theme song

noun

plural theme songs

: a song or melody strongly associated with someone or something

a famous performer's theme song

the theme song of a political campaign

often : an identifying melody or song typically played at the beginning of a movie, television show, etc., and sometimes recurring during its course

Some of these shows were truly unforgettable, with catchy theme songs that are instantly recognizable decades later. —

Grant Butler

: a statement, expression, or opinion repeatedly heard from someone

But literary history is also entangled with criticism. Inevitably so; let me revert unblushingly to my theme song: in order to appreciate a masterpiece, we must be acquainted with its language …—

Albert Guerard

Examples of theme song in a Sentence

He was playing the theme song from “The Godfather.”

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Set to a version of the theme song from the 1967 TV cartoon (composed by Paul Francis Webster and Bob Harris), the footage sees Peter Parker juggling the demands of going to school and saving the community from the neighborhood’s bad guys. —

Claire Franken, TVLine, 29 Dec. 2024 Brandi Carlile, Elton’s collaborator on the theme song for Never Too Late, joined him during the interview. —

Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 18 Dec. 2024 From the theme song to the Sunday night Reagan family dinners, it's been a fan-favorite since season one (and honestly could have creatively kept going). —

Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 8 Dec. 2024 There are sure are a lot of great theme songs for HBO shows. —

Kris Holt, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for theme song