OLTL Opening Titles Montage (1968-2004) Revised - 2

[Jeffin90019]

I always found the satin sheets opening lurid and cheesy. Soft porn. It made me embarrassed for Viki and Dorian. Not so much for Rene.

[TimsDale4ever]

The satin sheets opening always got a bad rap, but that is one gorgeous piece of music by Lee Holdridge. I always thought that at some point the show would keep that theme but change the visuals to actual cast members like they do today. Alas, we'll never know what that could have looked like.

[themirrorsofmymind]

OMG! Heather and David Tom! More awful than those damned billowing sheets!

[Cyclops236]

Why are the openings more interesting than the shows these days?

[ClarenceFisher]

Is it just me, or was the sunrise montage a slightly off-key version of Our Day Will Come?

[ClarenceFisher]

I hated it when OLTL went disco!

[DanIN72]

weren't the ones with the sunrise during the Love In The Afternoon days?

[familyfeudfan95]

absolutely. the first theme lasted from 1975-1980,and the second sunrise lasted from 1980-1984.

[DanIN72]

Thanks for the info :) I didn't start watching OLTL until 1985 during the summers of my teen years but my Mom used to watch All My Children when I was really little so I remeber Love in the Afternoon commercials and watched it through graduating college in 1997. The only soap I have time for now that I work all the time is Days, but I do miss Dorian. Kate on Days could take lessons from Dorian LOL

[rexbalsomluver]

my favorite one is the one at 1:47 . love the song. it sounds so beautiful

[tvwily]

I hate laptop keyboards. Ugh! I was trying to say that I like the second to last opening cause it had Nathan Fillion in it. He's so cute.

[tvwily]

That was cool. Definitely the satin sheets one was the worst. It looked like a really cheesy commercial. I like the current theme the best, but the Peabo Bryson one is good too. I liked the second to last one the most cause it had N

[DanIN72]

I remember when they changed to that one from the song with the words...fans complained to ABC for months, but to no avail.

I remember all the ones after the sunrises up through the 90s...stopped watching it after college (graduated in 97)

[ClarenceFisher]

Weren't those lyrics awful? It seemed like they were conjured up at the last minute to fit the tune, instead of how it should have been composed - lyrics first, then the tune.

[Igenerally]

The shows theme gets better and better throughout the years! Bravo OLTL

[juliwooly]

mg david vickers LOL

[patoingboy]

LOL, the satin sheets one is friggin hilarious!

I remember I used to think it was a Tampax commercial or something everytime it came on.

[ClarenceFisher]

THe sunset ones were nice - but that satin sheet one - UGH - it looked like a laxative commercial.

[familyfeudfan95]

you mean the sunrise ones.

[ClarenceFisher]

You're right. When I got your comment I checked it again. I guess I was so into the muzak, I never noticed whether the sun was rising or setting (LOL) Now that I think of it, at 3 in the morning, it would've been fun if the closing credits were just the opening credits run backwards - with a backwards masked subliminal message: "Do NOT watch All My Children!"

[Cyclops236]

@ClarenceFisher I agree with you on that one but I'll credit the music on all of them however. I want to know your opinion on the music as well.

[ClarenceFisher]

@Cyclops236 The music is, of course, another story. The satin sheets montage may look funny, but the music is really nice. It sounds like some experimental new-age stuff I stumbled on in the late 80's - early 90's. The only two pieces I didn't care for were the disco-pop (with and without lyrics) and the light-rock tune with the guitar.

[themirrorsofmymind]

@ClarenceFisher THANK YOU! Then executive producer, Linda Gottlieb, was quoted in Soap Opera Digest as saying the opening was supposed to emphasize how "romantic" the stories and the show was. It may have been THE worst TV opening EVER. The logo design was interesting, but the music and images sucked!

[Gavb77ed]

Meredith died on the second opening in 73=(

[slydawg221]

this is the first time i've ever seen or heard the theme from 2:22 to 2:58.

[LoganInLlanview]

1:47 - 2:21 is my favorite! I love the song!

[LoganInLlanview]

Thank you for this! I've been looking for all of the opening themes to this show!

[megamanj2004X]

The 1984-91 version and the 1995-2000s intros were the best OLtL intros.

The one used from 1968-mid '70s seemed very creepy, considering the original show's title name was supposed to be called "Between Heaven and Hell" but was still unique in a way.

The 1975-80 and 1980-84 versions were OK.

The Satin Sheets intro, I could of done without.

[oltlghfan2008]

Excellent! I will always love the Peabo Bryson version. It was great seeing the original characters and then you see their replacements in later episodes. Thank you for this. :)

[jsutiger07]

my favorite one is the one where peabo bryson was singing. To this day the song still get stuck in my head sometimes.

[Cyclops236]

@jsutiger07 I like him too.

[CosmoCosma10]

@jsutiger07 mine is Kassie DePaiva's Version :)

[novaslim]

This is good. Thank you.

[BMWman79]

My favorite one is the Satin Sheets (from 1992- 95)!...thanks for the revision w/the tour of Llanview!