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Today, I will be ranking every Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song from the 4 television
shows.
This video was inspired by Leonardo 2003’s awesome video, which you’ve probably seen
let’s be honest, and I knew I had to make the same thing, but with my own spin on it,
and obviously my own opinions.
While the TMNT theme songs have been some of the greatest in TV history, today I will
be ranking the 2 themes from the ‘87 show, the classic, Fast Forward, and Back to the
Sewers from 2003, and the classic 2012 theme, the Tales of the TMNT from season 5 of 2012,
and Rise theme songs.
You might notice some of them are missing, and that’s because most of those, like the
other 2003 themes, were very similar with only a few minor lyrics changes, so I’m
only doing the main theme songs for this video.
I also can’t play any of these because all of them are superior copyright hounds, but
I’m sure you can find them all on Youtube.
With all that out of the way, be sure to tell me your ranking or your favorite theme in
the comments below, and let’s jump into this!
TMNT 2003 (Fast Forward) - Carol of the Bells It should be no surprise that this is my least
favorite season of the 2003 series, and, by far, the worst attempt of a theme song I’ve
seen throughout all these 8 themes.
The theme song is lazy, uninspired, and completely trashes the incredibly catchy tune of the
previous seasons, which we’ll get to later, believe me.
The song itself is very bad, having very lazy rhythms and lyrics in the first third or so,
and not really being memorable at all.
I was never a fan of the futuristic aesthetic, and while the animations are cool and all,
it really doesn’t compare to the two other themes.
TMNT 1987 (Seasons 8-10) - Lazy Mary I was debating whether to put this before
Fast Forward, but other than just being uninteresting and bland, there’s not much wrong with it.
This was the theme song for seasons 8-10 of the ‘87 show, which I still haven’t seen.
Let me know in the comments if its worth it.
Although I had heard that the later seasons were a lot grittier and featured a red sky
to emulate Batman: The Animated Series, which I also need to watch, which was taking off
at this time.
The theme song is pretty much the awesome classic one from seasons 1-7, but with a new
slower tempo and overall slower lyrics.
The visuals are fine, but it really doesn’t make me interested to watch these particular
episodes, unlike the incredible other one.
But we’ll get to that one soon enough.
Rise of TMNT - JUNES - Sweat Aaand, here we are, at the newest iteration
of the Turtles.
I like Rise, not a lot, but decently well, and the theme song falls into that category
as well.
While its not bad, things like the weird lyrics for the character introductions don’t make
me particularly love it, but I will admit the new style suits the retro aesthetic that
they were going for, the animation is fast paced and fluid, and the ending note is my
favorite part for some reason because of how well produced it is, and how well it wraps
up.
See...this is where I wrap up to make it a smooth segway, just...just put the damn title
card…
TMNT 2012 - Intro Instrumental Well, while 2003 is my all-time favorite series,
and was the one I watched religiously as a kid, this was technically the one I grew up
with, since I was born in 2005.
I remember catching this banger every Saturday on Nickelodeon and singing the theme song,
and while I didn’t watch the later seasons as I grew up, this show was my bread and butter
growing up.
The theme itself is really nice, having great lyrics, a really catchy beat, and fantastic
animations that are super iconic.
There’s really not much negatives here, because from here on its purely based on competition,
and I feel like this gets beaten out by a few lucky contenders.
TMNT 2012 (Tales of the TMNT) - Shab Bood Biaban Bood
Yeah yeah, I know what you’re thinking.
I do think this is better than the seasons 1-4 theme, and here’s why.
The animations are so fluid, beautiful and simple, using silhouettes, which were created
for the Turtles, to the fullest potential.
The song is really cool, being a catchy instrumental of the old one while adding some things, and
its just a lot more cool and fits the Turtles vibe better!
Seriously, if you haven’t seen this theme song, go and watch it after this video, it
is fantastic.
TMNT 2003 (Back to the Sewers) - Instrumental by Ember McSquiddies
Man, this one is an absolute banger.
While Back to the Sewer wasn’t a very good season in my opinion, only being worse by
Fast Forward, losing many aspects that made TMNT, TMNT, the theme song is absolutely legendary.
The lyrics are fantastic, like “one shell of a sight”, the visuals are incredible,
the feeling and mood of it is great, the song and rhythm is awesome, there’s really not
much to bring this one down.
I’m glad that one of the only good things to come out of this season was this unforgettable
theme song.
TMNT 1987 (Seasons 1-7) - Niall Stenson Cover Here it is, the classic of all classics.
The one that started it all.
If you’re older than 30 years old, this is probably the theme song you remember as
a Turtles fan.
The lyrics are incredibly catchy, having a really nice melody and lyrics, as well as
a nice instrumental for its time.
The singer is clearly having fun here, and it feels very inviting and gets you booted
up for another Saturday morning cartoon.
The visuals are also awesome.
I love how they shove the Turtles logo in our face a thousand times as if we forgot
what it looks like, but in all seriousness, the Turtles look awesome and have really cool
moments in this 60 seconds of pure nostalgia.
But take all of what I just said, add a decade onto it, and kick it up to 11, and what do
you get?
TMNT 2003 - Niall Stenson Cover Here it is, the classic 2003 theme song!
This is the one I love, because of how utterly catchy it is, and how nostalgic it is.
How can a theme song that is counting to 4 over and over be so awesome?
Well, the beat of it is very fast and upbeat, and the music is fantastic.
There’s so many moments I love, from lines that they changed season to season like “we
shredder shredder”, and stuff like that, as well as the “I love being a turtle”
line, which is so interesting to me because it feels like it doesn’t belong but adds
so much to this theme.
There’s tons of awesome scenes like the Foot fighting scene with the characters and
Casey, the 4 Turtles coming in on squares, the I Love Being A Turtle scene with their
masks on the top and bottom, or Raph driving around on his motorbike.
This one also loves to focus on their mask colors and shapes, which I find really interesting
because thats a very special part of these characters.
Overall, the classic 2003 theme was the best in my opinion, which is why they kept the
same theme song with some small changes, for 5 seasons.
Mozart - Rondo Alla Turca And that’s the video, thank you so much
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Shalom!