Favorite Opening and Ending Themes?

[Tanis]

Doesn't matter what it's for.
TV, movie, video game, anime, etc.

*Inspired by my re-watching of the original Dragon Ball.
I do like the uplifting opening.

 

[Barbas]

I enjoy all of these:

Spoiler: Palladio - Escala.

Spoiler: Intolerance - Frederick Talgorn.

Spoiler

I feel they have appropriate weight to them.

 

[Queen Michael]

This series has my favorite opening and ending.

 

[DefunctTheory]

Well...


The the absolute best one of all time...

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

Really? None of you? sigh...


and who could forget

 

[Summerstorm]

... "I think it's time to blow this scene - Get everybody and their stuff together - Ok, 3, 2, 1 let's jam"


Hm, you are asking for Intro and Ending themes, not the intros themselves... that takes out a lot of the great intros which only work with the "spoken lines" or visuals.. hm)

Let's see... Gungrave, Trigun and Hellsing (old one) all have a good soundtrack (Even if the Hellsing lyrics are total garbage, hehe).





Hm, weirdly no western series comes to mind. (There are good ones - But is't just the overall nostalgia-feel were you associate the whole series with the intro... The song themselves may be good, but not great...
Like this:

 

[Hawki]

Going to limit myself to one intro/outro per franchise:

INTROS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb8PQXPOkCc (Battlefield 1942)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqbgncFCO0M (Borderlands)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CYDgezeQas (Doctor Who)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTms5jpsfP8 (Doom, 2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32S2oJuANxo (Ecco the Dolphin: The Tides of Time)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRk1s5Kf3aQ (Futurama)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiIltLoN-6Q (Halo 3)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg5lI6NCBxE (James Bond, Casino Royale)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiTVSjlTcvc (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcfdoSuC6MI (Pokemon)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D0ZQPqeJkk (Star Wars)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68I3j2luW64 (Terminator)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5S6s5dZXNM (Tron: Legacy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh7gUAvYd0I (World of Warcraft: Legion)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZBBZ77gob4 (Xenoblade)

OUTROS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TChJeIJnUM (Diablo III)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZIpDJUE-tc (Final Fantasy X)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpbPDp1EVZY (Gears of War 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7DdPhDA-0Q (Jurassic World)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhdiYWCQVqg (The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSfEdJAPoYQ (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKlNdzpICW0 (Metal Gear)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T0uIXLpQbQ (Sonic Unleashed)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g74fnZEOjGM (Star Fox 64)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtVXAugaSm0 (Star Trek Voyager)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVKj3u8JUm0 (Super Mario 64)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCTbOGi7SDE (Zootopia)

 

[conmag9]

Pretty much the only intro I've NEVER skipped.

 

[Saelune]

Intros:

Spoiler: Game

Spoiler: Anime

No outros cause people neglect uploading them to youtube. I would have done some from Gundam Seed or Build Fighters, but cant find the ones I want.

Edit: Also this.

 

[gigastar]

I like alot of anime intros, but theese two are in a class of thier own.

 

[Xerosch]

Wow... there's quite a lot that I like. So I'll just post some openings, in no particular order:

Movie & TV
- Game of Thrones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7L2PVdrb_8
- Shannara Chronicles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvgE2Un5cVo
- Sherlock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApNy2RWzLXA
- True Detective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyu_MdKBXic
- Carnivale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqdkDwOY9fw

Games
- Kingdom Hearts 2 (very cool beat): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgCSgNakvlo
- Mass Effect 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a27IdajHUU
- Metal Gear Solid 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FdYd7jOn6M
- Danganronpa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q44jxhQ4dgU

Anime
- Trigun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSX58TglZRs
- Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood (1st & 3rd): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZigpLxNqsgs
- Record of Lodoss War Heroic Knight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1_6OdRBWds
- Serial Experiments Lain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9CXmEUwvgM

 

[09philj]

Oh come on, we need some Gerry Anderson shows in here:

Spoiler: Thunderbirds

Spoiler: Captain Scarlet

Spoiler: UFO

Spoiler: Stingray

 

[Lunar Templar]

that's way to many to list for JUST the anime opening and endings. So some recent favorites instead of the full list.

Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans 1rst opening theme. The second is good to, but I like this one better.

It's just a travesty to not have the full song here if your gonna reference OPM

because I'm on team 'Nep Nep' the closing for when Neptune is the lead and the opening for the short but sweet anime as a whole.

whats that? you wanna know what the closing is when Nep isn't the lead?

 

[anthony87]

I'll be here for far too long if I try list them all, so for now I'll just say that I'm loving the shit out of the latest JoJo opening:


And for something more retro, this will always have a special place in my heart.

 

[CaitSeith]

Final Fantasy VI ...for both themes!