The Flintstones Theme Music: Yaba-Daba-Do!
Here’s the :30 second opening to the Flintstones, from the early 1960s. Two things I’ve always loved about the Flintstones theme song. First, it’s simply a good piece of music, with an interesting melody that has a real identity – it’s not just TV shlock.
Second, you can hear that they hired a Big Band musician to write it. Although pop-rock was on the rise, the people in authority had been raised on the music of the 1940s. So the arrangement is very Big Band, with brassy horns and a syncopated feel.
Take a listen: