This wasn't really the first season theme. This is the theme that was used in the first round of syndication. It's similar, but not exactly the same. The real original is elsewhere on Youtube.
I remember when I was 7 years old when the show finished I cried to this song all the time :( cause I didn't want Jeannie to go I felt that she blinked and never come back but when the show came on for the next episode I was glued to the tv
I always preferred this version as well. I always long to hear it when an episode of I dream of Jeannie is running on TV, but don't always get lucky. Thanks for postingm, Shiska....!!!
Love this version best...it sort of captures the last drops of mellow of that era, which was in transition...the second version, sounds like an annoying brass band screeching past your window while you're trying to sleep.
Never heard this in all my life -- did they ever replace this music for the syndicated reruns? (which are all I ever saw, being slightly too young for first-run)
The composer of this music is Richard Wess (a proposed theme song written by '60s songwriting duo Carole King and then-husband Gerry Goffin was rejected by Sidney Sheldon and NBC). Hugo Montenegro's initial contributions to IDOJ were additional music, but he would be responsible for the main title theme for seasons 2-5 of this show.
I agree - this theme is much more imaginative and melodic than the second (color)one. It's not that the second theme is bad or anything; just a little too cute, a little too bubblegum pop for me. The key changes in this first theme at 0:28 and 0:35 gives me goosebumps.
I heard the second them song first. I first heard ths version on a promotion for the show and wonder where it came from until I saw the first season was brought back to syndication. This was in 1979 or 1980 on WGN. I watch broadcast tv from Chicago.
Ok this may sound weird but when i was a child around 5 and for some years after hearing
the closing theme usually at the 1:00 marker on here i would just burst into tears, i dont know if it was the fear of the S FROM HELL or the music signature change or enhanced volume of the final two bars but it never failed lol
@dadadruma Could it perhaps be nostalgia that made you cry? Songs and TV show themes can represent so many things to us. Maybe this reminds you of a happier time in your life when you felt loved and secure - before you had to grow up and be responsible and worry about things. Or maybe it represents a sad time in your life when your parents were getting a divorce. Or maybe the key changes at 0:28 and 0:35 just sound pretty and you can't express it any other way but to cry.
@dasfmn1997 believe it or not i really think it was because of the screen gems S from hell logo at the end of the closing theme credits even to this day it gives me chills if its late at night and im watching an old show i know its stupid but it is what it is lol
@dadadruma The last few bars of the Dennie the Menace closing theme where they transition to the Screen Gems (Columbia) statue of liberty image and the announcer says, "This has been a Screen Gems Presentation" used to give me goosebumps. It all sounded so majestic and significant with the key changes and the slowing tempo. I used to get teary eyed at that when I was watching the DTM reruns on WTCG 17 in Atlanta in the early 70s as a 6 and 7 year old. Silly huh?
This is the first time I've ever heard it. Thanks for posting! I still like the later versions because they seem more unique and distinctive to the show. This one sounds like all the other T.V. themes of the era.
It seems like almost every TV show in the 60s and 70s had memorable theme music. Even TV shows that didn't succeed still had great theme music. And this show had TWO great themes. These days, are there even any shows that have theme music?
naw, this version was the best. nothing against the other theme, but this one seems to have (at least to me) a special magic. it was 'smoother' and seems to have properly captured the moment.
This is a good theme - a rather agitated jazz waltz - but it can't seriously compare with its successor, which is a masterpiece (and even works in a Middle-Eastern musical coloration as well as being a sort of "Dance Of The Seven Veils" as it might have been re-worked by the Stan Kenton Orchestra).
@JekyllBoote ITA, this theme is okay, but IMA doesn't fit the show, the theme, the tone or anything. The subsequent theme does all of that. It sounds kind of quirky and sneaky and upbeat, like the show was. The animated Jeannie even seems to be dancing exactly to the beat of the other theme, but not this one.
You're right, but I sort of thought I'd more or less said this (although you make a very good point, which I didn't, about the animated Jeannie's dance moves fitting the later - and superior - theme much better).
I think what I really meant to say was that it was a good theme viewed simply as a piece of music, but of course I agree with you that its successor is much better suited to the whole theme and atmosphere of this great show.
Theme one better than theme 2. Montenegro was good but consider this "samba" upbeat...like to hear a cleaner version of this simple but brilliant theme?
