the office, friends, the Simpsons, Dexter, Pink Panther, 30 Rock, Always Sunny?, Dawsons Creek, Cheers, Married... With Children. I know there are another 2/3 that I can't make out and at least 2 that I don't even know are there!
Dexter was after Simpsons
I think you menat to say " I particularly enjoyed hearing the all-too-familiar Office intro.
sex and the city
pink panther
married with children
dawson
beverly hills 90210
friends
the simpsons
This is why I love the Internet...
sex and the city
the simpsons
it's always sunny
the office
beverly hills 90210
30 rock
cheers
friends
curb your enthusiasm
dawson's creek
then there's like 3 in the middle i couldn't place
The Office, 90210, Friends, The Simpsons, True Blood, Sex and the City, Pink Panther, Married with Children, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 30 Rock, Sunny in Philadelphia, Dawson's Creek, The A-Team, Cheers.
I may have missed some of the very little ones.
great job! except replace your True Blood with Dexter :)