Damn I had forgotten about Sunset Beach!!! Best Intro for me is General Hospital. But I also like Young and The Restless too. I think it's because of the music. It sound like what drama would sound like if it had it's own theme.
I wish I had a Time Machine, I could Bring Back, All My Children, One Life to Life, As the World Turns, Guiding Light, and Bring Back Soap Stars and Celebrity's that have passed away too, Like, 1. Kristoff St. John. 2. Robin Williams. 3. Jeanean Cooper. 4. Gene Wilder. 5. Joseph Mascolo. 6. Gene Wilder. 7. Robert Stack. 8. Dennis Farina. 9. Jim Fowler. 10. Marlon Perkins. 11. Judge Wapner. 12. Carrie Fisher. 13. Debby Reynolds. 14. Mike Wallace. 15. Marcia Wallace. 16. Ed Bradley. 17. Peter Jennings. 18. David Bowie. 19. Jason David Frank. Etc. Etc.
I think the ABC Daytime lineup has the best opening themes.....now if only GH would go back to its 90s theme "Faces of the Heart", then it would be AMAZING!
Y&R is very beautifuly composed. It used to be called Cottons Dream, then Nadias Theme (Currently called). It was used for background music in Mary J Blige's "No More Drama". The longer version is very peaceful! got Y&R :)
My top 5 favorite TV Genres 5: Science Fiction 4: Fantasy 3: Superhero 2: Comedy/Sitcom 1: Soap Operas in both USA and Britian (In honor of my great grandma who loved these types of shows especially All My Children)
I always thought The Young & the Restless had the best intro (& music) out of all the soaps. The reason why I state this, is because the always featured the characters from the show in their opening. I notice a lot of other soaps started copying Y&R's format (or similar to) around the late 90's/early 2000's, particularly when Y&R changed their opening format from the portrait/picture starting in 1987, to a more live zoom-in opening, showcasing their characters (actors) on the show.
My childhood summed up.. Sunset Beach, Port Charles, All My Children, One Life to Live, and General Hospital. I miss OLTL and Sunset Beach the most ..what a shame they're all virtually gone.
well! i heard a rumor only a few days that a new opening has been filmed!! I just hope they retain similar theme music. ATWT is by far the best soap on tv & at the moment it keeps getting better and better!
I read Rue McClanahan's autobiography "My First Five Husbands. . . And the Ones who Got Away" and I learned that she was Caroline Johnson on "Another World." Rue was on the show from 1970 to 1971 and her character was employed by Pat and John Randolph as their cook and the nanny for their infant twins. Rue described Caroline as being "the best nanny in all of Christendom, and one hell of a great cook to boot."
Hi Corky CA there's only Four Soaps on TV now and they are The Young and the Restless on CBS and The Bold and the Beautiful and Days of our Lives on NBC and GeneraL HospitaL on ABC and there you go now you know and that's such a shame back in the old days they were at least 12 !!!
DAYS OF OUR LIVES is the most classic and the most true to history considering it is the exact same concept, theme and voiceover since it's inception in 1965. It is by far the most iconic American soap opera opening of all time and for that reason it is #1!
Another World-Greatest soap ever..where is it here?? Passions-Best Theme music for a soap I never liked Days of our Lives-but everyone else in my house did then. oh yeah where's Santa Barbara and Dark Shadows??
In defense of Days of our Lives - the theme is a classic! You don't need to change it. That's like changing the formula for Coke, to new Coke. Or when NBC changed the peacock logo to a stylized lettering NBC. Both corporations had to change back to the original. The ABC shows all have the 'corporate branding' opening. Cookie cutter Disneyfied mall mentality. The old openings all were distinctive. It's like main st distinctive shops, vs. a mall. DOOL forever!
I'm a big fan of the classic soap opera themes that were played and/or composed by Charles ("Charlie") Paul and Eddie Layton. I knew each of them personally, and my channel is a tribute to both. In fact, Eddie was my organ teacher. He was also the house organist for the New York Yankees and several other sports teams. Please check out my organ-synthesizer renditions of some classic soap opera themes.