The animated title DID appear in the pilot episode, but episodes two through eight featured an extended "recap" title sequence narrated by Paul Frees; NBC wanted viewers to understand WHY Jeannie and "Master" were living together in the same house without being married, as this was obviously a "fantasy". Creator/producer Sidney Sheldon insisted the animated title be restored in episode nine, and it stayed throughout the entire first season. It was reworked in color for season two.
This is the way I first experienced "I Dream of Jeannie", the only theme, as far as I'm concerned. Jazz and bossa nova themes were all over tv in the '60's. This theme more accurately conveys the fantasy, lyricism, and eroticism of the show's idea better than the 2nd theme ever could.
All of you seem to think every episode should've used either this song, or the other, but I'm glad they had two different ones. You can hear it and tell, "Ahh, that's from the first season!"
this one is great as an original piece of musical work but it doesn't work for a tv sitcom. it doesn't jump or make you want to sit and watch the show. the one they finally decided on was best for tv. this is good to just have in your itunes collection.
You people are crazy and don't know crap about music. The second version is clearly better, which is why the producers chose it. This one is boring. The second is actually a masterpiece, making use of two running melodies at the same time.
I agree. I grew up on this show but was still a child in the 70s and never heard this version or remember it until recently and I also found it to be totally boring and not consistent with the comedy theme of the show.
DePatie-Freleng animated the opening title [black & white and color versions], but received no screen credit due to their commitments with United Artists for "The Pink Panther" theatrical cartoons [as well as their Warner Bros. cartoons] at the time. The "recap" opening was seen only in episodes two through eight...
The closing credits are from the episode "The Yacht Murder Case" [October 23, 1965], which originally used the "recap" opening narrated by Paul Frees. Richard Wess {Bobby Darin's key arranger/conductor} wrote the theme and score for season one; eventually, Sidney Sheldon was dissatisfied with his approach, and got Hugo Montenegro to write a new theme and score for season two. Sheldon also wanted changes in Tony and Roger's military life, and had them "promoted" in the February 19, 1966 episode.
IMO, the appeal of series is summed up by the first two minutes of the pilot. This jazzy theme plays over the shimmering credits as Barbara and Larry engage in a remarkably erotic kiss. As for the remaining five-year run of the show...Meh!
I totally agree. It seems as if the move to color played with the producers' and network execs' minds, throwing out what worked in the b & w episodes to "highlight" the new color episodes. A lot got lost in the move to color. That happened with most of the shows that transitioned from b& w to color. I'm not a color tv show hater, just pointing out what I experience, at the time the transition happened and now, as an adult.
I honestly like season 2 better, but this one is still nice! Animated Jeannie is my favorite, my dad and I were wondering when that opening with the narration and real clips would go off because we didn't like it. (we have bozed set Season 1)
same here...i've always loved the first theme more. the second version was nice, but this one, combined with the black and white, always seemed more mellow.
ever wonder why both guys were captains in the first season, and then both promoted to major in the second season?
or why tony was in the air force, and roger was in the army (engineer corps)?
Fave, too.
spookym123 1 month ago
This wasn't really the first season theme. This is the theme that was used in the first round of syndication. It's similar, but not exactly the same. The real original is elsewhere on Youtube.
whitedaddy4u 2 months ago
Personally, I like the later theme better....:)
1967mansfield 2 months ago
I remember when I was 7 years old when the show finished I cried to this song all the time :( cause I didn't want Jeannie to go I felt that she blinked and never come back but when the show came on for the next episode I was glued to the tv
eddieman223 3 months ago
I always preferred this version as well. I always long to hear it when an episode of I dream of Jeannie is running on TV, but don't always get lucky. Thanks for postingm, Shiska....!!!
Bevjohn70072 3 months ago
i love them both............ so classic.
russianviolet 3 months ago
i like this one better
TheVashleyfan4eva 4 months ago
Love this version best...it sort of captures the last drops of mellow of that era, which was in transition...the second version, sounds like an annoying brass band screeching past your window while you're trying to sleep.
batucada358 5 months ago
@batucada358 I like this verson MUCH better then the better known 2-5 season theme
ManTexDal 2 months ago
Me too... after hearing this one a few times it's downright addictive. :-)
yonezawa1965 5 months ago
@getula4003 Cheers! I'm not crazy after all. Well, mostly not. :-)
34airflow 6 months ago
I have to admit, I had forgotten this one. I clicked to hear the second theme. Very nice.
spenderofthrones 6 months ago
I like both. But, this one has a more old style hollywood sound to it. Quite exotic and haunting.
