Kimba the White Lion Different Theme Song

[angel52121]

1 person doesnt have a childhood

[battleship1969]

This was my favorite show as a kid in australia. I was very young but it made a huge impression on me - It use to play on the ABC- I also remember both theme song versions & as someone said here singing along only to find the words changed. This version was definetly the earliest & tho I lliked muchly, the later version was the 1 for me.

[oheyimkim]

:D :D :D OMFG

[Silverpool442]

I think I like this one more

[eddie100]

I seem to remember this slower more Australian version when I was growing up. Skippy I feel, continued the Australian and Asian T.V. theme familiaratity.

[DarkWolf5432]

it sorta sounds like a old Christmas song o_0

[purpleconnies]

This was my favorite cartoon when I was a little girl!

[dbf421]

I seem to remember there were two theme songs... I was very young but I vaguely remember singing along and the words had changed....anyway, it was my favorite cartoon way back then....thanks!!

[Floobegusted]

Lovely!

[kookooboy]

wow, cool. Thanks for posting this rare gem! It's always interesting to see and hear the evolution that these old shows, opening montages and themes went through from demo thru the different seasons.

[DefconWarningSystem]

I believe this is the theme that was released on vinyl. It was never used on the show itself.

[iamstillmyself]

@DefconWarningSystem If you know of the English Kimba theme being released on vinyl, I would love to know the details. I have never seen such a thing. Anyway, this was indeed used on the broadcast version of the show, but not every episode. I know it was on episode 3 as shown on WDCA long ago. I also have a 16mm film (TV station copy) with this theme.

[Fluffets]

Oops I see you already replied. Maybe it was you who showed these broadcast episodes in the auditorium that day :)

[missmovielover11]

@iamstillmyself Sometimes I see cartoons were they change the lyrics on the theme song for 1 or 2 epsodes then change it back to the original song. Sometimes they would only do it for the broadcast version of those shows. I think the creators just want to see how other people think of the new song.

[Fluffets]

@iamstillmyself Exactly, yep! I went to a film presentation of this in downtown L.A. the first year of the L.A. Marathon, and this was on the film track. The episode began with the other opening music theme, and closed with this version. I have a short excerpt of this event with the extremely favorable crowd reaction somewhere... :)

[Fluffets]

@DefconWarningSystem That is a good conjecture, but I have to mention I did actually hear it used on the show, very rarely though. I was at a convention in downtown LA some 25 years ago, and we watched several Kimba episodes on 16 mm film that day. This version played during the closing credits on one of the many episodes.

[DavelovesRealMusic]

The CLOSING credits to the slower version here also had different lyrics..can you post that?

[height198cm]

is this the first or second dubed version?

[iamstillmyself]

This is from the first dubbing. Probably a demo version of the theme song, although I have not been able to confirm this. (They also tried editing the Japanese music into a theme; that made it to air in a couple of cities.)

[jagirl966]

this is actually the second verse of the opening

[shadowcaster12]

My mom loved this show!

[Kittycatluver224]

Ahhh Kimba the white lion... Gooodd timmeesss :3

[BiggestOPFan]

My Cat´s name is Kimba :)

[FIRSTBLOODX64]

Lmao so is mine

[iam4serenity]

you watch it on tv now? wow, what cahnnel? I can't find it. I did buy the cheap dvd's from wal'mart though, my nephew loves em....

[keniichi]

same here. I LOVE kimba! Your never too old to watch wonderful cartoons!

[NinjaPirate2]

haha this version sounds funky!

I love it!

xD

[hockifan22]

I guess everyone that ends up in here is in their 40's?? I clearly remember this cartoon, along with Gigantor. So great that we can access just about anything from our distant past on YouTube!

[bearadina]

and you would be so correct. I was just taking my 18 yo son down 70's memory lane...we started with some classic Bionic Woman 6 mil man...then to "the land of the lost" and the Kimba...I think we'll be going to some "creature feature" stuff next

[crazyfountains]

oh my i love this!! havent seen or heard this theme since i was living in africa! love it!

[lovingthis07]

Wow, this one's an old one, thanks for sposting memories that cannot be replaced!!!

[arlenem101]

i remember this show growing up and i still watch on tv now

[Baelmyrrdn]

Thanks for the walk down Memory Lane....

[animeultrafan]

Man this reminds me of my childhood in Hawaii.

[kittycatback]

I used to love Kimba the White Lion. Watching this brings back such fond memories. Thanks for the post!

[iluvrey4ever]

i remember this cartoon growing up as a kid in manila, this is the theme song that i remember. is it true they based simba on kimba? is this a japanese anime or american? as a kid u don't really think of cartoons' origins

[Lehnerd57]

why yes there is 3 verison of the song this n other american verison n the one by japanese is different one

[RaytheChameleon]

I love this show so much!

[fromthesidelines]

This was an "alternate" version of the theme {Giant-Baum-Kaye}, with different lyrics, that was rarely used during the original series...a full version of the theme, with all the lyrics, was never recorded- although an instrumental version turned up on a 'bargain album', "TV '67" {Wyncote/ 1966}.

[nikkilou66]

This series was one of my favourites as a kid (I was born in 1966) and this is the theme I remember.

Today I bought a cheap Kimba DVD and it has a different song on it. That's how I ended up here.

Maybe here in Australia we had this theme played and the other one played elsewhere in the world?

[SimbasGuardWT]

Interesting, It isn't often You hear this theme with the opening credits.

[iamstillmyself]

It was rare. On the films they showed on Ch. 20 in Washington DC, this theme was on the episode "A Human Friend" and a couple of others.

[SimbasGuardWT]

Interesting, I had the series on VHS and this theme was never played.

[iamstillmyself]

I know. I had to find an original 16mm film of the show to get this theme.

[SimbasGuardWT]

Wow you went to a lot of trouble.

[kurtderfer4]

you could have just spliced the theme song onto movie maker from a high quality multiayered dvd that had the opening clip.

but i guess ur antiqueship should be commended.

[Fluffets]

@iamstillmyself WOW. That is exactly how I heard this version the first time I remember it, at a film screening at a convention. Thanks for having both great versions up!