I am a fan of The Young and the Restless because we are the same age both 42 years old I was born February 1973 and it came on in March 1973 I want to know where is Jess Walton who plays Jill foster Abbott I can't remember last time She was seen in Y&R I hope the writers have not fired her please someone post something on here and let us Y&R fans know thank you very much !!!
@MissONTM Trust me, back in the day Y&R was not boring at all! Lol!! I mean maybe now, (I stop watching when the late great Bil Bell passed away, the show lost it's touch). Look at some of the old vintage clips of Y&R here on UA-cam. Check out the ones from the 80's and 90's (particularly the Shelia & Lauren feud/catfights) you will see why Y&R was "so high" in the ratings and stayed at number one during that period.
Another world...ryans hope...general hospitol....santa barabara....all my children ....one life to live.....passions......all were great at diffrent times!!!!....editing later my favourite....sunset beach!!!!
There's a lot of factors that contributed to the demise of daytime dramas ranging from more women in the workplace, production costs, reality t.v. shows, older viewing audience et al.
MegaFELIPE48 their is nothing wrong with more women in the workplace women can do anything a man and very much better than them and what u said is very disrespectful and I thought your parents taught you better and it isn't because of more in the workplace it's because of all these damn talk shows
A few other contributing factors to the demise of many daytime soap operas includes the increasing popularity of cooking shows, game shows, and TV court shows.
corky ca their are four left and they are the young and the restless CBS , General Hospital ABC, The Bold and the beautiful CBS, and Days of our lives NBC
@MrJuly1990ish You are SO completely right!!! What the heck is going on on soaps today?! I hardly know anyone on Y&R and, forgive me if you are a fan, but I loathe the Brooke Logan Bangs Again Show aka B&B. Maybe it should stand for "Brooke and the Boys." Anywho, your assessment is spot on. I remember the bone-chillling days of Sheila and Lauren. Oh, and the feud between Katherine and Jill before she became domesticated. Yikes! I guess all good things must come to an end. Oh well.
Is Sunset Beach in Canada all new cause I remember that NBC first cancelled Another World but then about 2 months after that NBC said goodbye to Sunset Beach I that what got me hocked on soaps and now I watch B&B I also got hocked when I was little when I spend time with my Grandma.
According to Yahoo.com, the producers of "Days of Our Lives" have released the entire cast from their contracts. Could the sand be leaking out of the hourglass?
I can't remember, what program had this poem recited, either at the beginning or the ending of each episode:Look to this day: For it is life, the very life of life. In its brief course Lie all the verities and realities of your existence. The bliss of growth, The glory of action, The splendour of achievement Are but experiences of time. For yesterday is but a dream And tomorrow is only a vision; And today, well-lived, makes Yesterday a dream of happiness And every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day; Such is the salutation to the ever-new dawn! Kalidasa
I tried watching OLTL for a week and i nearly clawed my eyes out.... i felt like NOTHING happened in the whole week. They must of been good once though?
I am hooked on The Bold and the Beautiful!
i still get chills when dool's theme begins. so classic!
Damn I had forgotten about Sunset Beach!!! Best Intro for me is General Hospital. But I also like Young and The Restless too. I think it's because of the music. It sound like what drama would sound like if it had it's own theme.
Passions.
I'm thankful that you put those openings into one show that's awesome.
AMC and OLTL openings are the best. I love love love them
The Young and the Restless theme gets my vote. I think that's the only one that hasn't changed since the show first aired. Why mess with a good thing?
Days of our Lives. Simply timeless. Always loved how they had the hourglass, never pictures. :-)
Didn't watch it but feeling the sunset Beach theme!!
ABC HAD THE BEST OPENING THEMES FOR THEIR SOAPS!! AMC, OLTL, and GH!