FaithIsAnnoyed 6 months ago
I liked the second one better.
nanlisa 6 months ago
It's funny that the animation was created based on the show's original theme, yet the second theme seems to have been modeled on the animation.
34airflow 7 months ago
Never heard this in all my life -- did they ever replace this music for the syndicated reruns? (which are all I ever saw, being slightly too young for first-run)
tejaswoman 7 months ago
I like the more common one from the later seasons.
kachinababe 8 months ago
Boy does this take us back a few years!
ludoctavia 9 months ago
This too was my favorite. The later themes were more bouncy.
denny906 10 months ago
This my favorite I dream of Jeanie theme.
bqeelite24 11 months ago
THE ORIGINAL THEME SONG!
moneyclaude2500 1 year ago 2
The composer of this music is Richard Wess (a proposed theme song written by '60s songwriting duo Carole King and then-husband Gerry Goffin was rejected by Sidney Sheldon and NBC). Hugo Montenegro's initial contributions to IDOJ were additional music, but he would be responsible for the main title theme for seasons 2-5 of this show.
ClassicTVMan1981X 1 year ago
This version is sexier, more playful, and far more romantic than the later version.
odantoro 1 year ago 8
Exact same video with Magmira..
jascony3 1 year ago
I agree - this theme is much more imaginative and melodic than the second (color)one. It's not that the second theme is bad or anything; just a little too cute, a little too bubblegum pop for me. The key changes in this first theme at 0:28 and 0:35 gives me goosebumps.
dasfmn1997 1 year ago
This was one of my mom's favorite shows when I was a little kid. However, I have no memory of this theme song.
vraydio 1 year ago
I heard the second them song first. I first heard ths version on a promotion for the show and wonder where it came from until I saw the first season was brought back to syndication. This was in 1979 or 1980 on WGN. I watch broadcast tv from Chicago.
britfrenir 1 year ago
i must know the song!!!!!!! :D
jjboy90 1 year ago
Ok this may sound weird but when i was a child around 5 and for some years after hearing
the closing theme usually at the 1:00 marker on here i would just burst into tears, i dont know if it was the fear of the S FROM HELL or the music signature change or enhanced volume of the final two bars but it never failed lol
dadadruma 1 year ago 2
@dadadruma Could it perhaps be nostalgia that made you cry? Songs and TV show themes can represent so many things to us. Maybe this reminds you of a happier time in your life when you felt loved and secure - before you had to grow up and be responsible and worry about things. Or maybe it represents a sad time in your life when your parents were getting a divorce. Or maybe the key changes at 0:28 and 0:35 just sound pretty and you can't express it any other way but to cry.
dasfmn1997 1 year ago 2
@dasfmn1997 believe it or not i really think it was because of the screen gems S from hell logo at the end of the closing theme credits even to this day it gives me chills if its late at night and im watching an old show i know its stupid but it is what it is lol
dadadruma 1 year ago
@dadadruma The last few bars of the Dennie the Menace closing theme where they transition to the Screen Gems (Columbia) statue of liberty image and the announcer says, "This has been a Screen Gems Presentation" used to give me goosebumps. It all sounded so majestic and significant with the key changes and the slowing tempo. I used to get teary eyed at that when I was watching the DTM reruns on WTCG 17 in Atlanta in the early 70s as a 6 and 7 year old. Silly huh?
dasfmn1997 1 year ago
@dasfmn1997 I meant Dennis the Menace.
dasfmn1997 1 year ago
@dasfmn1997 I just saw this show, and the ending montage appeared to use the EXACT same background as the end of I Dream of Jeannie...
shmuli9 1 year ago
@dasfmn1997 god i just had to look up one of those old DTM closing credits and that torch lady with the loud horns is very eerie
funny thing is the two closing themes that really got to me was the ending of the underdog show and wacky races with the ZOOMING HB logo
but i do consider the zooming hb logo to be iconic as a symbol of our childhood
and we had the greatest shows in history
dadadruma 1 year ago
This is the first time I've ever heard it. Thanks for posting! I still like the later versions because they seem more unique and distinctive to the show. This one sounds like all the other T.V. themes of the era.
