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  • i hate this opening

  • i love luke!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • i LOVE this new opening for gh. Seems very current like.. the names with the faces is refreshingly new to me. I don't remember any other soap doing that. But let me tell you something on another note. I stopped watching gh for quite a while maybe 5? 6 years? I went to see what was going on around august..and haven't stopped watching since. I'm catching up on the new characters, but looking at that intro, I realized, I had absolutely NO clue WHO ANY of those people were except maybe 4 of them..

  • wow... nice intro. DEFINATELY seems more current than the gh intro's from the past.. they did a very good job with this intro i think. -

  • wow... nice intro. DEFINATELY seems more current than the gh intro's from the past.. they did a very good job with this intro i think. - But let me tell you something on another note. I stopped watching gh for quite a while.. maybe 5? 6 years? I went to see what was going on around august..and haven't stopped watching since. I'm catching up on the new characters, but looking at that intro, I realized, I had absolutely NO clue WHO ANY of those people were except maybe 4 of them..

  • My dog goes nuts off this song!

  • @xXORAnG3Xx Nuts how? Cute way or what? I love dogs btw :)

  • Please bring back "Faces of the Heart". It's so deeply missed.

  • I actually like this new opening. They show part of the Hospital in the daytime halfway through the opening and it reminds me of the opening they had in the 70's and 80's somewhat. *** ONE REQUEST -BRING BACK THE AMBULANCE SIREN at the very beginning of it, that would REALLY give the old time feel with the new style as well. GH has been missing the boat on that one, big time. Overall though, thumbs up.

  • They should have changed the music so the opening could have been totally revamped.

  • I love the ending with Edward, Tracy and Luke. Plus, that Escalade says "this show is 'the bomb.'"

  • @KINGDOMoftheORION I totally agree. That is a WICKED ending to the Opening Theme. Now......just bring the Ambulance siren back at the very beginning of it, and PRESTO, that may very well be their best opening ever.

  • i started watching this show when i was seven

  • I'm an 18 year old guy and I've not seen this show in YEARS. I remember the opening from the 90s as my mother and grandmother have watched this show every day since before I was born and I remember sitting with them during many episodes when I was really young. That was a really great opening piece of music and I feel really nostalgic for it. I just saw THIS with my grandmother who I'm visiting right now...and THIS SUCKS! I never realized they changed it.

  • Idk this sh0w but if Dominic Zamprogna is in it, it must be GREAT!!

  • I don't like this at all - NO imagination. The ending of the last one with all the fine men in tuxes and Luke walking away was awesome and classic. This is totally boring and uncreative.

  • @fancypantstokyo I totally agree with you,..

  • Neat how they superimposed the General Hospital building into Seattle, WA.

  • This theme bites! "Autumn Breeze" was great theme as well as "Faces of the Heart from 1993- 2001. I don't mind the opening but don't just forget its history.

  • I miss that all these cast members are no longer featured. The show might as well be called Gangster Town.

  • Oh this is a great opening

  • OMG

  • I am a huge fan of opening credits. I love the fact that soaps still use them. As opposed to many primetime shows that just pop up the title card for 5 seconds and then super the actors and actresses names over the first few minutes of the first segment.

    This update is really wonderful. They use the same music which has been GH's signature forever. The also do something that I have never seen a soap do before; they put the actors and actresses names up with their clips! I love that!

  • Who are half these people lol? I have not watched this in ages but I do see some of the familiar faces.

  • the original theme was tired, but should have been updated ......though it's nice to see the hospital in the background to pay homage to the shows roots. Autumn Breeze was a beautiful closing them, too for the show.

  • this is bull why do they make sonny look like the bad guy and why are they still trying to make donte and sonny have the father son relationship its never gonna happen and why lulu say something who cares what she thinks the writers are lowering general hospital and donte and sonny need better lines and roles and if that does not happen i not gonna watch general hospital no more its turning into being not even a soap just a tv show that comes on and barely no one sees it! >=[

  • these are the ebst

  • no better sax then the general hospital opening :D

  • Okay, can I say, "Oh my gosh John York is in the opening?" LOL, I haven't watched in a while.

  • My favorite's are always first! Jasam, Carly and Sonny! WOOT!

  • whats this song called

  • @lilfrankief - Dave Koz - Faces of the Heart

  • I think its cool!!

  • they sure showed a lot of the metro court

    a couple of scenes was from nightshift

  • who plays Christina

  • i luv genral hospital!!!

  • luv these credits GO JASON

  • Lucas the rebel always has to walk off the camera at the end of the opening credits..