I wish I had a Time Machine, I could Bring Back, All My Children, One Life to Life, As the World Turns, Guiding Light, and Bring Back Soap Stars and Celebrity's that have passed away too, Like,
1. Kristoff St. John.
2. Robin Williams.
3. Jeanean Cooper.
4. Gene Wilder.
5. Joseph Mascolo.
6. Gene Wilder.
7. Robert Stack.
8. Dennis Farina.
9. Jim Fowler.
10. Marlon Perkins.
11. Judge Wapner.
12. Carrie Fisher.
13. Debby Reynolds.
14. Mike Wallace.
15. Marcia Wallace.
16. Ed Bradley.
17. Peter Jennings.
18. David Bowie.
19. Jason David Frank.
Etc. Etc.
started watching atwt with my family when I was little they watched it way before I was born will always be my fav soap
As The World Turns, One Life to Live, General Hospital and Young & The Restless were my LIFE!
Yeeeeaaaaaasssss, MY GLORIOUS CHILDHOOD!!!!
I think the ABC Daytime lineup has the best opening themes.....now if only GH would go back to its 90s theme "Faces of the Heart", then it would be AMAZING!
Y&R is very beautifuly composed. It used to be called Cottons Dream, then Nadias Theme (Currently called). It was used for background music in Mary J Blige's "No More Drama". The longer version is very peaceful! got Y&R :)
Yes, Days of Our Lives, none other than Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, and The Young and the Restless !
passions was always my favourite, so you get 150 extra points for including it!!! :) wish they hadn't cancelled ATWT, that was one of the best too...
One Life To Live was The Best❤️🖤❤️🖤
I Love and Miss One Life To Live!!! Also I Love and Miss John McBain so much❤️🖤❤️🖤
My top 5 favorite TV Genres
5: Science Fiction
4: Fantasy
3: Superhero
2: Comedy/Sitcom
1: Soap Operas in both USA and Britian (In honor of my great grandma who loved these types of shows especially All My Children)
At the moment, all except for Passions & Sunset Beach. By September 18 (I think), you can add Guiding Light to the not airing list.
I always thought The Young & the Restless had the best intro (& music) out of all the soaps. The reason why I state this, is because the always featured the characters from the show in their opening. I notice a lot of other soaps started copying Y&R's format (or similar to) around the late 90's/early 2000's, particularly when Y&R changed their opening format from the portrait/picture starting in 1987, to a more live zoom-in opening, showcasing their characters (actors) on the show.
Ive always loved GH openings
My childhood summed up.. Sunset Beach, Port Charles, All My Children, One Life to Live, and General Hospital. I miss OLTL and Sunset Beach the most ..what a shame they're all virtually gone.
All My Children, the Bold and the Beautiful, and Guiding Light has the best openings.
Very good! I wish that another Guiding Light opening had been used; otherwise, everything else was quite good, especially Days.
I love As the World Turns' opening best :)
you forgot port charles. that was a past soap on abc, i miss it terribly!
well! i heard a rumor only a few days that a new opening has been filmed!! I just hope they retain similar theme music. ATWT is by far the best soap on tv & at the moment it keeps getting better and better!
Very cool, I love them alll!
But you should add Santa Barbara :-)
All of them, except for Sunset Beach, Passions and now more recently, Guiding Light.
I was thinking the SAME THING!
GH had the best musical intro but Days was clearly the best and I've never even watched a full episode of it.
You should have Another World in here! :)
Ah... The days when you got sick and you knew you were gonna be watching soaps... Good times.
Never watched but i like the sunset beach theme and guiding light theme from 83 also loved the gl disco version!!!!
They incorporated a 🐶 into the Sunset Beach theme. How cute!
i dont watch all my children but i love the music to it lol
Kudos to the venerable Guiding Light, As the World Turns, One Life to Live, All My Children and Another World.
I read Rue McClanahan's autobiography "My First Five Husbands. . . And the Ones who Got Away" and I learned that she was Caroline Johnson on "Another World." Rue was on the show from 1970 to 1971 and her character was employed by Pat and John Randolph as their cook and the nanny for their infant twins. Rue described Caroline as being "the best nanny in all of Christendom, and one hell of a great cook to boot."
