Making of an Iconic Theme Song

Nickelodeon Animation Podcast

Nickelodeon

Tv & Film

4.2 • 966 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2017

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Everyone loves a theme song! It's the first thing you hear on your favorite toon, and it's a tune you'll never forget. Why are Nickelodeon theme songs so catchy? What makes a good theme song? Hector finds out when he talks toon tunes with some of our iconic Nick creators from CatDog, Invader Zim, Hey Arnold!, Dora the Explorer, TMNT and more in this special musical episode of the podcast. Get ready to start singing along!

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0:00.0	Nick Nick Nick Nick Nick Nick Nick Nix Nix Lonia!
0:07.0	From Nickelodeon animation in Burbank, California, this is the Nickelodeon animation podcast. Hey everybody, welcome to the podcast. I'm your host, Hector Hector Navarro and we have such a good
0:23.8	episode for you today no matter where you go or who you talk to everyone has a
0:28.1	favorite cartoon theme song I would definitely say the Rugrats theme song even
0:32.3	though there's no words.
0:33.0	The Spongebob SquarePants.
0:35.0	I just love the line drop on a deck and flop like a fish.
0:38.0	The old fairly odd fan's theme song.
0:41.0	The song that you could hear three rooms away and you'd know exactly
0:43.9	what's playing on TV. Like I hear it in the next room like oh that's my jam or that's you know
0:47.3	that's my show. The song that you know every note and every word of even if you
0:52.0	haven't heard it for years.
0:53.8	The lyrics that I remember is different of you guys.
0:56.8	Pick some from South Korea.
0:58.3	The song that brings Spongebobbob, Nechingoo! Oh yeah!
1:04.0	The song that brings you right back to being a kid
1:06.0	on the floor of your childhood living room,
1:09.0	filled with excitement for what's going to happen next.
1:12.0	It's like, okay, time to grab my goldfish crackers,
1:14.4	you know, get set up, and then you're on the journey.
1:16.6	The theme song is the gateway to our favorite characters and stories,
1:20.0	and they stay with us throughout our lives.
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