  • Uch the new opening is awful. The graphics are so cheap, especially the Cassadine image. It's all computer animated and so ridiculously fake looking

  • I like th new opening but they have to help Alexis her pic looks the same

  • alexis photo looks like a senior yearbook photo where you only have to a top, I don't understand how tracy could have such a fantastic pic but alexis' is so stale, lol

  • @MariaTeresa92 Alexis always gets shafted...well, except for that while in 2003 and 2004 when she was looking great.

  • now they got rid of drew garrett after these fresh new credits. wat the heck!

  • @cookiemonsterjag And Skye is back (although, I'm not sure it's a long term gig). At least with this new format, it's easier to delete/add individual actors/characters.

  • @cookiemonsterjag I was thinking the same thing. After waiting for years on a new credit they finally present us with one and now for more years to come we're gonna look at people who aren't even on the show anymore.

  • sonny has to be the dumbest character on the show...he never stops killing

  • WHOA! When the ffff did this happen? They use their real names :/ , but it's an improvement from the previous crap opening they had.

  • Love the new opening.  How long has it been since it was last revamped even slightly ? Two Years ?

  • this is the 1st new opening since 2006

  • Awesome opening credits!I wish Molly and Morgan were in the credits. sigh. Maybe next year :( :)

  • only contract actors are in the opening

  • I think it should have been, Sonny, Jason and then Carly. JMO

  • about danm time.

  • Just saw this op on TV for the first time and it's awesome! I absolutely love it!

  • I am in my mid-thirties and I grew up watching GH but haven't seen it for years

    I just watched this title sequence 5 times so...I guess I am gonna have to start watching again cuz that was AWESOME!

  • BEST SOAP ON TV RIGHT NOW.. :) and im a guy who can appreciate good acting.. this has it :)

    go SONNY... and shame on you Kiefer and Kristiana...

  • ABC you all ROCK!!! The credits are great!!! It shows hard work, the actors and actresses name appear as do their characters!! Many other shows doNot show either! Yeah ABC! Newer and long time fans watch soaps!!! Great Job GH!!! Thank you GH And ABC viewers appreciate All your hard work and commitment!!!

  • GENERAL HOSPITAL <3333333

  • Looks very low budget to me. But I do like the city scenes in the back and Wyndemere.

  • i disagree. i think the better word for the new opening is."watered down". But then again that isn't too surprising since TPTB basically changed every aspect of some of those characters personalities to the point of unrecognition. COUGHSAMCOUGH.

  • Miss Labine's GH.

  • The women do not look as hot as they should have or can! Sam is wearing a tacky old coat and zip up hoodie, what the hell?

    Even Maxi the "Fashionista" looks so plain!

    The men look great but what the hell happened when they were styling the women?? Tracy looks soo great and she is the oldest of the women and put them to shame! Go Tracy!

  • I don' t think that General Hospital is going to be canceled it's doing really well :)

  • It took them long enough.

  • Can't believe we waited this long for new credits and this is what they came up with. Looks like every other show on the air. How about something new and original? And they didn't even bother to change the music?? Pathetic. Looks like something a fan would create and post on YouTube.

  • Love it .. ALWAYS love Geary the best .. something about him .. he's always touched my heart, made me laugh, made me cry .. ticked me off .. all of the emotions a good actor makes you feel.

  • Tracy looks so beautiful!!!

  • Love it!

  • Cant find my post

    Anywho, from what they switched to in 2004 they shouldve just kept Faces of the Heart. Aside from Y&R it was one of the best all time theme songs in Soapland. Y&R hasnt changed theirs in decades and its still loved and the most recognizable. Besides that song is a throwback to some of GHs best years

  • Love it!!! Thanks for sharing!!

  • So when is AMC and OLTL going to have their new opening credits, most of the time, if one ABC show gets one the others should follow soon, I am wondering becasue of AMC movine to LA and OLTL working on who is going to be a main cast that they are waiting to finalize it all before they make a new one!! I sure hope the other 2 get one soon!!!!

  • oh thanks i was really worried there

  • I really don't think they're gonna cancel GH!!!!

    It clearly is one of the best, i mean it has the most emmy wins for best drama by far!!!!

    However...i did hear that AS THE WORLD TURNS is being cancelled!

  • but the young and the restless is still number 1

  • U R Right,I think ABC Soaps will be the very last 2 go,becuase ABC Makes a TON and Tons of Money off super soap weekend a franchise CBS and NBC Never Invested In,I dont think the loss of viewers are entirely the blame of the medium,even prime time shows are not doing what the soaps did during there hey day,there are more choices out there now,2 tell the truth in 1980 if i had the choice of popping in a dvd movie or search 500 channels and order shows on demand,I may not have been watching "GH"

  • yaaaayyyy FINALLY!!!!!...ohh lordkomodo123 its been over a year more like 4yrs!