Hi Corky CA there's only Four Soaps on TV now and they are The Young and the Restless on CBS and The Bold and the Beautiful and Days of our Lives on NBC and GeneraL HospitaL on ABC and there you go now you know and that's such a shame back in the old days they were at least 12 !!!
The Bold and the Beautiful is on CBS.
Opening of guiding light is the best for me
DAYS OF OUR LIVES is the most classic and the most true to history considering it is the exact same concept, theme and voiceover since it's inception in 1965. It is by far the most iconic American soap opera opening of all time and for that reason it is #1!
I'ma dude and i use to watch days of our live and passions with my mom
Same here but I watch all my children instead
Dean WinchesterTM I watched Days Of Our Lives and One Life To Live❤️🖤
I watched AMC, OLTL and Guiding Light.
Another world ryans hope
When I used to skip school days and wait for cartoons ..only had 4 channels...
American Soap Opera series has been broadcasting for Many Years in the United States
Note the similarity between B&B's opening and the current GH opening
Another World-Greatest soap ever..where is it here??
Passions-Best Theme music for a soap
I never liked Days of our Lives-but everyone else in my house did then.
oh yeah where's Santa Barbara and Dark Shadows??
PASSIONS !!
In defense of Days of our Lives - the theme is a classic! You don't need to change it. That's like changing the formula for Coke, to new Coke. Or when NBC changed the peacock logo to a stylized lettering NBC. Both corporations had to change back to the original. The ABC shows all have the 'corporate branding' opening. Cookie cutter Disneyfied mall mentality. The old openings all were distinctive. It's like main st distinctive shops, vs. a mall.
DOOL forever!
You can check "As The World Turns" off that list now. Another one bites the dust. I know the world changes as it turns, but it bums me out.
I'm a big fan of the classic soap opera themes that were played and/or composed by Charles ("Charlie") Paul and Eddie Layton. I knew each of them personally, and my channel is a tribute to both. In fact, Eddie was my organ teacher. He was also the house organist for the New York Yankees and several other sports teams. Please check out my organ-synthesizer renditions of some classic soap opera themes.
For now, all but Passions and Sunset Beach; in September, GL will air it's last show after 72 years.
GH is my favorite!!!!
Days of our Lives
sunset beach damn when was that soap on lol
i love AMC the family album thame and i love passions theme
you also forgot other older soaps, like another world
i love Sunset Beach...
I am a fan of The Young and the Restless because we are the same age both 42 years old I was born February 1973 and it came on in March 1973 I want to know where is Jess Walton who plays Jill foster Abbott I can't remember last time She was seen in Y&R I hope the writers have not fired her please someone post something on here and let us Y&R fans know thank you very much !!!
I'm from Ireland, how ye are letting these shows go off the the air is beyond me, save the 4 that are left
Do the makers of this B&B opening know they were ripped off by GH's new opening? I paused in the middle of this video to make note of it.
This is All my Children
There is a great song by Heart called I Want Your World To Turn. That would be a great theme for As The World Turns
I think General hospital is the best!, then One life to live and the last is Passions
@MissONTM
Trust me, back in the day Y&R was not boring at all! Lol!! I mean maybe now, (I stop watching when the late great Bil Bell passed away, the show lost it's touch). Look at some of the old vintage clips of Y&R here on UA-cam. Check out the ones from the 80's and 90's (particularly the Shelia & Lauren feud/catfights) you will see why Y&R was "so high" in the ratings and stayed at number one during that period.
Sunset Beach, AMC, GH, OLTL, and B&B had the best
I absolutely agree with you
When did Passions move to SciFi last I knew it was DirecTv The 101.
Oh...I forgot about Days of Our Lives...Yeah, they should change their theme or jazz it up a bit.
Another world...ryans hope...general hospitol....santa barabara....all my children ....one life to live.....passions......all were great at diffrent times!!!!....editing later my favourite....sunset beach!!!!
