A great theme song has the ability to perfectly capture whatever it's introducing. They can let us know, even before the first scene, exactly how Will Smith became The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, or that Lost is about a bunch of ghosts letting out long farts into a microphone. The tunes are always just the right level of sweet or serious, depending on the show, with a tone represented in the melody and the lyrics. Well, most of the lyrics. As it turns out, sometimes theme songs have incredibly dark and/or ridiculous lyrics that sort of ruin the show or movie they're meant to introduce.
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