mellobu 1 year ago
this is my favorite IDOJ theme. I prefer the original opening for the first few episodes with the narration.
msmithstud 1 year ago
monaural?
cayopolus 1 year ago
I like this one better than other seasons
Ffmsforever 1 year ago
Barbara Eden is mesmerizing
walkandlookup 1 year ago 5
It seems like almost every TV show in the 60s and 70s had memorable theme music. Even TV shows that didn't succeed still had great theme music. And this show had TWO great themes. These days, are there even any shows that have theme music?
vidayverdad2 1 year ago
Does anyone knows where can I find this song so I could download it?
munieka21 1 year ago
i love it
astaroth333777 2 years ago
naw, this version was the best. nothing against the other theme, but this one seems to have (at least to me) a special magic. it was 'smoother' and seems to have properly captured the moment.
neoconsnightmare3 2 years ago 6
i agree!!!!!!
kduideo 2 years ago
This is a good theme - a rather agitated jazz waltz - but it can't seriously compare with its successor, which is a masterpiece (and even works in a Middle-Eastern musical coloration as well as being a sort of "Dance Of The Seven Veils" as it might have been re-worked by the Stan Kenton Orchestra).
JekyllBoote 2 years ago 3
@JekyllBoote ITA, this theme is okay, but IMA doesn't fit the show, the theme, the tone or anything. The subsequent theme does all of that. It sounds kind of quirky and sneaky and upbeat, like the show was. The animated Jeannie even seems to be dancing exactly to the beat of the other theme, but not this one.
firmingitup 1 year ago
@firmingitup
You're right, but I sort of thought I'd more or less said this (although you make a very good point, which I didn't, about the animated Jeannie's dance moves fitting the later - and superior - theme much better).
I think what I really meant to say was that it was a good theme viewed simply as a piece of music, but of course I agree with you that its successor is much better suited to the whole theme and atmosphere of this great show.
JekyllBoote 1 year ago
Theme one better than theme 2. Montenegro was good but consider this "samba" upbeat...like to hear a cleaner version of this simple but brilliant theme?
jeje114 2 years ago
I wish for jeannie to be a waitress at hooters lol :-)
TheMashwatcher585 2 years ago
Loved Jeannie..Yes Master...lol
nippy22 2 years ago 3
i luv it so
jjboy90 2 years ago
The animated title DID appear in the pilot episode, but episodes two through eight featured an extended "recap" title sequence narrated by Paul Frees; NBC wanted viewers to understand WHY Jeannie and "Master" were living together in the same house without being married, as this was obviously a "fantasy". Creator/producer Sidney Sheldon insisted the animated title be restored in episode nine, and it stayed throughout the entire first season. It was reworked in color for season two.
fromthesidelines 2 years ago
Paul Frees, one of the great voice men of all time.
tonywallacess45 2 years ago
This animated opening sequence didnt arrive until about the third or fourth episode - before then, there was a long narrative with the same music-
christheone8773 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
i really hate black &white
djcountry1985 2 years ago
sorry that you feel that way, but before 1966, ALL television shows were presented that way-
christheone8773 2 years ago 2
So did I , I love the first version.
NepheshAngel 2 years ago
B&W and the original theme gave it the flavor of a 1930's movie!
TheMikester307 2 years ago 5
yea, i kinda didnt like b&w b4, and when i watched this and other tv shows back then, i like the b&w better than ever now.
B&W rule!
dudetocartman 2 years ago
I much prefer this theme to the later.
imkluu 2 years ago 23
@imkluu Yeah, same here. I really miss this theme in the later seasons
jascony3 1 year ago
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No you don't.
Gmancrap 1 year ago
The tune that I've been looking for.
Although:
This recording is only coming out of one speaker.