    And i don't think their cancelling GH, its the best soap w/ the most emmy wins...but they are considering cancelling As The World Turns!

    P.s-IM SO EXCITED MAYA WARD IS COMING TO PORT CHARLES!!!! =)

  • is it true there cancelling gh? man it hurts even saying it i luv this show

  • i was so shocked when this theme came on! i was expecting the flashy lights im just happy they changed it! its been the same boring characters for over a year now. happy they added olivia, johnny, and dante

  • I was actually surprised to see the updated the opening. FINALLY!!!!...I like it.

  • didn't care for it...

  • what about molly, morgen, kate, steve lisa missing a lot of people.

  • Who's Lisa? The trampy doctor trying to come between Robin and Patrick?

  • do You even read other people's comments before you post the same question that has been brought up at least 16 times?? Seriously folks ... act like you are somewhat literate!

  • Did anyone notice they showed Liz (Rebecca Herbst) with the Wyndemere backdrop? Dropping hints, maybe but it was weird that they showed Lucky (JJ) with the Wyndemere backdrop, can't he get his house or something or the Haunter Star?

  • Anyone else notice they showed Liz (Rebecca Herbst) with Wyndemere as the backdrop?

  • looks great

  • FINALLY!!!!!! The old one had people who had died years ago! I like this new opening....personally I hope that now they will keep up with the cast coming and going!

  • Ok, I like it, but if it was suppose to be updated, where are Morgan and Molly? I know that they are really young on the show, but they are on most episodes. If they included Michael and Kristina, they should have put the other two in there also.

  • Its all about CONTRACTS and MONEY!!!

    It has been long said that only people who are on contracts would be in the opening sequences Morgan and Mollys actors are not contract,

    Michael and Kristina are.

    Thats also why we dont have the rest of the cast on there, they are also not contractual.

  • This is so bad, like this looks really cheap. because to really think about it gh you've had major celebs on the show and plus you guys are know to be "the greatest soap of all time" why can't u show it?. Man like truly where is the 90's opening when you need it?

  • i like this opening because of how they have the character name and the actors name like they do on Y&R. I also like how they show places where the show takes place. And its soooo much better then the last one

  • I'm so tired of hearing about the Faces of Heart music. It was a nice change at the time, but it had ZERO to do with the traditional theme. The recent theme is a jazzed up version of the classic General Hospital theme. I can't stand it when shows completey throw away their history for totally new songs. This one pays homage to the original. Meanwhile, thank god for finally featuring the current cast.

  • I dont mind the jazzier music, it's actually quite cool, but the last opening was flashing a little too quickly, although it had a nice beat, but was enough to cause some seizures.

    At least now the opening is calming down. And it is nice to actually see the current cast. I love the GH music, it was always good.

  • @gemris "Faces of the Heart" was also based on the theme ("Autumn Breeze") by Jack Urbont that was used throughout the '80s until April 1993. The opening intervals (rising perfect fourth followed by perfect fifth) provide the clue.

  • i love it. i hated that they didnt update their intro for like the longest time. when the other two soaps update theirs almost all the time when someone new somes along on their show.

  • I miss Natalia.

  • Sucks! Where's the 90's intro when WE need it!!!!

  • finally!!

  • I like it. Especially that they have the names on there now. Some of the names are hard to read though and Sam looked kinda bored or something.

  • FINALLY a replacement for that awful previous opening.  Faces of the Heart should've been reused BUT this one is nice. Glad to see that show the character names along with the actors names....that's just good judgement on the show's part!

  • I hate how Laura and Kelly get one of the first 4 spots in the beginning and the vets that deserve it get the middle like they don't matter to the show.

  • @randomfandom12 i kinda agree they should of mixed em and edward and monica need more storylines

  • Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

  • Notice how all the mob related characters are in the beginning, even newer ones before actors that have been on longer. Since they changed the opening, they should have renamed the show to "General Mobster".

  • Honestly, they've completely thrown away the history of this show. Just at look at the Quartermaines, they've been completely decimated.

  • I t looks kinda weird, but its good that the new one has the current characters on GH, but I much prefer the Faces of Heart opening..... it just screamed GENERAL HOSPITAL!!LOL

  • @Delva20 hehe it does look kinda weird .

  • I miss that bitch, Claudia (Sarah Brown).. I so lost interest in GH.

  • @BlkLoverBoy - hahaha iknoo riite mee

    too !

  • YAY!!! Epiphany!! Get'em Sonya!