ABC soaps are All My Children, One Life To Live and General Hospital
also passions
Seven. 3 from CBS, 3 from ABC and one from NBC
I couldn't agree with you more!
I Miss Passions, "Sobbing For Passions".
There's a lot of factors that contributed to the demise of daytime dramas ranging from more women in the workplace, production costs, reality t.v. shows, older viewing audience et al.
And those darn telenovelas.
MegaFELIPE48 I hope they come back.
MegaFELIPE48 their is nothing wrong with more women in the workplace women can do anything a man and very much better than them and what u said is very disrespectful and I thought your parents taught you better and it isn't because of more in the workplace it's because of all these damn talk shows
A few other contributing factors to the demise of many daytime soap operas includes the increasing popularity of cooking shows, game shows, and TV court shows.
How many are even still on the air? I know Bold and the Beautiful is but which others?
general hospital, the young and the restless, and days of our lives
One Life to Live and All My Children were revived by they went off the air in a few months.
corky ca their are four left and they are the young and the restless CBS , General Hospital ABC, The Bold and the beautiful CBS, and Days of our lives NBC
So How Many of these are still airing in the U.S?
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@MrJuly1990ish You are SO completely right!!! What the heck is going on on soaps today?! I hardly know anyone on Y&R and, forgive me if you are a fan, but I loathe the Brooke Logan Bangs Again Show aka B&B. Maybe it should stand for "Brooke and the Boys." Anywho, your assessment is spot on. I remember the bone-chillling days of Sheila and Lauren. Oh, and the feud between Katherine and Jill before she became domesticated. Yikes! I guess all good things must come to an end. Oh well.
Is Sunset Beach in Canada all new cause I remember that NBC first cancelled Another World but then about 2 months after that NBC said goodbye to Sunset Beach I that what got me hocked on soaps and now I watch B&B I also got hocked when I was little when I spend time with my Grandma.
sunset beach FTW
why are AMC, GH AND OLTC almost exactly the same??
The earlier B&B openings were the best of all Soap Opera openings. Too bad the show went to hell after Mr. Bell sr died.
save the best for last
@Mitchapalooza80 Noway, Y&R is the Best!!!
According to Yahoo.com, the producers of "Days of Our Lives" have released the entire cast from their contracts. Could the sand be leaking out of the hourglass?
Y&R has the best theme. I wish AMC never changed theirs I like the piano one.
yup. oltl and Amc.. :)
AS THE WORLD TURNS is my life.
GH has the best opening
best is GENERAL HOSPITAL
OLTL always
And forever ♾ Love and Miss OLTL so much-Especially John McBain!!!
I can't remember, what program had this poem recited, either at the beginning or the ending of each episode:Look to this day:
For it is life, the very life of life.
In its brief course
Lie all the verities and realities of your existence.
The bliss of growth,
The glory of action,
The splendour of achievement
Are but experiences of time.
For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow is only a vision;
And today, well-lived, makes
Yesterday a dream of happiness
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day;
Such is the salutation to the ever-new dawn!
Kalidasa
Note: I only remember the radio version. I listened to it as a child because my mother always listened to it.
I tried watching OLTL for a week and i nearly clawed my eyes out.... i felt like NOTHING happened in the whole week. They must of been good once though?
Sunset beach best soap ever!!!
I have come enjoy GL's a lot. I love SB too!!!
Y&R rocks
One Life to Live is boss... was boss... :.(
Edward West-Summers, SURE WAS!
Edward West-Summers a.k.a. CrimsonWitch26 I agree ☝️💯🖤❤️🖤❤️ Who was you're favorite character?!
1:54 Days Of Our Lives.
oh! thats no good. I am glad CBS soaps are not like that but hey my fav ATWT barely has an opening at the moment lol.
US Soap Operas Opening Themes
Quality of the show aside, i think All My Children has the best theme song - yes even over Y&R.
lol the guy @ :34 looks like nobama! lool