Can you please make this recording come out of two speakers. Can you please add a HQ feature, to this video?
joshblaize 2 years ago
HD? This is off of a video tape! It ain't gonna get any better!
devojane 2 years ago 5
This is the way I first experienced "I Dream of Jeannie", the only theme, as far as I'm concerned. Jazz and bossa nova themes were all over tv in the '60's. This theme more accurately conveys the fantasy, lyricism, and eroticism of the show's idea better than the 2nd theme ever could.
caraqueno 2 years ago
All of you seem to think every episode should've used either this song, or the other, but I'm glad they had two different ones. You can hear it and tell, "Ahh, that's from the first season!"
GarthanSaal444 2 years ago
this one is great as an original piece of musical work but it doesn't work for a tv sitcom. it doesn't jump or make you want to sit and watch the show. the one they finally decided on was best for tv. this is good to just have in your itunes collection.
amdouglaspaul 2 years ago
You people are crazy and don't know crap about music. The second version is clearly better, which is why the producers chose it. This one is boring. The second is actually a masterpiece, making use of two running melodies at the same time.
angelthman 2 years ago
I agree. I grew up on this show but was still a child in the 70s and never heard this version or remember it until recently and I also found it to be totally boring and not consistent with the comedy theme of the show.
cjs33139 2 years ago
This theme opening is really pretty!
The music is nice!
Enerdyte 2 years ago 3
this version is so romantic
Sebadabada 2 years ago 4
I like this verison better. Much lighter.
incrediblehulkmovies 2 years ago 4
I always thought the music in this version was a lot prettier.
windtornwings 2 years ago 20
@windtornwings yea, but its definitely not as memorable
digx 1 year ago
This is my favorite version, too :-)
I love the dreamy feel of this version.
38106chick 2 years ago
You have some seriously fine, vintage, rare material. Thanks!!
gli7utubeo 2 years ago
I agree with you, shiksa. The world needs more jazz waltzes.
nickellodeon55 2 years ago
DePatie-Freleng animated the opening title [black & white and color versions], but received no screen credit due to their commitments with United Artists for "The Pink Panther" theatrical cartoons [as well as their Warner Bros. cartoons] at the time. The "recap" opening was seen only in episodes two through eight...
fromthesidelines 3 years ago
The closing credits are from the episode "The Yacht Murder Case" [October 23, 1965], which originally used the "recap" opening narrated by Paul Frees. Richard Wess {Bobby Darin's key arranger/conductor} wrote the theme and score for season one; eventually, Sidney Sheldon was dissatisfied with his approach, and got Hugo Montenegro to write a new theme and score for season two. Sheldon also wanted changes in Tony and Roger's military life, and had them "promoted" in the February 19, 1966 episode.
fromthesidelines 3 years ago
I agree, this rocks.
IMO, the appeal of series is summed up by the first two minutes of the pilot. This jazzy theme plays over the shimmering credits as Barbara and Larry engage in a remarkably erotic kiss. As for the remaining five-year run of the show...Meh!
ptownfreddy 3 years ago 3
I agree... The first season was more mature and a bit more appealing than subsequent seasons.
oakandwillow 2 years ago
I totally agree. It seems as if the move to color played with the producers' and network execs' minds, throwing out what worked in the b & w episodes to "highlight" the new color episodes. A lot got lost in the move to color. That happened with most of the shows that transitioned from b& w to color. I'm not a color tv show hater, just pointing out what I experience, at the time the transition happened and now, as an adult.
caraqueno 2 years ago
Thank you for posting this! this theme had a more smooth Jazz feel to it while the more familiar had a 60's bubblegum sound to it.
OreckBoy1 3 years ago 4
I honestly like season 2 better, but this one is still nice! Animated Jeannie is my favorite, my dad and I were wondering when that opening with the narration and real clips would go off because we didn't like it. (we have bozed set Season 1)
SuperKawaiiPandaGirl 3 years ago
swweeet! the old black and white one this is awesome!
bobbyjic 3 years ago
same here...i've always loved the first theme more. the second version was nice, but this one, combined with the black and white, always seemed more mellow.
ever wonder why both guys were captains in the first season, and then both promoted to major in the second season?
or why tony was in the air force, and roger was in the army (engineer corps)?
neoconsnightmare3 3 years ago
jazzy! i like this one too! but can i dance to it?
firebelly75 3 years ago
There is something special about this original theme song that we will always love.
eerietube 3 years ago 2
Awesome ! I like this version much more than season 2. Thanks for posting it !
OB5er 3 years ago