  • the 1993-2004 faces of the heart opening was the best opening general hospital has ever had

  • @CCM030889 Sooo TRUE!!!!!!!!

  • they have epiphany on there but not kate? seriously?

    other than that - not bad! better than the old one. at least they got rid of the shot of all the guys at the end. especially because most of the guys weren't even on the show anymore.

  • Kate is not on the show anymore. have u seen her on there for months? no. thats because they only use her for her name "Kate' in there" but shes not its just because the actress that plays Kate is not on the show anymore.

  • Jane Elliot (Tracy) is gorgeous!!! Finally the "dead" people are gone!!!

  • Happy to have new credits but where are Steve, Diane or Coleman I mean these guys get used more then Matt. But hopefully that means they use Matt more!

  • Aww Spinelli looks cute. And yea he's right by his love Maxie!

  • Its alright, but I WISH NATALIA LIVINGSTON WOULDVE STAYED.

  • It looks kind of like The Bold and The Beaitiful opening. But otherwise I loved it

  • duh the made it new cuase it turned 12,000th episode this year

  • i think this is ok. i really like how they now have more of the characters in it but i liked the style of the last one better.

  • "New opening"?? seems the same to me, Sonny, Jason, Carly and Sam all have longer shots where you can actually read their names whereas everyone else disappears if you blink.

  • You're right, from Sonny to Alexis the pics are 2 seconds and the rest are 1 second each.

    Maybe it's good they have longer shots because Brianna Brown (Dr. Lisa Niles) and Scott Reeves (Dr. Steven Webber) have contracts with GH and maybe their pictures will be added in the credits later.

    And that'll make the beginning credits just as short as the other ones.

  • its ok but i really prefer the old one it screams General Hospital. but the part i hate the most with the new credits are the backgrounds. Sorry . they just look chessey to me. how could they replace the old one. it needed a slight upgrade but not what they have now. the ending of the old credits for gh was iconic. y did they remove it.

    WHATS HAPPENING THE THE SOAP I LOVE THE MOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • where is morgan and molly and lisa forgot to add them

  • Those three are not on contract!!!

  • Love it! especially the ending. gotta love luke!

  • I actually like the newer credits much better. It seems to flow more smoothly. I am surprised that the show has 27 cast members in the opening credits. I hope that they use these for some time to come.

  • The open looks great!

    However, that THEME song has to GO! It is cheesy and straight out of the 80s!

    Why spend upwards of $150K on beautiful new cast shots and graphics and then crap it up with the same cheap theme?!

    Can't anyone at ABC Daytime get anything right?

    Even the people here on YouTube have replaced this awful track with the original Faces of the Heart track -- which fits perfectly with the style and pace of the open.

    You wasted your money.

  • the old one was better with the old theme song dont like the one right now.its about time since it was still with the people who were dead on gh like alan,alcazar,justus

  • then of course Maxie and Lulu should have been backdrop maybe by a Crimson Mag cover? and Ethan at The Haunted Star? and of course the ELQ Tower for the Qs or even the mansion on Harbor View

    and let us not forget the rest of the scrubs... Where's Laney, Kelly?

    And all those who like the character names being added, they did that several years ago (not the actors names but the characters) it didnt go over well then. They changed it within a year to 18 months Im pretty sure.

  • Not thrilled with Jax's backdrop more appropriate that he be near a Jet or even the MetroCourt , Alexis (and yes Diane even maybe although I understand the contract status) outside a courthouse a shot Alexis hugging both her girls. What I am saying is that some of our favorite characters who arent contract (max, Milo, Coleman, Diane, Lisa) could have been in the backdrop scenes... would it have been so hard to put a shot of Karoke Night at Jakes in there, that had near the entire cast.

  • The music isnt so bad, I wish they could have used something more instrumental like they did on Night Shift as the borrowed a lot of the Towns famous new places from the images they created for Night Shift and glad to see they arent going to waste if we got no other seasons of that.

  • Okay, I love the new beginning. But I don't get the tags for the video. Why are Stuart Damon, Alan Quartermaine, Sarah Brown, Claudia Zacchara, James Franco on the tags? They are no longer on the show, nor are they in the video.

  • It doesn't seem as dramatic, almost everyone wants to smile lol I like the dramatic looks like Sonny,Jax and Dominic for example are giving

  • I love that they are using the actors' names....but what is up with Sam? They should have either gave her a different hairstyle or zoomed in a little closer or had her smile or something! Oh well, at least she's still with Jason =)

  • You forgot Jason Cook he is apart of the male cast too.

  • I love this!

  • michael should have been after jason and before sam and dante should be before olivla and after ethan so it would be all of luke kids in order

  • i like it better than the old one

  • smh im sorry but this is not what i was hoping to see i think the other when was better and everyone seem so old and the cast is smaller now

  • omg i love the new one!!!!!!!! but they forgot mogan and molly.

  • i like it how they kept Luke at the end walking away. i like how the new characters are in it. i guess it shows that they are sticking around :)

  • Does anyone know what font they use for these credits?

  • I have to say this is one of the best opening credits I have ever seen!!!

    Do you think now AMC and OLTL will have credits like these? I hope so!!!

  • bad shots of sam and carly - the lighting is not flattering and sam could have used a better hair person that day.

  • Love it...and its about time! Slow it down abit. Otherwise its great!

  • oooooooooooooo I LOVE THEM!!!

    this has to be one of the best opening credits i have ever seen!!!

    does this mean that AMC and OLTL is getting this style too...God i hope so!!!!

  • Sonny&Ethan look like pervs, Jason's holding in a laugh, Nik's constipated & Luke just hates taking opening credit shots lol. Mac, Pat, & Matt look hot tho, that's a plus.

  • Whoa!!

    The characters go by way too fast and this is the first new credits without Stuart Damon (Alan) now that he's completely gone. EL SUCKO!!!

  • It's About time! i love how jason and sam are put together! :). and i dont think they ever put the youngins in there bc their characters change as they get older

  • ok take another look at the opening cause it is scenes from Nightshift

  • Is it just me or do the beginning of the credits go by pretty fast (barely have time to read) and then once you hit Robin there's suddenly enough time to read? It's like some one didn't space out the time correctly.

    Otherwise I like it.

  • The new one's a little cheesy, but I personally like it better without all of the flashing. That hurt my eyes.

  • Stupid! Why do they put the actors in the opening?  This will on be relevant for a short time and then people will come and people will go. Do they plan to do another one in a year?? Also, I liked the old one where all the men were there and then Tony Geary walks away... something unique about that opening! Boo GH!

  • I wish Claudia, Ric and Franco were in the intro. Those characters were the best.

  • There are imperfections with this, like the fact that they go by some characters waaay too fast! But overall is leaps and bounds better than the old one with all the dead characters in it.

    The part I dislike the most is the music! AWFUL! This is a little closer to old school opening which I like, so they should have gone all the way and used the "Faces of the Heart" opening music. It would have been much more appropriate and I think it goes better with this opening

  • Too fast, why put the names if you flash them so fast no one can read them? Glad Epiphany is in there, that is cool!

  • what r they doing, like r they starting the show over?

  • Yay! Glad Nathan, Brandon and Dom are in there :)

  • I like it and approve!

    It's new, but at the same time still maintains the GH feel.

  • Matt/Jason Cook is in it so I'm happy! Now USE HIM!!!

  • i like it but did sonny carly and jason have to be the frist 3 my not the qs or luke

  • @auntystephie Luke has to be last because he always walks away in the end. lol

  • It has been that way since 2004. The main characters are shown first (Sonny, Carly, Jason, Sam, Jax), followed by their supporters, then Liz and her followers... then Maxie and the younger crowd, and then the Q's with Luke

  • Maybe they'll be like OLTL and have 2seperate ones depending on which people are shown which days.

  • I didn't see Morgan. Why isn't he on here???

    But I still love it

  • It looks great!! I'm glad they finally put the new characters on there. I'm glad they didn't change the song.  I like this one!!

  • omg Its about time. I love this

  • It kind of reminds me of the Young and the Restless opening.

  • oh wow is that epiphany I see???

    Aww, I wanted Ethan to keep his ponytail but that's okay

    Where's my Molly and Morgan? And Steve Webber as well?

    And Dante and Lulu together = Awesome!!!!

  • Definately worth the wait although I think there are a few contract players missing, Steven Webber comes to mind but maybe they filmed this before he was put on contract. Either way, nice work GH!

  • lol, finalllly!

    it's nice,

    although i thought they were deciding on changing the music...

    again,, finalllly. lol

  • Its about time. I like it but It kind of looks like the bold and the beatiful opener

  • I loved it!

  • It's alright. Great to see the character name & the actor's name. Loved seeing Robin & Patrick hugging on the hospital roof between Kimberly McCullough & Jason Thompson's section! And John J. York! I kove Uncle Mac.

  • This episode was well-planned, I think. I have been sick of the mob crap for a very long time, but it looks like they're setting the stage for most of the major GH characters to be more involved, and at least that's an improvement.

  • omg is this real? please tell me it is AHH im so freaking happy no more dead people yay!!! =)

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